Santa Lucia Preserve Residence, a Private Retreat in Coastal California
Located at the point where rolling hills meet meadows of native grassland, the Santa Lucia Preserve Residence One was designed to sensitively merge with its landscape.
Located at the point where rolling hills meet meadows of native grassland, the Santa Lucia Preserve Residence One was designed to sensitively merge with its landscape.
Situated on a sloping site in the Santa Lucia Preserve, an ecological preserve in the Carmel Valley hills, this house is both responsive and respectful towards its environment in a community that emphasizes the preservation of natural and scenic resources and living in harmony with nature.
Our clients selected a rural south facing wooded site with a clearing on top of a knoll for their retirement home. We chose to abandon an existing driveway in favor of keeping the knoll as open space for a court yard garden for the residence.