Screen House is located on a typical street in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood. A young couple with two children is the third generation of the family to live in the home. The owner’s grandfather was the original builder of the home that passed down to the owner’s father and then on to him. He grew up in the home and has fond memories of the house and the neighborhood. The couple wanted to remodel the home to fit their current needs in so doing honoring the past while moving the home into the future. The layout of rooms enfilade typical of turn of the century Victorian homes in San Francisco suited the original occupants but has gotten more out of step with the needs of successive generations. The floor plan was reorganized to locate public spaces towards the front of the home and private sleeping areas towards the rear while still allowing full access to the yard. San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission required the existing façade be maintained. A new screen wall was added at the property line creating a space between the new façade and the existing historic façade of the home. Openings in the screen act as a lens sometimes aligning, sometimes shielding, other times framing views into and out of the home.