Kansas City, Missouri. Two spec houses built to fill neighborhood blight after the recession.
Beacon Hill was strained by the downturn, and redevelopment regained momentum only when the housing market did. Pendulum was commissioned to design a pair of adjacent homes aimed at young professionals, on a forward sloping site where the street level entry can take pedestrians only.
All three bedrooms and two full baths sit on the street level. The stairs lead up to kitchen, dining, living and a balcony with a view shed to downtown, with the garage entered from the alley on the second floor. One house follows a gable vault, the other a single shed pitch. Hardie and cedar siding keep the materials simple and the economics honest.
The pair were built as spec houses, which means they had to sell as well as stand. They offer an alternative to the traditional housing around them and redefine the identity of Beacon Hill on 2 lots that had been contributing nothing.
S.C.O.R.E. Community Connection. Operational Efficiency.
