Conceptual Ideas

Narrative:

Mr. and Miss have decided to add an extension on to the existing house. They have a large family but while their children go off to college they have new wants and needs in the house. Mr. Smith is a gym enthusiast and enjoys his family time. Ms. Smith is sad that her children are moving on in their lives but still wants a comfortable setting for them to come back and visit. She wants a very large family room to accommodate this. Both clients agreed that they wanted the master bedroom to face the water and have a nice view. Mr. Smith has a wide collection of military metals from his grandfather and past family. He would like to somehow use the theme of a shadow box to remember them. Also both Mr. and Ms. Smith want to keep a similar look to the new additive so it doesn’t look out of place.

Ranking:

1) Family Room

2)  Gym

Sorting:

Work: Office

Private: Master Bedroom

Play: Family Room

Public: Family Room, Gym

Meta Idea: Shadow Box

Connection Analogy: The connection analogy that is used was a joint. Using a cylinder I connected the old to the new.

Existing Systems Used or transformed: I used several different things to tie the addition into the original structure. First I continued the line of columns with a slight bend towards the water to hold up the new structure. The original stair case was repeated twice. All windows followed the same pattern with a large window then a small thin one. Another system used over again was keeping large windows in the front and small windows in the back.