931 Shoofly Street – Baca Area

Where DID that name come from? The name is historically derived and includes a bit of whimsy! On the old maps you can find that Baca Street stopped at the Acequia Madre … on the other side was another street called Torcido Street because it wiggled and twisted several times as it headed north westerly toward Agua Fria. At some point the two streets were connected across the Acequia Madre and the City made the entire road all Baca Street. I took Baca, turned it into Vaca (verbally B’s and V’s can be pronounced interchangeably in Spanish) and added the historical Torcido, … the result was Campo de la Vaca Torcida … using a bit of creative license, the English translation became Twisted Cow Compound. When the local old-timers read it in Spanish they often chuckle, since they understand exactly the origins of the name.

What is this place? Our vision is to have Work-Spaces & Live-Work Spaces for creative, educational, and community activities. We want participants to OWN their Spaces, thereby allowing more individuals to participant in the City of Santa Fe Railyard Project.

For more information about this building and available lease space, contact:

Twisted Cow Compound
PO Box 1971
Santa Fe, NM 87504
505.983.7342
burrusnmpc@aol.com
www.twisted-cow-compound.com

Founded in 1998 the design firm NEEDBASED inc has been located in Baca since 2007.  We are passionate about architecture and bring this to focus on integrating deep environmental design with beauty, function, and affordability. Our offices and home are the first certified Passive Houses in New Mexico which is the most rigorous building standard worldwide.

By incorporating exemplary building science with highly functional spaces we integrate the best of sustainable practices such as net zero energy with a modern New Mexican vision. This provides comfortable and open living and work environments which cost little to heat and cool, are healthy, comfortable and will provide generations a robust and flexible environment.

Our dedication to living in working in Baca expresses our desire to have the benefits of a lively community at our doorstep and to contribute to the cultural and environmental vision of the neighborhood.

NEEDBASED inc
928 Shoofly Street
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505.954.1604

www.needbased.com