Cotswald Residence

Studio Luz’s design strategy for the Cotswald Residence plays between the existing features of the traditional home and new renovations. The initial project scope examined how private spaces such as the Master Bed & Bath, children’s rooms, and guest room connect with the new family room and spaces where the family comes together. As Studio Luz considered a new connective thread to unify the new with the existing, opportunities emerged to re-conceptualize the organization of the living spaces to create harmonious relationships. The game room became the master suite, the old office space transformed into a new family and entertainment room. Highly detailed casework weaves through the halls and living spaces as a connective tissue with subtle plays on rhythm, material and light.

Studio Luz deployed these new details to create a series of layered thresholds both figuratively and physically to mark traditional spaces and function. Layered plywood end grain plays on existing rhythms and marks new spaces and functions. Our design threads new connections with existing residential vocabulary, such as integrating old door handles. These subtle and specific moves allow for legibility and playful hints as a person transitions between the traditional home and newly renovated spaces.