This residence is to be located on the southern edge of San Juan Island on a sloping site with views over the Haro Strait.  Programmatically, the 2,000 s.f. house consists of standard living requirements, and essentially have one master bedroom suite.  Additionally, a small study will be included near the bedroom.  Because of the natural beauty of the site along the water frontage, there are strict setback and square footage requirements by the San Juan County jurisdiction that controls development.

The clients expressed a desire to have a finely-detailed wood structure in the flavor of contemporary Pacific Northwest architecture.  The overall aesthetic of the house features a more general Pacific Rim and West-Coast Modern Aesthetic.    

The design consists of two long volumes oriented at right angles to one another, and joined by a small entry volume.    One volume consists of more public kitchen and living functions, and the other volume holds significantly more private functions of the master bedroom suite and private study. 

Each volume has a 12 in 12 pitched metal roof, and exterior articulation is kept to an a minimum in order to reinforce the abstract, rural character.  The character of the residence has perhaps more in keeping with an anonymous agrarian industrial building than a actual residence.  For example, a recessed concrete base allows a perimeter of wood columns.  Though structurally redundant, the strong shadow line provides a visual lightness to the structure and provides a strong horizontal shadow line datum to contrast the sloping hillside.  

Guest and parking facilities will be accommodated elsewhere on the site as part of a larger master planned compound.