Sunroom
Windows  Three at 8'-0" ht. (2.4 m) Architecture: Roger Brasel, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Interior Design: Jackie Jackson, Dallas When first approached for this commission, I was asked to limit the design to clear plate glass and lead. I convinced the client to consider clear and gray transparent glass with white opal glass and cast lenses. At the start, this onetime open porch was still being reconfigured and enclosed to create a sunroom. The two windows on the side of the room look directly across a narrow driveway at the neighbor's house. The diagonal band of gray glass that rises up from the front window obscure views from the side windows as it wraps the sunroom's corner. False perspective lines in the rearmost side window further distract one's view to next door. Conversely, the more favorable views through the front window are emphasizes by the diagonal band and more open transparent areas. As the only compound curve in any of the arch-topped window or door openings at this residence, I reintroduced the pure half-circle at each of the three required sub-lights of the front window. The dynamic yet totally achromatic design for the stained glass inspired the interior designer to specify achromatic finishes in the rest of the sunroom: slate tile floor, gray painted brick walls, black leather and chrome furniture, etc. As a result, all color in the room comes from the environment beyond with its trees, lawn, sky, and occasional pedestrian. The sprinkling of cast lenses, which create inverted views of the landscape by day, rise and fall in a wave of twinkling at night as they draw light from passing cars. |
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