Chandler Mountain Cabin

Location: 6 Tracey Lane, Frisco, CO
Scope: Historic Cabin Addition & Renovation
Completed: (In 2012)

The ArcWest Team is providing architectural & engineering services including conceptual design, design development and construction documents for a new two story addition to an existing cabin located in Frisco, CO.

The Bills Ranch Subdivision on the southeast edge of Frisco is an eclectic mix of homes dating back to the 1940’s. Very few of the older log style cabins remain and the existing homes are slowly becoming larger and higher end vacation homes.

True North construction was selected as the contractor and the Chandlers hired Kevin Anderson of ArcWest Architects to provide Architectural and Engineering services.

The Chandlers have owned this early 50’s, 600 square foot modest retreat since the mid 1980’s and now would like to improve the property to accommodate their growing family and guest. The new design would take great effort to keep the original look and form of the existing cabin intact and utilize this unique space for living, kitchen and dinning areas. The new two story addition would provide and new entry, bedrooms, bathrooms, utility room and children’s area.

During the design process it was discovered that the entire site sites within the FEMA 100 year flood plain and that to improve and expand the existing structure the finished floor elevation would have to be raised and set approximately 6” above the existing cabin floor level. This requirement is unfortunate but had little impact to the final design.

Design Development Drawings for Concept Selected by Owner

The design development rendering above provide a more refined illustration for the proposed cabin addition.

Working closely with the Chandlers and True North construction ArcWest developed a design which improves the function and energy efficiency of the existing cabin while increasing the total square footage by three fold to 1900.

Some unique features to this design include radiant heating throughout and operable windows located strategically to provide cross ventilation to cool the rooms in the summer.

The following images are initial sketch concepts and preliminary drawings presented to the client during the conceptual design phase. The photo is of the existing cabin, same perspective as the sketches.