| As many Coachella Valley country clubs built around a golf lifestyle approach their sixth decade, their homeowners increasingly face a common conundrum: what to do with an existing older home--one built with long-gone sensibilities and lifestyle aspirations. This was the design challenge we faced.
The existing 50-year-old home had a striking circular living room but then the plan became highly segregated and inward focused. This inward focused segregation of space was incompatible with today's informal country club living, seamless indoor-outdoor flow and multi-generational activities. The pool and outdoor living - located on the fairway adjacent north side - were in the home’s winter shadow and unresponsive to the southern sun and the panoramic view of Mt. Eisenhower.
Still fascinated and inspired by the home’s original circular living room, we set out to demolish the existing structure and let the new design be informed by the original curving geometry. |
