The corner lot presented the opportunity to separate the garage and main house volumes, allowing each to relate their street and connect the neighborhood fabric. A low slung hipped roof with deep overhangs joins the masses, creating an interstitial space that becomes a covered outdoor living room as the core of family life and gateway to the private back yard.
The approach to the residence greets one with a masonry facade, perforated in sections, running the long axis of the house. A shift off-axis provides an orientation to the main stair that is pulled out from the interior footprint, flowing linearly under the roof overhang. The stair acts as a transition between inside and outside, first and second level living. The broken and bent bar planning cradles the private backyard and pool casita, connected through the outdoor living room.
A restrained material palette of light buff brick, white stucco, and exposed concrete is accented by stained cedar for an approachable feeling in an otherwise traditional neighborhood.
Architect : KEM STUDIO – http://www.kemstudio.com/
Location : Prairie Village, Kansas, Missouri, United States
Area : 339 m2
Year : 2020
Photography : Bob Greenspan – http://bobgreenspan.com/
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