Yew Street House是一栋传统的温哥华房子，被翻新以适应居家养老。该项目是由温哥华设计公司Campos Studio和多伦多工业设计师Tom Chung合作完成的。Yew House位于Kitsilano的一个小角落，是温哥华最初的工人阶级社区之一。这座房子最初建于1907年，经历了错综复杂的装修，在20世纪70年代，它的大部分土地被卖掉，以满足邻近的开发项目。由于这块土地的出售，现在不可能在这块土地上建造新的房子。因此，他们计划将现有的房子进行升级改造，将其开膛破肚，对外壳进行重新绝缘和抗震升级。

Yew Street House is a traditional Vancouver house that was renovated to suit aging in place. The project was executed as a collaboration between Vancouver design firm Campos Studio and Toronto based industrial designer Tom Chung. Yew House is situated on a small corner lot in Kitsilano, one Vancouver’s original working class neighbourhoods. Originally built in 1907, the house underwent a patchwork of renovations and in the 1970’s most of its land was sold off to accommodate a neighbouring development. Due to the sale of this land it is now impossible to build a new house on the lot. Therefore, the plan became to upgrade the existing house by gutting it down to the studs, reinsulating and seismically upgrading the shell.

业主在这个适合步行的社区养育了他们的家人，他们想找到一种方法来翻新房子，以适应他们过渡到半退休的空巢老人，并通过退休来实现居家养老。我们的计划是创造一个明亮的现代开放式阁楼式生活区，并为来访的孩子和朋友提供一个不显眼的私人访客区。以前的阁楼书房被改造成了主卧室和带隐蔽储藏室的套房阁楼，而一楼的卧室现在是一个自给自足的客人区，通过厨房木制品中的隐蔽门与主生活空间相连。主楼被设计成可转换为单层居住，预计最终会将电视室和化妆室转换为主卧室，这样这对夫妇就可以居家养老了。

Having raised their family in this walkable neighbourhood the owners wanted to find a way to renovate the house to suit their transition to being semi-retired empty nesters and through retirement to aging in place. The plan became to create a bright modern open loft style living area with an unobtrusive and private guest area for visiting children and friends. The previous attic den was converted into a master bedroom and ensuite loft with hidden storage while the ground floor bedrooms are now a self-sufficient guest area connected to the main living space through a concealed door in the kitchen millwork. The main floor was designed to be convertible to one level living by anticipating the eventual conversion of the TV room and powder room into a master bedroom so that the couple could age in place.

整个装修都保持了耐磨和永恒的特点。地板，包括楼梯，都是欧洲白橡木。木制品是橡木和波罗的海桦木的组合。天花板是用黑色金属转扣支撑的，这与黑色金属屏和金属制品相呼应。在拆除过程中，发现了一个隐藏在干墙后面的原始壁炉。它被修复了，并有助于界定餐厅和起居区。该项目包括一些由Tom Chung设计的定制灯具，而家具则是客户拥有的复古家具和当代设计作品的混合物。

Finishes were kept hardwearing and timeless throughout. The floors, including the stairs, are European white oak. The millwork is a combination of Oak and Baltic Birch. The ceiling was braced with black metal turnbuckles which echoed the black metal screens and metalwork. During the demolition, an original fire place was discovered hidden behind drywall. It was restored and helps to define the dining and living areas. The project includes a number of custom lights by Tom Chung while the furniture is a mixture of client owned vintage pieces and contemporary design pieces.

Architects: Campos Studio, Tom Chung Studio
Area: 2400 ft²
Year: 2018
Photographs: Conrad Brown, Andrew Latreille
Manufacturers: Nemetschek
Main Contractor: Terris Lighfoot Contracting
Millwork:Fusion Woodwork
Metal Work:Metal Mart
City:Vancouver
Country:Canada