The goal of this project was to remodel a house in Tempe, Arizona using sustainable materials and creating an accessible living environment. My inspiration was some paint drips that were hanging down from a piece of metal. The Gregory family for which the house was designed, also liked the Phoenix Botanical Garden. From these two ideas I was able to create a concept that involved curves and nature. From this project I learned how much time and effort goes into designing a remodel of a house. It took a lot of effort designing elements geared towards someone in a wheel chair, also. I never really thought about certain things like counter top height for instance or the amount of turn around space a room must have. That was something new and challenging to design. Overall, I thought my design was successful and believed that my concept of curves was shown throughout the house and ADU. Something I could work on would be dimensioning out the house correctly the first time. I was completely finished with my plan when I started doing the demolition plan. When I laid the original house plan over my new and improved plan, they didn't match up. My plan was three feet shorter than it was supposed to be. Fortunately, that was an easy fix and actually gave me a better plan than I had originally created because there was more room for walk ways.
