Sustainability Sneak Peek
Any day now I’ll be able to post more about last terms projects, including a fully-sustainably-designed ranch in the hills of Tehachapi, California. A sneak peek!
uma casa na Australia // a home in Australia
via 79ideas
(via designed-for-life)
For anyone in the Beaverton, Oregon area interested in the city’s sustainability future, there are several symposiums coming up. I hope to attend as many as I can!
See you there?
The Halfway Mark
Over the past few months I have been working on my midpoint review presentation, which includes a thesis proposal and portfolio review. Tonight I finished the second of two primary components. Now, I just have to practice, practice, practice my oral presentation to go with the 70-something page book, and powerpoint presentation of nearly the same length.
If you see a random girl talking and gesturing to her own reflection in a shop window, or the forward facing camera of her phone, you can be sure that’s me, working towards passing as confident, and credible in front of an impending panel of professionals and professors!
Here are a few pages, a glimpse into the project that will govern my sleep cycle, social life, and access to daylight for the next year and a half.
(Click for redirection to larger versions.)
“Response” House, PART 3!
Third, and final, these are the renderings of the downstairs to the Response House. Aside from the bedroom and bathroom, everything else in this space (that includes the office area, family room, and walk-in closet) was added in as a second evolution to the house.
At first I felt a little resistant, admittedly, to expand my quaint little pocket-sized house. The added room really wouldn’t be needed for a small household of two. But once I got into the digital demolition and rebuilding process, I became addicted. It’s really tremendous what else can fit into a still-small space, and how that added maneuvering room can change the character and possibilities of the house overall. I feel that if this house were an existing location, the added basement area would be quite the basement-level oasis - especially what with that long window peaking out just above the terrain level outside for a view of the trees beyond. What a sweet and well-shaded spot.
I also really enjoy the bedroom. It’s tight, that’s for sure. Nothing but bed in there (oh, and a small under-the stairs storage area, I suppose). What a great way to encourage interaction in other areas of the house? Not to mention interaction with related, but subtly new adjacent areas, like the bathroom with its glass tub, and mirrored accent walls, or the long, yet cozy walk-in closet. But my favorite part of the bedroom is the built-in shelf behind the bed that leads up to an angled wall and refreshing skylight. This window brings in southern exposure to an otherwise solar-isolated basement space. The window would, of course, in this hypothetical scenario, have an easy access privacy shade as well. The best of all worlds, I say!
“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.”
(via thatkindofwoman)
