BAH House
Development
Lucid Design Build
Program
Single-family Residential
Location
Southwest Coconut Grove, Miami-Dade, FL, US
Status
Idea
Year
2019
Located in a historic preservation area in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, the BAH House was designed with the premise of adapting contemporary architecture to a construction context from 1900, a period marked by Bahamian immigration to the region.
The surrounding buildings on the lot follow the “Caribbean Vernacular” and “Bahamian Style,” characterized by prominent roofs both on the exterior and interior of the dwellings, as well as front porches and facades with banded patterns.
The project’s proposal is to apply this shape grammar through contemporary architecture, using the vernacular as a basis for material selection and volumetrics. The context is treated with respect to its history, incorporating its virtues into the current construction context.
