PROJECT City-House Renovation
LOCATION Washington, District of Columbia US
PROJECT COMPLETION DATE 11/15/2016
ARCHITECT Donald Lococo Architects
ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT/DESIGNER
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM Donald Lococo, David Moore
OWNER/CLIENT
CONTRACTOR/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER Carl Petty
PHOTOGRAPHER Gordon Beall
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Jennifer Horn Landscape Architecture
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STRUCTURAL ENGINEER 1200 Architectural Engineers
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
In the historic Kalorama district, a three-story brick city home is renovated and added to. A glassy and bright conservatory form is added continuously along the back of the house, solving circulation issues, adding sunlight in the historic home, and creating space for a breakfast room. The addition references conservatories designed during the time, as the distinction between the original historic home and the new contrasting addition is clear. The upper landing of the main stairway was changed to winders. The benefit of which purchases enough rise to allow circulation below the winders, allowing access and view to the back gardens. Informal kitchen, family and breakfast spaces were opened up to address modern living; the parenthesis of the original rooms was left clearly defined. Brick walls also added to the front act as a base.
The final home is a straightforward composition that preserves the three-bay existing order side to side while defining the original architecture from the addition, front to back. Three existing fragmented additions were replaced with a unified design that expands eating areas, clarifying circulation while meeting programmatic needs such as storage spaces and powder rooms. The renovation is able to bring considered, contemporary additions to this home in the city.
JURY COMMENTS (If Applicable)
This home renovation and addition is an excellent example of understanding the context of the host building and building upon it to create a project that is greater than the sum of the parts. The design draws on the center hall three-part plan organization to complete the addition of the breakfast dinning and formal dining areas. The exterior utilizes a dark classical language to delineate these rooms as pavilion forms and give the addition a unique expression, separate from the Georgian brick home.
There were a number of really thoughtful and elegant projects which transformed historic structures. The care and precision the architects used in crafting the plan elevated this project beyond the others. The result appears as if it’s always been there.
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City-House Renovation
Category
Local > AIA Potomac Valley > Residential Architecture (AIA Potomac Valley)
Winner Status
- Merit Award
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