Camping Structures

Piloting carbon smart materials and systems.

EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURES

SHELTER + WATER + FIRE

Located near the Cloverdale Ranch open space trail system, Red Dot Ranch is a coastal field station for overnight stays demonstrating how working lands can simultaneously support food production, habitat restoration, and regenerative building materials grown from the land. Building upon a successful HipCampsite we are in the planning stages with partners to design and build a series of carbon smart low impact camping structures testing and proving regenerative building techniques and designing with nature. Our goal is to have a series of small teaching and overnight accommodation structures, some permanent and some rotating showcasing novel architecture and building techniques that save water and are resilient in fire prone landscapes.

Low Impact

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Coastal Access

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Material Innovation

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Pilot Structures

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Design Lab

Low Impact ✳︎ Coastal Access ✳︎ Material Innovation ✳︎ Pilot Structures ✳︎ Design Lab

YOUTH DESIGN Education

Red Dot Studio will collaborate with San Francisco SOTA Architecture students to design one onsite camping structure.

SMALL SCALE DIMENSIONAL LUMBER Research

Working with partners at Berkeley Wood Lab, Cambium and Terrestrial Pursuits we will harvest onsite invasive Eucalyptus for fabrication into lignon nail laminated timber (NLT). Lignon nails are made of wood, making deconstruction easier. We will structurally grade the panels with the hope that this construction method creates a higher-value use for Eucalyptus, helping to fund its removal from regional farms.

Diagram courtesy Terrestrial Pursuits.