RyanB-2A

The home I designed is a 2 story house. The 2 story design is beneficial in cost and temperature control. Since there is living space on two floors, the whole house can fit on a smaller lot and smaller foundation. Heat on the first floor will rise to the second floor, which saves money on heating bills. However, the 2 story design has some downfalls when it comes to maintenance and disability accessibility. Since the house is so big, any type of exterior maintenance will require a lot of time and effort. It's also a hard place for handicap access since the only easy way to get a handicap person to the second floor would be through an elevator. The problem with that is it isn't always feasable to install an elevator in a house.
 * __My House[[image:Advhouse_design_1.jpg width="727" height="584" align="right" caption="Front View"]]__**





In every kitchen there are a few standards that must be met in order for it to be safe and easily usable. One important standard is storage and counter space. There must also be a work triangle to create a good workflow through the kitchen. To ensure that a kitchen is properly constructed, the National Kitchen & Bath Association has created 31 standards to use as guidlines for a safe kitchen. In Fig. 1 you can see that my kitchen meets standards 10,11,12,14,15,16,17,19,20,21,22,23,25,26,27,28,29, and 31. In Fig. 2 you can see that my kitchen meets standards 1,2,3,4,6,7,13, and 30. In Fig. 3 you can see that my kitchen meets standard 18. Standards 8 and 9 are negligable because I have a separate room for dining.
 * __Kitchen[[image:kitchen_full.jpg width="623" height="501" align="right" caption="Fig. 1 - Kitchen Render View"]]__**







There were many principles of design I used in my house. I used principles like lines, shapes, color, space, textures, value, balance, contrast, emphasis, repetition, and unity. I used lines in my house like diagonal lines on the roof to let the snow roll off and horizontal lines on the siding to make my house look wider. A few shapes I used in my house were an oval countertop since it's easy to walk around, and L-shaped kitchen since it has a good traffic pattern, and square rooms to give the feeling of equality in the walls. In choosing my colors, I went with a dark exterior so that dirt wouldn't show so easily on it. I created a good sense of space by using archways to connect the rooms giving a more spacious feel. I also used some actual textures with glossed wood floors and soft carpeting. I used the light and dark value in my design to give certain rooms a cheerier feel than others. I kept my rooms balanced by constructing them in the shape of a square so the four walls are all equal. In my kitchen (See earlier wikipost about kitchen for pictures) I used contrast between the dark red walls and light oak cabinets to produce a good juxtaposition between the two. The emphasis in my living room is the television since it's so big and all the seating in that room faces you towards it. I used repitition on my deck by placing tiki torches on the railing 50" apart from each other. Overall, my entire house is given a sense of unity since there are wood floors in multiple room and they are all the same wood type and grain.
 * __Fine Arts Principles in My Arcitectural Design[[image:ryanb_floorview.jpg width="622" height="417" align="right"]]__**