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Baas/Walrod House
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This house composes a set of elemental forms to explore the latent complexities of its setting at the brow of the hill. The seam between meadow and forest is celebrated by the house as a linear extrusion which mediates this transition. On the south a continuous porch enfronts the ocean view. On the north it is shaped to complete an implied apsidal space made by the nearby redwoods. The resulting space has an archetypal reference: part sacred grove, part amphitheater.
Entry proceeds from a parking court through a thick “servant” wall and then through the portal between house and studio. This covered space frames views south to the ocean and north to the forest, and celebrates the movement and interaction between meadow and forest.
Loft and Light
The main living space is conceived as one great loft with sleeping, bathing, and cooking areas experienced within communicating bays. The hearth anchors the space and marks the boundary between the protected interior and the primal grove. North light is scooped in through high monitors.
Intimate and Particular
The study and guest areas fit compactly into the smaller wing, linked by porch and roof. Here, a set of intimate and highly particularized spaces includes study, bath, and sleeping bay on the first level, connected by a winding stair to a study, tatami bay, and sleeping bay upstairs. All of this occurs within a 20 x 20 foot square plan and contrasts tightly packed places with the open loft of the partner space.
The building is crafted in expressed post and beam. A stained concrete floor and stained wooden walls add subtle colors which link to the landscape.
Like its landscape, this modest house is by turns serene and bold, expansive and intimate, refined and rugged.
Entry proceeds from a parking court through a thick “servant” wall and then through the portal between house and studio. This covered space frames views south to the ocean and north to the forest, and celebrates the movement and interaction between meadow and forest.
Loft and Light
The main living space is conceived as one great loft with sleeping, bathing, and cooking areas experienced within communicating bays. The hearth anchors the space and marks the boundary between the protected interior and the primal grove. North light is scooped in through high monitors.
Intimate and Particular
The study and guest areas fit compactly into the smaller wing, linked by porch and roof. Here, a set of intimate and highly particularized spaces includes study, bath, and sleeping bay on the first level, connected by a winding stair to a study, tatami bay, and sleeping bay upstairs. All of this occurs within a 20 x 20 foot square plan and contrasts tightly packed places with the open loft of the partner space.
The building is crafted in expressed post and beam. A stained concrete floor and stained wooden walls add subtle colors which link to the landscape.
Like its landscape, this modest house is by turns serene and bold, expansive and intimate, refined and rugged.
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