The 5,600-sf Rustic Canyon house for a three-generation family was designed as a dual courtyard plan to retain the old growth scenario of California Sycamores and Live Oaks within a tranquil canyon. Private realms for the six individuals and variously scaled communal spaces accommodate the social complexities of tri-generational domestic arrangements.

The sectional design of the house facilitated easy connection between the dwelling and the site. The project offered explorations of the quintessential indoor-outdoor living model. Five different living levels were created with varying spatial characteristics all with direct access to the outdoors:

Synthesis of the simple volumes of the program created the massing strategy. This was then knitted together with a hierarchical order of overhanging planes creating spatial richness. A studied material and color palette for both the exterior and interior realms extended the sensorial experience of its canyon context.