Alan Family House Extension by NMDA
The clients for this house renovation/extension are a couple with three daughters who act as a creative, democratic unit.
The family asked that 1,000 sq ft be added to the site in addition to the existing 1,000 sq ft house. They also asked that the architecture serve to articulate their identity as a “family brand” that is unique to their unit.
Mr. Denari’s first impulse was to chop away the front and back of the house and add new rooms, but that proved too costly. Instead, he left the front unchanged and created a 1,050-square-foot addition that capitalized on the neglected backyard, seven feet below street level.
A few walls were moved to add a second bathroom, to give each daughter her own bedroom and to open up the remaining space as a dining area flowing into an expansive kitchen. A pale gray terrazzo floor plays off the CaesarStone quartz countertops and white walls. The Miele kitchen appliances and cookware are concealed within sleek Poliform cabinets in a mix of silver and gray.
Beyond the kitchen, the boxy geometry of the original house morphs seamlessly into the new construction. Quarter-inch gypsum board was softened in water and hand-molded in a hollowed-out sheet of particle board to create a curving surface that serves as a portal to the split-level addition.
From the outside, the new wing resembles a spaceship hovering over the pitched roof of the bungalow. On the upper level, the master bedroom overlooks a coral tree through a curving wing of a window. A strip of glass at the top of a partition separates the bedroom from a bathroom, making each feel larger and balancing the light.
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January 18, 2008 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 0