Grounded

Imagine you are transfixed on the day after your 15-year-old home had been incinerated in a wildfire. Your future evaporated in smoke, and your memories transfigured.

Fast forward fifteen months, and I get a phone call: “We have decided to rebuild.”

Nourishing home

My role was to help my clients tell the whole story: a story of seeing, sensing, and feeling. Does this feel right? Nourishing Home implies something of the heart, relatable, empathetic, benefit-driven, and reciprocal. A home that is restorative and supports their lives.

We imagined two existing old buildings sitting on the land—one a stone barn and the other a board and batten barn, expressing bygone years. We anticipated restoring the buildings and connecting them with a structure of different materials.