House Ocho | Feldman Architecture

Located in a nature preserve in the Santa Lucia Mountains, the site of oak forests and steep meadows strongly impacted and inspired Feldman Architecture’s design for House Ocho. In order to reduce the impact of the home’s massing and to preserve site lines, the building settles into the ground and overhanging roofs are planted with tall native grasses. The house is also divided up into a series of pavilions to lessen its overall mass.

After passing through an entry grove, visitors can see distant views between and over the various building elements. As they are drawn into the widening view, they are led down from the tree-lined ridge to a large terrace that serves as an outdoor living room for the house.  Nearly every room has wide doors that open to the land allowing the modest home to feel much more spacious.

PROJECT TEAM:

Architect: Feldman Architecture
Contractor: Groza Construction
Landscape Design: Loretta Gargan Landscape + Design and Blasen Landscape Architecture
Lighting Design: Steinbeck Technical Consulting
Interior Design: Feldman Architecture
Engineer: Fulcrum Engineering
Green Roof Consultant: Rana Creek
Photography: Paul Dyer, Claudio Santini, Kodiak Greenwood, and Roland Bishop