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MASS Design Group cofounder Alan Ricks upgrades his “not structurally sound” bungalow with innovative materials and enough solar panels to produce more energy than it consumes.

The renovation reconfigured the kitchen to include a peninsula, which has a secondary level for the owners' wheelchair-using daughter.

Matthew and Holly opened up the foyer and kept the exposed framing in place to speak to the house’s history. The figurine on the newel post is not original to the house, but a vintage replacement found online and rewired by Matthew.

Much of the home’s exterior was preserved. The siding is painted Benjamin Moore “Dolphin,” and the trim is Benjamin Moore “Mopboard Black.”

Spontaneous intuition accumulated to exquisite balance *Illogical ideas, purpose and function far from intention: all playing a maximum effect *An old Japanese wooden house half-buried with mortar mass in a brutalist manner *A sense of graphic & product design adapted to architecture

A view of the chalet nestled in the trees on the steeply sloped, forested site

Sunlight dances over the trees and reflects off of the swimming pool.

The Shed/House sits atop a small hillside, part of a property the Redington family is restoring with native vegetation.