Residential
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2025
By siting the structure to split the former backyard in twain, it creates a shared courtyard preceding a sheltered front porch as well as a private garden for the ADU, creating a new sequence of intimate outdoor spaces and preserving existing mature trees at the corners of the property.
The ADU occupies a footprint of under 600 square feet, composed of as a pair of diurnal volumes, one open and one private: the living room, library and studio space for work during the day, and a bedroom-study perched atop kitchen and bath. Each volume has its own visual and ambulatory connection to the outside with a covered threshold, the borrowed and lived landscape becoming integral to the architectural space.