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Ormewood Park Residence in Atlanta
Jan 24, 2022
Design: Point Office Architecture and Design
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Photos by Fredrik Brauer
Ormewood Park Residence, Georgia
The Ormewood Park Residence project consists of a modest yet thoughtful addition to an existing bungalow in Ormewood Park, integrating the client?s goals of contextually appropriate design with modern elements and abundant natural light. The project required demolition of a previous failing expansion, which was subsequently replaced with new program including a kitchen, utility area, master bedroom, closet, and master bathroom. Reacting to the unique geometries of the site, the addition consists of a rotated volume of similar character to the existing archetypal house form, bridged by a glazed room housing the kitchen, distinguished from the adjoining forms in its design and materiality.
What were the key challenges"

The western boundary of this residential lot was established by the historic trolley line that once ran through the neighborhood and eventually to downtown Atlanta. The geometry of the site, particularly the way the setbacks constricted usable area, created a challenge in how to accommodate the client?s programmatic goals while respecting the scale of the existing neighboring structures. The design responds to the diagonal formed by the old trolley infrastructure on the west side of ...