WMAIA 2022 Design Awards
HONOR AWARD
Naomi Darling Architecture, South Hadley, MA
The Maier Camerlenghi Addition is a second story addition and renovation of a mid-century home in the center of Amherst, MA for an academic couple with need for a home office as well additional bedrooms for their growing family.
Respecting the original design, the addition inserts a vertical two-story library volume and light scoop along the existing chimney. Added circulation within the light scoop connects the library space to the new children’s bedrooms and bathroom.
Additional renovations address sustainability including insulating the roof for improved energy performance, updating windows, adding an EV power station, and bringing daylight into the main living room by redesigning the previously solid wood cap that with vertical louvers to allow light to flood through the high clerestory windows.
These changes allow the classic mid-century home to grow into the 21st century.
Photos by Sean Kernan
