A family house designed to keep the nature and fresh air closer
When you retire, the only thing you want in life is to spend your time with your family and your friends, especially in a welcoming home. That’s the reason why Terry & Terry Architecture and design team Alex Terry AIA and Ivan Terry started this project in 266 Santa Margarita Street, Menlo Park, USA. Their purpose was to build a living space that fulfills all the needs of a retiring family, but not to keep it away from nature and fresh air.
The project ties the new addition in the rear garden area to an existing mid century ranch house by way of a transparent hallway that provides accessibility to the existing structure and allows the garden to extend into the core of the house, creating the impression that the exterior landscape is actually an interior wall picture.
The main volume of the house contains the living room, the kitchen, and the dining room all in the same open-space, because the idea was to spend more time together with your loved ones while preparing dinner , or watching TV. The bedroom wing on the West side of the existing household, is continued towards the back as a wooden tube form to accommodate an additional bedroom.
The back is left open to the garden. The kitchen is simple, but also modern and fully equipped, as the bathroom which delights us with its shower and glass ceiling, resulting the perfect place to take a bath in. Living in a house that cozy and intimate, makes sitting every evening on the wooden deck and looking into the horizon and gaze upon a star, the best thing you can ever experience.{pics by Bruce Damonte and found on archdaily}.