This project explores how a modest domestic intervention can reframe everyday living through movement, light, and spatial articulation. Working within an existing kitchen and porch condition, the proposal focuses on strengthening the relationship between interior and exterior space while challenging the rigid, box-like character of the original layout.
The primary strategy was to split the kitchen into multiple functional zones, encouraging circulation rather than static occupation. By breaking the kitchen into distinct but visually connected parts, the space supports movement, overlap of use, and changing points of view—aligning with the project’s emphasis on framing domestic scenes from specific vantage points.
Natural light became a key driver of the redesign. A sliding glass door, new window openings, and a skylight introduce daylight deep into the interior while establishing direct visual and physical connections to the porch and backyard. These apertures transform the kitchen from an enclosed service space into a transitional zone between interior living and outdoor activity.
To further soften the existing geometry, the ceiling was reworked into a three-dimensional arcuated roof form, replacing the flat condition with a continuous, vaulted surface. This intervention reduces the perceived rigidity of the space while reinforcing vertical movement, light diffusion, and spatial hierarchy. The roof form unifies the kitchen zones and visually extends toward the porch, strengthening the indoor–outdoor relationship.
Outside, the porch was reorganized to support grilling, dining, and gathering, allowing domestic activity to spill outward in a natural and functional way. Together, these changes reframe the kitchen and porch as a connected sequence of lived spaces rather than isolated rooms.
