After discussing my project with contractor Eli Spevak, Patrick is recommending against the concrete second floor. He and Eli both think it would be difficult and expensive. As a result, the floor joists will be thicker, thus changing the height of the ceilings. In addition, Patrick looked into the code further and there is some [...]
Here’s Communitecture’s first round of “polished” floor plans, based on our two-hour meeting and review of rough design ideas (see previous post).
Patrick presented two second-story options; Raina and I quickly decided on this option. Images (below) open GIF files. Scalable PDFs are below (text links)
First Floor (PDF)
Second Floor
Patrick will use these plans, as well [...]
Patrick from Communitecture presented two design concepts this afternoon. Concept 1, the “open plan” ran the stairs up the side to provide more space in the central living area. Option 2 ran the stairs up the middle, forming a sort of “divider” space between the living and sleeping areas. It also facilitated the placement of [...]
Patrick (Communitecture) met with BDS today to discuss the project and he feels like we’ll have a good case. Some positive news came out of this meeting including:
We don’t need a full set of drawings for our land use review. There was some concern that our application would lock us into a design and prohibit [...]
Met with Mark Lakeman and Patrick Donaldson of Communitecture today. Great meeting. They’ve completed some interesting projects including the Rebuilding Center on Mississippi. Mark says he’ll be sending me a proposal in the next couple of days. It sounds like they have the resources to take on the project.
Costs yet to be determined, though ballpark [...]