The Shade Box began with a drab, scorched tile balcony and ended at a shaded sky garden deck. The extensive entry way remodel invites the landscape closer in to the house with lightweight steel planters, vine screens, and Juliet balcony - and unrolls the house’s living space further out with a sprawling ipe hardwood deck, new doors and windows, shade canopy, and softened lighting.
The result blends the inside and out into a tactile intervention of building and landscape.
‘Before’ - balcony from below
‘After’ - balcony from below
‘Before’ - front door
‘After’ - front door
Doors closed
Screen and French doors open
‘Before’ - walking up
‘After’ - walking up