Located in a small fishing village in New Mexico, about an hour outside of Santa Fe, Terrero Cabin is a small seasonal vacation home. Designed and constructed on a limited budget, architectural emphasis was placed on maximizing the home’s interaction with the Pecos River immediately to the west of the site.
The village of Tres Lagunas employs its own aesthetic architectural code on all new construction. Designs for new homes must comply with a series of fairly rigid rules and be approved by a board. Although the color of the stark red roof and use of timber for exterior walls are mandated, the application of elements and form of the structure was entirely up to the architect.
The main living space of the house is open from east to west, with a set of strip windows at the building’s entry and a long set of lift-and-slide doors opening out onto a large outdoor deck extending beyond the start of a steep decline in topography to overlook the river below.
The project was designed and completed under the direction of Mark DuBois at the firm of Ohlhausen DuBois Architects.