Marin County Tiny House
The owners wanted a small studio down a dirt road from their main house on a large ranch once used for livestock grazing. The award-winning studio is located in its own private open space beside a 75 year old cast-in-place concrete livestock watering trough and separated from the main house by a grove of trees. The tiny structure has galvanized corrugated metal siding and roofing found on many old rural farm structures in Marin County. The stepped roofs shelter distinct layers of space. The lowest outer layer contains the kitchenette, bathroom, storage, and cozy sitting areas; the middle layer contains circulation; the tall gabled roof shelters the final layer: a 2-story structure with a sleeping loft above and living space below. The design is influenced by San Francisco Bay Area Modern or Critical Regionalism.