Hybrid Four Squares

About the Project

This residence was commissioned by an empty nester wanting to refurbish a century home with all new luxuries and openness of modern design.

Traditional structures are typically diminutive in scale, it was clear that the old house would need a new annex that would allow for the program to next to the relative scale of the new versus old layout. The home is expanded though a rear renovation. By carefully studying the tectonic language of the existing structure, we proceeded to carefully repair, insert, stitch, and detail the architecture of the design. The larger spaces are all placed in a demountable black box at the back of the home. Study and pantry are the two elements that allow the old to flow to the new.

The home reinvented a hybrid language of old and new ensuring that features, scale, colours, and details can coexist together.