The main structure is a 2500sf artist?s studio, o ce, and storage building that is clad in barn wood though inverts the pitched-roof form of the original. The inverted pitch roof creates sweeping double height spaces for art production and storage, while providing natural ventilation, natural light, and views out toward the property.

© Bruce Damonte

Architects: Mork-Ulnes Architects

Location: Sebastopol, CA 95472, United States

Area: 3200.0 ft2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Bruce Damonte, Grant Harder

© Bruce Damonte

The main structure is a 2500sf artist?s studio, o ce, and storage building that is clad in barn wood though inverts the pitched-roof form of the original. The inverted pitch roof creates sweeping double height spaces for art production and storage, while providing natural ventilation, natural light, and views out toward the property.
© Bruce Damonte

Floor Plan

© Bruce Damonte

A 720 sf concrete kitchen and dining space grows out from the studio. Nicknamed the ?Amoeba,? it reaches toward the landscape and literally captures it to create a lush interior garden that softly separates the kitchen from the dining area. The roof is an exposed wood, scissor-beam roof construction with a large, di use skylight that brings light into the center of the building...