Firm： AOS works : architecture & design

Type： Residential › Private House

STATUS： Built

YEAR： 2022

SIZE： 1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

This project comprises a remodel and 740 sq. ft. addition to a 1920s home, as well as a 250 sq. ft. detached pool house / accessory dwelling unit. The project embodies an evolution of form from the existing front of the house to the contemporary addition at the rear. The traditional front, symbolic of the commonly perceived image of a house, is contrasted by the non-traditional addition at the rear, which is shaped by interior functionality and exterior environmental and site conditions. The use of stucco as an exterior finish on both the original and new parts of the home emphasizes this evolution in form, producing a duality that sets up an interesting relationship between old and new. The multi-pitched massings of the addition create soaring, light-filled rooms that amplify the indoor / outdoor connections of the home, while the shifting of the revised floor plan and interlocking roof planes highlight a change in the way the house is able to function, from front to back, old to new.

The interior is made up of two distinct zones; the public area which bisects the house from front to back, and includes the living room, dining room, kitchen and family room, and the flanking private areas of the primary suite on one side and the secondary bedrooms and office on the other. At the heart of the house is the kitchen, which is tied to the adjacent family room with full height built-in millwork, which act to join and transition these two key spaces.