Chuck’s House – Framing!
July 19, 2010
Framing is moving quickly onsite, so it seemed like a good moment to talk a little about the floorplan.
The site is small and compact which meant the house would be also. This drove the urban row house plan response. The floorplan is upside-down with the bedrooms on the first floor and living spaces on the second. This strategy elevates the main living spaces, giving them lots of light and expansive views.
The second floor ceiling averages about 11 feet over the living space and 8 feet over the stair section. Standing on the recently-framed second floor deck, I noticed that the strategy clearly works: with the large windows, tall ceilings, and expansive views, you’d never guess the yard below was so small! The second floor screen porch has a great view through the tree canopy to the woods beyond the rear of the lot.
Chuck Roberts
Chuck’s House – What’s he building?
June 23, 2010
The form of this house is in response to the constraints of a deep, skinny lot with minimal southern exposure.
The plan is based on the traditional urban row house with stairs and core functions along one side opening up to the primary living spaces. The massing expresses the programmatic elements of this architectural type as a free standing house. Like many town houses, the main living space is on the second floor which allows greater light and views into the primary living spaces.
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More to come…
Charles Roberts
Chuck’s House – Foundation!
June 21, 2010
The steam shovel is gone, the backfill is in place.
Foundation insulation will begin tomorrow:
R20 on the foundation walls and under the slab.
Chuck Roberts
Chuck’s House – Can you dig it?
June 17, 2010
Did anyone ever read Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel when they were a kid?
We may not be racing to dig the town hall cellar in just one day, but we’re facing our own challenges onsite: the set-backs on my house are so tight that the excavator had to work from the inside of the foundation to backfill.
Chuck Roberts
Coming soon – Chuck’s House!
May 25, 2010
- Beginnings
