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The
Clients:
A
couple in their first home, sensitive to materials, form and details
who wanted a clean, modern renovation of their home. While they
hoped to add additional space and enlarge existing small bedrooms,
they opted to give up larger rooms to complete the total renovation
of the living/sleeping floor.
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The
House:
A 1970's
red brick ranch on a corner lot, one story and basement, with the expected
biparte plan - living area to right and ahead of the front door and
sleeping rooms to the left of the door along a three-foot corridor studded
with doors. While the living /dining area had a triangular glass wall,
the bedroom wing felt dark, narrow and cramped.
The Site:
A corner
lot in an area of eclectic small homes close to the Capitol.
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The
Program:
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Open the living area of the house to appear as one very large
space
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Reinvent the narrow bedroom wing corridor to feel light and open
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Renovate kitchen, with an eating bar, large pantry and desk
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Keep lines crisp and clean
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Focus on the edge between indoor and outdoor living areas
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The
Design Strategies:
- The Big
Move: Slice open the roof and insert a 45' long skylight -- nearly the
length of the house -- creating a powerful axis of light to unify the
various small functional spaces, all of which participate in the constantly
changing drama of light. Open the hall with clerestory glass into bedrooms
and bath to let in light.
- Focus
on space beyond by glazing corners with glass to glass, providing vertical
slices of light and bringing outside "inside".
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- Redefine
spaces and sculpt interior walls to create controlled
views from and through the whole house.
- Constrast
minimal details with deliberate, sometimes complex
details to direct the attention of the viewer. view
connections as art.
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