I have always thought of spaces in terms of breaks; in terms of the dividing lines of the waters...those places where things are exchanged, transformed. ~ P. Virillio

This penthouse addition included a sixth story family room addition on the rooftop of the fifth level loft apartment in the Ada Street Loft Building located in Chicagos Randolph Street District. It offers 360-degree views of the city including the United Center and downtown Chicagos skyline to the east.

It is very important for human kind that architecture should move by its beauty; if there are many equally valid technical solutions to a problem, the one which offers the user a message of beauty and emotion, that one is architecture. ~ Luis Barragan

Barragan speaks of architecture as emotional, not a cold piece of convenience .This single family home was a continued exploration of breaking apart the static linearity of the typical floor section and creating a multi level home of space and light. The entry is below grade allowing a 40+ foot central atrium surrounded by catwalks and bridges. Each of the private second and third floor spaces look into the central atrium creating a floating feeling no matter what level.