Project Details
- Project Name
- Castle Creek Residence
- Location
- CO
- Architect
- CCY Architects
- Project Types
- Single Family
- Size
- 8,400 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2013
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
Nestled into a high alpine meadow surrounded by aspen trees, the site has sweeping views to the south yet inhabits an avalanche path from the north. The design strives to merge the owners’ high regard for the natural environment and their taste for modern forms. Five key architectural elements guided the design: • A strong connection to the outdoors through exterior courtyards and/or green spaces that create a dialog between interior and exterior. • A series of organizing elements that tie all the pieces of the design into a cohesive whole • Quiet, grounded architecture, ensuring that the building fits into and enhances its surroundings • Butterfly roofs open spaces up to high view angles and enhance passive solar capabilities • Cantilevered volumes project off of a heavy base, contrasting the predominantly quiet forms of the residence. The resulting design articulated three similar pods along the topography and created opportunities for spatial interplay between them. At each pod, heavy stone walls anchor the northern edge facing the avalanche while glass walls and soaring ceilings visually extend the space from the interior to the exterior. The butterfly roof balances atop columns between the planes of stone and glass thus allowing an open plan below it.