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New Floorplans and Elevations from ISA

February 21, 2008

ISA and I have had a few meetings since the discussions on the new floorplans last week. If you look closely you will notice that we have incorporated some reader suggestions such as surrounding the new bathroom layout with closet space rather than having them run the length of the side wall. Special thanks to [...]

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Second Floor Layout Concept with Reduced Footprint

February 14, 2008

As we have been getting farther along in the process I have started to be a bit concerned with a lack of storage space. With a small house and no basement, I think we really need to add some more storage. The sketch below shows a modified 2nd story floorplan that addresses the storage issue [...]

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Possible New Layout for the Ground Floor

February 12, 2008

In our last design meeting we decided to shorten the footprint of the house from 42′ to 36′ and to remove the half bath on the ground floor. This has caused us to rethink our floorplans a bit. I have been struggling with the kitchen and ground floor layout over the past few days. Below [...]

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Addendum to New Plans

January 6, 2008

I’ve received a couple of questions about the new plans so I thought I would clarify what will be changing in the next week. We had a design meeting last week and finished with a rough sketch of what would be changed in the final iteration. Here’s the list: The kitchen and core module on [...]

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Updated Plans from ISA

January 6, 2008

Interface delivered new plans with much greater detail in one of our recent meetings. We have had one design meeting since and will have the final versions available in about another week. A lot of the interior and exterior finishes are called out in this iteration as well. It’s been a lot of fun getting [...]

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Best Design from Yesterday’s Design Meeting

December 1, 2007

We had a very successful design meeting at ISA yesterday. We reviewed about five different floorplan and elevation options they had come up with in the past few weeks as well as the direction they would like to head for the exterior and facades. Below is the design that most closely resembles our favorite option [...]

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Initial Sketches for 100K House

November 18, 2007

We’re thrilled to be getting this effort out of the ground.  Chad and I met each other in March at a Habitat for Humanity conference in Philadelphia and have been looking for a collaborative opportunity ever since.  Our office, ISA, has explored a series of approaches to dealing with the unique opportunities and challenges of [...]

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First Draft of Floorplan

November 17, 2007

Here is a first draft of a possible floorplan that I came up with last night. This image is the first in the postgreen flickr photo pool located at http://www.flickr.com/groups/100khouse/ The front entrance of the house is at the bottom and there would be a large door at the back that would extend the indoor [...]

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