This renovation and contemporary extension of the house investigates notions of privacy and interaction among its tenants, as well as perceptions of scale and intimacy within the private dwelling. It also explores the idea of aesthetics as a transient notion that is intertwined with a flexible program and mutable boundaries. These new volumes lengthen and enrich the sequence of spatial experiences as you move through each room, and they all contribute as episodes to the narrative of transversing between old and new. The spaces of the existing house are used as communal areas including food preparation. The two contemporary additions, whose outer shells remain continuously perceptible from within, include sleeping quarters, bathing, and exercise areas.The additions can be thought of as destinations, or they can be opened and transformed into transitional spaces between old house and yard enriching their programmatic role within the house. Shutters and curtains transform relationships within the house but also with the yard. Spaces can be private or part of a collective experience.
