ONO’s newest job in Fairfax, California, is called Two-Fold Studio, however its functions are in fact three-fold. The client, a household with two teenagers, approached Tyler Noblin and Max Obata’s office with a request to develop a structure behind their home to accommodate a pilates studio with a connected bathroom; a ceramics studio with a kiln, storage, and kitchenette; and, when required, a guesthouse. The architects delivered a style that weaves together all the programmatic requirements, while reacting to the location’s surrounding nature.
The new 800-square-foot structure is outfitted in a wood shingled exterior that ties to the original home. The building twists into an L-shape to fold around the pre-existing trees in the backyard. ONO wanted to Ryoan-ji Rock Garden in Kyoto for the design, treating the structure as a seeing pavilion to produce camaraderie with the landscape. Sliding glass doors, cheerfully framed in yellow, open a side of the structure to the outdoors. It develops a small outdoor patio that lines the structure, additional emphasized by the roof’s overhang.
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