The house as it was
A modern Florida home built around its pool. The living spaces opened onto a covered patio, and a small pool bath sat at the far corner of the lot. It was the right house for the family it was designed for, until that family grew.
Three rules before the first line
More people, more rooms, the same lot. Before drawing anything, we set three rules:
Every room meets the outdoors. Each new space opens to the pool, the deck or the garden.
Every room gets daylight. No room is buried inside the plan.
The new volume stays out of the sun’s way. The original house keeps its light.
Building where the house already was
Instead of spreading across the lot, the addition takes the footprint of the old covered patio and pool bath. The patio becomes a dining room that slides open to the pool. A new room looks west to the garden, and the pool bath is rebuilt inside the new wing, opening straight onto the deck. The wing is only one room deep, so daylight reaches every new space. Building up and over what’s already there, instead of out, leaves more of the garden in place.
A suite above the pool
Upstairs, a compact second story holds a bedroom with its own bath and closet, reached by its own stair. It sits apart from the existing bedrooms, so the family gains privacy along with space. We pushed it to the west edge of the lot, clear of the south-facing glass, so the living spaces below still get their sun.
One house, not a house plus an addition
The new volume speaks the same language as the original: white planes, flat roofs and clean lines. Teal vertical screens add privacy, and act as a design feature . From the street, it reads as if it was always there.
Under construction
Citrus II is being built now. We’ll share the progress here as it takes shape.
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