Cresta Loma Residence
Tucson, AZ | Residential
- Site has over 100 large Saguaro Cacti with arms dropping off on three sides to deep arroyos in small hidden valley in town
- Small 1100 sq. ft. one bedroom house in two buildings connected by 1100 sq. ft. circular outdoor Patio with fountain in a desert park-like setting with views
- Orient house to Catalina Mountain view for sense of rural location
- Remove unnatural flat building pad and restore desert
- Lower site for more privacy and sense of being out of town/ remove 100 truckloads of earth and reshape unnatural square building pad
- House and Patios on three levels connected by indoor and outdoor steps to create feeling of small, white Mediterranean village
- Angle small Studio building 30 degrees to create complex spaces and vignettes
- Combine new with old: large glass, small wood French doors, clean wood plank ceilings, cable lighting, etc.
- Indian built Ramada of twisted mesquite poles and Saguaro ribs in arroyo at bottom as retreat and party place in desert connected by trails
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