Casa Kimball / Rangr Studio

Jan 2010

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Architects: Rangr Studio
Location: Cabrera, Dominican Republic
Design Team: Jasmit Singh Rangr, Eivind Karlsen, Josh Weiselberg
Construction: Paradise Investments, Rolando Widman
Project Area: 1,000 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Hilary Ferris White

ground floor plan

A New York based client commissioned Rangr Studio to design a Caribbean get-away large enough to accommodate his family and groups of friends. Located on the rural North coast of the Dominican Republic, the design sought to create a contemporary house within the basic construction means and materials locally available. The structures are reinforced concrete, clad with a local Coral stone. The windows, made by local carpenters with a dense hardwood, pivot on automobile wheel bearings.

The buildings are designed to protect from views of neighboring lots, heightening the experience of the vast horizon beyond. The interior spaces merge with exterior, and allow cooling ocean breezes under shade from the sun, eliminating the need for air conditioning. A 45m long infinity edge pool creates a seamless edge of water in front of the ocean, hiding terraces at cliff edge that allow the experience of the ocean’s roar as waves break on the cliff face below.

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: ground floor plan

: upper floor plan

Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "Casa Kimball / Rangr Studio" 03 Jan 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 08 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/45140>

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Terry Glenn Phipps says:

Before anything else, compliments to the photographer, Hilary Ferris White. Many of these shots show a rare eye for composition, and they were obviously done on the fly. The main photo is a masterstroke.

Conceptually this is a tour-de-force. I can’t recall when I have last seen anyone put together a parti with an equally daring and forceful composition. The use of the materials palette is simply breathtaking and the juxtaposition of texture is as powerful as it is unexpected.

There are just a couple of elements that I find puzzling. The shot of the entrance shows two perforations above and two slit windows in the supporting “pedestal” that feel like an unresolved part of the composition. I find myself wishing that the column wasn’t there, and thinking how great this volume would have looked cantilevered. Also, the irregularity of this area seems less dynamic, and more arbitrary than the rest. The brise soleil motif (which reminds me of Eileen Gray’s lacquer screen) is such a screaming success that I wonder if it needs the competition from these perplexing voids on the second level near the entry.

Otherwise my only questions are about details. In the bedroom a successful effort was made to achieve a floating effect for the massive coral wall by using carved reveals. To my eye the effect is spoiled a bit by the a/c grate stuck in the middle of it. It seems to me that a more elegant solution could have been reached for architecture of this magnitude.

Overall, this is an incredible project.

Terry Glenn Phipps
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# January 4, 2010 at 06:42

Nicholas Patten says:

I'd Live Here: Casa Kimball. http://bit.ly/4FlToE

# January 4, 2010 at 20:01

oscar falcón lara says:

Oh my, the use of stone and light in this project is amazingly masterful, and a massive one at that; love the pool area.

# January 4, 2010 at 22:40

speedwing says:

You can rent it

http://www.dominicanrepublicvacationvillas.com/villa.aspx?villa=110623

# January 5, 2010 at 16:29

Jasmit Rangr says:

Thank you for your comments– it’s great to get feedback.

You can indeed rent it, and you can go right to the Casa Kimball site:
http://www.casakimball.com/

-Jasmit Rangr

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