Created as a getaway into a wooded site, six oaks strives for a functional, monetary, material, and poetic ‘essentialism’ - so as to create nothing extraneous and make opportunity of every element, both natural and manmade. With recycled shipping containers as a key component of the sustainable approach, the design and concept interweave mass and light, exposure and privacy, technological advancements and rustic craftsmanship, into a modern and simple home that speaks to the raw nature of the site and its history as an old railroad travel way.

|Six Oaks|

Santa Cruz, California

AIASV DESIGN AWARD

RESIDENTIAL  DESIGN AWARD

To be within the home is equally as intriguing as to be outside of it. Every aspect of the 1,200 square foot home, including the bed, kitchen, stairwell, bridge, and outdoor enclosure areas double as livable and intertwined spaces filtered and crafted from the trees, light, and intimate surroundings so as to become opportunities to learn, play, live, and dream within.

The location on the site was chosen based on minimizing impact to the existing environment, limiting disturbance of living things, and allowing for maximum daylight entry to the home.

A desire to make the home feel a part amongst the trees, to filter its light like branches through the sky, and ground itself in a way that it has always seemingly belonged there.