If a house in a city is analogous to a paragraph in a book, then a wall in a house can be compared to a sentence in the paragraph. Not only are the systems of language and architecture based upon similar patterns, they both generate meaning in similar ways.
Just as a linguistic phrase has a connotative and a denotative meaning, so does an architectural phrase. For example, you might see a ladder and a grand stair side by side. Both the ladder and the stair denote getting to the next floor; but they connote very different messages about the quality of getting to the next floor. It's the difference between being a fireman and being Scarlet O'Hara..
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Each element of construction has a voice in articulating the meaning of the whole. What follows should be seen as a rather limited dictionary of construction elements. These are not the only choices, or necessarily even the best choices for you. Put together without thoughtful discipline, they can produce architectural gibberish. They are simply pieces of architectural "language" offered for your consideration. What they mean is for you to decide.......o decide.. decide._
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Designing and building a house involves the whole family. It can be fun and rewarding to create your living space together, but also challenging.
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Can your family afford the time it will take for the adults to plan and build a house? Do you have children who want and need you on weekends and evenings? Are they old enough to help and do they want to?
Will your relationship with family members hold up?
The process of designing a house reveals the truth about your sense of self and the monuments you want to build. Most residential architects have a drawer of designs never built because the couple divorced part way through the process. Can your family afford the time it will take for the adults to plan and build a house? Do you have children who want and need you on weekends and evenings? Are they old enough to help and do they want to?
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Multi-family housing is a third possibility. You could do this in a partnership or you could rent the other unit(s). Shared walls between units use materals more efficient-ly and can reduce heating and cooling costs. Small urban lots encourage this option.
Shared housing is a variation on the multi-family house. Unrelated adults, with or without children, may choose to live together for reasons of economics and a sense of community. Or you may be at a point in your life when a combination of privacy and communal life is what you want. This will take more negotiation and planning up front, but can work well.
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Shared housing is a variation on the multi-family house. Unrelated adults, with or without children, may choose to live together for reasons of economics and a sense of community. Or you may be at a point in your life when a combination of privacy and communal life is what you want. This will take more negotiation and planning up front, but can work well.
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Is your family at a point where it can handle plan-ning and building a new house while selling and moving from your current home?
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Every building changes its immediate environment and uses materials whose manufacture and transport also change the larger environment.
Land is cleared, holes are dug, and water, electricity, gas and oil are hooked up. Wood, stone and clay are taken from their places and processed. Synthetic materials use resources and energy, and may emit toxins. Builders and suppliers drive back and forth, power tools use electricity. And building is noisy.
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Synthetic materials use resources and energy, and may emit toxins. Builders and suppliers drive back and forth, power tools use electricity. And building is noisy.
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Yes, no, or maybe depend on a complex interplay of factors --- your philosophy of life and your values being the most important. This is the time to become very clear because when the gritty details of construction start to annoy, your commitment to an overall purpose will see you through.
What are your long-term goals for yourself? How does building a house support those goals? What is your relationship with your community? With your surroundings?
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If you watch television, you are most likely accustomed to evaluating flooring materials by how well they can be cleaned. Consider also how a floor sounds or feels under your feet, however.
Many flooring materials, particularly carpet and linoleum, are installed with adhesives that emit harmful gases into the house environ-ment. Consumer product guides or the Energy Resource Guide published by the American Institute of Architects are available to help you evaluate potential health hazards..azards...........hazards.
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Window frames are made from a great variety of materials, each with specific performance characteristics. Similarly, window glass is available in literally thousands of types, each with an appropriate application.
Each different type of window operation -- double hung, casement, awning, hopper, sliding, jalousie -- has unique advantages and disadvantages. Thus, the selection of windows requires thoughtful consideration.
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The English word stair is derived from the old German steigh, which is connected to the concept of to go up, to rise, to mount rope, and to place on a step or base. It 's interesting that our conceptual understanding of the stair is always as ascending, rather than descending.
All cultures have developed rituals around the act of ascending. For the indigenous peoples of Central America -- Mayans, Zapotecs, Mixtecs, etc. -- the stair was the dominant element of public architecture. The stair/temples (or zigurats) of Tikal in eastern Guatemala actually had very little to do with making the act of ascent easier or more
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small stature of these people, the very high steps must have been clumsy to climb.
Anthropologists have concluded that the size of the steps was determined by a very sophisticated numerology connected to the calendar and Mayan cosmology --- each step taken represented a time in the Mayan cycle of life.
It's doubtful that today's manufacturers would make such claims. But as you consider how to make a stair in your house, consider where you are ascending -- and descending...er where you are ascending -- and descending.......s would make such claims. But as you consider how to make a stair in your house, consider where you are ascending -- and descending.
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A problem arises, however, when we retain traditional forms and substitute new materials. Some new materials -- like asphalt shingles -- attempt to simulate the visual character of the original, but seldom make the grade. Most
often this approach results in an impoverished memory. Other new materials simply may not work very well on traditional forms, resulting in leaks.
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Architects, behaviorists, and anthropologists have studied extensively the meaning of regional roof forms. Having a roof over your head is perhaps the most basic function of architecture; but the great varieties of forms in the world are derived not simply from self-conscious cultural sources but from available material technology.
With today's technology we can build just about any roof shape we want -- we are no longer limited to steeply pitched wood shingles in New England or to flat adobe in New Mexico. There are, in fact, sound economic and technical reasons to abandon many traditional materials. s. s. als. ls. y traditional materials. A probexx
Both the idea and technology of walls are enormous subjects. Walls can be massive adobe structures intended to support roof loads and retain solar heat --- or they can be movable rice paper shoji screens which delicately block visual contact. The exterior surfaces of walls are washed in natural light and by the rain, while the interior surfaces of walls contain the ideas of rooms.
It has only been in relatively modern times that the outside and inside of walls have become entirely different materials, seemingly unrelated to each other. Modern construction techniques have produced highly efficient "envelopes" and "skins" to protect us from the natural environment, but in the process we've lost any concrete sense of how the wall works -- we no longer feel the wall...ll.r feel the wall.x
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With a door man can protect himself, his family and his possessions from the outer world while at the same time he can use the door to let in his friends; he can keep out bad weather and let in cool breezes. The surface of the door can be treated according to his individual tastes or to express his role in society or his wealth. Professional or religious symbols have adorned the door in many societies, Moslems, for example traditionally painting their doors blue. Doors have been made of many materials from animal hides and painted bark to forged and cast metal elaborately worked and embellished with gold and precious stones.
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Windows serve to admit air, form light, and frame views. Consider how an open window channels a breeze through a room, how a pattern of light falls on the floor, or how a distant vista is contained. A window can be designed to perform all of these functions simultaneously, or to perform only one or two of these functions.
For example, the architect Jose Luis Sert routinely separated the traditional function of windows into fixed glass panels and opaque ventilating panels. He argued that ventilation, light and vision were not necessarily desired in the same locations or at the same time.the same time..ime..
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Where do you want to live and why do you choose that location?
List the qualities you seek, and weigh the pros and cons of a number of criteria when you look at land. Here are a few to get you started: proximity to work, schools, churches, recreation, parks, shoppping, public transportation, fire and police protection, friends, and cultural activities.
Other factors are noise level, air and water quality, and distance from highways, factories, power stations, and other potential problem sites.
w well the town or city maintains roads and pro-vides services, and the kinds of zoning regulations can make a difference. Check out the tax structure and the town planning for your area.
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How well the town or city maintains roads and provides services, and the kinds of zoning regula-tions can make a difference. Check out the tax structure and the town planning for your area.
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Synthetic materials use resources and energy, and may emit toxins. Builders and suppliers drive back and forth, power tools use electricity. And building is noisy.
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If you plan to do some of the building yourself and you're (a) not a carpenter, (b) working another job, (c) scrounging for special finds with lots of character and small price tags -- then it will take even longer.
To many people this is well worth the time. The creative process invigorates and sustains them. If you're not sure, talk to some people who have done it, help a friend already on the path, or invest a couple of weeks in an owner/builder school.
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The construction time becomes more intense. You need to visit the site at least once a week to check on progress and make last minute decisions to handle unforeseen details, problems, changes, and mistakes.....ns to handle unforeseen details, problems, changes, and mistakes.
Both the idea and technology of walls are enormous subjects. Walls can be massive adobe structures intended to support roof loads and retain solar heat --- or they can be movable rice paper shoji screens which delicately block visual contact. The exterior surfaces of walls are washed in natural light and by the rain, while the interior surfaces of walls contain the ideas of rooms.
It has only been in relatively modern times that the outside and inside of walls have become entirely different materials, seemingly unrelated to each other. Modern construction techniques have produced highly efficient "envelopes" and "skins" to protect us from the natural environment, but in the process we've lost any concrete sense of how the wall works -- we no longer feel the wall...ll.r feel the wall.x
Save your money and invest it wisely. Land trusts, cooperative housing, and multi-family housing are other viable options. Your state housing office should have information on these options.
There are scores of large and small ways to cut costs, from how you situate your building to where you buy your nails. As you read building books and journals, build a list of cost-savers.
Be sure to plan for the long range cost of maintaining your house. A savings in con-struction may lead to heavy expenditures over the long run. Building well is worth the money.e money.
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1992 Leonard J. Wyeth (Photographer)
Centerbrook Architects (Both)
1992 Nick Wheeler (Photographer)
Centerbrook Architects
After learning more about designing and building a house, yourself, and your budget, you may decide building a new house isn't for you right now.
But if you still need more space or a different location, and if you're not happy with existing houses available to you, there are some other options.
Renovation is the big one. It may be that your current house can be changed or enlarged. The ideas and guidelines offered in Complete House apply to remodeling as well....
you're not happy with existing houses available to you, there are some other options.
Renovation is the big one. It may be that your current house can be changed or enlarged. The ideas and guidelines offered in Complete House apply to remodeling as well...
On to Construction
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Renovation is the big one. It may be that your current house can be changed or enlarged. The ideas and guidelines offered in Complete House apply to remodeling as well....
The site itself poses questions. Is the title clear and the deed unrestricted?
Is it possible to build with minimal clearing?
Can utilities, water, and people come to the house easily? Can water and waste go away from the house easily?
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Is it possible to build with minimal clearing?
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he site itself poses questions. Is the title clear and the deed unrestricted? Is it possible to build with minimal clearing? Can utilities, water, and people come to the house easily? Can water and waste go away from the house easily?e easily?
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Do you have good orientation to the sun and wind? Good soil and drainage? The mix of privacy and neighborliness you and other household members like?
wind? Good soil and drainage? The mix of privacy and neighborliness you and other household members like?
to the sun and wind? Good soil and drainage? The mix of privacy and neighborliness you and other household members like?
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ceilings
Unfortunately, we have come to think about ceilings as surfaces to hide the so-called ugly necessities of structure --- wiring and mechanical equipment. If we reject the idea that a ceiling is a mere device to conceal the reality of construction, we are left with two possibilities.
t is an objective view of the underside of the building structure. In this case the tektonics of the building -- the systems which make the building work -- become the ceiling. If you opt for this alternative, the systems of the building must be considered visually. The beams, ductwork and wiring can be designed as visually attractive elements.
alternative is to make an independent ceiling with a subjective purpose of its own. That purpose might be to mold a space with a different form than the roof, or to represent the heavens.
In either case, consider the connotative function of the ceiling.
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orliness you and other household members like?
to the sun and wind? Good soil and drainage? The mix of privacy and neighborliness you and other household members like?
Multi-family housing is a third possibility. You could do this in a partnership or you could rent the other unit(s). Shared walls between units use materals more efficient-ly and can reduce heating and cooling costs. Small urban lots encourage this option.
Shared housing is a variation on the multi-family house. Unrelated adults, with or without children, may choose to live together for reasons of economics and a sense of community. Or you may be at a point in your life when a combination of privacy and communal life is what you want. This will take more negotiation and planning up front, but can work well.
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Shared housing is a variation on the multi-family house. Unrelated adults, with or without children, may choose to live together for reasons of economics and a sense of community. Or you may be at a point in your life when a combination of privacy and communal life is what you want. This will take more negotiation and planning up front, but can work well.
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The English word stair is derived from the old German steigh, which is connected to the concept to go up, to rise, to mount rope, and to place on a step or base. It 's interesting that our conceptual understanding of the stair is always as ascending, rather than descending.
All cultures have developed rituals around the act of ascending. For the indigenous peoples of Central America -- Mayans, Zapotecs, Mixtecs, etc. -- the stair was the dominant element of public architecture. The stair/temples (or zigurats) of Tikal in eastern Guatemala actually had very little to do with making the act of ascent easier or more
graceful for religious celebrants. Given theeethe small stature of these people, the very high steps must have been clumsy to climb......
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small stature of these people, the very high steps must have been clumsy to climb.
Anthropologists have concluded that the size of the steps was determined by a very sophisticated numerology connected to the calendar and Mayan cosmology --- each step taken represented a time in the Mayan cycle of life.
It's doubtful that today's manufacturers would make such claims. But as you consider how to make a stair in your house, consider where you are ascending -- and descending...er where you are ascending -- and descending.......s would make such claims. But as you consider how to make a stair in your house, consider where you are ascending -- and descending.
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personality
Do you have a lot of energy?
Do you like details? Lots of them?
Do you like long-term projects?
Do you like to negotiate?
Do you just like to make a decision and get
it over with?
Do you trust architects, builders, plumbers, etc?
Can you share decision-making with them? With your spouse or partner? Really?
Can you handle delays?
Can you handle disruption of routines and living space for several months or longer?
Is your optimism balanced with reality?
Have you honestly admitted what you want your house to say about you? Write it down.
Would you rather be _________ing? (Fill in the blank yourself.)
Think over these questions and get a frank
opinion from a trusted and honest friend.
our first test.
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pectful
c. separate
4. To the cultural environment?
a. as harmonious as possible
b. moderately respectful
c. separate
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Your Involvement
. How close do you want to be to:
a. jobs
b. schools and child care
c. churches
d. public transportation
e. stores, businesses and services
f. friends, extend
1. How much do you and your family want to
be involved?
a. in planning
b. in designing
c. in building
2. Who else will be involved and to what degree?
a. architect or designer
b. kitchen designer
c. landscape designer
d. contractor
e. sub-contractors
f. friends and relatives
Location and Site
1. How close do you want to be to:
a. jobs
b. schools and child care
c. churches
d. public transportation
e. stores, businesses and services
f. friends, extended family
g. cultural and recreational places
h. other
2. How tolerant are you of:
a. noise
b. smog
c. traffic
Have you considered how a ne
1. How much time do you have to design and build?
a. for the total project __________
b. on a weekly basis __________
2. How much money can you spend?
3. What are your financing options?
4. How might your financial picture change
in the next five years?
5. Do you want a fully completed house before you
move in, or are you willing to live with it in stages??
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6. Have you considered how a new house
will change your cash flow require-
ments both in terms of debt service and
operating cost?
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Priorities
1. What is most important to you and where can
you compromise?
a. amount of space - how much do you want
b. quality of workmanship
c. quality of materials
d. aesthetics
e. environmental concerns
f. saving money
g. speedy completion
h. location
i. inclusion of specific items, such as . . .
j. working on it yourself
k. easy maintenance
l. other
2. Who else will be involved and to what degree?
a. architect or designer
b. kitchen designer
c. landscape designer
d. contractor
e. sub-contractors
f. friends and relatives
o. architect or designer
b. kitchen designer
c. landscape designer
d. contractor
e. sub-contractors
f. friends and relatives
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7. What are the landscaping possibilities
and needs?
a. for heating and cooling
b. for activities such as play and
gardening
c. for looks
3. Do you know the locations of hazardous sites in the
general area of your new home?
4. Do you know the city or town's planning regulations
and future plans for your area?
5. What ecological advantages are important to you?
a. solar orientation
b. wind orientation
c. soil properties
d. water
e. building materials on site or nearby
f. other
6. What site characteristics give you the most
pleasure? Why?
a. being up high or down low
b. being in open space or closed in
c. viewing sky, trees, water, rocks, grass, people
6. What site characteristics give you the
most pleasure? Why?
a. being up high or down low
b. being in open space or closed in
c. viewing sky, trees, water, rocks,
grass, buildings, cars, people
d. other
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Exterior Needs and Wants
1. Do you need parking and/or a garage?
What size?
2. How will people go from car to house?
a. under cover or open
b. on same level, up or down
3. Do you need storage for lawn and garden
equipment? Bicycles, skis, outdoor toys?
4. What outdoor living spaces do you want?
a. swimming pool, hot tub
b. tennis courts
c. space and shelter for animals
d. eating and/or sitting space
e. other
5. Do you want your house to . . .
a. contrast or blend with natural environment?
b. contrast or conform with nearby buildings?
c. be separate from the outdoors or include
a continuum of indoor and outdoor spaces???
Window frames are made from a great variety of materials, each with specific performance characteristics. Similarly, window glass is available in literally thousands of types, each with an appropriate application.
Each different type of window operation -- double hung, casement, awning, hopper, sliding, jalousie -- has unique advantages and disadvantages. Thus, the selection of windows requires thoughtful consideration.
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Walls
Rather than regressing to building stone castles complete with bone-chilling dampness and mold for wall paper, we should assemble the materials we have in ways that describe the manner of their making. Even sheetrock can be made to simulate stone, but we might learn more about ourselves by exploring the visual and material qualities of sheetrock..rock..
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Before you get too far along in your dreaming, and certainly before you involve outsiders, figure out how much money you can spend and where it will come from.
You can expect your total costs to be anywhere from five to fifteen percent higher than your construction estimates -- so don't commit everything you have.
Try to lay out the next five years' worth of living expenses, salaries, car and school loans, and plans for children. Then see what you can swing for a house.
lending companies offer different financing plans. Veterans have additional options. Shop for a mortgage plan that meets your needs..
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If a 30-year mortgage seems impossible or indigestible, consider other means. They may take longer initially, but can save you a great deal down the road.
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Banks and lending companies offer different financing plans. Veterans have additional options. Shop for a mortgage plan that meets your needs.
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