Project Details
- Project Name
- The Goat Heads
- Architect
- Candid Rogers Studio
- Project Types
- Multifamily
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Size
- 360 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2021
- Shared by
- Wanda Lau
- Project Status
- Built
This project was selected as a Honor winner in the 2021 Residential Architect Design Awards, Affordable Housing category.
"Look at what 350 square feet as a standalone module gets you! It is resolved beautifully: The interior is joyful, and the little screen porches with concrete blocks are quite great.” —Juror Matthew Bremer, AIA
The seemingly offbeat name The Goat Heads suits the affordable housing development perfectly: Nothing about the solution from San Antonio, Texas–based Candid Rogers Studio is quite in line with expectations. At first glance, the development, named after the hearty seedlings of a common local weed, seems like another small tract in the arid, low-density Trans-Pecos area: an ensemble of two single-story, low-profile structures clad in wood and siding and set in a brushy, dusty landscape.
But on closer inspection, elements of the local vernacular, tweaked into compelling visual and practical effect, begin to appear. The siding is painted in mellow shades of turquoise and maroon; the roofs extend slightly beyond the volumes to provide a shaded porch over the translucent living-room façades; and that most humble of materials, concrete cinder block, forms walls that fold around the porches and screen side windows, giving residents both enhanced privacy and a little protection against the harsh West Texas sun.
Using off-the-shelf components and low-cost construction methods, The Goat Heads breaks the mold, offering a prospective model for affordable housing throughout the region and beyond.
PROJECT CREDITS:
Project: The Goat Heads, Marfa, Texas
Architects: Candid Rogers Studio. Candid Rogers, FAIA, Fernando Morales, Rogelio Rodriguez, Assoc. AIA, Douglas Long
Structural Engineer: Dan Ray, P.E.
General Contractor: J.W.G. Jerik Gilly
Size: 360 square feet (each unit), 720 square feet (total)
Materials and Sources:
Adhesives/Coatings/Sealants: Benjamin Moore Old Masters Water Based Wood Sealer Benjaminmoore.com
Appliances: AVANTI (Stove) Frigidaire (refrigerator) Frigidaire.com
Ceilings: 84 Lumber 84lumber.com
Exterior Wall Systems: Zip System / Mueller Metal Panel Huberwood.com, Muellerinc.com
Flooring: H Seal 25 Acrylic Concrete Sealer Hsealconcrete.com
Glass: Don Young Windows dycwindows.com
Gypsum: US Gypsum usg.com
HVAC: Mitsubishi Mitshubishielectric.com
Insulation: Closed cell Foam
Lighting: Torchstar LED torchstar.us
Masonry/Stone: Featherlite Block Featherlitetexas.com
Metal: Mueller Mueller.com
Millwork: Nicks Custom Millwork nickscustomwoodworkingsa.org
Paints/Finishes: Benjamin Moore Benjaminmoore.com
Plumbing/Water System: Rheem Tankless hot water, Kohler Fixtures, Ruvati Sink. Rheem.com, Kohler.com
Roofing: Mueller. Muellerinc.com
Structural System: Weyerhaeuser – Timberstrand Weyerhauser.com
Walls: Mueller
Windows/Curtainwalls/Doors: Don Young Windows/ Thermaglass Polycarbonate/ Jeld Wen Doors. Dyc.com, therma-glass.com, jeldwen.com