Fox House
central Oregon
single family residence
4175 sqft
2010
Timberline construction, Elemental engineering, River Roofing, Pedini
of Seattle, Central Oregon Concrete
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This home sits on a bluff overlooking rolling sagebrush meadows in Oregon’s High Desert with views of the Cascade Mountains dominating the western horizon. The owners requested an extremely durable and energy efficient home for their family. The request for a net zero house necessitated extensive use of photovoltaic panels, ground source heat-pumps, careful consideration of day lighting and shading strategies, and a super-insulated structure.

Italian architect and childhood friend Maria Chiara Trevisan created the original vision for the structure as a gift to the clients. The three masses, originally conceived as parallelepipedo (rectangular cubes) resting at various angles in the earth, evolved into three shelled structures clad in stone, a loose reference to the Three Sisters mountains which dominate the home’s view.

Photos by Alan Brandt, Nicole Werner, Bob Woodward, Peter Jahnke