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The primary suite also features its own covered outdoor space. “The colors are constantly changing and the meadow changes every year,” says Michael. “There are things that happen in the meadow that did not happen the year before. And that, I find just fascinating.”
The primary suite also features its own covered outdoor space. “The colors are constantly changing and the meadow changes every year,” says Michael. “There are things that happen in the meadow that did not happen the year before. And that, I find just fascinating.”
After a forest fire destroyed their cabin in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Jeff Waldman and Molly Fiffer built a new retreat with salvaged, charred timber and a community of friends.
After a forest fire destroyed their cabin in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Jeff Waldman and Molly Fiffer built a new retreat with salvaged, charred timber and a community of friends.
A view from the grounds shows how the new addition echoes the form and materiality of the 17th-century farmhouse.
A view from the grounds shows how the new addition echoes the form and materiality of the 17th-century farmhouse.
The owner was motivated to build his own home to avoid a mortgage and to gain the know-how to undertake his own maintenance and repairs. “I was craving the personal challenge to cultivate a home for myself,” he says. “As it was the beginning of a new adventure, I wanted it to be personal. Also, practically speaking, if I built each piece of the home by hand, I would have a good sense of how to solve problems or improve it, without having to ask anyone else to journey through the forest, down the trail, and up the cliff to make an adjustment.”
The owner was motivated to build his own home to avoid a mortgage and to gain the know-how to undertake his own maintenance and repairs. “I was craving the personal challenge to cultivate a home for myself,” he says. “As it was the beginning of a new adventure, I wanted it to be personal. Also, practically speaking, if I built each piece of the home by hand, I would have a good sense of how to solve problems or improve it, without having to ask anyone else to journey through the forest, down the trail, and up the cliff to make an adjustment.”
The carbon-negative prefab design utilizes a pin foundation system that reduces the project’s carbon footprint by 77%. “Climate change is both the biggest and most accessible issue we architects can influence,” says Wittman.
The carbon-negative prefab design utilizes a pin foundation system that reduces the project’s carbon footprint by 77%. “Climate change is both the biggest and most accessible issue we architects can influence,” says Wittman.