Architects: Mork-Ulnes Architects
Location: Moose Road, Ukiah, CA, USA
Design Team: Greg Ladigin, Casper Mork-Ulnes, Andreas Tingulstad
Area: 1,140 sqft
Year: 2013
Photographs: Bruce Damonte
Contractor: Crossgrain Co. Inc
Structural Engineer: Double-D Engineering
From the architect. Three locally known land formations can be seen from the site of this project: “Eagle Rock”, a mountain ridge, and the valley of vineyards below. The main challenge was to frame these three separate views while at the same time, preserving each existing oak tree on site. The three fingers extend precisely in between the existing trees, each oriented toward a land formation.
The house was constructed on steel stilts to avoid severing tree roots.
To cut cost as well as meet sustainability goals of the clients, the building was designed using standard sized, off the shelf sheet-goods (unfinished plywood and OSB) to minimize waste. The building was accomplished with a tiny budget (by California standards) at under $190 per square foot.
Moose Road / Mork-Ulnes Architects originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 24 Feb 2014.
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