Design Refinement

The steering committee met with John Barker on 12 Sep 07 at his office. Gabriella, Rebecca, Gordon and I were in attendance. John showed us his latest designs, which include the simulations below. More is here.

We talked about various design elements and their relationship to the space. (See the plan view here.) We were concerned about the distance from the sidewalk to the play area pinching off the grassy area. We also debated the living room and decided to get rid of the coffee table in favor of a design element in the hardscape patio (i.e. area rug, mosaic, embedded metal element, etc.. We also talked at length about the corner store entry. I wondered if the current design made the entry too massive. Please post any comments you might have below (where it says ‘leave comments’ in green). We welcome commentary.

Gabriella had suggestions about the plants. We suggested she talk directly to Brenda at Barker’s office, who has been working on the planting plan.  The planting layout can be seen here.

Posted on September 21st 2007 by david in Meetings | |