Luis Lopez: ARCHITECTURAL Design l
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My project is about coming up with a backyard cottage that relates with your craft, my craft is a jeweler. For this project I was studying and examining different type of cottages looking at their unique look which gave the idea for my cottage now. The process simple yet so difficult, during this project I learned a lot especially how to manage and make my work the most efficient way possible.
Craft investigation
When I first started investigating, I studied cottages that are different from the others that's when I came up with the boxy look, also looking at jewelry stores i got the idea putting marble walls so it can give it that jewelry store look. I learned that cottages don't have to look normal they can look exotic or even weird, if you can live in it with no problem than it's a solid cottage.
Concept design
My concepts really helped me with my final design inspiring me to stay with the designs that I have now.
Concept design 01:
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For my first concept design you can see how I went with the boxy look keeping it nice and simple with large windows to show display, this design is similar to what I have now. One thing that is different is how the workspace is on the outside instead of the inside, I picked the outside because it was more reliable for my craft since a jeweler has to work precisely and not disturbed when working on tiny expensive things.
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Concept design 02:
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My second design is also very similar, but it has more of a way vertical look. this concept shows where the display is going and how is it going to look. the parts where it flares out that would be the display cases for jewelry outside like I have on my final model. This would be a two-story cottage too. This cottage showed me how develop the idea of display and to show how the building is going to look
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Concept design 03: This design is a mix between a vertical and horizontal structure, this design has a second floor like my final design cottage, and I also figured out where my rooms were going with this design. This is my Lego concept design with this design I went with a second floor because my house on my site has one too. This design help spread knowledge of new ideas and helped me come up with the design i have in my final model.
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Schematic design
The final design that I chose was a mix between 3, 1 and a little bit of 2. I went with these because I thought these would do the best to describe my craft, if you see in the building, I chose to show display by putting a display case on the front of building and I went with the two-story house like my designs.
Final Design
My final design is a mix of everything that I created showing. For my final product I went with marble walls and a cobblestone roof, I went with the boxy look to match the jewelry store look, I went with a two-story house like my concepts and added the display case in the front. My cottage has a kitchen, a den, eating area, workshop, storage, and a laundry room but that's only the first floor. the second floor has a bedroom, and a master bathroom, to top it off i have a flat roof.
Luis Lopez: Project 02 Old Alton bridge house
This project is a house built on a bridge that is environmentally stable for a craftsmen residence built with many suitable characteristics that help the craftsmen have an enjoyable time there. This project has taught no matter the building or site as long as you make it look neat it will look good.
My inspiration
My inspiration for this project was to make the home feel like it belongs there by making it useful to any guests that are living in this household that's what I did, by looking at the site analysis I can make sure to make this house right for the client making them feel enjoyed with their staying at the Old Alton bridge.
Site analysis
Initial ideas
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Concept design 01: For my first concept I went with a modern look having a lot of windows giving it plenty of natural and making it a 2-floor house. This house contains the basic needs for a craftsmen residence keeping it nice and simple. This house provides plenty of space that can benefit the craftsmen if they want to bring any extra people like family members or guests. By having materials like wooden planks, metal, glass, wood it will make this house suitable for the site |
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Concept design 02:
My second idea was to make the house blend in the woods; by using the right materials I made this house look like it belongs their sort of like a medieval style but still keeping that modern house look. The materials that I used was cobblestone, wooden planks, metal roofing, glass panels. This house was made for a hard worker since the workshop is next to the front door this will be sufficient for people who get home and want to work right away. This house also has plenty of natural light with an accessible back door too. |
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Concept design 03:
My final concept design was basically the last two designs combined so I wanted to make it blend in the woods by making the materials for this house dark. I also wanted to still have some natural light in the house making big windows all around the house, the house has a modern and simple household look giving it variety of different designs making it a good fit for this bridge. The house has Metal roofing, black wood, black steel, and wooden planks with a back door too. |
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The Final Design
For my final design I wanted to make the house blend in or hide in the woods since the site is in the woods and on a river too. So, I went with the modern simple design look this means it has large windows all around the exterior with plenty of natural light and it has various features in and outside the house to make it a good home for a craftsmen residence. The interior of the house is very functional for a craftsman and if they want to bring a guest their more than welcome to since the second floor has a guest bedroom with a shared bathroom, there is a patio in the front of the house with chairs to relax outside and entering the house through the front door going straight through the house there is a back door so you can easily axis the front and the back of the bridge. The second floor has a balcony on the outside and the inside, with the inside balcony you can see the living room and kitchen from the second floor. This House fits big on the bridge because you can easily go through the house and access the back of the bridge, there is going to be pillars supporting the house since it fits wide on the bridge. For the site I have a garden in front of the house for the client to plant and harvest vegetables or plant flowers to make it look nice.
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