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Somis Hay Barn

Somis Hay Barn

Somis Hay Barn

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LOCATION
Somis, CA, United States

STATUS
Built

YEAR
2004

TYPE
Industrial › Farm

Somis Hay Barn
Somis Hay Barn

How many architects are rethinking the hay barn? SPF:a sought a creative and poetic way of storing hay and providing shelter for an equestrian program.

Somis Hay Barn
Somis Hay Barn

The concept is based on the ever-changing color and positioning of the hay as cladding on the barn.

When hay is stacked along the outer storage shelves in the winter, it is green; as the season unfolds, the hay turns yellow, and the caretaker removes it from the shelves as it is used for feed.

Somis Hay Barn
Somis Hay Barn

Both factors keep the facade forever in a state of evolution.

The building is a metaphor for life, death and birth, common seasonal themes in an agrarian society.

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