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Basic House Designs

Chapter. 2. Basic House Designs. Objectives. Identify four basic house designs. Explain the advantages of each house design. Recognize the disadvantages of each house design. Explain the variations of split-level designs. Introduction. Four basic home designs: One-story

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Basic House Designs

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  1. Chapter 2 Basic House Designs

  2. Objectives • Identify four basic house designs. • Explain the advantages of each house design. • Recognize the disadvantages of each house design. • Explain the variations of split-level designs.

  3. Introduction • Four basic home designs: • One-story • One-and-one-half-story • Two-story • Split-level • Each style has strengths and weaknesses

  4. Introduction • Factors that play a role in choosing basic design: • Site requirements • Climate • Environmental impact • Surroundings • Client’s personal preference, budget, and needs

  5. One-Story Designs • All living space on one level • Built on a full basement, crawl space, or slab construction

  6. One-Story Designs

  7. One-Story Designs • Advantages: • Living space on one level • In houses with no basement, no stairs • Lends itself to expansion and remodeling • Short walls allow for easy exterior maintenance • Provides opportunities for indoor-outdoor living

  8. One-Story Designs • Outdoor space enhances living area of home and allows for casual entertaining.

  9. One-Story Designs • Disadvantages • Building costs per squarefoot usually higher than other designs • House has a larger footprint than other designs, requiring a larger lot • More hallway space required to access rooms • Longer distances from HVAC systems may make heating and cooling difficult

  10. One-Story Designs • Styles • Ranch has low-pitched roof, wide overhangs • Shotgunhouse has long rectangular floor plan with rooms in line with and directly connected from front to back of house

  11. Architecture Green • Containerized housing • Made from intermodal steel building units (ISBU) that create their own protective layer of rust • Exteriors can be covered with more traditional finishes such as stucco or siding • Each container is structurally independent but the units fit together for construction • Containers are “green” because they are made of sustainable and reusable materials

  12. One-and-One-Half-Story Designs • One-story with tall, wide roof to allow expansion into attic • Identifying features include dormer, windows and vents in gables, and angular second–level ceilings • Amount of habitablespace in attic determined by width and height of house

  13. One-and-One-Half-Story Designs • The traditional Cape Cod is the most recognizable one-and-one-half story style.

  14. One-and-One-Half-Story Designs • Advantages: • Smaller footprint than one-story with same square footage • Design is adaptable • Attic can be finished later, deferring cost of expansion

  15. One-and-One-Half-Story Designs • Disadvantages: • Additional building costs result from dormers, stairs, and complicated roof • Stairs decrease accessibility • Low ceilings and limited window space on second level • Building height makes outside maintenance difficult

  16. Two-Story Designs • Two full levels of living space • Smaller footprint with same square footage as a one- or one-and-one-half story design • Electrical, plumbing, heating, and cooling components shared between levels • Air space in attic eases heating and cooling costs • Adaptable to many architectural styles

  17. Two-Story Designs • Exterior maintenance is challenging and costly • Stairs decrease accessibility for some people

  18. Split-Level Designs • Multiple levels • Developed for sloping or hilly lots • Merges architecture with land to be visually pleasing and balanced • Separates sleeping, living, and recreation areas on different levels • Little or no hall space needed

  19. Split-Level Designs • Disadvantages: • Heating and cooling design is critical; zoned systems solve problems • Accessibility to all levels is hindered by stairs; installing stair lifts or elevators is cost prohibitive

  20. Split-Level Designs • Four-level split design levels include a basement, intermediatelevel, livinglevel, and sleepinglevel • Alternatives to regular basement are daylightbasement and walkoutbasement • Three-level split design does not have basement level

  21. Split-Entry Designs • Two levels separated by entrance stairway • Essentially a one-story house with a raised basement • Also called bi-level or raised ranch

  22. Split-Level Layouts • Side-by-side • For lots sloping from one side to the other • Front-to-back • For lots high in front and low in back • Back-to-front • For lots low in front and high in back

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