Client: Tom and Lyn Christal
Location: Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
Completion date: 2011
Project Team
Interior Designer
Jorie Clark
Jorie Clark Design
Architect
Overland Partners Architects
Overland Partners Architects
Other
Vortex Lighting
Vortex Lighting
Artist
Gorden Huether
Gorden Huether Studios
Landscape Architect
Bernard Trainor and Associates
Bernard Trainor and Associates
Other
Berkley Mills
Berkley Mills
Other
Tom Reynolds General Contracting
Tom Reynolds General Contracting
Client
Tom and Lyn Christal
tomrey@sbcglobal.net
Industry Resource
Muicci Collection
Muicci Collection
Overview
The owners enjoyed their 2200 sq.ft. cottage in Carmel, California. Determined to build to the same square footage, but stay within the building footprint, the result was a greatly increased sense of volume and indoor outdoor relationship. The team abstracted the principals of boat building, utilizing built- in furniture to conserve space fully opening window walls to expand spaces, and illuminated art glass screen walls.
Goals
The artworks were meticulously and seamlessly integrated into the interior and exterior of the project. A "nautical" palette of glass elements and screens representing forms of water, shipbuilding woods including teak siding and flooring, dossier paneling, stainless steel , waterproof plaster and stone completed the material palette.
Process
The project required intensive collaboration between all disciplines, architectural, construction, interior design, lighting design, landscape architect, glass artisan, woodworkers and clients. Each played a significant role in the project which was highly detailed and compact.
Additional Information
A seemingly small beach cottage can really fool you. This chameleon can be a cozy beach hideaway, or expand to accommodate a large party and like undersea animals, transform itself.