An attached one-car garage is extended forward and re-dedicated as a study. 

Angled and offset from the existing house, the new front wall laps over the living area to introduce a new entry foyer. It continues to wrap into the curve of an ascending spiral stair, leading to a new mezzanine dedicated for music. 

A diagonally oriented butterfly roof alights above and hovers over the defunct masonry chimney separated by a band of glass. 

Rainwater is conducted from the roof to a basin and a concrete channel that meanders to its eventual dispersal in the garden.

Glass, fiber-cement panels, perforated aluminum and corrugated steel composes the new envelope, riffing off of the solid rigidity of the original concrete block. Adhering mostly to the original footprint and with a focus on reforming the volumes, this dwelling forces gravity and loftiness into a happy coexistence.