This 365 sq. ft. wine country pool house is carefully calibrated to anchor the landscape yet tread lightly upon it. A few simple moves create a sculptural object in the garden that captures shadows in subtly changing ways over the course of the day.
The interior is kept spare – a sleeping area oriented toward the pool anchors the plan, with a simple wall of glowing translucent glass mitigating the dual needs for light and privacy. The efficient plan places a small bar, kitchenette, and bathroom vanity at the pass-through hall leading from garden to pool. Thin rectilinear shading fins set off the geometry of the folly, offering respite from the summer sun and framing views in both directions.
The architectural interest here is in precisely calibrating the most elemental components for an environmentally sensitive architecture based on light, view, movement, scale and orientation.