丨美国

Project Team

Architect:

Endemic Architecture

Structural Engineer:

Hewitt Consulting Group

General Contractor:

Eames Construction

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Sawyer Construction

Interior Design:

Caitlin Jones Design

Landscape Architect:

Garden Studio

Civil, Survey, & Septic Engineer:

Huffman Engineering

Septic Installer:

Machado Brothers

Geotechnical:

Miller Pacific Engineering

Status:

Under Construction (Design Start: November 2022; Construction Start: March 2024; Anticipated Completion: October 2025)

Images:

OK Draw

Five Faux Chimney’s (currently under construction) is an 2,800sf, 100% off-grid house situated on 13 acres overlooking vineyards of Sonoma County, California. Borrowing from vineyard typologies, it is designed as a series of linear volumes with two front facades;

a west-facing facade visible from the public road below that is illuminated by evening light and which captures views of the vineyard valley; and a more private east-facing facade visible only from property itself that is lit by the rising sun, filling the primary bedroom, kitchen, office, and eastern porch with morning light. The near-symmetry of this double-sided house are linked by an expansive wrap-around-and-thru porch, yet they are differentiated by five chimney’s and different column treatments.

Images by OK Draw

These five chimneys give the house its primary expression while deep porches, wide patios & decks, and a breezeway cater to year-round indoor / outdoor living. By re-distributing the typically centralized chimney to the perimeter, the chimney’s are simultaneously part of enclosure yet retain their domestic association as discrete & expressive elements. Each chimney is strategically used to mark edges and corners in a rhythmic sequence oscillating between mass / void and recess / protrusion that subtly reveal the composition of the house to be a collection of five programmatic volumes.

Five Faux Chimney’s

is an off-grid, non-mechanically ducted house that utilizes solar, geothermal, and wind as its energy sources while also incorporating a fresh-air intake filtration system into the chimneys.

The interior spaces, designed in collaboration with Caitlin Jones Design are warm-toned, open volumes with intimate materials all organized around natural light and views of the surrounding landscape. A semi-detached guest room and home office anchor the south side while on the northern side the ground slopes down to a walkout basement game room, wine cellar, and safe room.

Below are a series of abstract paintings, collages, and drawings exploring the relationships between chimney, architectural expression, and site.

The interior is composed as a series of open rooms and small nooks organized to capture views of the surrounding landscape as you move through the house.

Located in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire zone, this house uses fire mitigation strategies in its materials, material assemblies, site design, and ventilation systems as an off-grid house with passive cooling strategies and radiant heating.

CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS

Construction is underway and scheduled to be completed late in 2025. Landscape is anticipated to be completed by early 2026.

Copyright, Endemic Architecture 2025