This suburban home, designed for a Planning Commissioner and her family, offers a relaxed connection to the street and provides an amplified perception of space on a typical 50’x 150’ lot by organizing expansive views through the length of the house.
A barn-shaped roof emerged from tracing the maximum permitted planning envelope, producing a chance rural reference that fits both the family’s background and interest in the informal, modest and communal. A Quaker bonnet, seen in an old family portrait, inspired the shaping of the guesthouse roof, which backdrops the series of indoor and outdoor spaces. Movable privacy/sun control screens between house and yard modify views inside and out at different times of day.