Play House
Hirsch MPG LLC · Chicago, IL
Overview
The Play House was conceived as a detached addition for a single-family home in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. The purpose of the addition was to create indoor recreational exercise space for a growing family of five to be used by both the family and by friends who live nearby. Play House was designed such that the property could be converted into a conventional single-family home in the future if desired.
The Play House was conceived as a detached addition for a single-family home on the 1800 block of Burling Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. The program and purpose of the addition was to create more indoor recreational exercise space for a growing family of five to be used by both children and adults of the family and by friends and family who lived nearby. It was also to have a garage to store a portion of the family’s car collection. Play House was designed such that the property could be converted into a conventional single-family home in the future if desired. The site offered a unique opportunity due to the absence of an alley to create a ‘thru’ lot that connected a lot on Halsted Street with the families’ existing home on Burling Street. This allows the new detached addition to be connected to the family’s existing home via an enlarged outdoor yard space.
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