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14 years ago
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
The concept.
What exactly are we trying to build? and what is your underlying ethos on modern architecture? I hear you ask.
Well in answer to that, I offer this readers digest version of the brief given to the architect.
Anita's perspective.
Needs to have 3 - 4 bedrooms that aren't too large.
Needs to have a number of well set out living areas that allow for people living in the same house to be completely separate from each other with out having to resort to hiding in bedrooms.
Laundry needs to be near the cloths line.
Needs to cost the same as a project home.
Who cares what it looks like?
Timothy's perspective.
All of the above with the exception of the project home budget and appearance. and with the addition of;
Needs to be solar passive
Needs to look like it was designed by Glenn Murcutt
Needs at least 3 garages
Needs to look like its design has followed its function rather than its function dictated by its design.
Needs to be in harmony with its surroundings or something like that?
Needs to be affordable in some way.
I have two children to sell ohh and at least 1 kidney.
However with every episode of grand designs i watch the above seems to become a lot less fixed
Well in answer to that, I offer this readers digest version of the brief given to the architect.
Anita's perspective.
Needs to have 3 - 4 bedrooms that aren't too large.
Needs to have a number of well set out living areas that allow for people living in the same house to be completely separate from each other with out having to resort to hiding in bedrooms.
Laundry needs to be near the cloths line.
Needs to cost the same as a project home.
Who cares what it looks like?
Timothy's perspective.
All of the above with the exception of the project home budget and appearance. and with the addition of;
Needs to be solar passive
Needs to look like it was designed by Glenn Murcutt
Needs at least 3 garages
Needs to look like its design has followed its function rather than its function dictated by its design.
Needs to be in harmony with its surroundings or something like that?
Needs to be affordable in some way.
I have two children to sell ohh and at least 1 kidney.
However with every episode of grand designs i watch the above seems to become a lot less fixed
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The story so far!
A bit of background to the project.
Anita and I bought this house about 7-8 years ago. It was a great fixerupperer and was oozing with potential. At any rate where getting it for a steel. I mean its practically land value only that we would be paying. Do you think that we are ready for this? are we doing the right...... Sorry was I having a flashback?
About 18 months after moving in, with must gusto and purpose we set about building a small extension. Should have that knocked on the head in about six months. How hard could it be?
Sustained enthusiasm has never been my forte and so 5+ years latter we still live in a half finished 2 bedroom fibro home which is bound to give us terminal lung cancer one day.
And so with out putting you to sleep this early in the piece, we decided to knock it over and start again. If only I had done that in the first place.
During the Christmas holiday break I got all excited once again and made an important desision.
I engaged the services of an architect.
Now I have never had that great a relationship with architects. But at least this time he would be working for me.
To cut a long story short, we have had a few meetings mulled over a few preliminary braod brush sketches argued, created, discussed and mulled again. We now have a fairly firm concept of what we want to build. At least thats what I thought.
Anita and I bought this house about 7-8 years ago. It was a great fixerupperer and was oozing with potential. At any rate where getting it for a steel. I mean its practically land value only that we would be paying. Do you think that we are ready for this? are we doing the right...... Sorry was I having a flashback?
About 18 months after moving in, with must gusto and purpose we set about building a small extension. Should have that knocked on the head in about six months. How hard could it be?
Sustained enthusiasm has never been my forte and so 5+ years latter we still live in a half finished 2 bedroom fibro home which is bound to give us terminal lung cancer one day.
And so with out putting you to sleep this early in the piece, we decided to knock it over and start again. If only I had done that in the first place.
During the Christmas holiday break I got all excited once again and made an important desision.
I engaged the services of an architect.
Now I have never had that great a relationship with architects. But at least this time he would be working for me.
To cut a long story short, we have had a few meetings mulled over a few preliminary braod brush sketches argued, created, discussed and mulled again. We now have a fairly firm concept of what we want to build. At least thats what I thought.
Welcome to my Blog.
Hi.
In this modern world of internet based over sharing, I have decided to try, at least, to chronicle the developments in our attempts to go from 2 bedroom 1960 asbestos abortion, fibro fantastic house to our new, dream, solar sensitive, fit for purpose home.
The idea struck me after watching an episode of Grand designs tonight. Not that I think our building project would be worthy of an episode, but at least worth the effort of writing it in this format for the one or two people who might in the slightest way show the slightest bit of interest. And quite frankly if your not blogging these days then you just don't exist.
What to expect.
In all honesty the safest expectation would be that I lose interest about two weeks into the blog and then lose interest in the project about a month later. If this prediction eventuates then at least I will have had some measure of success.
Failing that expect that I will post the odd 8 x 10 colour glossy picture with a witty piece of repartee attached explaining what you are viewing and why it is earth shatteringly interesting.
If you are really lucky I may upload a video of the house as it now stands with running commentary.
I shall endeavor with great earnest to resist posting polls to gauge opinion on the colour of the curtains and on weather or not to install a bidet.
However the one concession I offer to the devoted reader will be an invite to the house warming party to be held sometime off in the distant future.
So strap yourself in hang on tight and get ready to snooze.
In this modern world of internet based over sharing, I have decided to try, at least, to chronicle the developments in our attempts to go from 2 bedroom 1960 asbestos abortion, fibro fantastic house to our new, dream, solar sensitive, fit for purpose home.
The idea struck me after watching an episode of Grand designs tonight. Not that I think our building project would be worthy of an episode, but at least worth the effort of writing it in this format for the one or two people who might in the slightest way show the slightest bit of interest. And quite frankly if your not blogging these days then you just don't exist.
What to expect.
In all honesty the safest expectation would be that I lose interest about two weeks into the blog and then lose interest in the project about a month later. If this prediction eventuates then at least I will have had some measure of success.
Failing that expect that I will post the odd 8 x 10 colour glossy picture with a witty piece of repartee attached explaining what you are viewing and why it is earth shatteringly interesting.
If you are really lucky I may upload a video of the house as it now stands with running commentary.
I shall endeavor with great earnest to resist posting polls to gauge opinion on the colour of the curtains and on weather or not to install a bidet.
However the one concession I offer to the devoted reader will be an invite to the house warming party to be held sometime off in the distant future.
So strap yourself in hang on tight and get ready to snooze.
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