Marfa Home
A refined collection of spatial volumes that overlooks the desert landscape.
This residence has been designed as a vacation home for a young family and their guests. The home is conceived as one continuous space with no interior walls that is connected by a deep porch that looks out onto the expansive West Texas landscape. This porch both frames the view and provides shelter from the harsh Texas sun. The main house volume is further broken up into four structural units constructed of glulam wooden beams and columns at varying heights. Each space is contained by the expanding and contracting roof above and is programatically defined by different architectural elements. One moves seamlessly between the kitchen, living, and sleeping areas.
Each “room” is anchored by an architectural living element that is clad in a different material. From left to right in plan: a stainless steel kitchen, stone fireplace, mirrored murphy beds, and marble bathroom.
The primary sleeping area (above) is defined by a triangular volume that holds the bathroom and closet. Its angled orientation provides visual privacy that can be supplemented by sound deadening curtains.
A mirrored column (below) contains two murphy beds and an upper perch accessible by ladder. This volume reflects light from the two skylights and plants within the space to create a shifting visual delight.
