Re: Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizmgmail.com) | |
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:24:58 -0700 (PDT) |
Mosaic had a palette of five colors to choose from, selected by our
architect, and, SHOCKINGLY not including purple (which was the one
color many in the community had their heart set on). Then a team put
colors on houses based on each persons first and second choices and
distribution throughout the community.
Camelot had a long list of colors to choose from and households got their choice. That included more than one version of "blue" which, in my mind, was clearly the recipe for disaster.
So I was a little shocked to discover that both systems really worked very well, and both communities look great.
(Camelot and Mosaic are two Coho groups built on the same land and marketed as "sawyerhill ecovillage". I'm in Mosaic.)
-Liz Elizabeth Magill www.sawyerhill.org Some red homes still available. Berlin, MA. On Apr 15, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Muriel Kranowski wrote:
Sharon has ably pointed out all the aggravation involved in selecting exterior colors. I couldn't believe how long and contentious ourdiscussions on this issue were. There is no financial difference amongstdifferent color schemes to push the decision in any direction - it iscompletely subjective, highly personal, even emotional. Color certainlycreates a mood or an atmosphere, and you'll be looking at these house colors every day. A consultant could be very helpful, if people can let go of any colorscheme that they might have already thought about and decided they LOVEDbefore group discussion began. Muriel At 03:57 PM 4/15/2010, you wrote:<snip> Another process that I didn't hear about until our process was approved, was to hire a color consultant who proposed three sets of colors for the community to choose amongst, with prior consensus that these were the only three sets of options. Choose one. I think that would have been _much_ less work and perhaps haveresulted in a more cohesive palette. We would have been relying on thedesigner having seen the colors on other buildings and known they worked. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org
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Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence Kathy Kelly, April 15 2010
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- Re: Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence Muriel Kranowski, April 15 2010
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Re: Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence Sharon Villines, April 15 2010
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Re: Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence Muriel Kranowski, April 15 2010
- Re: Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence Elizabeth Magill, April 15 2010
- Re: Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence Ellen Keyne Seebacher, April 16 2010
- Re: Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence Laura Fitch, April 16 2010
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Re: Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence Muriel Kranowski, April 15 2010
- Re: Advice Needed: Repainting the community after 12 years in residence Jessie Kome, April 17 2010
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