The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Kauffmann in 1946 in Philadelphia, Penssylvania

1. KAUFMANN DESERT
HOUSE
A Project By Richard Neutra
Palm Springs, California
SEMINAR BY-
NILAY SHUKLA
DIVIK SINGHAL

2. CLIMATE
• 4.83 inch annual rainfall
• Winters are warm
• Wind blows at high speeds and causes desert storms

3. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
• Design Approach is very simple.
• Pure, clean and straight line design.
• Organized without any curve.
• Mixed with landscape.

4. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
• Design does not hold a time period.
• Sturdy mix of psychology and physiology, of biology and
ecology.
• Integrate building into landscape.

5. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Design Elements
Overhead Planes
Depressed Planes
Single Vertical Element
Single Vertical Plane
This Chart shows area covered out of 100% base plane.

6. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
• Design comfortable environments.
• Create internal and external microclimates through air
and water.
• No organism likes to be trapped inside a box.

7. ABOUT THE BUILDING
• Plate glass walls, ceilings and deep overhanging connect
the indoor to outdoor
• Wings not equally proportioned, but the pool creates a
compositional balance
• Patios and porches help connect indoor to outdoor.

8. ABOUT THE BUILDING
• NORTH- Patio and Guest Room
• EAST- Master Bedroom
• WEST- Kitchen
• SOUTH- Main Entrance and Garage

9. ABOUT THE BUILDING
• Spaces expand from the central region
• Huge spaces for living and dining room

10. OUR VIEWS
• Richard Neutra has made a perfect dish for a good treat
in the desert.
• Spaces are well organized for desert.
• Swimming pool creates a balance in horizontal plane.
• Transparencies allow desert into the building without the
harsh elements.

11. OUR VIEWS
• Materials.
• Feels “Reaching Out”.
• Stands a “ROCK IN A PIT OF SAND”