Oak Hill Modern #2 is the second in a series of modern home ranch conversions designed and built by rootARCH.
The original 1-story ranch home prior to renovation was a modest size of 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, approximately 1,800 sf. It is located in a very desirable area of Nashville inside an older satellite city area named Oak Hill. It hosts a diverse architectural population of older established homes ranging in size and affluence including the private homes of country music stars and the governor of Tennessee.
Obvious and constant visual connections to the outdoors were an important consideration in many of the indoor spaces to allow the home to be opened to expand the livable areas. The natural light that floods the home at different times of the day dramatically transforms the mood throughout the day. Brick from the original home was reused along with the introduction of new modern elements such as burnt cypress siding commonly known as “shou-sugi-ban”. Shou-sugi-ban is the ancient Japanese method of preserving wood and it has a beautiful iridescent visual quality in sunlight in addition to being naturally decay and insect resistant ( Published with Bowerbird).
Photography : Garret Buell
