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The brief, involved restoring and extending the main house to function as a single, coherent dwelling for contemporary living. The restoration and adaption of the house is framed as a response opposing the evolution of particular condition within the typology in Dublin of two storey over basement period houses, where a suite of contemporary living spaces housed in the lower ground floor or basement are entirely disconnected from the main spaces of the ‘piano nobile’ over.
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A new over wide European Oak stair provided from the entrance level to the lower ground floor level below, creates a vertical link of an appropriate scale, in the overall spatial composition of the lower ground floor and upper floors of the house, stitching and integrating the contemporary informal spaces of the lower ground floor into the retained fabric of the upper floors, creating an integrated contemporary spatial composition.
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A modest new single storey extension adjoins the new lower stair landing, providing an over large apron, which acts as a pivot within the house, linking the new stair to the basement along with a new multi-functional space, which can work as a playroom, home office or guest bedroom.