Article source: Colorado Building Workshop

Having received a typical Navajo “home build kit”, the clients, Harold and Helena Skow, had already completed a CMU foundation to accept a traditional rectangular gable-trussed home. Unable to complete the building the Skows turned to students from University of Colorado Denver and DesignBuidlBLUFF. The students decided to utilize the existing foundation and virtually all of the build kit materials stock piled on site in their design.

Image Courtesy © Jesse Kuroiwa

• Architects: DesignBuildBLUFF + University of Colorado Denver Colorado Building Workshop
• Project: Skow Residence
• Location: Navajo Nation, Utah, USA
• Photography: Jesse Kuroiwa
• Software used: Revit and AutoCAD
• Faculty Team: Rick Sommerfeld, Director Colorado Building Workshop, Hank Louis, Director DesignBuildBLUFF, Andrew Foster, Craig Harren
• Student Team: Ellen Adams, Brett Blackmon, Lura Blumfield, Jay Burkhalter, Glen Camuso, Jacob Ebling, William Koning, William Murray, Rebecca Sockwell, JD Signom
• Structural Engineer: Christopher O’Hara Studio NYL
• Project Area: 882 sq. ft.
• Project Year: 2011-2013

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