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Bayou St. John is an historic waterway in the center of New Orleans. The short stretch of land between the end of the bayou and what is now the French Quarter was historically the shortest portage across high ground between Lake Pontchartrain, which was navigable to large ships, and the Mississippi River, whose silty delta did not allow large ships to travel up river. This geographic fact is the reason for New Orleans existence. Originally a natural bayou, the banks of Bayou Saint John were tamed over time and today it is a unique, picturesque, and coveted residential portion of the Mid-City neighborhood. There are still a number of well preserved 18th century French-Colonial and Spanish-Colonial structures along the Bayou and houses of more recent vintage have adopted, for better and for worse, many of their stylistic elements.
The client for this project purchased a small 1930’s house on a small lot, purely for its location on Bayou Saint John. While the location is exceptional, the existing house was unattractive and cramped. Its interiors were a dark warren of rooms that had seen little in the way of improvements over its lifetime. The client, who works from home, wanted to add a home office, screen porch, additional storage and laundry facilities to the house, and wished to open up the interiors and change the focus of the living spaces towards the Bayou.
The remodel removed walls and combined spaces to make the house airier and more appropriate to modern living. Kitchen and baths were completely renovated. The basic form of the house was kept, but the front façade and awkward porch were peeled away. In their place, a gracious new porch and front façade were added which opened the front living spaces to the Bayou and made the house more sympathetic to the architecture of its neighbors. A two-story addition to the back of the house provides storage, laundry, screened porch and the owner’s second floor home-office, which peeks over the roof in the manner of a New Orleans camelback house to capture views of the Bayou. The addition was held away from the old house to simplify roof and footing conditions, and the in-between space made into an outdoor shower.
The client for this project purchased a small 1930’s house on a small lot, purely for its location on Bayou Saint John. While the location is exceptional, the existing house was unattractive and cramped. Its interiors were a dark warren of rooms that had seen little in the way of improvements over its lifetime. The client, who works from home, wanted to add a home office, screen porch, additional storage and laundry facilities to the house, and wished to open up the interiors and change the focus of the living spaces towards the Bayou.
The remodel removed walls and combined spaces to make the house airier and more appropriate to modern living. Kitchen and baths were completely renovated. The basic form of the house was kept, but the front façade and awkward porch were peeled away. In their place, a gracious new porch and front façade were added which opened the front living spaces to the Bayou and made the house more sympathetic to the architecture of its neighbors. A two-story addition to the back of the house provides storage, laundry, screened porch and the owner’s second floor home-office, which peeks over the roof in the manner of a New Orleans camelback house to capture views of the Bayou. The addition was held away from the old house to simplify roof and footing conditions, and the in-between space made into an outdoor shower.
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