The Slanted Donut

Beginning with a stand-alone two-car garage, this detached accessory dwelling unit(ADU) renovation takes the potential of the existing structure and creates a space that provides ultimate flexibility. This design uses a donut of function around the exterior of the structure with all accessible movement following this same movement. The change on the exterior is two identical cuts on opposite corners providing a covered accessible entry. This ADU is designed for a variety of residential conditions within the Omaha community, allowing access from the front and back with access to a yard or a alleyway.
Inside the space, the donut shape forms the kitchen, bathroom, laundry, utilities, seating, and storage, following the exterior shape of the building. The core of the unit is the bedroom, as shown in drawings, can serve as a separate space breaking up the kitchen and dining from the living space. The bedroom core serves as the most thermally insulated space, providing optimal heating and cooling conditions. Optionally, this design can remove any number of walls of the bedroom or use a single curtain on a track that runs the perimeter of the bedroom shape.
The resident would enter the kitchen and dining space, which has all accessible kitchen equipment located within the base cabinetry. As the cabinetry hits the corner, it transitions to a dining surface carrying that depth into the bedroom to serve as storage. The other side of the unit has a bathroom with a sink pulled outside the space to allow for ease of movement in and around the area. There is a closet that serves as a laundry room with stackable units and an exterior accessible closet to serve the utilities. The back portion of the unit has built-in seating with storage below and a second exterior door for access to a covered porch.
The exterior cladding will remain where possible, otherwise replaced to match the existing. Within the two covered entries, the building will be clad with fiber cement siding. On the interior, the floor is shown to have a mixture of concrete (existing), tile, and wood. The walls are white drywall with wood trim and wood cladding detail along the donut. Light enters the space through the two cuts on the existing building; natural light works its way through the exterior facade, into the donut, and deeper into the unit.