This past week Reggie’s Home team focused on minimizing the interior footprint of the home. In order to do this we had to take a step back and clearly identify the diagram of our home.
Since we’ve said from the beginning that the site is the house, it is very important to clarify what site connections we want to achieve. In this design, the living/kitchen area will have a direct connection to the old chimney, the bedroom will have a connection the cedar tree on the site, and the bathroom/core area will serve as a bridge between the two spaces.
The next step was to identify the roof conditions. Different areas of program could require different levels of coverage from the rain and sun.
Establishing the amount of enclosures will be important in determining the sizes of the interior spaces.
We believe that by minimizing the interior footprint we can maximize the expansion to the exterior. Next we have to decide how much we want it to expand and what the activities will be in those spaces.
Along with diagramming, we created perspectives that highlight qualities we want in the home.
Looking to the Magnolia tree while at your desk 
Looking at the Cedar tree from the bedroom 
Transition from kitchen to the more private area of the house 
Moving walls within the site
At the end of last week, we presented to Peter Landon, founder and principal of Landon Bone Baker Architects. The conversation focused on taking the connection to the exterior a step further and make it part of our design process. Next week we will continue to move our design forward while keeping in mind that the exterior conditions need to be designed along with the home to strengthen their connection.
Until next week!
Reggie’s Home