SKYGATEecommunity
The soul of architecture is synthesis: Bring together Philosophy, Art, Materials, Needs, Space, Time, and Environment/Ecology, so that the Whole is beautiful and greater than the Sum of the Parts.
Providing Architectural Design Services and an Ecommunity, consisting of 90 acres of national park quality living space on a mountain with great views and clean air. The remainder of the land is dedicated to a conservation easement;
preserving its natural beauty and reducing taxes.
ARCHITECTURAL portfolio
COMPLETED WORKS
Binaziz (BZ)
BZ Studio
Christopher Residence
Cloud House
Fawn Hall
Garage - Workshop
Library
Shrine
Shrine Keeper's House
Tortoise House
The Spirit Gallery
From Apache: Binaziz_Eyelid
[1981-1990]
This 2000 square foot house has no connections to public utilities. The house is a passive solar design with a composting toilet, grey water capture system, and greenhouse. Water from the roof goes into a cistern and is then pumped to a 10,000 gallon tank. A pond catches run off from the mountain to be used for irrigation, swimming, and fire emergency.
See also "Integrated Ecological and Personal Architecture", 1997, AZ Vision Weavers Exhibition booklet.
[1996-1997]
Wood framed with clay floor and corrugated steel skin. Catches water off roof into 300 gal stock tank.
The Studio is a miniature version of the house with the roof reversed. It is curved on the North and South with corners at the East and West.
The structure is made from steel pipes used as connecting hinges for the re-used steel window frames, and trusses made of steel re-bar, welded on site.
The studio is a passive solar design using the floor as heat sink, and is comfortable in the middle of the winter by 8:00 AM if it is sunny. Electricity is from the House via a conduit.
[2006-2007] Gleason, AZ
A new wood framed stucco house and guest house with a standing seam steel roof.
This 5,500 sq. ft. house is mostly heated by passive solar radiation. Some rainwater is collected from the rooftop for landscape irrigation.
CLOUD House
[2006-2010]
Residence for Carolyn Marsh. 1900 sq.ft., concrete, steel, wood and glass. Beams and columns are recycled steel.
Catches water from roof with 5000 gal storage. Solar water panel heater with propane backup, radiant floor, two fireplaces.
Fawn HALL
Fawn Hall, N.Y.
Conversion of sheep shearing facility to residence and studios for two artists.
Including a new tower and entrance.
Garage/Workshop
[2006-2008]
Prefabricated steel building on a concrete slab. Recycled steel window frames and sliding patio door glass. 1000 sq. ft. half workshop with attached apartment.
Solar electric and hot water with propane backup. Adjoining Laundry facility with high efficiency washer and propane dryer and outside drying lines. Now under construction- a 484 sq.ft. wood shop adjoining the east side of the Garage.
LIBRARY
[2005-2007]
350 sq.ft. Wood framed with concrete floor and recycled corrugated steel skin, recycled steel window frames.
Catches and stores 1,100 gallons of water from the roof. Uses electricity generated at the garage.
the SHRINE
[1998-2001]
The Shrine is a place for celebrations, weddings, birthday parties, and memorials.
Ferro-cement and quartz rock with clay and mineral colored cement and elastomeric paint. Catches water off roof to fill a 150 gal font. The acropolis, middle world site is on an east-west axis with the major geologic landmark- a gray limestone cliff filled with fossils known locally as "the pilas". The design consists of seven quartz rock columns supporting a conical structure with a chimney opening and wide overhangs. The columns are in an oval plan and lean out. They are like abstract caryatids and occupy the space when no people are there. The roof catches water and fills a font at the E. end. A portable brazier is available for occasional use. Fire, water, earth and air: the basic elements of life.
[1997-2002]
The Shrine Keeper must keep an eye on the Shrine and organize events.
The house looks like a big rock. It catches water off roof and deck and has an 1,800 gallon storage tank. Has its own PV power and breadbox solar water heater.
Built of ferro-cement with recycled steel window frames. Exterior and interior painted with nano-insulation. Exterior then painted with elastomeric and camouflage. Interior insulated with mylar faced bubblewrap.
Tortoise HOUSE
[2002-2010]
A small hermitage built into the rocks and trees.
A minimal house. Captures up to 1,200 gallons of water from the r Gets power from the Garage/Workshop across the road. Built with ferro-cement and recycled steel window frames. Exterior is painted with elastomeric paint and camouflage, interior insulated with sheet foam and painted with elastomeric. Has a sun space with trombe wall and black hot water tank. Has a composting toilet and an evapotranspiration bed for wastewater treatment.
the SPIRIT Gallery
[1996-1998]
Todd Bogatay, Architect, Office and The Spirit Gallery. 516 Tombstone Canyon, Bisbee, AZ
An existing gas station from the 1920's with later additions was renovated with the addition of a garage and a twelve sided exhibition space like a showcase, visible 24/7. The original purpose of the Gallery was as an adjunct to the Architectural Office. Our lives are enriched by integrating the arts with architecture. Architecture is the 'mother of the arts' in that it contains and is enriched by all the arts. At present the entire building is being used for the Gallery and the Office has moved into the Library.
fine art + sculpture
Most of the sculptures are inspired by Japanese caligraphy.
Each kanji character has a visual integrity and feeling of aliveness. The sculptures are a kind of three dimensional kanji. They can be turned in many different ways to be seen as new works. In different light and shadow come alive and transform.
Male and Female
These two are a pair. Subject is incidental and essential. The male was generated by the stone that became the glans.
Male, 2009 (left)
quartz rocks, cement mortar, steel armature
10x4x13.5"
$500
Female, 2009 (right)
12x4x16"
Broken Plate
A Japanese mingei plate fell off the wall and broke. Assembled into a sculpture it became more interesting than the plate.
Broken Plate Abstract, 1995
ceramic pieces, cement mortar, steel armature
13x9x8"
$600
Male Torso
Male Torso, 2010
jasper rocks, cement mortar, steel pins with epoxy
22x12x25"
Handstand Man
Assembled to balance on a steel armature. Inspired by a postcard of a man on the beach performing capoeira.
Handstand Man, 1990
$1200
Potshard Abstract
Conceived as unified parts in motion.
Spring, 2000
potshards, cement mortar, steel armature
20x9x7"
$400
Found Old Glass Abstract, 1991
glass, cement mortar, steel armature
8x14x10"
Homage to Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican
I found the upper piece of quartz and the rest was added to it. The original must have disturbed generations of priests.
Male Torso (Belvedere), 2000
jasper rocks, crystals, cement mortar, steel armature
Marble Abstract Creature
Assembled with pieces from an old quarry near Dos Cabezas in the Chiricahua mountains.
Creature, 1994
Chiricahua marble, cement mortar, steel armature
18x9x7"
$300
Quartz Abstract (QB)
An abstract portrait of my dog QB.
Quartz Abstract (Pieta)
Stones and crystals assembled on a welded steel armature. Without thinking about it the stones seemed to assemble themselves, "take me". One aspect reminds me of an abstracted Michelangelo's Pieta.
Pieta, 2000
quartz rocks, crystals, cement mortar, steel armature
$850
Potshard, Blown Away Bust
Spirit of Anasazi, 1986
stone, potshards, plaster with steel armature
Large and Small,
Emmeline and Jack:
An abstract pair. Each of three balanced: red, black, and white quartz.
Emmeline & Jack (pair), 2010
conglomerate quartz granite rocks, cement mortar, steel pins with epoxy
7.5x7x17"; 7.5x6x16"
$100
Faces
My mother and some ancestors. When I showed my mother, she said, "Oh no, that's not me." Each side was assembled in many different versions before deciding which to set in mortar.
Faces, 2010
petrified wood, quartz, cement mortar on steel armature
6.5x12x3"
Quartz Portrait Head of Noel Monod
This is a portrait of a friend and mentor who was the first treasurer of the United Nations. Of French protestant background he had an impeccable morality but could still take risks with the advice of friends like David Rockefeller in order to increase the UN's meager bank balance. He was a connoisseur of the arts and a gourmet. He could identify not only the vineyard but also the vintage of a wine; the soap, chewing gum, kind of cigarette and perfume of a person.
Portrait Head of Neil Monod, 1990
quartz rocks, malachite, cement mortar, steel armature
NFS
Quartz Owl
Made to be a part of the Shrinekeeper's House. First, Ben Dale made an eagle for this purpose, but the wind would have destroyed it so I had to take it down. The Owl is heavy and dense enough not to be affected by the wind.
Owl, 2009
18x18x15"
MEMORIAL
To James H. Brew, shot in his home in Bisbee, July 12, 1917, after he shot one of four men sent to get him.
He refused to work under conditions of "involuntary servitude" as defined in the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
Brew's death and the "deportation" of 1185 persons on that day are symbolic of our continuing struggle for freedom and equality.
Dedicated July 4, 2006.
Bisbee Cemetary, Collaboration with John Pentek
Steel Samurai
Samurai, 1987
found metal parts with bicycle reflectors
55x3038"
Mixed-Metal Cross
Sunrise Landscape
An abstraction of the landscape south of my house.
Sunrise Landscape, 2004
stained glass
9.5x15.75"
Water and Sky
This hangs next to my bathroom sink.
Water and Sky, 2004
13.5x21"
Abstract Landscape
Another abstraction of the landscape south of my house.
Abstract Landscape, 2004
17.5x25"
Rucker Lake
Drawn very quickly from memory while testing a new pen.
Rucker Lake, 1986
pen and ink on paper
9.7x7.5"
San Pedro River Valley
Drawn just before a fire burned the trees along the edge of the river.
San Pedro River Landscape, 1995
watercolor on paper
11x8.5"
Mule Mountain Landscape, 1991
10x7.5"
$200
Waterfall
In the Chiricahua mountains on upper
E. Turkey Creek.
Waterfall, 1991
8.5x11"
Sculpture |Stained Glass |Watercolors + Drawings
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TODD BOGATAY architect [bio+resume]
Growing up in a family of artists,
I learned the importance of integrating art into our lives.
My father taught me how enriching this can be and that I should show others how this works.
The creative process keeps us alive.
Art is the soul of our civilization.
Architecture is both an art and
a business. I am responsible
for beauty and economy.
contact
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If looking for more information please send me a message using the contact form below.
Todd Bogatay, P.O. Box Z
Bisbee, AZ 85603-0079
watercolors & DRAWINGS
516 Tombstone Canyon PO Box Z Bisbee, AZ 85603 By Appointment Only Tel: (520) 249-7856 todd.bogatay_gmail.com
