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2012

A hundred years, more or less,
separate the two phases of the house, the phase of the performance and that of
the proposed expansion.
The first phase (1906) is marked by a morphology and typology usual in Miramar
Beach, characterized by the nostalgic language and romantic image of the early
twentieth century. It consists of two volumes, one to the north, associated to
the access road to the sea, for a single family dwelling, the other to the
south, to the garage. Both are expanded in the uses and in the shape by two
volumes which mark the second phase (2012).
Those new updates add a range of individual and social uses, sizing spaces for
permanent use and enjoyment, common room as in the North, and satisfy the most
demanding functional uses such as the kitchen, laundry and linen closet.
Receives also to the North, a library where knowledge is assimilated and
musical instruments are rehearsed. The need for a
space for a business manager and a studio for a creative fashion designer
installation create conditions that validate the concept of work at home. A new
volume is destined to the garage and to the living situate
to the South.
The additions and the volumetrically expansions described evolve over the central
empty space of the lot, creating a lively patio, formalized by the two glass
facades that visually relate the family experiences to the north and south.
Between the two halves, there is a floor walkway that promotes a buried
distribution associating the two rooms. The daily occupations, between the
waking and the dinner, through playing, creating or studying, occupy and move
through the various spaces of the various volumes. Divided into individual
spaces and the vocation of different users, but reunited in social spaces, the
organization and evolutionary rotary animates the house that progress accordingly with the ages of their inhabitants.
A formal and spacial clearance characterizes additions and expansions in
contrast with the dated image and language from existing. The horizontal spans,
extensive, compete for this time distinction and separation, clearly
contemporary. The traditional or contemporary materials and construction
systems today introduced assume neutrality and confirm the range of about a
hundred years, therefore with unity and spatial continuity.

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House M+F

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