25th Street House by Shimizu & Coggeshall Architects

25th Street Residence by Shimizu & Coggeshall Architects

25th Street House by Shimizu & Coggeshall Architects in Santa Monica, California, United States:
The project is aim to insert a LEED platinum contemporary renovation into a 1920’s structure in a way that would contrast and complement. Small unused spaces were reconfigured by expanding them for a multiplicity of programs. Connections with the exterior were set up where every space has a unique relationship to the outside; sometimes framing a view, sometimes blurring the boundary between inside and out. The street elevation scale was preserved while the entry and site were designed to promote neighborhood interaction on a corner in a highly walkable area.

contemporary renovation by Shimizu & Coggeshall Architects

Additional sustainable issues for this project combined passive and active technologies. Simultaneously, there was a material agenda that not only contrasted new from old but re-used materials on site: beams became benches and counters became fountains. Salvaged walnut slabs became a counter and framing harvested from a local demolished factory became the living room floor. The result is a high-performing home that has been completely transformed while respecting the layered history of the house.