TOPetcher ARCHITECTURE

Program: 

This project was a complete renovation of a generic 1950’s single family home in San Francisco.  The house has sweeping views from the rear of the Golden Gate and its namesake park.  The house is located on a down sloping lot, so the middle level contains a two car garage.  Main living spaces are located at the top floor and sleeping and family areas on the entry and garden levels.

Concept:

The house opens to the formerly obscured view to the rear.  The rooms are a series of interlocking rectangular volumes defined by natural light.  Space, both real and perceived is defined through out by the use of materials.

Entry from the street is through a series of defined transitional spaces.  A driveway court leads to a semi private garden and then to an external stair passage with the transition from public to private is reinforced at each.  Arrival is on the top level where an open living area frames the view beyond.  Flanking the formal living space is a secluded dining  area, stair to the lower floors and family kitchen.  The top level also contains a guest suite and study which face the front of the house. The street level contains the family & master suite.  The lowest floor at the garden level contains the children’s rooms.