Substance Architecture

322 Reinvented

322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby

322 REINVENTED

Substance Architecture

PHOTOGRAHS
Paul Crosby

AREA
4200.0 m2

MANUFACTURERS
Owens Corning, Hafele, Kohler, Lightolier, VELUX Group, American Olean, Artemide, Caesar, Diamond Vogel, James Hardie, McElroy, Omega Fence Systems, Pella EFCO, Énergie

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Iowa, USA

CATEGORY
Housing

Text description provided by architect.

This Iowa City residence, built in 1941 and subsequently expanded several times over the intervening decades, was a complex mass housing a warren of rooms with no overall sense of organization.

322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby

The home had one compelling feature - a large site in an established neighborhood surrounded by mature trees.

The desire to liberate and organize the interior spaces and connect them to this landscape was a central theme which guided the homes renovation.

The designers employed a series of transformational tactics to simplify and expand the home.

322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby

The gable form was expanded vertically (by increasing the roof slope) and extruded to the north to increase the homes volume within the existing foundation.

The existing windows were replaced and their rhythm extended to order the home’s fenestration.

The result is a simple, almost archetypal, “house shape”.

322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby

This gabled volume was then expanded with a series of porches providing a transitional space between inside and outside, as well as solar protection for new enlarged glass openings.

These porches, in turn, frame exterior spaces around the home. The interior is similarly direct.

The first level of the home becomes a single, white, open volume with a dark mass of service spaces placed off-center.

322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby

This mass subtly defines the first level living spaces.

The second level houses the bedrooms while the attic becomes a playroom space, flanked by additional bedrooms.

322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby

Throughout, efforts we made to create a cohesive whole with a sense of openness out of the cellular rooms of the existing home.


322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby
322 Reinvented
© Paul Crosby


322 Reinvented
Diagram


322 Reinvented
Plan
322 Reinvented
Plan
322 Reinvented
Plan

Substance Architecture
T +1 515 2434407 F +1 515 2434692
Substance Architecture
1300 Walnut St #201, Des Moines, IA 50309, United States