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October 26, 2007 Ready, Set, Design! PATH staff member Mike Blanford attended the recent design charrette for the Concept Home Charleston. He participated on the "design track" and gives his insight into the design considerations of the project.
The architects and designers worked in teams of one and two. Teamed with Felix Serrano, an architect with Torti Gallas and Partners, I went to work developing a draft design. Felix and I choose a simple three bay Cape Cod design with the house oriented in a north/south direction.
The key lesson: kicking ideas around during the design phase, carefully thinking them through before jumping head-first into the project, can yield great results for any project, whether it's a new home or the renovation of a single room. Content updated on 10/29/2007 |
We placed a large flexible space (think living/dining/family room) on the west side of the home so the "public" part of the home could communicate with the public walkway. We also packed the mechanicals into the southern half of the eastern bay, stacking an upstairs full bath above. Ours was one of four designs selected from the field of eight for additional work and presentation to the entire working group for comments. I found it isn't easy to balance the various considerations. As we saw with Concept Home Omaha, the completion of the design charrette is not the end of the design, but rather just the beginning.
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