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Category
Architecture / Residential Building
Annual ID
ADC102_ARC013B
About the Work
Nestled on a hillside in Northern California, this private residence and guesthouse negotiate its complex undulating site with sensitivity and earnestness. Structures are arranged to exploit the site’s diversity of views, foliage, and topography.
The design embodies the agrarian character of an active farm, reflecting the owners’ sensibility and ethos. Approached through a winding shaded drive, the home presents itself modestly amongst heritage oaks and a steep wooded hillside. Spaces are situated to engage and incorporate the diversity of the surrounding landscape. Structures are composed of local fieldstone, concrete, and steel, enabling a reciprocal relationship to the natural terrain and working farm.
Invoking the sentiment that nature is integral to interiors, the main residence is framed by majestic oak trees and bridges a swale next to the valley’s edge. Stone and concrete forms anchor glass forms to the rolling topography, allowing some spaces to be grounded while others float in bridge-like balance. A textured yet simple palette of rustic wood and masonry allows light and shadow to curate the mood of each space, at once inviting and intimate.
The home is composed of a series of indoor and covered outdoor spaces, each with a distinct relationship to the surrounding landscape. With dramatic valley views to the north and a sunny courtyard to the south, the home provides for an active outdoor lifestyle. The house is attuned to the site’s topographic complexity in that each wing is afforded unique views and diurnal rhythms, based on orientation and use within.
The home’s arrangement enables passive ventilation through expansive openings and stack effect through a long clerestory. Solar energy is harnessed by way of a solar PV system and a hydronic system for pool and domestic water heating. A large-scale water collection system provides water for agricultural irrigation, fire mitigation, and domestic use.
The design embodies the agrarian character of an active farm, reflecting the owners’ sensibility and ethos. Approached through a winding shaded drive, the home presents itself modestly amongst heritage oaks and a steep wooded hillside. Spaces are situated to engage and incorporate the diversity of the surrounding landscape. Structures are composed of local fieldstone, concrete, and steel, enabling a reciprocal relationship to the natural terrain and working farm.
Invoking the sentiment that nature is integral to interiors, the main residence is framed by majestic oak trees and bridges a swale next to the valley’s edge. Stone and concrete forms anchor glass forms to the rolling topography, allowing some spaces to be grounded while others float in bridge-like balance. A textured yet simple palette of rustic wood and masonry allows light and shadow to curate the mood of each space, at once inviting and intimate.
The home is composed of a series of indoor and covered outdoor spaces, each with a distinct relationship to the surrounding landscape. With dramatic valley views to the north and a sunny courtyard to the south, the home provides for an active outdoor lifestyle. The house is attuned to the site’s topographic complexity in that each wing is afforded unique views and diurnal rhythms, based on orientation and use within.
The home’s arrangement enables passive ventilation through expansive openings and stack effect through a long clerestory. Solar energy is harnessed by way of a solar PV system and a hydronic system for pool and domestic water heating. A large-scale water collection system provides water for agricultural irrigation, fire mitigation, and domestic use.
2023 Awards
Total Points: 9
Bronze Cube
Credits
Design Firm
Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Civil Engineer
Applied Civil Engineering Inc. / Napa
Electrical Engineer
Aurum Consulting Engineers / Monterey
General Contractor
Eames Construction Inc. / Petaluma
Geotechnical Engineer
PJC & Associates Inc. / Rohnert Park
Mechanical Engineer
TEP Engineering / Santa Rosa
Plumbing Engineer
TEP Engineering / Santa Rosa
Principal-in-Charge
David Darling, FAIA, IIDA
Project Architect
Cherie Lau
Project Team
Adam Rouse
Baptiste Boget
Chip Hubert
Michael Pierry
Min Choe
Peter Larsen, AIA
Sarah Kia
Tory Wolcott
Septic Engineer
Madrone Engineering / St. Helena
Structural Engineer
Strandberg Engineering / San Francisco
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