Re: community design | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rob Sandelin (robsanmicrosoft.com) | |
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 94 13:20 CST |
shedrick coleman posted about the relationship between architect and cohousing group. What I would add to his post is the notion that the architect provides key professional insight into the consequences of the groups choices. I think many groups have lots of things they start off wanting, and IMHO a good architect offers experienced insight into what those things mean, and what happens when you choose one over the other. What I have heard from groups who have been less than satisfied, is that they wished the architect would have told them, or known, what the consequences of their choices were. I wonder how many situations occur where the architect does not understand the practical consequences of their designs. One small personal example - the architect who designed my house called for 6 foot 6 inch tall walls on the west side of my living room. This made a non- standard roof pitch and would have required lots of cutting during construction. The contractor advised me of this on the site, and we changed the wall to 8 foot, a standard material length which resulted in a standard roof pitch which saved me about $500 in labor. Not a big deal, but it pointed out that often architects are theorists, few have real hands on construction experience to know the consequence of their designs in terms of actual buildings. I live with two contractors who complain about this all the time. Might be a good balance to have both an architect and an experienced builder/contractor work out the final plan issues, or have a plan review by an experienced builder to find the gotchas in the design. Rob Sandelin Puget Sound Cohousing Network
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Re: community design Eric Hart, November 13 1994
- Re: community design shedrick coleman, November 14 1994
- Re: community design Rob Sandelin, November 15 1994
- Re: community design Graham Meltzer, November 16 1994
- Re: community design Shedrick Coleman, November 17 1994
- Re: community design Rob Sandelin, November 17 1994
- Re: community design Stuart Staniford-Chen, November 17 1994
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