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The Fort is located along the fringe at the western most point of the Las Vegas Valley, at the crossing into natural untouched Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. The site benefi ts from unobstructed views of the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area to its northwest and low-lying hills with trails leading up to Spring Mountain along the southwest. The clients, a family of scientists, professional athletes, and avid nature enthusiasts, requested full-service design for a house with a direct relationship to its site, functioning as a base camp for family gatherings and their active lifestyle. Concerned with the environmental impact, the clients requested an environmentally-conscious design, with as much locally-sourced materials as possible. In response, the house is an open structure, organized into three layers, which radiate from a communal nucleus of indoor and outdoor areas, to a periphery of more intimate and private zones. The layout is designed to be both compact and spread out over multiple single-story volumes, making the program readable as a series of connected rock masses emerging from the earth. Each volume was carefully placed to maximize views of the surrounding untouched land, while controlling the harsh eff ects of the sun, wind, and light. The building pays homage to the old fort structures found on the fringe in the early settlement days of Las Vegas, which relied upon site-sourced materials and tried-and-true techniques of building in an arid climate. The overall design limits its environmental impact through design strategies, such as, passive cooling, day-lighting, thermal mass, living roofs, photovoltaic panels, radiant heating, rain water harvesting, and local and site sourced no maintenance materials. These strategies off set the home’s carbon footprint, reducing its dependence on the grid, all while providing good stewardship for the land. As a result, the building is robust and anchored in the landscape, but stands alone; a fort along the fringe immersed in its tranquil landscape.

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PROJECT NARRATIVE

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PASSIVE COOLING Operable North and South facing windows for cross-ventilation, passive cooling, and daylighting.SOLAR SHADING Roof overhangs to minimize solar heat gain. Providing shade during summer months, while allowing penetration during winter months.PHOTOVOLTAICS + SOLAR HOT WATER Reduce dependency on the grid, domestic hot water and radiant heating.THERMAL MASS Concrete slab with fl y ash and radiant heating.LIVING ROOF Indigenous plants and thermal mass + high effi ciency rigid insulation at roof to minimize solar heat gain and surface runoff eff ect.SOLAR ORIENTATION Minimal glazing at west and east facing exposures.SITE SOURCED MATERIALS Stone from the site, a no maintenance materials, will be used for exterior/interior walls, pavers, concrete, foundation fi ll, and erosion control.RAINWATER HARVESTING Reduce dependency on local reservoirs, for irrigation and other non-potable applications.INDIGENOUS LANDSCAPING Drought tolerant landscaping with previous ground cover, increasing on-site infi ltration.ZERO VOC All materials, including interior paint and wood fi nishes.LOW-E GLAZING High performance windows and doors reduce solar heat gain.

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN INTENT AND INNOVATION

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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN INTENT AND INNOVATION

PASSIVE COOLING Operable North and South facing windows for cross-ventilation, passive cooling, and daylighting.SOLAR SHADING Roof overhangs to minimize solar heat gain. Providing shade during summer months, while allowing penetration during winter months.PHOTOVOLTAICS + SOLAR HOT WATER Reduce dependency on the grid, domestic hot water and radiant heating.THERMAL MASS Concrete slab with fl y ash and radiant heating.LIVING ROOF Indigenous plants and thermal mass + high effi ciency rigid insulation at roof to minimize solar heat gain and surface runoff eff ect.SOLAR ORIENTATION Minimal glazing at west and east facing exposures.SITE SOURCED MATERIALS Stone from the site, a no maintenance materials, will be used for exterior/interior walls, pavers, concrete, foundation fi ll, and erosion control.RAINWATER HARVESTING Reduce dependency on local reservoirs, for irrigation and other non-potable applications.INDIGENOUS LANDSCAPING Drought tolerant landscaping with previous ground cover, increasing on-site infi ltration.ZERO VOC All materials, including interior paint and wood fi nishes.LOW-E GLAZING High performance windows and doors reduce solar heat gain.

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MATERIALITY

The project uses carefully chosen native and regionally sourced, robust, no maintenance, and long life-cycle building materials that will compliment and evolve with the site as they age and patina over time.

Weathered COR-TEN steel, hot rolled steel, white oak, limestone, and site sourced rocks.

Rather than excavating and discarding the sites deeply layered rocks as a waste product, the sites rock will be sorted and/or crushed down on the job site into the sizes required for their use as the buildings facade cladding, structural concrete, foundation fi ll material, landscape erosion control, site pavers, and access/driveways. The reuse of rocks at all levels, seeks to partners with the environment so that the building not only blends into the ecology of the surrounding landscape, but that it is defi ned by it rather than controlling it.

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PROJECT LOCATION + CONTEXT

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MCCARRAN AIRPORT

THE STRIP

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NORTH elevation

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WEST FACADE

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SOUTH-WEST FACADE

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SOUTH-EAST FACADE

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EAST FACADE

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NORTH FACADE - ARRIVAL APPROACH

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ENTRY ROTUNDA + WATER TOWER

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DESERT PASSAGE COURTYARD

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OUTDOOR LOUNGE AT PASSAGE COURTYARD

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OFFICE + PASSAGE COURTYARD

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CIRCULATION HALL AND ROCK GARDEN AT OFFICE

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OFFICE VIEWING PASSAGE COURTYARD + LOUNGE

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VIEW FRAME LOUNGE + PASSAGE COURTYARD

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LIVING ROOM + DINING ROOM

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LIVING ROOM + DINING ROOM + PASSAGE COURTYARD

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PASSAGE COURTYARD LOUNGE + WATER TOWER

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OBSERVATION LOUNGE AT WATER TOWER

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The building pays homage to the old fort structures in the early settlement days of Las Vegas, which relied upon site sourced materials and tried-and-true techniques of building in an arid climate. As a result, the building is robust and anchored in the landscape, but stands alone; a fort along the fringe immersed in its tranquil landscape.

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