Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 22 Jul 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 22 Jul 2023
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Bribing myself failed. I have not completed my assignment, and I just ate my treat anyway.
I am looking at houses, which is what I am supposed to do, so it is at least a start. I'm really not finding a lot of places that look comfortable to be in. Far too many hard surfaces and square edges.
Is that houses in a landscape, or interior design????
Sustainable design of houses. The assignments for this subject are all about making a brief for your own housing project, and this week I am trying to find some examples of designs I like. There is a subject I will do next year that focuses on landcape as well.
I think I've found my examples now:
This one for "quality" (as in quality of light etc, not quality of the building work itself)
Image: A garden alcove in the house brings light and relaxing views inside the house, with a corridor opposite the alcove providing a day bed with space to relax.
This one for "functional"
This space is designed to both connect the inside to the back yard, and also provides a multitude of sliding doors and shutters to enable it to be varied for different times of day and different seasons.
Fascinating. Both seem to have a very japanese feel to them, while being quite different. This sounds like a very interesting assignment.
The bellvue terrace is a huge no from me. I wouldn't survive those steps after a few.
I'd definitely be avoiding the steps for myself too, but the space above it looks pretty good.
Far too many hard surfaces and square edges.
Yes! Especially in bathrooms, which I neither like the look of nor understand.
Your examples look beautiful. But yeah, current house fashion is very square styles and monotone greys. In some ways it’s nice, but it does lack personality and coziness. I dream about one day winning lotto and being able to have a house that is thoughtfully designed.
My prefered colour tones are all warm earth colours, and I like curves and much softer lines. The current trends are not something I like. Hopefully by the time I can actually afford to do anything the fashions will have changed and I can have a few more options. Having tried to buy a few replacement items to match my current cream tones I am aware how hard it can be to go against the trends.