The clients sought to renovate their post-and-beam home situated on spectacular low-bank waterfront property in West Vancouver. Inspired by the notion of creating a modern villa by the sea, the aim of the project was to transform the open plan residence into a spatially dynamic aggregate of spaces. References to the rich architectural vocabulary of this type pervade throughout, reinterpreted, as the result of site specific needs. The garden, wall, floor, and window undergo subtle transformations as they respond to orientation, views, and the spatial requirements of the modern home. The pre-existing 6’ x 6’ grid informs the placement of strategic programmatic and symbolic elements. Every space within relates to an immediate event outside in the natural or constructed landscape. The existing structural system of posts and glulam was retained by lifting the beams into the interstitial space of the ceiling, reinterpreting the formal structural expression to allow for a series of living spaces that are independent yet interrelated.