Heron House

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Born: 1954

INTAKE DATE: MARCH 2015

Healed: 2016

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Presenting Complaints:

WATER HAS  STAINED AND WARPED  HARDWOOD FLOORS WHERE INNEFECTIVE BUCKETS COLLECT WATER  PERVADING  THE DAMAGED TILE ROOF.  THE ODOR OF ANIMAL FECES  & GARBAGE  PERMEATES  BRUTALLY  RECONFIGURED  ROOMS THAT FORM  MULTIPLE  APARTMENTS  MAKING LITTLE  AESTHETIC  SENSE . THE HOUSE  INTERIOR  HAS  BEEN  STRIPPED  OF ALMOST ALL DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC AND IS LEFT WITH HOLES FOR TOILETS. THE CREEK AND LOT ARE LITTERED WITH CAR PARTS, BROKEN GLASS  AND METAL DEBRIS.

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Diagnosis:

THIS HOUSE AND THE PROPERTY IT SITS ON ARE IN SERIOUS PAIN DUE TO NEGLECT AND ABUSE.

 

TREATMENT PLAN:

THIS HOUSE NEEDS  A DOWN TO THE STUDS  RENOVATION, ALL NEW SYSTEMS AND NEW ROOF. ORIGINAL DETAILS, WHERE EXTANT,  WILL BE PRESERVED AND NEW AND SALVAGE DETAILS WILL NOD TO  ITS ORIGINAL  50S ARCHITECTURE, IN USE OF NATURAL WOOD, ELEMENTAL MATERIALS  AND INDOOR OUTDOOR ORIENTATION. WE WILL LISTEN FOR THE VOICE OF ALFRED SIMONSON TO GUIDE US AS WE MASSAGE HIS ORIGINAL VISION BACK TO LIFE. 

 

Prognosis: 

TH E THOUGHTFUL AND PLAYFUL USE OF LINE, LIGHT, METAL, WOOD AND GLASS WILL AUGMENT THE CLEAN  LINES AND CHARACTERISTIC 20 DEGREE ANGLE THAT ALFRED SIMONSON DEPLOYED IN HIS ORIGINAL DESIGN, ASSURING THAT  HERON HOUSE WILL  ONCE AGAIN NEST  SERENLY  AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THORNTON AND LIBERTY CREEKS.