concept & vision

a single family residence for an artist, a gallerist and their daughter transforms an existing two-level carriage house inserting a single volume to organize its space and the lives within

design & architecture

the house is organized through the insertion of a single orange volume that--as a jellyfish, resting its bell or umbrella on the roof--crosses with its tentacles the entire house extending from the roof to the ground.

program & use

the penthouse, retrofitted from four shipping containers, provides access to the decked and shaded roof, the only usable outdoor space as the house does not have a rear yard. The orange vertical volume intersects the carriage house, containing wet areas and stairs. The stair's incline generates the diagonal pattern and cuts. This volume also separates the space with entrance/mud room in the front and kitchen/dining/living space on the rear at the ground, and two opposite bedrooms at the second level

impact & significance

another form of adaptive reuse that retains the historical yet utilitarian typology of the carriage house and reorganizes its flow through color, and a large outdoor living space above