Vamarie by Taller 13

TIME LINE - CRONOLOGIA 1,000,000 b.c.

San Juan Mountains Volcanic eruptions to the west. Erupciones volcanicas al este.

10,000 b.c.

1,630 - 1,640 a.d.

1,708 a.d.

Hunters in the Paleolithic period. Cazadores en el periodo paleolitico. Firs contact between the Ute indians and the Spanish. Primer contacto entre españoles y los indios Ute.

Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Juan de Ulaterri claimed San Luis Valley for the king of Spain. Juan de Ulaterri reclama el territorio del Valle de San Luis para el rey de España.

1,800´s a.d.

The first irrigation water rights in Colorado were granted in this area during the 1800's. This irrigation ditch is still in operation today. Los derechos de riego fueron concedidos. Los ductos siguen en funcionamiento hoy en dia.

1,806 a.d.

1,830 - 1848 a.d.

Zebulon Pike came into San Luis Valley and was taken prisoner by the spanish. Zebulon Pike llega al Valle de San Luis y es tomado prisionero por los españoles.

1,848 a.d.

The Old Spanish Trail, a major trade route, witnessed a brief but furious heyday between 1830 and 1848 as a trade route linking Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California. La antigua ruta española era una ruta de comercio que conectaba Santa fe, Nuevo Mexico y Los Angeles.

1,851 a.d.

John Fremont led an expedition into the San Luis Valley during the winter, he is known to have gotten lost during his journey. John Fremont lidereo una expedicion al valle de San Luis en el invierno y es conocido por haberse perdido en su travesia.

First settled in 1851, the oldest town in Colorado, San Luis, is located in Costilla County in the southeastern part of the San Luis Valley. San Luis lies at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range with Culebra Peak at 14,047 feet above sea level in elevation towering above. San Luis es el poblado mas viejo de Colorado, situado en la parte sur-este del valle a los pies de la montaña Sangre de Cristo a unos 14,047 pies sobre el nivel del mar.

UNDERGROUND HOT SPRINGS

Massive earthquakes to the east. Grandes terremotos al este.

AND ARTESIAN WATER WELLS

GREAT SAND DUNES NACIONAL PARK

14,000 FOOT PEAKS SANGRE DE CRISTO LA GARITA SAN JUAN

Hunting grounds rich in buffalo, elk, deer, fish and plants. Tierras de caceria, ricas en bufalo, alce, venado, pescado y plantas.

BIRTHPLACE OF THE RIO GRANDE

MORE THAN 250 BIRD SPECIES

1,878 a.d.

1,858 a.d.

By 1878 the railroad had reached the newly founded Alamosa which soon became destined to be the rail hub for the area. Para 1878 llegan las redes ferroviarias a Alamosa convirtiendola en el nucleo ferroviario de la zona.

Parishioners established Our Lady of Guadalupe. The first building was erected in 1858 and was a jacal structure - a hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of thin stakes driven into the ground close together and plastered with mud. Nuestra señora de Guadalupe es la iglesia mas antigua de Colorado. la primera construccion del lugar era una choza con techo de paja y los muros constaban de estacas incadas al terreno.

1,900´s a.d.

With the discovery of gold and silver in the San Juan and La Garita mountains on the west side of the San Luis Valley, a huge influx of miners and adventurers entered the area. Con el descubrimiento de plata y oro en las montañas de San Juan y Garita en la zona oeste, llegaron mineros y aventureros a la zona.

2,000´s a.d.

The San Luis Valley is the 4th largest producer of potatoes in the U.S. San Luis es el 4to productor de papa en el pais.

Two natural underground water aquifers (one reported to the the second largest in the country). 2 fuentes subterraneas de agua (uno reportado como el segunto mas grande del pais).

The sun shines an average of 320 days a year. En promedio 320 dias al año hay sol radiante.

COLORADO OLDEST TOWN SAN LUIS

COLORADO OLDEST CHURCH OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

4TH HIGHEST PEAK IN CO. BLANCA PEAK

MORE THAN 3 MILLION ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND

VAMARIE

WOLF CREEK SKI AREA 463 NATURAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL EACH YEAR

CUMBRES AND TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD AMERICA´S LONGEST AND HIGHEST NARROW-GAUGE STEAM RAILROAD

VALLEY’S HISTORY - HISTORIA DEL VALLE

Ski Resort receiving the most snow in Colorado. Resort de ski con la mayor cantidad de nieve en Colorado.

2,010 a.d.

JUA N

MO UNT AIN

ZOOM 1 - SAN LUIS VALLEY, COLORADO

SAN

GRE

DE C RIST O RA

NGE

SAN

THE BACA

ZOOM 2 - SAGUACHE COUNTY PARKS

MOUNTAIN RANGES (ROCKY MOUNTAINS) CADENAS MONTAﾃ前SAS

LA GARITA MNTS.

THE VALLEY (SAN LUIS)

BACA GRANDE AND GREAT SAND DUNES NACIONAL PARK

EL VALLE DE SAN LUIS

SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS

GREAT SAND DUNES NACIONAL PARK

COLORADO

THE BACA SAN LUIS VALLEY

SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE

BACA GRANDE

RIO GRANDE THE BACA

SANGRE DE CRISTO GREAT DUNES

SAN JUAN MTNS. RIO GRANDE

VAMARIE

LOCATION - LOCALIZACION

TEMPERATURE

TEMPERATURA

THE BACA

ANUAL PRECIPITATION

ELEVATION

POPULATION

PRECIPITACION ANUAL

ALTIMETRIA

POBLACION

THE BACA

PER SQ. MILE POR MI. CUAD.

VAMARIE PER SQ. MILE

THE BACA

TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, POPULATION, ELEVATION - TEMPERATURA, PRECIPITACION, POBLACION, ALTIMETRIA

RIO GRANDE WATERSHEAD

SCHEMATIC CROSS-SECTION OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY, COLORADO

CUENCA DEL RIO GRANDE

CORTE ESQUEMATICO DEL VALLE DE SAN LUIS

west

evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation

precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration

evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation

east

precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration

vegetation zone elevations 14,000

13,000

brisilecone pine engelmonn spruce

engelmann spruce subalpine fir

subalpine fir

aspen

BACA GRABEN

lodgepole pine

SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS

11,000

lodgepole pine

douglas fir

10,000

wetland vegetation around lakes extensive irrigation agriculture and pastureland

ponderosa pine

greasewood and saligrass in sorrounding dunes

pinyon juniper sagerbrush pinyon grassland shrub

thousands of artesian wells

greasewood, saltgrass robbilbrush, sagebrush

ponderose pine pinyon juniper sagebush

SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS

9,000

8,000 FT. grossland shrub

deposit depths

seasonal lakes

ALLUVIUM

12,000

artesian aquifer

SITE

ctonis

artesian aquifer

crist cehoo zoic t e

sang re de

5 km recent deposits and alamosa formation

santa fe formation

volcanic flows, tuffs and breccias

echo park alluvium

precambrian rocks

ARTESIAN WELLS POZOS SUBTERRANEOS

WATER TABLE WELL

ARTESIAN WELLS ARTESIAN WELL

POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACE

FLOWING ARTESIAN WELL

CONFINING UNIT

CONFINED AQUIFER IMPERMEABLE BEDROCK

VAMARIE PER SQ. MILE

RIO GRANDE WATERSHED - CUENCA DEL RIO GRANDE

MOUNTAIN DRAININGS

THE BACA MASTER PLAN

URBAN CONFIGURATION

ESCURRIMIENTOS

CONFIGURACION URBANA

PLAN MAESTRO BACA

CRESTONE

ZOOM

THE BACA

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NACIONAL PARK, COLORADO, UNITED STATES

WINDS VIENTOS

CRESTONE

SUN PATH DIAGRAM

SUNRISE, SUNSET, DAWN AND DUSK TIMES, GRAPH

GRAFICA SOLAR

TIEMPOS DE, AMANECER, ATARDECER, LUZ, OSCURIDAD

300

DEC 21 240

30 40 50 60 70 80

MAR - SEP

THE BACA

10 20

330

JUN 21

60 MAR - SEP

DEC 21

07 15

23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

120

DARKNESS OSCURIDAD

210 ANUAL VARIATION OSCILACION ANUAL

VAMARIE PER SQ. MILE

NATURAL ASPECTS - ASPECTOS NATURALES

150

M DAWN

AMANECER

SUNSHINE

LUZ SOLAR

J DUSK

ATARDECER

CONTEXT REFERENCES FROM LOT

ABSTRACTION

NORTH CRESTONE LAKE

SOUTH CRESTONE LAKE

SOUTH CRESTONE LAKE NORTH CRESTONE LAKE

NORTH CRESTONE LAKE

CRESTONE

SOUTH CRESTONE CREEK

WILLOW CREEK LAKES

OBSTRUCTION PEAK

OBSTRUCTION PEAK WILLOW CREEK

WILLOW CREEK

COTTONWOOD LAKE

CRESTOLITA

CRESTOLITA SPANISH CREEK

SPANISH CREEK

PICO ASILADO

CREEKS

LAKES PEAKS

COTTONWOOD CREEK

VAM

DEAD MAN PEAK

BLANCA PEAK

VAMARIE

REFERENCES - REFERENCIAS

NORTH CRESTONE LAKE SOUTH CRESTONE LAKE

NORTH CRESTONE LAKE

CRESTONE

SOUTH CRESTONE CREEK WILLOW CREEK LAKES OBSTRUCTION PEAK

WILLOW CREEK

COTTONWOOD LAKE CRESTOLITA

SPANISH CREEK

PICO ASILADO

COTTONWOOD CREEK W

VAM

REFERENCE FROM LOT TO CREEKS

VAM

REFERENCE FROM LOT TO PEAKS

REFERENCE FROM LOT TO LAKES

DEAD MAN PEAK

BLANCA PEAK

ANGLES AND TRACE FROM LOT TO CREEKS

ANGLES AND TRACE FROM LOT TO PEAKS

ANGLES AND TRACE FROM LOT TO LAKES

FROM NORTH TO EAST

NORTH CRESTONE CREEK 4

SOUTH CRESTONE CREEK WILLOW CREEK

NORTH CRESTONE LAKE SOUTH CRESTONE LAKE

63 36

SPANISH CREEK 77

WILLOW CREEK LAKES

OBSTRUCTION PEAK

60 CRESTOLITA

102

VAM

PICO ASILADO

COTTONWOOD CREEK 154

VAM

DEAD MAN PEAK

BLANCA BEAK

VAMARIE

REFERENCES - REFERENCIAS

COTTONWOOK LAKE

SUN PATH DIAGRAM

ANGLES AND TRACE FROM LOT TO CREEKS

ANGLES AND TRACE FROM LOT TO PEAKS

ANGLES AND TRACE FROM LOT TO LAKES

N 4

330

JUN 21

330

JUN 21

330

JUN 21

300

MAR - SEP

18 15

DEC 21 240

VAM

MAR - SEP

300

210

DEC 21

120

240

150

VAM

210

120

DEC 21 240

150

VAM

DEC 21

210

120

150

MOON DIAGRAMS

60 MAR - SEP

DEC 21

07 15

MAR - SEP

154

MAR - SEP

102

DEC 21

EXAMPLE OF A SOLAR AND LUNAR CALENDAR N

SETTINGS

RISINGS

LUNAR MAJOR LUNAR MINOR

6 7

SUMMER SOLSTICE SUNRISE

SUMER SOLSTICE SUNSET

LUNAR MINOR

RANGE OF MOONSET AT MAJOR STANDTILL

NORTHERN MOONRISE

SUMMER SOLSTICE

6 7

NORTHERN MOONSET

LUNAR MAJOR

SUMMER SOLSTICE

RANGE OF MOONSET AT MINOR STANDTILL

LUNAR MINOR

LUNAR MINOR WINTER SOLSTICE LUNAR MAJOR

SUMMER SOLSTICE LUNAR MAJOR

RANGE OF MOONSET AT MINOR STANDTILL WINTER SOLSTICE SUNSET

WINTER SOLSTICE SUNRISE

SOUTHERN MOONSET

SOUTHERN MOONRISE S

VAMARIE

REFERENCES - REFERENCIAS

RANGE OF MOONSET AT MAJOR STANDTILL

TYPE OF REFERENCE PEAK

TEXTURES

VISUAL

LANDSCAPE

OBSTRUCTION PEAK

PICO ASILADO

CRESTOLITA

DEAD MAN PEAK

L.Ma.R.

S.S.R.

OBSTRUCTION PEAK

L.Mi.R.

E/ RS

CRESTOLITA

L.Ma.S.

XIS

S.S.S.

A AIN

L.Mi.S.

PICO ASILADO IS = MAIN AX

AIN =M

L.Mi.S. W.S.S. L.Ma.S.

BLANCA PEAK

ENTRANCE?

DEAD MAN PEAK

AX = IS

L.Mi.R. S.S.R. L.Ma.R.

BLANCA PEAK

VAMARIE

WALKABLE

PEAK REFERENCES - REFERENCIAS A MONTAÑAS

NORTH CRESTONE CREEK

TYPE OF REFERENCE PEAK

TEXTURES

WALKABLE

VISUAL

LANDSCAPE

NORTH CRESTONE CREEK

WILLOW CREEK

SPANISH CREEK

COTTONWOOD CREEK

WILLOW CREEK SOUTH CRESTONE CREEK

L.Ma.R.

SPANISH CREEK

S.S.R.

L.Mi.R.

L.Ma.S. IS

S.S.S. L.Mi.S.

X NA

= MAIN AXIS =

COTTONWOOD CREEK ENTRANCE?

L.Mi.S. W.S.S. L.Ma.S. L.Mi.R. S.S.R. L.Ma.R.

VAMARIE

CREEK REFERENCES - REFERENCIAS A RIOS

TYPE OF REFERENCE PEAK

TEXTURES

WALKABLE

VISUAL

LANDSCAPE

NORTH CRESTONE LAKE

SOUTH CRESTONE LAKE

WILLOW CREEK LAKES

COTTONWOOD LAKE

NORTH CRESTONE LAKE SOUTH CRESTONE LAKE

L.Ma.R.

WILLOW CREEK LAKES

S.S.R.

L.Mi.R.

COTTONWOOD LAKE

L.Ma.S. S.S.S. L.Mi.S.

L.Mi.S. W.S.S. L.Ma.S. L.Mi.R. S.S.R. L.Ma.R.

VAMARIE

LAKE REFERENCES - REFERENCIAS A LAGOS

MOON OVER BLANCA PEAK

SUNSET ON SANGRE DE CRISTO

LUNAR MAJOR RISING

SUMMER SOLSTICE RISING

SUNSET ON SANGRE DE CRISTO LUNAR MINOR RISING

LUNAR MAJOR SETTING SUMMER SOLSTICE SETTING LUNAR MINOR SETTING

LUNAR MINOR SETTING WINTER SOLSTICE SETTING LUNAR MAJOR SETTING LUNAR MINOR RISING WINTER SOLSTICE RISING LUNAR MAJOR RISING

VAMARIE

SUN AND MOON REFERENCES - REFERENCIAS AL SOL Y A LA LUNA

MOON OVER SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE

Stairs

14,000 sqft

Bedroom/ceremony

Studio

Bathroom

Living space

Laundry space dinning space

basic foot print

Kitchen space

layout of the spaces

Green house

16’ 12’ 10’ 10’

8’

shifting of spaces to allow light and cross ventilation

VAMARIE

extruding of heights of space

PROCESS

8’

embedding the building to the ground to help for insulation and giving it a human scaled

pulling out the eves of the house

creating the pitch for the roofs

VAMARIE

PROCESS

aligning opening to creeks, ravines, and lakes

openings created by aligned points

VAMARIE

PROCESS

stairs that lead outside and to the ceremony space

12:00 9:00 15:00 8:00 16:00

12:00 9:00 15:00 8:00 16:00 7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

12:00 9:00 15:00 8:00 16:00

7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

12:00 9:00 15:00 8:00 16:00

6:00 18:00

7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

12:00 9:00 15:00 8:00 16:00 7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

WINTER SOLSTICE

VAMARIE

SECTION A-A‘

12:00

10:00 13:00 9:00 15:00

12:00

10:00 13:00 9:00 15:00

8:00 16:00

12:00

10:00 13:00 9:00 15:00

8:00 16:00

10:00 13:00 9:00 15:00

8:00 16:00

7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

SUMMER SOLSTICE

VAMARIE

SECTION A-A‘

12:00 9:00 15:00

8:00 16:00

7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

12:00 9:00 15:00 8:00 16:00

7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

WINTER SOLSTICE

VAMARIE

SECTION B-B‘

10:00 12:00 13:00

9:00 15:00

8:00 16:00

7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

6:00 18:00 7:00 17:00

6:00 18:00

SUMMER SOLSTICE

VAMARIE

SECTION B-B‘

11:00 10:00 9:00

8:00

7:00

14:00 15:00 16:00

17:00

11:00 10:00

18:00

9:00

8:00

7:00

SPRING EQUINOX

VAMARIE

SECTION C-C‘

14:00

11:00 15:00

10:00 16:00

9:00

17:00

8:00

7:00

18:00

SPRING EQUINOX

VAMARIE

SECTION D-D‘

Roofs slope away from dwelling

Solar panels

Natural light and ventilation into living space

Thermomass walls

VAMARIE

Green house

DIAGRAMAS - DIAGRAMS