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This project is an adaptive re-use of an existing carriage house located adjacent to existing corporate offices within a residential neighborhood.

To accommodate the programmatic needs of an executive conference room, an executive office and administrative support space, the original square building was doubled in size. A smaller wood box is “nested” within the brick shell. The panels of the wood box transform to become openings, doorways, glass partitions, exterior windows, and cabinets.

This spatial manipulation further heightens the transparency of the building by allowing surfaces to slide past each other in a contrasting play between solid and void. The moveable partitions allow light, privacy and containment to be controlled by the occupant.

Client

Vaughan Terrace Associates

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Size

1,500 SF

Program

Office Renovation

Completion

1990

Sector

Historic + Adaptive Reuse

Workplace

Awards

AIA Maryland merit Award 1992

AIA Potomac Honor Award 1990

AIA Baltimore Merit Award 1990