This residence was designed for a couple with provisions for accommodating their extended family and guests. The Owner’s concept for living on the site was the contrast of prospect and refuge. The site is the crest of an open knoll surrounded by meadows, oak groves and an evergreen forest, located in rural Southeast Eugene. The residence and its terraces take advantage of its multifaceted orientations on the knoll. The house opens onto all quadrants of the site and has sheltered terraces for year-round outside living activities.

A lushly landscaped entry garden makes the transition between arrival from the port cochere to the interior entry foyer in contrast with the surrounding grassy meadow environment. This residence was designed for accessibility, resulting in the one-story plan. Exterior spaces, defined by stone walled terraces, open outward from their interior connecting spaces. The energy concept for the design of this house began with natural daylighting and ventilation available to each living space through the use of skylights and operable clerestory windows. A radiant floor heating system in the concrete floor slab is aided by a solar hot water pre-heating system. The solar collector system also pre-heats the domestic hot water and the swimming pool.

Physical Information:

• Site: 5 acres

• Main House: 4,008 sq.ft.

• Guest House: 614 sq.ft.

• Total House Area: 4,622 sq.ft.

• Garage: 1,000 sq.ft.

• Exterior finish materials: stone, integrally pigmented stucco walls, metal roofing, concrete pavers, and concrete terraces.

• Interior finish materials: ground and polished concrete floor slabs, natural coir carpeting, natural slates and tiles, integrally pigmented plaster walls and ceilings, bleached Douglas Fir exposed trusses, beams, columns and interior living room “trellis.”