Aidlin Darling Design

San Joaquin Valley Residence

San Joaquin Valley Residence
© Matthew Millman

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RESIDENCE

Aidlin Darling Design

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
Condor Earth Technologies, Kevin Freitas

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Big Valley, United States

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Structural Design Engineers, Jack Laws

CIVIL ENGINEER
Welty Engineering, Kaiser Shahbaz

AREA
5610 ft²

YEAR
2011

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Scott Mooneyham Construction, Scott Mooneyham

San Joaquin Valley Residence
© Matthew Millman
San Joaquin Valley Residence
© Matthew Millman

Situated in the rural "Big Valley" of Central California, this private residence negotiates between the rigid geometry of its agricultural context on one side, and the serene pastoral setting of a natural stream basin on the other.

San Joaquin Valley Residence
© Matthew Millman
San Joaquin Valley Residence
© Matthew Millman

Inspired by the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico, simple forms cast in strong daylight and shadow capture a spirit of place.

Heavy earthen masses are collected under a broad overhanging roof plane, composed to bracket the landscape and reciprocate the grand scale of the site.

San Joaquin Valley Residence
© Matthew Millman
San Joaquin Valley Residence
© Matthew Millman
San Joaquin Valley Residence
© Matthew Millman

The resulting interstitial void demarcates the public living zone as an indoor/outdoor room, blurring distinctions between interior and exterior space.

Intimate sleeping and bathing spaces are placed within the earthen masses, each with its own private access to an outdoor garden room.

A rustic vocabulary was developed in response to the agricultural vernacular, resulting in a neutral palette of cement plaster, reclaimed wood posts and planks, steel, board formed concrete, and water elements.

San Joaquin Valley Residence
© Adam Rouse


San Joaquin Valley Residence
Site Plan
San Joaquin Valley Residence
Ground Floor Plan

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