Wednesday, January 20, 2016

8 hour design study.

I'm still testing out ideas for designing and building my own home, using primarily shipping containers, with various sites that are currently available. This design study took about 8 hours.

Conceptually, it's a 1,920 sf (exterior dimensions) house with an accessory dwelling unit, in this case, a home office / production studio, with its own parking spot, as mandated by the jurisdiction this is located in. I'm always interested in creating spaces, so there is a low -- 3' tall -- partial retaining wall that helps isolate the space from the busy street traffic, and an elevated deck that ties in the ADU and main living area.

It's not a complete design, obviously, so I've left out a lot of fussy details. It's more of a massing and layout design.


View from East

View from Southwest

Plan View

South Elevation

North Elevation

East Elevation

West Elevation

Inserted into Google Street View, looking from Northeast