House Remodel WIP

[Scott D Davis]

Hey, thought I'd get some feedback from you all. Here's a side job I'm doing on my own. It's a remodel of an existing house, in which about 70% of the structure is coming down, including all of the current roof. The client is looking for "mediteranean" style, which in Southern California, can mean just about anything. But in this case, I feel it's a mix of some classical elements, and spanish/misson style architecture. Not my personal favorite style (because it looks like everything else around here) but its what the client wants, although I've tried to talk them into almost anything else. (I was pushing Craftsman style)

So I'm looking for design critiques good and bad. I'm not looking for comments on colors (they haven't been slected yet), or the fact that I haven't added any trees, or anything like that.

So....what do you think?

[trent59822]

It's unfortunate when a client is pretty adamant about what they want, but it's part of our job. As far as the design, the biggest area for development is that some of the proportions need to be massaged. For example, the front door columns I think need to be bigger or have two columns at either side. In addition, at each gable I think there needs to be more distance between the arc pediment to the gable roof. It just looks really close to me. Just my two cents. Let me know if that made any sense to you. Good work. It seems to be a well developed model.


Trent

[Scott D Davis]

Trent,

Thanks for the reply! You hit the two areas I was concerned about. On the columns, are you thinking just the shaft needs to be thicker, or the whole column, including base and capital? I've struggled with the columns, because I thought they might be too massive, but decided they worked with the heirarchy of defining the entry, while supporting the 'largest' visible part of the roof. The pediments need some more space, I'd agree. I didn't have them, and my client shows me a picture..."Can we have some of these???" So I added them. Now I gotta tweak them.

I've included front and rear straight on elevations to better show the proportions of size, rather that a perspective which may distort the relationships.

[bclarch]

I like the way that you have articulated the facade using projected masses and overhanging roofs. I feel that the side walls of the projections under the gabled roofs need more mass. They are too skinny when viewed head on. The asymetrical upper window on the rear elevation conflicts with the overall style. A palladian window might add a more mediteranian feel. Although it pains me to say it, if your client really wants all out mediteranian, then some faux balconies and railings might be called for in front of some of the upper windows.

[bucksy]

looks great Scott.

How did you make the key stones and accent bands ?

[Scott D Davis]

The keystones and bands were made as in-place families. The keystones are in-place extrusions in the plane of the wall elevation. The bands are in-place family sweeps, where I picked the arch line as the sweep path, then applied the 1x4 profile shape.

[sbrown]

The thing that struck me first was it looks too think at the spring point of the main arch. Or maybe the trim just shouldn't extend quite so far past the spring.

[Scott D Davis]

sounds good! i'll pull back the arch trim and see if that helps!

[sbrown]

It does look very good as a whole. Good work.

[timothyj67]

Nice effort with roofs and everything...
Iam so sorry to be negative about what Iam about to say...But your style is different from mine.
Okay here goes:
ALL OVER PHOENIX AZ THE HOMES LOOK LIKE THAT!
I think the whole stucco thing needs to go.
We as designers need to think about the results of "Track homes" and neighborhoods that look all the same.
Lets design homes where they look different from one another and future generations will appreciate the styles that we did.
Okay thats my two bits...