架构师提供的文本描述。在收到一个典型的纳瓦霍人的“家庭建造工具包”后，哈罗德和海伦娜·斯科已经完成了一个CMU基金会，以接受一个传统的矩形山墙桁架式住宅。由于无法完成这座建筑，斯考斯夫妇转向了来自科罗拉多州丹佛大学和DesignBuidlBLUFF的学生。学生们决定在他们的设计中使用现有的基础和几乎所有的建筑工具包材料。

Text description provided by the architects. Having received a typical Navajo “home build kit”, the clients, Harold and Helena Skow, had already completed a CMU foundation to accept a traditional rectangular gable-trussed home. Unable to complete the building the Skows turned to students from University of Colorado Denver and DesignBuidlBLUFF. The students decided to utilize the existing foundation and virtually all of the build kit materials stock piled on site in their design.

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在第一次与客户一起参观网站时，一些学生注意到，哈罗德戴着一顶大帽檐，遮住了他的脸和脖子上刺眼的阳光。当被问及防护服时，哈罗德评论说，每个人都应该在沙漠里有一个睡衣。在他的评论和抵制传统山墙屋顶的想法的启发下，团队选择把桁架倒过来，为Skow的家创造一个睡衣。

While walking the site with the clients on their first visit some students took note that Harold wore a large brimmed hat which shielded the harsh sun from his face and neck. When asked about the protective garment Harold commented that everyone should have a sombrero in the desert. Inspired by his comment and resisting the idea of a traditional gable roof house, the team chose to turn the trusses upside down and create a sombrero for Skow’s home.

从程序上讲，这座800 SF的双卧室住宅被分成两卷。私人空间，包括卧室，包裹在高度绝缘的稻草包建筑，位于北部，提供一种舒适的感觉，周围是天然的泥土灰泥和安全的沙漠元素。包含客厅和厨房/餐厅的公共空间向西南方向开放，提供壮观的景色和与景观的连接，同时允许在冬季通过两堵特定方向的太阳能玻璃直接获得太阳能。一个巨大的甲板包住了房屋的西侧和南面，并在一年的大部分时间里把“宜居”空间带到户外，而东部的入口门廊提供了遮荫的室外空间，供夏季下午聚集。

Programmatically, the 800 sf, two-bedroom home is separated into two volumes. The private volume, containing the bedrooms, is wrapped in highly insulative straw bale construction and is located to the north, providing a sense of comfort surrounded by natural earthen plaster and security from the desert elements. The public volume containing the living room and kitchen/dining room opens up to the southwest, providing spectacular views and a connection to the landscape while allowing direct solar gain, in the winter, through two walls of orientation-specific solar glazing. A large deck wraps the western and southern sides of the home and brings the 'livable' space outdoors for much of the year, while an eastern entry porch provides shaded outdoor space to gather during summer afternoon hours.

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关于设计建造程序

About the Design Build Program

自2010年以来，科罗拉多丹佛大学与犹他州大学DesignBuildBLUFF合作，为住在纳瓦霍保留地的家庭设计了一个家。建筑学硕士学生在丹佛度过春夏学期，设计房屋，绘制建筑图纸。他们经常访问纳瓦霍族，与客户会面，考察当地情况，并提出自己的想法。设计完成后，学生们将在秋季学期住在加州大学布拉夫市，在那里他们建造了自己的家。科罗拉多大学、丹佛大学和犹他州大学的教师在这一年的课程中提供了帮助.

Since 2010 the University of Colorado Denver has partnered with DesignBuildBLUFF at the University of Utah to design a home for a family living on the Navajo Reservation. Master of Architecture students spend the spring and summer semesters living in Denver designing the home and working on construction drawings. They make frequent visits to Navajo Nation meeting the client, surveying the land and presenting their ideas. After the design is finished students spend the fall semester living in Bluff, UT where they construct the home. Faculty from the University of Colorado Denver and the University of Utah help throughout the year-long program.