Cape Cod / Atelier Waechter

Dec 2010

Uploaded by Kelly Minner — Filed under: Houses ,Refurbishment ,Selected , Atelier Waechter, Oregon, Portland, USA

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This residential renovation by Atelier Waechter transformed an existing 1947 single story Cape Cod style house into a compact and functional 1,400 sqf modern dwelling. Simple clean lines, each level of the new house has a distinct character to meet the needs of the new inhabitants. Cape Cod received a 2010 AIA Portland Built Merit Award.

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Architects: Atelier Waechter
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Builder: Prutting and Co.
Structural Engineer: Munzing Structural Engineering
Owner: Lola Oyibo & Eric Boardman
Project Area: 1,400 sqf
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Sally Schoolmaster

The first floor living space is now one open room with living, dining and kitchen areas. Offset from the center of this room is a wooden box that contains “servant” spaces (stairs, powder room and storage). To go upstairs one literally steps into this wooden box creating a dramatic threshold between the main living space and the more private bedroom area above.

ground floor plan

The original Cape Cod roof was removed and a second floor was added for bedrooms. In stark contrast to the first floor, the spatial order is comprised of 4 rooms organized around the central stair. The mood is quiet and calm through the scale of the rooms and the soft texture of the carpeting.

second floor plan

The open floor plan of the first floor reappears at the rooftop terrace. The diagram, once again, is a single room with a box “floating” off center. This time, however, the room perimeter consists of parapet walls which afford sweeping views of the neighborhood and distant mountains.

: © Sally Schoolmaster

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: ground floor plan

: second floor plan

: roof plan

* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

Cite:
Minner , Kelly . "Cape Cod / Atelier Waechter" 18 Dec 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 22 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/96782>

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up_today_arch says:

Inside style is cool enough…

# December 18, 2010 at 12:34

Zoheir says:

lovely house !!
it has something special, I don”t know what !!

# December 19, 2010 at 04:14

liveload says:

great reworking of an existing type. love the rooftop terrace and the clever bedroom level plan. the big windows are also very appealing: solid. personally, i would have mirrored the main floor core so that the bathroom door was facing the entrance. bathrooms that open onto a dinning space are very awkward.

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