Tucson Mountain House
The Tucson Mountain House sits in a secluded valley marked by unusually harsh meteorological extremes. Searing heat alternates with nighttime chills. Monsoon rains crawl up from the south. Thunderstorms appear out of nowhere, electrifying the scrub with l
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tucson mountain house
LOCATION
ARCHITECTURALFIRM
DESIGNER
YEAR
Rick Joy Architects
Rick Joy
2001
4HE 4UCSON -OUNTAIN (OUSE SITS IN A SECLUDED VALLEY MARKED BY UNUSUALLY HARSH METEOROLOGICAL EXTREMES 3EARING HEAT ALTERNATES WITH NIGHTTIME CHILLS -ONSOON RAINS CRAWL UP FROM THE SOUTH 4HUNDERSTORMS APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE ELECTRIFYING THE SCRUB WITH LIGHTNING BOLTS 4RADITIONALLY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA HAVE ADJUSTED TO THE CLIMATE BY BUILDING LOW SLUNG ADOBE DWELLINGS WITH SMALL WINDOWS AND THICK WALLS AND MUCH OF THE AREA´S NEW CONSTRUCTION RECALLS THIS CLASSIC SOUTHWESTERN REGIONAL STYLE "UT THE EARTH COLORED PAINT AND ROUNDED CORNERS TYPICAL OF RECENT SUBDIVISIONS CAN´T SUBSTITUTE FOR AN AUTHENTIC VERNACULAR
: 3ETINTHE3ONORA$ESERTONA SITEFARREMOVEDFROMTHECITY 2ICK*OY´S4UCSON-OUNTAIN (OUSEISDESIGNEDTOBLENDINTO THELANDSCAPE BOTHAESTHETICALLY ANDENVIRONMENTALLY
2ICK *OY A .ATIONAL $ESIGN !WARD WINNING PRACTITIONER OF ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE ARCHITECTURE°OR ±ARCHITECTURE ROOTED IN ITS PLACE ² AS HE DESCRIBES IT°HAS PUT A NEW SPIN ON TIME HONORED DESERT BUILDING METHODS 4HE 4UCSON BASED DESIGNER SPENT TWELVE YEARS WORKING AS A MUSICIAN AND ½NISH CARPENTER IN -AINE BEFORE ENROLLING IN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF !RIZONA !FTER GRADUATING IN HE WORKED FOR THREE YEARS IN 7ILL "RUDER´S 0HOENIX STUDIO BEFORE ESTABLISHING HIS SMALL COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE WITH A SERIES OF STRIATED RAMMED EARTH HOUSES THAT PAIR ANCIENT BUILDING TECHNIQUES WITH MODERN LINES AND ASTONISHING DESERT VIEWS !LL OF *OY´S PROJECTS ARE DRIVEN BY A CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF SOLAR ORIENTATION AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION %ACH ONE ALSO RE¾ECTS HIS PROFOUND RESPECT FOR THE LANDSCAPE AND POETIC UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE 4HE 4UCSON -OUNTAIN (OUSE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW THE ARCHITECT´S CHARACTERISTIC BLEND OF TRADITIONAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES BOLDLY MODERN SHAPES AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS HARMONIZES WITH THE DESERT´S COLORS MOODS AND TOPOGRAPHY 3ECLUDED IN THE 3ONORA $ESERT OUTSIDE OF 4UCSON THE ONE FAMILY HOUSE FOR A LOCAL COUPLE IS DELIBERATELY SMALL°LESS THAN SQUARE
Tucson, Arizona
FEET°AS IF TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT CANNOT POSSIBLY COMPETE WITH THE VAST MOUNTAINS LOOMING IN THE DISTANCE OR THE IMMENSE DOME OF THE PITCH BLACK NIGHT SKY ABOVE )TS LOW PRO½LE MAKES THE SINGLE LEVEL HOME UNOBTRUSIVE IN THE GENTLY SLOPING LANDSCAPE WHERE SAGEBRUSH AND CACTI RUN RAMPANT 4HE HOUSE CONSISTS OF A MASTER BEDROOM AND A GUEST ROOM ADJACENT TO A COMBINED KITCHEN DINING LIVING ROOM /N THE NORTH SIDE A LARGE PORCH FUNCTIONS AS AN OUTDOOR ROOM 4O THE EAST A STEPPED ENTRYWAY LEADS DOWN TO THE FOYER ±/NE OF MY RULES IS NO GARAGES ² *OY SAYS SO THE PARKING AREA IS HIDDEN BEHIND THE HOUSE AND A SIMPLE PATH ALIGNED AXIALLY WITH THE CENTRAL SPINE OF THE HOUSE PAVES THE WAY TO THE FRONT DOOR 4HE COMPACT ARRANGEMENT HAS AN ANGULAR BUTTER¾Y SHAPED ROOF OF CORRUGATED STEEL )TS DEEP EAVES SHADE EXPANSIVE GLASS WALLS THAT FACE NORTH AND EAST OFFERING UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS OUT TO THE DESERT WITHOUT EXCESSIVE SOLAR GAIN )N THE OTHER DIRE
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