2024-05-17T17:26:53-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150299053/goin-glamping-hks-completes-its-autocamp-complex-in-joshua-tree-california Josh Niland 2022-02-16T12:46:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4c/4c9e2bae677ce34f0c25d34e9e40d1e9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Just days after the firm&rsquo;s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150298272/the-architecture-of-sofi-stadium-home-of-super-bowl-lvi" target="_blank">extraordinary Super Bowl</a> design fully acquitted itself on the national stage, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/4398903/hks-inc" target="_blank">HKS</a>&nbsp;in collaboration with <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150287251/narrative-design-studio" target="_blank">Narrative Design Studio</a>&nbsp;has taken the SoCal spotlight again under the guise of a new, mid-century-inspired modern clubhouse retreat now completed in Joshua Tree, California.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/65/65a2f60f374c4e7b426bbea10616f629.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/65/65a2f60f374c4e7b426bbea10616f629.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo &copy; Matthew Kisiday</figcaption></figure><p>Featuring a 55-key resort and 25-acre campsite, the new Autrocamp retreat is defined by its network of courtyards, firepits, passive design elements, pools, and walking paths that combine to enhance the area&rsquo;s amazing natural desert landscape. Anchored by an arched Quonset hut clubhouse building, the site expands along a shifted axis to provide a seamless indoor-outdoor transition to visitors, who can each enjoy vistas of the surrounding National Park underneath an ample amount of wind and solar protection.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/89/89a94fcdb68a7323301e1cb6395293c4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/89/89a94fcdb68a7323301e1cb6395293c4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo &copy; Matthew Kisiday</figcaption></figure><p>Per the architects: &ldquo;One of the critical design drivers was to incorporate a feeling of both privacy and community on the property. I...</p>