ART COLLECTOR'S RENOVATION — ANTHONY PROVENZANO ARCHITECTS

PROJECTS
ABOUT + SUSTAINABILITY
PRESS + AWARDS
SOCIAL MEDIA + WRITING
RECIPES

PROJECTS
ABOUT + SUSTAINABILITY
PRESS + AWARDS
SOCIAL MEDIA + WRITING
RECIPES

ANTHONY PROVENZANO ARCHITECT

388 C MANNING AVENUE

TORONTO, ON, CANADA

CANADA

ART COLLECTOR'S RENOVATION, 2007-2015

Garden Facade.

before + after

before + after

GARDEN PANORAMA

ELEVATION/SECTION-ELEVATION

LOWER LEVEL PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

INSPIRATION (KOLUMBA MUSEUM, COLOGNE - PETER ZUMTHOR)

THE WINDOW IS ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING FACE:

IN THIS CASE THE WINDOWS ARE OVER SIZED (RELATIVE TO THE OPENING) PUT IN A FRAME AND THEN ATTACHED TO THE STRUCTURE

YOU CAN SEE AT THE WINDOW EDGE (FROM THE INSIDE) HOW THE WINDOW IS BIGGER THAN THE OPENING, AND THE FLOOR IS HELD 1/2" OFF OF THE WALL.

THE WINDOW OPENING GOES FROM FLOOR TO CEILING & THE WINDOW IS ABOUT 6" LARGER (ON ALL 4 SIDES) THAN THE SIZE OF THE WINDOW OPENING

THE NET EFFECT OF WHICH IS A "PURE" OPENING, WITH NO VISUAL BARRIER TO THE OUTSIDE (NOT EVEN A WINDOW FRAME).

FROM THE INTERIOR THE VIEW IS FRAMED AS THOUGH IT WERE A FLOOR TO CEILING TO WALL TO WALL PAINTING.

HERE THE STAIR AND THE WALL ARE SEPARATED BY A 1/2" REVEAL

AND IT'S NOT A FAKE REVEAL EITHER, THE STAIR IS LITERALLY 1/2" AWAY FROM THE WALL.

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