Oikos
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ARCHITECTURAL TEAM | John Sparano, Anne Mooney, Nate King, Seth Striefel
CONTRACTOR | Bailey General Contractors
PHOTOGRAPHY | Matt Winquist
LANDSCAPE | Design Workshop, Earthology
LIGHTING | HELIUS Lighting
STRUCTURAL | Wright Engineers
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2023 | “Oikos Residence”, Archilovers, November 2023
2023 | DesignArts Utah ‘21, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City (exhibition)
2022 | American Institute of Architects Utah Design Merit Award
2022 | The PLAN Award, House Finalist
2021 | Utah Arts Council, DesignArts ‘21
2021 | “DesignArts Utah ‘21; Oikos Residence”, Exhibition Catalog, September 2021
This home is sited along a mountain ridge with spectacular panoramic views overlooking Salt Lake City, Utah. Its passive design takes full advantage of the solar path and captures dramatic views including the Wasatch mountain range to the east and the valley to the south and west, with city lights creating a sparkling horizontal field below at night. The design team explored ideas of western mountain architecture and its materiality, proportions and architectural form. The foundation of the home emerges from its steeply-sloped site with a textural, board-formed concrete plinth with exaggerated joints incorporated to create coarse vertical fins.
The street elevation is a refined minimalist form detached from its textural foundation through a 12” recessed reveal detail that makes the home appear to float above the site. The main level volume is clad with large-format natural limestone panels hung with a clip system on a framework. The interior design accommodates an international photography collection, a glimpse of which can been seen from the street. Passing through the screened entry, Atta Kim’s image of Fifth Avenue greets the visitor who arrives at a skylit entry courtyard with a bubbling water feature.
The home’s interior was conceptualized by the architects and lighting designer to celebrate the views with a complimentary material palette of stone, wood and bronze. Aging-in-place is accommodated through universal design and planning to allow the house to evolve over time, and incorporates an elevator as well as lighting and acoustical cues. The residential program includes family suites, living and entertaining spaces, kitchen and dining spaces, an office, a pool, a spa and gardens. The home was designed to meet LEED-H (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes) sustainability standards and is powered by a solar array.
