Ya Ha Tinda Staff Housing.

​Sitting atop a ridge between the Red Deer River and Sheep Mountain on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, the Ya Ha Tinda staff housing project serves as year-round accommodation for staff of a working horse ranch. The project approaches the site with a goal of opening the interior volume to existing sightlines of the surrounding landscape, while preserving the privacy of residents and guests. In doing so, the primary volume shifts a single gable entrance and public facing volume into a split form toward the private programming and sleeping quarters as a means of orienting each unit toward a different facet of the landscape while creating pockets of privacy.

​Elevating the main level above the site on stilts allows for a reduced impact on the site due to a limited building footprint in contact with the ground, while providing space for the necessary building services and resident staff office to be tucked into the hillside underneath the main volume.