Copper House
Massachusetts
The challenge of this renovation was to add a wing to an existing 1940's kit home. The original house was sited poorly on the south-side of a one-acre hillside lot. An attached garage to the north obscured the spacious yard from the interior of the house. We demolished the garage and sited the addition in its place. This siting preserved an east-facing terrace and created a west facing entry court. The design integrates and distinguishes between two architectures, old and new. Formally, aesthetic dissonance is reduced by wrapping the original house in a monolithic, neutral cedar scrim; experientially, the historically inspired interior characteristics and small-scale of the original structure are preserved.
The two-story addition is oriented east-west. The addition is opened to the site on the north, east and west sides, and contains the main living spaces of the house, as well as the master bedroom and two offices on the second floor. A roof terrace with a hearth has panoramic views of the site and of Boston. A glass and steel stair connects the first and second floors, and an exterior stair leads to the roof deck from a deck off the master bedroom. A three story skylit space mediates between the larger scale of the new and the smaller scale of the old, and serves as entry and circulation to the house.
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Massachusetts
The challenge of this renovation was to add a wing to an existing 1940's kit home. The original house was sited poorly on the south-side of a one-acre hillside lot. An attached garage to the north obscured the spacious yard from the interior of the house. We demolished the garage and sited the addition in its place. This siting preserved an east-facing terrace and created a west facing entry court. The design integrates and distinguishes between two architectures, old and new. Formally, aesthetic dissonance is reduced by wrapping the original house in a monolithic, neutral cedar scrim; experientially, the historically inspired interior characteristics and small-scale of the original structure are preserved.
The two-story addition is oriented east-west. The addition is opened to the site on the north, east and west sides, and contains the main living spaces of the house, as well as the master bedroom and two offices on the second floor. A roof terrace with a hearth has panoramic views of the site and of Boston. A glass and steel stair connects the first and second floors, and an exterior stair leads to the roof deck from a deck off the master bedroom. A three story skylit space mediates between the larger scale of the new and the smaller scale of the old, and serves as entry and circulation to the house.
Please see our Flash website at www.charlesrosearchitects.com
