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Posted by Pierre Levesque, AIA on May 8, 2006, 5:45 pm
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> "Pierre Levesque, AIA"
>> "Tom in NH"
>>> Does anyone know of a good group or groups on tiny house design,
>>> specific perhaps to the Northeast?
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>> alt.architecture netizen Ken has a small one.
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>> I've designed some small ones:
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> Some nice work there, Pierre. I think this my favourite:
> http://www.connarch.com/catskills/catskill_cabin_composite.gif
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> Nice use of offsets to create a degree of separation of individual
> "modules", while at the same time creating a degree of unification through
> a cozy "courtyard". Good window space too. My only gripe would be the
> apparent symmetry as seen from the front. I might have broken it up a
> little with window arrangement, while perhaps making one of the side
> modules a little different than the other-- maybe by using a "shed" roof
> for one of them.
Maybe so but the overall concept is to provide a "country" cabin for 2
"urban" couples. Since they both own mountain escape property together, one
of the programming requirements was for the rooms to be of equal status so
that neither couple has "a better room than the other". The "Urban vs
Country" theme becomes the primary design theme. That's why the two rooms
are designed as two facing classic lean-to structures (very common shelter
structures found in the woods and mountains along the Appalachians and the
Northeast) featuring classic construction of slab siding, green asphalt
shingles and plank interior walls. Meanwhile, the interior structure is
clad in metal with a metal roof and hardwood plywood sheets to clad the
interior etc etc etc to mimic the "urban" contemporary look. A garage door
with a "door within a door" can be raised staraight up along the front wall
to make a nice indoor/outdoor place during the warm summer months.
Furthermore, if you look at the side elevation, the center structure
symbolizes a construction crane and cab as it "chug's" its way between the
two lean-to's to deposit the chimney on the fireplace... a fitting
juxtaposition of the urban couple "escaping" the city to their country
gateway...
I remember it being published a long time ago in about.com's architeture
section... I wonder if Jackie Craven's article is still available online?
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