O asis House, The O Shaped Solar Powered Home in the Arizona Desert

Nestled on the north side of the Phoenix mountain preserve sits a once neglected and underutilized site in a horse property neighborhood, now transformed into a secluded native habitat and respite from city life. Oasis is a new, solarpowered home designed by Phoenixbased architecture firm The Ranch Mine. The O shaped smart home was designed to integrate modern life with the timeless beauty of music, sunlight, and desert flora and fauna. Oasis sits low in the desert at just 12. 5 feet tall, partially surrounded by a rusted steel rattlesnake fence and finished in white stucco with recessed niches of Ipe wood. Its strong horizontal form was designed as a datum for highlighting the dramatic shapes of the desert landscape. The pool breaks from the O shaped plan, drawing you out into the desert towards the mountain views to the south, and is capped by a builtin fire pit bench, a perfect place to catch some sun during the day or layout under the stars at night. The landscape is an elevated