Plans
My
idea for the addition starts with a rotation.
First, I took the original floor plans and rotated them about the corner
of the front staircase. This allowed for
the original house to be incorporated into the addition. This seemed a natural place to put the
addition, since the hallways on each floor ended at the staircase. The “rule” of the addition was to have the
opposite of what Richard Meier had created.
For every wall of glass, my addition had a solid wall. For every subtraction of a floor, my addition
had an addition. For instance, the open
area on the third floor of the existing house that looks down to the Living and
Dining Rooms, became the new Master Suite in the addition. Since most of the front half of the existing
house consisted of living space, the addition then had a void in its
corresponding location, as well as a pool to further subtract from the
area. Of course, I deviated from these
“rules” when it seemed to benefit the project.
One example of this was the section of glass above the pool. The glass became a way to show the corner of
the old Master Bedroom without breaking the “rule”. It also helped to balance the look of the
addition with the existing house.
Another way that the existing style was incorporated into the addition
was the use of a column in the family room.
Like the original house, the column allowed the wall in the Family Room
by the pool to be mostly glazing and to be separate from the structure.
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