Chickadee house

Located in West Boulder USA, the Chickadee house is tucked into the base of the foothills, the site was among a handful of properties that were originally settled at the turn of the century as small residential farms with water rights bound to each property.

Strategically placed to utilize as much of the one-acre site as possible and responding to the long driveway access condition, with limited site access the garage sits forward to the majority of the wooded lot to the home itself. An elevated glassy breezeway connects the two structures, allowing the historic creek to flow beneath while providing a unique pathway to the home beyond.

The formal configuration of Chickadee is described by simple forms which orient to the front and back yards with two outdoor patio spaces intended to provide sun and shade. The home flows to these exterior living spaces in all directions, maximizing the connection to the outdoors with the use of lift slide, bi-fold, and Dutch doors.

Designed by Surround Architecture, the exterior palette of limestone masonry and rainscreen applications of steel paneling and cedar siding is punctuated by structural steel components. The interiors concept is envisioned as bright, simple, and functional family space described by natural materials and glass that find their way from the exterior to within. Wide-plank French oak floors, concrete, limestone masonry, blackened steel beams, finished timbers, reinforce how these materials find their way from the exterior to the space within.