An ancient colonnade is not what you’d expect to see in a sunny suburban neighborhood outside Los Angeles. Nor would you see it, as it exists behind a double cul-de-sac, leading to a private driveway. But if it did exist, it would certainly be oriented towards the mountain sunset.
Though this forgotten flag-lot is the last property to be developed, its design was conceived through inventing a fictitious history - a flooded relic, reimagined as a family residence. The challenge was to discover the relationship between the monumental and the sentimental.
Sixteen oversized stone columns frame an indoor-outdoor courtyard, define the identity of the public spaces, submerge into the edges of the pool, and create a rhythmic circulation path through the home. In contrast, curved volumes provide the contemporary counterpoint to the colonnade, serving as shelters for the secondary spaces. The result is a uniquely timeless experience of tradition and tranquility paired with invention and expression.
