La Torre Residence, Rodriguez Family

La Torre Residence is a family home and estate with four bedroom, 3.5 bath, garage, separate kitchen, set within a lush garden setting.  The house is a simple structure of sculptural forms and deep recesses that play in the strong sunlight and capture shadow and breeze.  It provides a welcoming comforting abode within a sheltering garden wall to a close-knit family and their visitors.

The structure is built in the local idiom of concrete, plaster, glass, and tile with rich solid wood details for doors and casework throughout the interior.  The geometry presents clean refined simple lines, rendered and arranged in human scale and proportion.

The spaces are arranged to allow cross-ventilation and views with outdoor sheltered living spaces.  Ground floor rooms are sized to accommodate aging in place and all living and sleeping without traversing stairs.

The house includes a rain-water harvesting system and cistern collecting from the roofs.