This is Day 211 of the Slow Home Project and we need you to join us in our quest to evaluate the design quality of houses in nine North American cities in nine months.
Today is Wednesday, August 17, 2010 and its time for another Design Project! We need everyone to re-work the floor plan of the one bedroom, one bathroom rental unit, now being converted into a condominium for sale. The project is located in “Ontario Place” and was built in 1983. The floor plan, while of marginal quality for a rental unit, is not acceptable as a condominium.
The following design elements need to be addressed:
1. The kitchen needs to be open to the main living/ dining space.
2. The bathroom needs to work as en ensuite and guest bath.
3. A stacker washer and dryer needs to be added.
4. The bedroom and entry need proper closets – a linen closet should be included.
You can move the location of the front door, but the main bearing wall should remain intact. In addition, you will get a “bonus” point if you can slip in a study desk – not an entire study space, but just a desk.
Day 211 – PDF
Day 211 – Existing
Day 211 – Demo
Day 211 – Full Symbol Library
Good luck! We look forward to seeing your designs and we will post the best and most interesting schemes with comments on Friday!
Tomorrow, we are doing an “In Detail” episode looking at bathroom design in apartment/ lofts in Chicago – there are some really interesting bathroom conditions in this city – so make sure to watch tomorrow!