S e r r a V a c a t i o n H o u s e
PROGRAM: DESIGN A VACATION HOUSE ON A STEEP SLOPE FOR A COUPLE OF SERIOUS SKIERS.
PROJECT: CUT INTO THE HILL, THIS TWO-LEVEL HOUSE APPEARS TO BE ONLY ONE STOREY. ONE CAN WALK OUT AT GRADE ON BOTH FLOORS. A GROUND FLOOR GLAZED WALL AND A ROOFTOP CLERESTORY ADMIT THE INSOLATION FOR PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING.
CONCRETE SLABS AND RETAINING WALLS PROVIDE THE MASS REQUIRED TO TEMPER SOLAR GAIN AN KEEP THE HOUSE COMFORTABLE IN SUMMER AND WINTER.
TAOS, NEW MEXICO 1988
PROJECT: CUT INTO THE HILL, THIS TWO-LEVEL HOUSE APPEARS TO BE ONLY ONE STOREY. ONE CAN WALK OUT AT GRADE ON BOTH FLOORS. A GROUND FLOOR GLAZED WALL AND A ROOFTOP CLERESTORY ADMIT THE INSOLATION FOR PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING.
CONCRETE SLABS AND RETAINING WALLS PROVIDE THE MASS REQUIRED TO TEMPER SOLAR GAIN AN KEEP THE HOUSE COMFORTABLE IN SUMMER AND WINTER.
TAOS, NEW MEXICO 1988
