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Mod Ware House
Mod Ware House
Skagit County, WA, United States
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Mod Ware House
Skagit County, WA, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2020
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
The Mod Ware House is located in the Skagit Valley. The husband is a professional musician who created a nonprofit organization that brings music therapy and live performances to hospitalized children. The wife helps run the nonprofit while also pursuing her career as an interior designer. When the clients bought their 40-acre farm, there was an existing unfinished farm building residing on the property that they wished to convert into a new home for their family. One of the main design goals was to design a home that can host large gatherings for extended family as well as fundraising events. In addition, the clients wished to use much of the existing building as possible while opening up the structure to natural day light and farmland views to the south. The wife had many ideas regarding the design. She collaborated with the architects throughout the process which included an initial sketch of her vision that the architects used as a starting point for the schematic design.
Most of the initial structure was kept intact and the architects kept as many existing window openings as possible to accommodate the bedrooms, bathroom, utility room and office while creating new window openings to the south and west for the more public spaces. New beams were installed for support where bearing walls were demolished to accommodate revised floor plan configurations. A portion of the existing second floor was removed to create a two-story volume over the great room which encompassed the kitchen, dining room and living room. A loft overlooking the great room acts as the children’s play and study area. New double height window systems were cut into the west and south to bring light into the double height space to expose views of the farm land from the loft. The residence is approached from the west and a new entry was positioned on the north defined by a hanging steel canopy salvaged from an abandoned commercial project. To the south, multi-slide glass doors open onto a new concrete terrace and an outdoor pizza oven area. The outdoor pizza oven area is covered with a new steel framed roof and is additionally accessed off the pantry/mud room. Accessed off the great room, the concrete terrace acts as an outdoor stage for fundraising performances and community gatherings as well as outdoor activity space for the family. For an unobstructed view, the metal railing can be detached from the upper terrace to create an outdoor stage.
The remodel was designed to be cost efficient and resilient. The structure is situated in a flood plain so an existing first floor joist system was raised above the 100-year base flood elevation, and more foundation flood vents were added. Painted cement board with 1 x 2 battens were used for the exterior siding. The simple rectangular gabled structure lends itself well to the “modern farmhouse aesthetic” the clients desired.
Most of the initial structure was kept intact and the architects kept as many existing window openings as possible to accommodate the bedrooms, bathroom, utility room and office while creating new window openings to the south and west for the more public spaces. New beams were installed for support where bearing walls were demolished to accommodate revised floor plan configurations. A portion of the existing second floor was removed to create a two-story volume over the great room which encompassed the kitchen, dining room and living room. A loft overlooking the great room acts as the children’s play and study area. New double height window systems were cut into the west and south to bring light into the double height space to expose views of the farm land from the loft. The residence is approached from the west and a new entry was positioned on the north defined by a hanging steel canopy salvaged from an abandoned commercial project. To the south, multi-slide glass doors open onto a new concrete terrace and an outdoor pizza oven area. The outdoor pizza oven area is covered with a new steel framed roof and is additionally accessed off the pantry/mud room. Accessed off the great room, the concrete terrace acts as an outdoor stage for fundraising performances and community gatherings as well as outdoor activity space for the family. For an unobstructed view, the metal railing can be detached from the upper terrace to create an outdoor stage.
The remodel was designed to be cost efficient and resilient. The structure is situated in a flood plain so an existing first floor joist system was raised above the 100-year base flood elevation, and more foundation flood vents were added. Painted cement board with 1 x 2 battens were used for the exterior siding. The simple rectangular gabled structure lends itself well to the “modern farmhouse aesthetic” the clients desired.
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