Park Springs Ranch Studio Michael Guiliano Park Springs Ranch, New Mexico 2011 (Conceptual Project _J. Brittingham) This project is locatedin the northeast corner of New Mexico on Park Spings Ranch. Its primary focus is to incorporate prefabricated construc- tion while instilling regional characteristics of environment and place. Although the project wasn’t conceptualized nor designed for a specific client, it is intended for short stays for a particular individual or couple. Two projects were picked as precedents to guide in the design and construction process. Convent Stu- dios by Rick Joy Architects, located in Tuscon, Arizona guided the design in its use of mate- rial choice. Rammed earth, being its primary material and structure, was chosen for its site specific quality as well as its aesthetic appear- ance on site. The Cantiliver House by Anderson and Anderson was also chosen as a precedent due to its prefabricated construction methods. It uses a basic box truss as its core structure while adding SIPS wall, floor, and roof panels as its insulated membrane. The two projects gave way to a design in which prefabricated compo- nents and the on-site construction of rammed earth could be used to efficiently design and construct a personal short-stay studio house. 01 Site Plan 02 Exterior perspective of west-facing porch and bathing tower 2 1
This graduate elective dealt with a large amount of desert and prefabrication precedents during the first half of the semester. Most included small homes that promoted quick and efficient assembly while fitting into the natural environment. Individuals designed their own take on this topic during the last half of the semester.
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Park Springs Ranch StudioMichael GuilianoPark Springs Ranch, New Mexico2011 (Conceptual Project _J. Brittingham)
This project is locatedin the northeast corner of
New Mexico on Park Spings Ranch. Its primary
focus is to incorporate prefabricated construc-
tion while instilling regional characteristics of
environment and place. Although the project
wasn’t conceptualized nor designed for a
specific client, it is intended for short stays for
a particular individual or couple. Two projects
were picked as precedents to guide in the
design and construction process. Convent Stu-
dios by Rick Joy Architects, located in Tuscon,
Arizona guided the design in its use of mate-
rial choice. Rammed earth, being its primary
material and structure, was chosen for its site
specific quality as well as its aesthetic appear-
ance on site. The Cantiliver House by Anderson
and Anderson was also chosen as a precedent
due to its prefabricated construction methods.
It uses a basic box truss as its core structure
while adding SIPS wall, floor, and roof panels as
its insulated membrane. The two projects gave
way to a design in which prefabricated compo-
nents and the on-site construction of rammed
earth could be used to efficiently design and
construct a personal short-stay studio house.
01Site Plan
02Exterior perspective of west-facing porch and bathing tower
exterior porch w/ fire pitinterior living/dining room w/ hearth
kitchen/storage bedroomgabian water catch-ment and collection resevoir
water flow on ex-terior perimeter of house
SIPS Roof Panels
SIPS Walls and Win-dow Panels
SIPS Floor Panels and Decking
Steel Box Frame16’ o.c.
Rammed-earth walls assembled and built on site with soil
Concrete foundation
Exterior West-facing deck
Wash tower w/ shower above porch and toilet below grade, fed by gabian water collection
Water trough running parallel with house, ritual-izing water in this envi-ronment. Gabian water collection east of house feeds this trough which supplies bathing tower and kitchen