Hi Jay!, i would be glad to work with you in this project, i know that you want to optimize the space, with open space idea, open the social areas and close the private areas very clever, i saw that you want to fuze contemporary style with the old buiilding, i know for my study in restoration buildings that some materials you can't use directly to walls because they mechanic work is different, i can give you some advice about that to.
I stydy architecture with master degree in interior design in Istmo University, Guatemala, here i used to work in residential, retail, office projects. We can make a fresh and contemporary space give them proportion, balance, textures, with fabircs and materials that would give us the space we are looking for.
Hope that we can work together, best regards Luisa Fernanda