returning to the original
ceiling height for the kitchen
and dining area. This space
further expanded outwards to
the backyard area where the
interior and exterior spaces
merge as one space joined by
operable sliding glass doors.
The continuous sinuous move
in the ceiling plane serves
to expand the sense of the
space where the existing
space could be perceived as
something much larger.
The addition of a master
bedroom and bathroom occur
within the construction of
the new covered patio with
a covered patio of a similar
language located adjacent to
the dining and kitchen area.
This addition also contains
the new master bathroom
where the gabled space
expands skyward to a skylight
while retaining privacy.
The addition is clad with a
standard 22ga standing seam
metal system with a charcoal
kynar500 finish.
The panels continue vertically
from wall surface to become
the roofing surface as one
unified materiality for the
addition. The configuration
of the end of this metal gable
further reconceptualizes the
iconography of the gabled
form.
How does one interact with
the language of a much
different era within the
context of the current time
the new 400 SF addition.
Fundamentally, connection
with the historic home needed
to engage in a dialogue with
the existing home’s language
without being a facsimile of
a different era. Typologically,
the addition is sympathetic
to the existing home while
distinguishing itself as
something distinctly new,
as an open ended gabled
form. Full height glazing and
operable glass sliding doors
lead out to an enclosed patio
within the extrusion of this
form. A cantilevered concrete
patio and walkway unify
period, and can it be modern?
The Escobar Renovation
proposes questions about
language and iconography
within the context of a 1930’s
era home. The proposition
of an architecture which
is rooted in an era nearly
100 years later became the
challenge of this project.
Our renovation sought to
work within the confines of
the existing language while
establishing a distinctly
different language.
This dialogue being engaged
unifies both the existing
and current languages
of the home, the spatial
qualities and as a result,
engages the perceptions of
the iconography of both the
modern and traditional home.
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