HOUSE 0410

Ideas investigated within this renovation and addition include questions of scale within the private dwelling, privacy and interactions of the users, and the idea of aesthetics as a transient notion that evolves and is intertwined with the redefinition of programmatic norms and mutable interfaces among users.

 

The listed house from 1904 adheres to the predominant typology at the time of its construction where three spaces are organized sequentially with the central one being a covered outdoor yard that faces South, hence the name ‘sun hall’. Left of this central space is the bigger space of the two. It includes a central Arch that allows for twice the space than the typical four-meter wooden beams would allow. The renovation of the listed house adheres to the construction methods of that time and maintains the spatial integrity of the historical spaces.

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