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Elverson Farmhouse Addition

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Location
Elverson, Pennsylvania
Year
2009
Structure
House (Single Residence)
Style
Farmhouse
A new stone patio connects living spaces to the rural site beyond.
A new stone patio connects living spaces to the rural site beyond.
The addition includes a redesigned entry sequence and acts as a threshold to an adjacent terrace and the site beyond.
The addition includes a redesigned entry sequence and acts as a threshold to an adjacent terrace and the site beyond.
The addition acts as a threshold from a new entry to the site beyond.
The addition acts as a threshold from a new entry to the site beyond.
The addition includes a redesigned entry sequence and acts as a threshold to an adjacent terrace and the site beyond.
The addition includes a redesigned entry sequence and acts as a threshold to an adjacent terrace and the site beyond.
A light filled, open stair hall connects the new master suite to existing second floor spaces.
A light filled, open stair hall connects the new master suite to existing second floor spaces.
Reclaimed wood treads are used in a minimally detailed open stair connecting living spaces to a new hall and bedrooms above.
Reclaimed wood treads are used in a minimally detailed open stair connecting living spaces to a new hall and bedrooms above.
The footprint of the addition functions with the existing house and adjacent guest cottage to capture space around a new patio.
The footprint of the addition functions with the existing house and adjacent guest cottage to capture space around a new patio.
In contrast to the closed and compartmentalized layout of the original house, the addition provides ample opportunity for the family to connect with the outdoors.
In contrast to the closed and compartmentalized layout of the original house, the addition provides ample opportunity for the family to connect with the outdoors.
A glass ribbon, weaving through the copper and stone facade, becomes a connector between old and new, top and bottom, inside and outside.
A glass ribbon, weaving through the copper and stone facade, becomes a connector between old and new, top and bottom, inside and outside.
A light filled master bath with a vaulted ceiling is located at the second floor gable end.
A light filled master bath with a vaulted ceiling is located at the second floor gable end.
A second floor deck is carved out of the copper 'fore-bay’ and is covered with a glass skylight that empties via chain downspouts to river rock drainage beds below.
A second floor deck is carved out of the copper 'fore-bay’ and is covered with a glass skylight that empties via chain downspouts to river rock drainage beds below.
Chain downspouts empty into a river rock drainage bed, and reclaimed wood treads are used in a minimally detailed open stair.
Chain downspouts empty into a river rock drainage bed, and reclaimed wood treads are used in a minimally detailed open stair.
In contrast to the inward-looking and compartmentalized layout of the original house, the addition provides ample opportunity for the family to connect with the outdoors.
In contrast to the inward-looking and compartmentalized layout of the original house, the addition provides ample opportunity for the family to connect with the outdoors.

Details

Square Feet
4000
Lot Size
7 acres

Credits

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Architect
Builder
Karl Snyder
Photographer
Jeffrey Totaro

From Wyant Architecture

A two-story family room and master suite addition honors the architecture of an18th century stone farmhouse through scale and massing, yet is decidedly contemporary in its planning and detailing. In contrast to the compartmentalized layout of the farmhouse, spaces in the addition are bright and expansive, with a strong physical and visual connection to the landscape. The addition includes a redesigned entry sequence and acts as a threshold to an adjacent terrace and the fields beyond. Stone from a neighboring farm was used for the addition and unifies the exterior palette. A standing seam copper roof extends downwards on the rear elevation to form a protruding wall suggestive in appearance to the forebay of a traditional Pennsylvania barn. Glass contributes natural light and views to interior spaces, and also becomes a formal compositional element on the exterior, separating old and new, top and bottom, copper and stone. A second floor deck, carved from the ‘copper forebay’, is covered with a glass skylight that drains water via chain downspouts to river rock drainage beds below.

Photography: Jeffrey Totaro