Meadow House

The Santa Lucia Preserve is a private community spanning 20,000 acres in California’s Carmel Valley; 90 per cent of the expansive property is vast and untamed. The clients – a multigenerational family with strong business and cultural ties to their native Korea – approached the design team to conceive “a Californian home with a Korean heart”. This brief involved a deep dive into Korean design principles and traditions and, “the client really educated us on the meaning of the modern Korean house.” Many of the biophilic tendencies they uncovered are aligned with Californian vernacular traditions.