Project Details
- Project Name
- Somis Hay Barn
- Architect
- SPF:a
- Project Types
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Other ,Single Family
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Year Completed
- 2004
- Shared by
- SPF:architects
- Team
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Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA, Architect
Judy M. Fekete-Pali, Principal Owner
- Project Status
- Built
- Style
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Modern ,Transitional
Project Description
How many architects are rethinking the haybarn? SPF:a sought a creative and poetic way of storing hay and providing shelter for an equestrian program.
The concept is based on the ever-changing color and positioning of the hay as cladding on the barn. When hay is stacked along the outer storage shelves in the winter, it is green; as the season unfolds, the hay turns yellow, and the caretaker removes it from the shelves as it is used for feed. Both factors keep the facade forever in a state of evolution. The building is a metaphor for life, death and birth, common seasonal themes in an agrarian society.
