Onward

Hello,

Once again I apologize for the delay of my blog updates.  I'm doing one last post about Southcoast to close out my time there.

Here are photos towards the end of the semester.  We finished everything on the exterior of the house except for the screens which will be built under the house.  The only other thing left to do are the interior finishes.  The summer students will be doing this (drywall, floors, cabinets, appliances  ect.)  We hope to have Ms. Dang moved in by the end of the summer.  She's very excited about her mom being able to move in with her and starting to plant gardens around the house.

This was one of the last things I worked on.  (I even stayed an extra day to finish it.)  It was my one try at finish carpentry on this project.  A big part of living on the Mississippi Coast is the southern porch culture.  I wanted to give some special attention to the tactility of the hand rail on the porch, thinking about how it feels to human hand.  I planed a 2x6 and routed round edges for a smooth finish.  Ms. Dang was very excited about how wide the rail is and said, "I will set my coffee here."

Ms. Dang and I on the porch.  I plan to come for a visit in the fall.

I will briefly mention this semester's design project.  It was a home for the Coleman Family.  (Dorothy gave me an awesome recipe for collard greens.) They were really fun to work with; they had an exciting energy about them.  We could tell that they really enjoyed having company and family over to their home, so this was a big driver in the design phase.  

Their home is further north so it won't be elevated, it will also be SIPS.  This is my attempt at a quick and dirty schematic sketch.  Other important things in the design process were the distinction between the public and private sections of the house and a critical axis through the center where their dining room table (which was one of their only things that survived Katrina) will go.

Final massing model.

In a weeks time I will begin my next endeavor.  This time trying my hand at farming in the mountains of Thailand.  There will be some construction of farm structures, so I'm very excited to apply all I've learned at Southcoast.  Feel free to follow me at my other blog.  www.traystrawhorn.blogspot.com 

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