Pine View Residence is a renovation rooted in return. Nestled among the lakes and canals of West Bloomfield, the project began with a deeply personal request: the transformation of one partner’s childhood home to support their life together today. The design process became an act of translation, balancing memory with modernization. In close conversation with the owners, the project identifies and amplifies the home’s most meaningful elements while carefully reworking the rest.

To add drama, the form and tectonics of the ceiling plane were reworked, cutting the roof trusses and adding a beam spanning the full length of the living spaces. The resulting origami plywood plane follows the slope of the roof over the living room, then bends down to an intimate scale at the kitchen. This intervention adds both spatial richness and warmth while bringing natural light deep into the home through three new skylights.