A House with Perfect Pitch
An interior precedent for a residential kitchen extension utilizing a pitched roof profile and full-height glazed gable to dissolve the boundary between kitchen and garden.
- What we like about this project
- The triangular apex glass precisely mirrors the pitch of the interior ceiling.
Materials
- stone
- timber
- glass
- metal
- plaster
Visual identifiers
- pitched-roof
- glazed-gable
- kitchen-extension
- skylight
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimal
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- kitchen
- natural-light
- indoor-outdoor
- minimalist
- Geometry
- Symmetrical pitched ceiling volume ending in a large glazed gable and sliding glass door framing the backyard.
- Facade system
- Minimalist black-framed metal sliding glass door system beneath a triangular gable window.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frame supporting a pitched roof structure.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential room height with a raised pitched ceiling.
- Lighting
- Bright diffused daylight enters through overhead skylights and the large rear glass facade, casting soft highlights on the floor.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, airy, and bright with warm neutral tones connecting interior spaces to the outdoors.
- Environmental context
- Residential kitchen extension overlooking a private backyard garden and neighboring houses.
- Spatial experience
- A linear kitchen run leads the eye outward toward the garden through an expansive, light-filled glazed opening.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical lines of the sliding door frame echo the tall kitchen cabinetry along the right wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimal residential interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining extension
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- stone, timber, glass, metal, plaster
- Visual identifiers
- pitched-roof, glazed-gable, kitchen-extension, skylight
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimal, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, kitchen, natural-light, indoor-outdoor, minimalist
- Geometry
- Symmetrical pitched ceiling volume ending in a large glazed gable and sliding glass door framing the backyard.
- Facade system
- Minimalist black-framed metal sliding glass door system beneath a triangular gable window.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frame supporting a pitched roof structure.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential room height with a raised pitched ceiling.
- Lighting
- Bright diffused daylight enters through overhead skylights and the large rear glass facade, casting soft highlights on the floor.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, airy, and bright with warm neutral tones connecting interior spaces to the outdoors.
- Environmental context
- Residential kitchen extension overlooking a private backyard garden and neighboring houses.
- Spatial experience
- A linear kitchen run leads the eye outward toward the garden through an expansive, light-filled glazed opening.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical lines of the sliding door frame echo the tall kitchen cabinetry along the right wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimal residential interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining extension
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior