VENICE HOUSE

The Venice House is located in climate zone 3B: Warm Dry in Venice, CA. The main biophilic elements of this home are the addition of exterior rooms for every interior room and the opportunity to open up massive expanses of the walls for cross-ventilation. The climate in this area is relatively moderate year-round, meaning the exterior conditions are comfortable. Because of this, the use of outdoor rooms and crossventilation through conditioned spaces is advantageous for this specific project. These biophilic design practices would not be as beneficial in most other climate zones because the extreme heat and cold of other climates would make ventilation through the conditioned space almost impossible for large parts of the year. Also, the moderate temperatures and low precipitation of this area make the use of outdoor rooms possible most days of the year, whereas this is not the case for other climates with temperature swings and high precipitation.