Dry Creek Poolhouse, Geyserville Residence, Sonoma County Home, California Residential Architecture Images
Dry Creek Poolhouse in Geyserville
Modern Sonoma County Property in CA design by RO|ROCKETT DESIGN, United States of America
post updated March 25, 2024
Architects: RO|ROCKETT DESIGN
Location: Geyserville, Sonoma County, California, USA – north of San Francisco
Dry Creek Poolhouse in Sonoma County, CA
Anchored by an inventive reuse of local materials on a constrained lot in a beautiful Sonoma County landscape, this project started as a country retreat and evolved into a full-time residence.
Photos by Adam Rouse
January 8, 2019
Dry Creek Poolhouse California
The desired program added a pool, poolhouse, outdoor living area, gardens, bocce court and guest arrival with overflow parking. The property was long and narrow, hugging a busy roadway but situated to look beyond the constraints to spectacular vistas of rolling vineyards and classic coastal California ridgelines beyond.
The budget was tight and the aspirations were large. The design raises the pool high on the property and cuts the pool house into the hillside – allowing the horizon of the pool edge to edit the view to the road below.
Nestled into the hill with it’s back to the trees, the new, earthen ground plane acts as a primitive plinth that supports a rustic enclosure. The prime program of the pool house is wrapped in grape stakes gathered from the property and resawn to operate as a shroud to the private innards of the building.
This cladding provides solid walls where necessary and opens to the view where desirable. The modest interior footprint seamlessly expands to the terrace beyond with the help of a rough-sawn trellis that floats overhead, providing needed shade in the hottest times of day.
Conceived as a rustic retreat for a couple of city dwellers, the property quickly became a full-time respite that lives and breathes the Sonoma County lifestyle.
Dry Creek Poolhouse, California – Property Information
Architect: RO|ROCKETT DESIGN
Built Area: 301 sf
Location: Geyserville, CA, USA
Completion Year: 2014
Project Team: Jason Ro – PrincipalZac Rockett – Principal
Structural Engineer – Berkeley Structural Design
Civil Engineer – Kelder Engineering, Kurt T. Kelder
General Contractor – JMH Consultants, Jon Hallengren
Photographs: Adam Rouse
Dry Creek Poolhouse in Geyserville images / information received from RO|ROCKETT DESIGN
Location: Geyserville, California, USA
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