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Advisor: Ritchie Yao
During the first half of the course, the project focused on a detailed wall-section analysis of the Gehry Residence, examining how conventional wood framing, off-the-shelf materials, and improvised construction techniques were reassembled into an architecture of fragmentation, exposure, and domestic experimentation. Rather than treating the house as a finished icon, the analysis framed it as a system—one that negotiates between standard construction logic and deliberate spatial disruption.
Building on this research, the second phase translates these observations into a product-like architectural proposal: a modular ADU conceived as an attachable extension to existing American houses. Gehry Patch reinterprets Gehry’s architectural vocabulary through a simple wood-frame system, using interchangeable dry-wall and wet-wall modules to accommodate varied site conditions and household needs.
Familiar Gehry-like geometric fragments—angled volumes, shifted planes, and exposed junctions—are embedded within a clear and repeatable wall-section logic. The result is a compact yet highly livable small house that balances architectural idiosyncrasy with construction pragmatism.
Positioned between analysis and speculation, Gehry Patch treats the domestic addition not as a bespoke object, but as a reproducible architectural commodity—one that carries forward the experimental spirit of the original house while adapting it to contemporary patterns of housing expansion.