Once the entry to the courtyard at
The Slammer was blocked by
the new recording studio,
it was necessary to re-examine the problem of entering the house.
The occupants entered through the garage and into the courtyard.
That still worked, but visitors were a little disoriented.
There was also a question of privacy in the main room of the
original A-frame, since there was a double story window in direct
view of the road.
We created a poured-in-place concrete terrace, sheilded from the
road by a screen wall of split-faced concrete block. The concrete is
stamped with a pattern of wooden planks, in reference to the old wooden
porch that was part of the A-frame when it was first built, and a reference
to the absurdity of have a terrace built so much more
solidly than the original house.