SITE:
- South Bay hillside with views north to San Francisco
DESIGN:
- An old ranch house is reduced to its foundation, then doubled in size with perpendicular buttress walls, and opened to bay views, hovering above shallow reflecting pools with deeper koi basins.
- The entry dematerializes against the oaks, providing a continually changing light box dappling in the light of the moving water.
TECHNOLOGY:
- Fire-resistant concrete surround, entry pools, and drought-tolerant planting
- Cost-efficient new structural additions and stucco volumes, with quality accents of cedar, ipe, and stone.
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