Fellowships
Rosalyne Shieh
Project Title
About-Face
About this Project
This project is a room that cuts diagonally across the house, with a window onto the southern sky. The room cuts a path for light, bringing a spot of brightness into the northern easement corridor during the day, and illuminating a volume between the house and its neighbor at night. This new cross-axis anticipates the removal of the adjacent, fire-damaged property, readying the house to turn away from the street and face down a more distant neighbor across an open lot. The construction of contrast in light and aspect between the house and its immediate surroundings invests in a transformation of the entire block.
