ONO’s latest project in Fairfax, California, is dubbed Two-Fold Studio, but its functions are actually three-fold. The client, a family with two teenagers, approached Tyler Noblin and Max Obata’s office with a request to create a pavilion behind their home to accommodate a pilates studio with an attached bathroom; a ceramics studio with a kiln, storage, and kitchenette; and, when needed, a guesthouse. The architects delivered a design that weaves together all the programmatic requirements, while responding to the area’s surrounding nature.

The new 800-square-foot structure is clad in a wood shingled facade that ties to the original home. The building contorts into an L-shape to fold around the pre-existing trees in the yard. ONO looked to Ryoan-ji Rock Garden in Kyoto for the design, treating the structure as a viewing pavilion to create camaraderie with the landscape. Sliding glass doors, cheerfully framed in yellow, open up a side of the structure to the outdoors. It creates a small patio that lines the building, further emphasized by the roof’s overhang.

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