ANOTHER A FRAME ADDITION-GUEMES ISLAND. WA

A Guemes Island 1960’ A frame needs a regular staircase up to the 2nd floor. A ladder is hard to get up and down in the middle of the night. A new entry has slanted columns to support the deck extension above.

From the other side, a living room is added with a wood stove with wood storage just outside for easy access.

There are a couple a huge Fir trees that the owners want to keep, so the trick is working around them and the setbacks required for the site.

The tress actually have less limbs on the lower parts, so it will not be as tight as it looks from this model.

EXISTING A FRAME

I wanted to save the look of the existing building.

You can see the size of the existing Fir trees better in this photo. The location is fabulous, right on the West side of the island, right on the water!

SAN JUAN ISLAND CONTEMPORARY TAKES SHAPE with GreenWall & POOL

Waterside View is actually the rear of the house, but illustrates the window wall for the views.

Side view of the covered deck with outdoor fireplace and slanted walls of the entry.

Front entry has a view right out to the other side to see the view when you walk in.

Side view shows the large deck.

My favorite part of the project is the indoor pool with green wall!

I think that swimming with this Green Wall backrgound will make the whole pool experience-no?

EICHLER STYLE MODERN HOUSE

This is an Interior Shot of the Model with the view simulation- the house will be in the “SkyLine” neighborhood of Anacortes.

Trying to create what the view will look like, was important to the clients of this house.

One enters from the back of the house, to maintain the water view from the upper Main Floor

Streetside view of the front of the house model shows the beginning stages of figuring out the driveway cut intotthte uphill slope

How a "Massing Model" helps envision a New House

The first step in figuring out a new house, is to block out the rooms and their relationship to the site.

Then from there, the basic shapes can be created in 3D- the black dashed lines are the setbacks required.

The site has been surveyed and a model of the site is used in conjunction to further define the spaces.

The next step is to further define the roof planes, the windows, the decks- the model still has not been altered, so that it is clear to see how much of the slope will have to be removed. The upper part of the house sits on top of the ground, while the lower part will require excavation.

Together with the floor plans, the shape of the house begins to take place, considering the height restrictions through cross sections of the site and setbacks thru the site plan.