The prefab Flood-Proof House built in area contains a small 1940 mid-century modern beach house on half of the lot, located near the San Andreas Fault. The client request to achieve maximum sustainability and minimum site alteration is addressed through innovative uses of structure and materials. Interlocking horizontal steel moment frame and truss system: this maximizes usable space above the flood level, cantilevering atop the wave-proof columns. The perpendicular steel truss enables the new house to cantilever over the existing house as a code exception to preserve the adjacent historic house. Western Red Cedar “ventilated-wall” façade is a high-tech application using low-tech renewable materials: air is circulated under this cladding, creating additional insulation and a rainscreen barrier. In the prototype version, ground floor bi-fold walls automatically retract allowing waves to roll beneath. Interior finishes include radiant-heated bamboo flooring, blue slate accents, and muted green walls to balance the warm cedar and steel greys, an aesthetic accentuating this northern edge of the Pacific. -  Photos by Bruce Damonte [Studio Peek Ancon]

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