This pride Victorian house, Located on one of the hills of San Francisco, it was completely renovated by the studio Feldman Architecture for the real estate company Seven Hills SF, where it located its offices and flexible work spaces.
A facade renovated with respect
The house, located in Lower Pacific Heights, Previously it housed a health centre and a gymnasium, the original structure served as a backdrop to create a double-height space around a stylised ladder of light oak wood slats, which rotates around a skylight retractable, which opens or closes depending on the good weather in San Francisco.
The renovation and sanitation of the historic facade front, introducing small improvements in the color of the building, the luminaires and signage to illuminate and refresh the image from the street.
A double-height atrium
The plot of the house is narrow and very elongated plant, and the offices occupy a large part of the ground floor and the double height of the rear area. The rest of the space is shared with a private residence.
The entry is accessed through a long corridor at the back, leaving two flexible work spaces on the left. At the end of the corridor, the space opens into a large double-height atrium. meeting table It serves as an axis around which the work spaces around it were organized, made independent by means of enclosures and glass doors.
Coffee station
On this floor, there is also a coffee station, with oak furniture and a honed and grooved stone front, which gives a very contemporary look to this area. Behind, there are four bathrooms (two men and two women).
The staircase of oak, steel and glass
The reform focused on reorienting the ladder central, which in the original structure ran perpendicular to the north wall. The rotation of the staircase introduced more usable square meters and carefully created a architectural focal point which attracts the eye, thanks to the verticality of the wooden slats.
The retractable skylight
View of lobby double-height, at the back of the house. Being in an area originally without natural light, a renovation was carried out skylight or skylight practicable, which can be fully opened and provide ventilation to the space. The glass and oak wood Natural are the main materials, a pairing that complements the steel black of construction details and the natural stone of countertops and fronts in kitchens and bathrooms.
the mezzanine
On the mezzanine, a more and other flexible workspaces surround the atrium, further connecting staff to the open-air skylight. kitchen furniture, Also made of light oak, it has been combined with stone to give the appearance of raw cement. Above, another skylight brings life to this bright space.
Offices with a homely feel
And there is more: if you look at the plans From the mezzanine, next to the kitchen there are some steps that lead to a patio, which is also accessed directly from a staircase located on the ground floor.
This project represents a genuine style exercise by creating work spaces in a residential environment and providing it, at the same time, with the warmth of a modern housing.
Photos: Paul Dyer
