This is Day 176 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.
It’s Wednesday on the Slow Home site and that means its your turn to try your hand at re-working an existing floor plan and changing it into a Slow Home!
The townhouse we have chosen today is “Unit L” in the “Carrington”, a 30 unit infill development in Oakridge – just outside of downtown Vancouver. The plan has 1,100 sq ft and 2 bedrooms and 2 baths.
Although the layout is not too bad, there are several things that could be improved in this plan, including:
1. A better connection from the interior to the exterior space of the back porch.
2. A better defined entry.
3. A new kitchen layout.
4. A reorganization of the living space, furniture layout and fireplace.
Keep the stairs and the front entry closet in its current location but feel free to change the door and window configuration that faces the back terrace. For an extra bit of challenge, see if you can slip in either a guest bathroom or a study!
Day 176 – PDF
Day 176 – Existing
Day 176 – Demo
Day 176 – Full Symbol Library
We look forward to seeing your posted plans and we will review them on Friday!
Join us tomorrow where we will be looking “In Detail” at bathroom space design in townhouses!