PARKRIDGE
PLY Architecture
AREA
1100.0 m2
PROJECT YEAR
2010
Text description provided by architect.
This project redefines the internal organization and exterior form of an existing 1960’s single story ranch house.
The new massing is positioned forward in relationship to the existing approach seeming to rise upward and the hillside falls, the new master bedroom provides this new front with a formal face, yet does not yet imply entry.
As you move further into the site the appearance of a courtyard caught between the existing form and the new massing reveals the new entry. Additionally the exterior of the new massing is articulated as a draped shin hung loosely over the new forms.
The skin is then extended to wrap portions of the existing massing as well giving the house a completely new appearance.
This looseness of fit between shin and mass defines a number of unexpected spaces caught between surface and mass.
