The addition's proximity to the Deodor cedar on site is made technically possible by an arborist’s detailed mapping of the tree’s root plane, coupled with careful structural coordination of specifically located grade-beams.  Furthering this ecological symbiosis, the addition effectively shares the same microclimate of the tree canopy.  The Deodor’s scent permeates interior spaces when windows and doors are opened.

Programmatically, the addition ads a new family room and master bedroom, a very public and a very private space in close adjacency.  The competing needs of both rooms and their differing exterior expectations are negotiated with a level-change between them.  On the higher side of the level-change, the master bedroom projects out with a balcony overlooking a slate covered plater, while the family room steps down to the back yard, initiating a sequence of steps and terraces toward the landscaping beyond.

Materially, the addition converges competing paradigms of aforementioned local architecture.  A slate roof references early commercial buildings in the vicinity modeled after traditional European architecture of colder climates.  Even so, these buildings are surrounded and fronted by palm trees native to warmer climates, pointing to the hybridized ecology of Southern California. 

Similarly, palms and Deodor Cedars intermingle copiously in the immediate foothills, transplaced from their diverging climactic origins.  In observation, wood products referencing both trees are employed in the addition, the exterior being clad in cedar, while the interior flooring and wall panels are of palm, a rapidly renewable resource.  At various openings and apertures, both woods are seen together.