The Jackson Residence Designed by Lloyd Ruocco - Mount Helix
The Jackson Residence by architect Lloyd Ruocco, immediately captures any visitor's attention with fantastic contrasts. While the concrete floors and rock walls follow the contours of its site, the home’s glass expanses and patio/pool area open up to the sky and views to the east county mountains.
Historically designated, this private, expansive oasis engages all 1.5 acres. Multiple structures provide ample storage and even potential for a grand pool house.
As a young man Lloyd Ruocco worked alongside Richard Requa, William Templeton Johnson and Lillian Rice. His early designs (1937-52) were almost without fail exposed redwood with flat but primarily shed roofs. These designs, organizations he fostered, and talent he mentored led him to garner respect as a key figure in 20th century modernism in the region.
Ruocco’s public projects for the San Diego Zoo, as well as San Diego Civic Theater, and the IGPP building at Scripps Institution of Oceanography have put his ideas in public spaces. While public commissions are often where regional architects cement their legacy – we experience their articulation of a number of ideas through their residential commissions.
Ruocco’s early designs (1937-52) were almost without fail exposed redwood with flat but primarily shed roofs. Ruocco made use of indirect lighting above interior soffits, built-in bookshelves frequently running the length of the floor. Fireplaces were built-in and typically stone. Most of the designs of this period made use of concrete floors and in many cases used organic materials in their natural form.
This 4-bedroom, 5 1/2-bathroom home of 4,620 sq ft is available to tour by appointment only.