"They found the area interesting, and they liked the big backyard," said Brooklyn-based architect Keith Burns, who rose to the challenge of reimagining the derelict property as a bright, energy-efficient, three-bedroom, 2.5-bath home with an unconventional modern aesthetic. "The design responded to that."
"When they came to me, they didn't know what they wanted," Burns recalled of an early client meeting. "At first they thought they'd tear down and build something new. We looked at the implications of that."
The homeowners welcomed two new babies over the course of the project. Nevertheless, Burns said, "They weren't trying to add space just to add space. They needed what they needed, and didn't want more."
To minimize waste, the original foundation and as much as possible of the exterior wall and floor framing were retained, but everything else was removed and rebuilt. "We kept a fair amount of framing, including floor and roof joists," Burns said.
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