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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.