Sea Ranch Residence / Turnbull Griffin Haesloop

Sep 2009

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Architects: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop / Eric Haesloop, FAIA and Mary Griffin, FAIA
Location: The Sea Ranch, CA, USA
Year completed: 2007
Structural Engineer: Jon Brody, Jon Brody Consulting Engineers
General Contractor: Don Matheny, Don Matheny Construction
Photographs: David Wakely

Located at the Sea Ranch on an infill lot, we designed this 1,030 square foot house and 550 square foot guest house to create a threshold in the larger landscape, moving from the contained space of the hedge row to the open space of the meadow. We looked to some of the earlier agricultural forms along the north coast and paired the barn shape of the main house with the agricultural shed shape of the guest house to form a compound that creates a woodland garden on the entry side of the house.

site plan

From the garden, the entry of the main house opens through a bar of support spaces and steps up into a narrow section of the open space, covered by the broad barn roof shape that is sloping up. This large volume is carved away to shape an exterior octagonal deck that draws the open meadow into the center of the house. Grass planted header steps spill down from the deck out into the meadow. A continuous band of windows and doors follows the cutout to capture the distant diagonal views of the coastline. The simple form of the barn is made spatially more complex by eroding the form.

The owner requested refined detailing that would still feel comfortable within the context of the Sea Ranch. We layered the materials to reveal the steel and framing of the wood window wall. The white painted walls form the major walls and by reserving the exposed wood and steel construction for the shaped walls and bays we could use the detailing to further reinforce the overall site and spatial experience of moving from hedgerow to meadow.

Products in this project

Bathroom Equipment: Duravit

Bathroom Equipment by Duravit

Construction materials, Semi-finished materials: Western Red Cedar

Exposed framing by Western Red Cedar

Kitchen Equipment: Wolf, Sub Zero

Range by Wolf
Refrigerator by Sub Zero

Lighting, Heating, Home/building automation: Tobias Grau, BK Lighting, Rais

OH 7 ‐ ceiling mounted pendant light by Tobias Grau
Lightning by BK Lighting
60 fireplace by Rais

: site plan

: views diagram

Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "Sea Ranch Residence / Turnbull Griffin Haesloop" 13 Sep 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed 07 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/34686>

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armeyn says:

great! this is really feels like HOME
love it!

# September 14, 2009 at 00:43

Nathan says:

Beautiful! Their work demonstrates an incredible amount of restraint.

# September 14, 2009 at 02:07

peppy says:

love the woodwork…
reminds me of the classic sea ranch project by charles moore

# September 14, 2009 at 09:27

David Basulto [tricky] says:

I like this house… a lot.

# September 14, 2009 at 10:43

Carlos Martinez says:

Great work, excellent. Love the details.

# September 14, 2009 at 12:42

ygogolak says:

Love the cantilever on the built in table.

# September 14, 2009 at 14:25

Terry Glenn Phipps says:

Lest the fires, floods, droughts, and earthquakes stave off our recollection of why there ever was a California dream, there is architecture like this to rekindle it.

# September 14, 2009 at 14:51

The Hawk says:

Brilliant work, well done.

# September 14, 2009 at 19:05

Carl Bunch says:

Your work at the Sea Ranch is perfect as is your work on our home in Napa. Seeing photos of your new projects makes me want to start all over again although I couldn’t live anywhere else or in any other house than the one you designed for me. I spend an hour every morning just looking at the ceiling! What a great way to live: in a TGH design.

# September 15, 2009 at 00:22

StructureHub Blog says:

Improves on Charles Moore’s legacy, I’d say. The exterior retains the rugged warmth of the wood cladding and boxy stance; I think the interior is actually better than the dark, musty-looking spaces of some of Moore’s work. Here, the inside is crisply done with warm, but not too dark wood finish, and the strategic use of white to brighten the air and create focal points.

# September 15, 2009 at 13:27

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Stephen Payne

we love #california’s sea ranch and this house, too | http://bit.ly/2AEejX (thx & RT @mhlmagazine)