House Design

House Design 1
HOUSE DESIGN
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House Design 2
House Design
The building we are going to design is a three bedroom residential home that is to be
built on a plot in Footscray Park Campus that is along the Marybymong River in Melbourne.
The house is expected to have a total area of 250 meters square. This building has been
designed in a way that permits easy movement of individuals using the spaces within. Once
an individual gets into the building, the lounge is the first room one gets into. The space has a
well-defined sunken part that plays a major role in enhancing the room aesthetics and also
increasing the ceiling height of the area which makes the room more habitable as compared
to one with lower ceiling height. Privacy has been taken into account since the master
bedroom has been totally secluded from the other 2 bedrooms. A dining room has been
designed to be next to the kitchen since the two spaces complement each other.
The arrangement and location of wet areas makes the design to be cost friendly to the
client. All the wet areas have been designed to be at the rear side of the house which makes it
easy and cheap to do the plumbing fixes. Locating the pipes at the back of the house ensures
that the front elevation aesthetics are not compromised. At the front side the house there is a
swimming pool which adds beauty to the compound and makes the environment around it
cool since it lowers the humidity levels.
The building is intended to be sustainable and several design precautions have been
taken into consideration. Firstly, the harvesting of rain water will be carried and this has been
enhanced by a pitched roof with gutters fixed to it. (Arayici, et al., 2011). This water is to be
used for activities like flashing the toilets and watering of the flower beds and also laundry
activities. Solar power harvesting is another sustainable consideration that is to be taken into
account. Solar panels will be fixed to the roof surface. The solar energy generated will be
used hence minimizing the use of electric power hence cutting down bills.