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| Rendering of Bay Road Home - by l'oro designs |
Even after designing homes for nearly a decade, the most gratifying part of my architecture practice is seeing the client's dreams interpreted in my mind and computer, then become a physical reality. Even with the advancement of technology and getting to spin around a house in the 3D model, the moment you see the poured foundation and the walls go up is thrilling. Each phase of construction has it's unique excitement. But when the roof is up and the windows are in is when you begin to feel the spatial impact of each room, transitions, adjacencies, alignments. The pieces of the puzzle fit tightly together, beginning to generate the sense of the finished product.
The Bay Road Home is in Atherton, CA. The client's desire was to create a house which works for a family and also provides easy entertaining spaces that flow from one room to the next. In addition, these spaces filter out to the backyard patios, taking advantage of the indoor/outdoor living. When you want to make a home work for small kids, teenagers, guests and entertaining, finding the balance between function and sophistication can be challenging. Meeting these goals can only be accomplished with strong client vision, forging a team collaboration, assembling the separate details to compose a single design.
Snapshots of 'before', 'demo' & 'framing'...
