The new Pine Flat Residence is organized by the team at Faulkner Architects as a simple rectangular shed inside the footprint of the earlier structure. Nearly all of the existing concrete was kept in place. The old foundation establishes both scale and position on the slope.
Parts of that foundation extend beyond the new volume. One becomes an entry step shaped directly from the concrete. Another forms a light well that brings daylight down into the base. The ground feels cut and held rather than reshaped.
the Pine Flat Residence sits on a remote ridgeline northeast of Healdsburg, California…