Terry & Terry Architecture

Bal House

Terry & Terry Architecture
28. October 2015

PROJECT DATA

Project
Bal House

Location
Menlo Park, California

Architect
Terry & Terry Architecture

Project Team
Alex Terry, Ivan Terry, Matt Bisset

Project Engineer
Santos Urrutia Structural Engineers Inc.

Contractor
Timberline Construction

Photographer
Bruce Damonte

Project Area
2000 sq. Ft.
 
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
 
Structural system
Cast in place Concrete, Wood/steel frame
 
Exterior cladding
Concrete: Bode Concrete, San Francisco
Wood: Ipe wood Cladding
 
Roofing
Built-up roofing: Dibiten Roofing
 
Windows
Aluminum:  Fleetwood USA Window and Doors sales@fleetwoodusa.com
Bay Window:  Custom Fabrication TTA
 
Glazing
Glass: Tempered Frameless Glass Panels
Skylights: Custom
 
Doors
Wood doors: Custom Manufactured Interior doors
Sliding doors: Fleetwood USA Window and Doors                   
Hardware
Locksets: Omnia
Pulls: Hafele 
Cabinet hardware: Hafele
 
Interior finishes
Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: Custom Cabinets
Paints and stains: Benjamin Moore, Penofin Verde
Paneling: Ipe wood strip
 
Plumbing
Grohe Faucets, Toto toilets
  
Lighting
Interior ambient lighting: Tobias Grau
Downlights: Contrast Recessed Lighting
Exterior: Lumiere Lighting

Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte

Conceived for a retired couple, the open and accessible design integrates the living space with the rear garden to create a well-lit domestic extension. Comprised of two floating volumes, the addition formally designates the bedroom to the west and the main (common) space to the east. The two wings gradually diverge from the original structure to generate a glass-clad fissure in between. This void space pulls the garden inwards, injecting elements of the outdoors into the core of the house.

Photo: Bruce Damonte

The bedroom wing/volume, which is located on the west side of the house encompasses the existing bedroom volume which was extended toward the rear in the form of a wood tube to accommodate an additional bedroom. This bedroom volume opens out to the garden.

Photo: Bruce Damonte

The second volume, which comprises the main space, houses the kitchen, dining and media areas. The east wood wall plane of the main space folds onto two concrete walls to form the main roof plane. The main space produces large transparent openings or voids that open out onto a deck at the rear garden. The main roof plane extends forward to form the carport roof near the front of the property. A garden concrete wall stretches out from the media room toward the garden adjacent to a rear ramp and forms part of the cantilevered bench that echoes the concrete wall material in the main space.

Photo: Bruce Damonte

The original structure, which houses the music room, two bedrooms and a bathroom, was retained and renovated. A new steel bay window seat was inserted at the front bedroom to replace a small existing window. The front entry porch was extended and rebuilt with hardwood decking connecting to the new driveway. The fireplace chimney was reconstructed and, along with the carport storage volume, was skinned with recycled EPDM rubber. A new hallway/ passage and wood skinned storage wall were designed into the core of the structure to engage and connect the materiality of the new addition with the existing structure.

Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Floor Plan (Drawing: Terry & Terry Architecture)

PROJECT DATA

Project
Bal House

Location
Menlo Park, California

Architect
Terry & Terry Architecture

Project Team
Alex Terry, Ivan Terry, Matt Bisset

Project Engineer
Santos Urrutia Structural Engineers Inc.

Contractor
Timberline Construction

Photographer
Bruce Damonte

Project Area
2000 sq. Ft.
 
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
 
Structural system
Cast in place Concrete, Wood/steel frame
 
Exterior cladding
Concrete: Bode Concrete, San Francisco
Wood: Ipe wood Cladding
 
Roofing
Built-up roofing: Dibiten Roofing
 
Windows
Aluminum:  Fleetwood USA Window and Doors sales@fleetwoodusa.com
Bay Window:  Custom Fabrication TTA
 
Glazing
Glass: Tempered Frameless Glass Panels
Skylights: Custom
 
Doors
Wood doors: Custom Manufactured Interior doors
Sliding doors: Fleetwood USA Window and Doors                   
Hardware
Locksets: Omnia
Pulls: Hafele 
Cabinet hardware: Hafele
 
Interior finishes
Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: Custom Cabinets
Paints and stains: Benjamin Moore, Penofin Verde
Paneling: Ipe wood strip
 
Plumbing
Grohe Faucets, Toto toilets
  
Lighting
Interior ambient lighting: Tobias Grau
Downlights: Contrast Recessed Lighting
Exterior: Lumiere Lighting

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