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Mancos Cabin
Mancos Cabin
County Road 38, Mancos, CO, United States
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Mancos Cabin
County Road 38, Mancos, CO, United States
• Strength of design ideas:
Sustainable construction, passive and active solar [P.V. & thermal], a modernist eroded
three dimensional cubic form, views, and in particular, a very small footprint/floor area [728 s.f.].
• Aesthetic and market appeal:
The esthetic the owners wanted was modernist and minimalist- as this is a vacation cabin.
Since this was to be owner occupied, "market appeal" was not an issue. However, many people
who have see how livable this project is relative to it's size, have expressed interest in duplicating
something like this design elsewhere for their own use.
• Sensitivity to existing structures or context:
The site is a 50 acre parcel surrounded by homes and agricultural buildings on similar
sized parcels. Stucco and metal barn siding were selected to relate to these existing structures.
The form of the eroded cube relates to the programatic requirements of a loft for sleeping, bath
room uses and a small study, with a stair up to a well used rooftop viewing and sleeping deck, as
well as to the requirements of active and passive solar heating and PV. This form also could be
said to relate to the nearby Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.
• Success in meeting client's goals:
The clients wanted a small, modern, low maintenance, sustainably built get away cabin
that would be flexible enough to sleep up to eight. This was done by utilizing the roof as
potential sleeping area, along with a unique bench system for the dining alcove that can be
converted into a double bed, along with the potential for a fold out couch in the living area.
They were also very particular about being able to view the LaPlata Mountains to the east, Mesa
Verde to the south, and the Sleeping Ute Mountain to the west, all from a very modest sized
building.
• What value did the architect bring to this project?
The architect came up with the idea of the eroded cube that fit very well with the other
ideas of sustainability, passive and active solar, taking advantage of the various views, as well as
the selection of materials that will be very low maintenance.
• What was unique about this project?
The stuccoed "flex-crete" [autoclaved, aerated lightweight concrete blocks] were procured
from a Navajo Nation enterprise that used recycled fly-ash from a four corner's area electrical
generating plant. These blocks are both structural and act as a high R-value insulation.
The cubic form is very unique, along with the stair well directly accessing the roof deck which
greatly expands the actual and perceived sense, and use of, space.
The second floor loft level sleeping platform is rotated at a 45 degree angle to gain views of both
the mountains to the east, and Mesa Verde to the south. The foot of the bed abuts a cantilevered
guardrail that is open down to the Living area below, thus greatly opening up the interior of
what actually is a quite tiny, albeit very livable, interior.
Sustainable construction, passive and active solar [P.V. & thermal], a modernist eroded
three dimensional cubic form, views, and in particular, a very small footprint/floor area [728 s.f.].
• Aesthetic and market appeal:
The esthetic the owners wanted was modernist and minimalist- as this is a vacation cabin.
Since this was to be owner occupied, "market appeal" was not an issue. However, many people
who have see how livable this project is relative to it's size, have expressed interest in duplicating
something like this design elsewhere for their own use.
• Sensitivity to existing structures or context:
The site is a 50 acre parcel surrounded by homes and agricultural buildings on similar
sized parcels. Stucco and metal barn siding were selected to relate to these existing structures.
The form of the eroded cube relates to the programatic requirements of a loft for sleeping, bath
room uses and a small study, with a stair up to a well used rooftop viewing and sleeping deck, as
well as to the requirements of active and passive solar heating and PV. This form also could be
said to relate to the nearby Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.
• Success in meeting client's goals:
The clients wanted a small, modern, low maintenance, sustainably built get away cabin
that would be flexible enough to sleep up to eight. This was done by utilizing the roof as
potential sleeping area, along with a unique bench system for the dining alcove that can be
converted into a double bed, along with the potential for a fold out couch in the living area.
They were also very particular about being able to view the LaPlata Mountains to the east, Mesa
Verde to the south, and the Sleeping Ute Mountain to the west, all from a very modest sized
building.
• What value did the architect bring to this project?
The architect came up with the idea of the eroded cube that fit very well with the other
ideas of sustainability, passive and active solar, taking advantage of the various views, as well as
the selection of materials that will be very low maintenance.
• What was unique about this project?
The stuccoed "flex-crete" [autoclaved, aerated lightweight concrete blocks] were procured
from a Navajo Nation enterprise that used recycled fly-ash from a four corner's area electrical
generating plant. These blocks are both structural and act as a high R-value insulation.
The cubic form is very unique, along with the stair well directly accessing the roof deck which
greatly expands the actual and perceived sense, and use of, space.
The second floor loft level sleeping platform is rotated at a 45 degree angle to gain views of both
the mountains to the east, and Mesa Verde to the south. The foot of the bed abuts a cantilevered
guardrail that is open down to the Living area below, thus greatly opening up the interior of
what actually is a quite tiny, albeit very livable, interior.
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