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Wabi Sabi 侘寂; represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”.

The idea behind this addition was to create a space that is intrinsically counterbalanced. The form is dictated largely by compliance with the established aesthetic guidelines of the neighborhood. The form itself moves from the southwest to northeast due to regulations of scale and setbacks. The building’s form is therefore ‘weighted’ with the large portion of its volume leaning towards the North and the East. The street fronts are modest and monolithic in composition revealing very little but the façade. Austerity is an apparent Reveal.

Materially the building continues the exercise in contrast by fronting a rain screen facade built with Yakisugi 焼き

杉. Yakisugi 焼き杉 is an ancient process of charring timber for the use in cladding. This practice is reflective of the notion of Wabi Sabi 侘寂. It showcases an ideal representative of an element or composition which is intrinsically in transition. It peeps into a singular moment inside a minute glimpse of how something at sometime was, and might eventually become. The exterior is accented with materials that will intentionally weather; the block wall and the raw steel gates and railings all refer to a state of transience. The exterior is also specked with fenestrations bound in white which reveal the interior essence and qualities of the interior.

The interior essence is the counterpoint to the exterior. Inside there is an assertive and established statement. It is a clean and white vessel for living. A figurative ‘womb’ for living. The space is a compartment for and of habitation. It is glistening white punctuated by sharp lines, edges and planes.

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The interior is clean and crisp in order to facilitate and produce a ‘canvas’ for habitation. The user is then supposed to fill this space not with possessions or material things, but with life and more specifically living. This should become an archive of the user’s spiritual and existential artifacts. This contrast from outside

to in echoes an idea that our ‘skin’ is ever changing via contact, age, experience, etc.; however our insides perhaps our souls, never stray from the primordial or fundamental essence found simply in a place to store, guard or shelter ourselves and the ‘things’ of which we are composed.

In tandem with the theoretical and conceptual there exist the pragmatics of the building. The building is littered with gestures that foster contemplation as the inhabitant uses the building. The form gestures through weight, scale and geometry to the peak of the Sandia Mountain range. The balcony further gestures beyond the reaches of the structure to place the user in an almost suspended state as they teeter over cantilevered space. The fenestration in the roof and over the concrete banco function as solar clocks informing the user of the inescapable and constant passing of time. The placement of the banco is such that it forces the occupant to look inwards and upwards to genuinely and purposely live in the building and reflect the internal.

The building perhaps best exists to remind its inhabitants and occupants to reflect on emotions, thoughts and existences which have ubiquitously been forgotten.

-AGB

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Main House:

General: Brick Construction built approximately 1929. Stem wall foundation with crawl space and partial basement. Light timber framed walls and rafters. R13 insulation throughout several walls. Asphalt shingle roof installed in 2005. Attic access. Drywall and Lathe and Plaster interior walls. Exterior Stucco Walls. Installed energy efficient windows in all fenestrations in 2010.

Mechanical: Central Forced heating and cooling, split system furnace in basement, condenser external 1996. Gas 60 Gallon water heater in basement 2003. Plumbing extensively updated 2006 to present.

Appliances: All kitchen appliances updated in 2012. Will convey.

Kitchen Cabinets: Installed 2013. Euro style Blum hardware, self closer. Countertops Acrylic installed 2013.

Floors: Original oak hardwood, cork (2009), tile (2009) and carpet (2009).

Studio:

Built 2007, Balloon Frame on Pier footings, R13/R19 Batt Insulation, Composite Siding, Metal Roof, Gypsum wall panel, Laminate Floor. Wood and Vinyl Doors and Windows.

Shed:

Built 2011, Balloon Frame on Concrete Slab, No Insulation, Cedar Rainscreen Siding, Vinyl Roof, Exposed Slab Floor, Wood Windows and Doors.

Garage:

Built 1950s, Block Construction on Concrete Slab, No Insulation, Stucco Siding, Asphalt Roll Roof, Exposed Slab Floor, Garage Door, and aluminum window and Composite Steel Door. Remodeled 2012.

Addition:

Built 2013/2014.

General: Balloon Frame on Concrete Slab, 2x6 Walls, R19 Batt Insulation in walls, R38 Batt Insulation in Roof. Cedar Rainscreen Siding and Roof, Exposed sealed and waxed concrete slab floor, Vinyl Windows Energy Star Certified, Aluminum Skylights Energy

Star Certified, Composite Luaun Doors.

Mechanical: Multi Split Heating and Cooling Inverter SEER 20, Rinnai Tankless NG Water Heater. Dual Flush Toilet.

Appliances: All will convey, Energy Star Certified, multi brand.

Lighting: Energy Star, LED Bulb and Fluorescent.

Cabinetry: Installed 2013. Euro style Blum hardware, self closer. Countertops Acrylic installed 2013.

Custom steel railings, white powder coat finish.

Interior: Level 5 Gypsum Wall board, Premium tile in bath, Full Glass frameless Shower surround.

Electronics: Speaker wire run into post bound receptacles for surround sound and speaker installation on exterior west wall. HDMI receptacles in Living and Bedroom.

Landscaping: Crusher Fines throughout over commercial grade landscaping fabric. 2014.

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