Originally completed in 2010, this 6,655 square foot single story home is located in the small ocean side city of Carpinteria which is in the south eastern parts of Santa Barbara County, California, USA.
The residence is designed to seamlessly open onto the panoramic coastal ridge top site via expansive operable glazed walls. “The glazed transparency is balanced and the home is anchored in place by substantial cut native sandstone walls”. The architectural design evolved from the clients desire for a home that is a tranquil place for living, art and retreat.
Included in the home is a master suite, one guest room, a study for two, a more contained den and a informal open living space. The strategy for the site was to separate the guest house, pool and pool house from the main house, by locating them amongst oaks on a lower terrace. The smaller structures were much easier to place around the mature oak trees without disturbing their root systems.
The main living space and study were placed further away from the edge to ensure that they were quieter areas away from the distant free way noise. The courtyard was created to give an “inward oriented counterpoint to the distant vistas. A flat roof modernist scheme complemented the couples taste for modern art and furniture”.
The design itself was limited to a simple palette of materials and forms.”A European window and sliding door system was used to minimize the frames and optimize the glass. These glass alls were framed between large stonewalls constructed of the local Santa Barbars Sandstone, and volumes contained in plaster walls with an integral colour (pantry, guest room, master bath and closet, storage area). The flat roofs were supported by steel columns separated from the curtain walls”.
“The landscape design became a hobby of the owner who studied local native plantings that were both fire resistant and drought tolerant. Some large oak trees were brought in to augment the existing oak grove, further nestle the house into the site, and create a foreground to help frame the spectacular views”.
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