Program:
Four-car garage with bike shop
One-bedroom, one-bathroom
Kitchenette
Small office
Solution:
Reduce the overall scale by depressing the new structure two feet into grade.
Conceal the garage level behind a stone wall that matches the existing.
Build the garage to match the existing concrete foundation details.
Build the guesthouse to match and extend the existing entry pergola’s steel and wood.
Infill with frameless glass, and minimal steel-faced fixed and venting panels.
Cantilever the new structure into a ‘skybox’.
Match the existing rift-sawn oak, engineered granite, mosaic tile.
Illuminate with a linear skylight.