Fields Farm
A Cohousing Community
Welcome to the site design we have loving labled Doscasas, after our idea of including both a public common house and a private one. Our intention was to create a cohousing community that is both sustainable in design and sustainable economically. To achieve this, we included several comercial retail spaces to the "front" of the site to allow both the farm and the community residents the opportunity to sell any goods they might produce. The second common house acts as a gathering spot for the community, where they can come together in a more quiet, serene environment. We included three main types of housing in our project. The condo that integrate the retail spaces are our most dense type of housing. These have a truly urban feel. We also have lofted homes that are essentially a one story home with a lofted bedroom. All of these include a great double heighted living room space. The largest homes are essentially duplexs. There are models nearer to the "rear" of the site that include a one care garage that can also be converted into a fourth bedroom. We hope you enjoy Doscasas and have a worderful day.
Plan
A "barebones" look at our layout from above
Public Common House
With lots of retail space and convient communal/farm storage below!
Private Common House
Our own "home away from home" where the community can gather.
Condos
A bit of Urban life to spice things up.
Lofted Homes
With spectacular views of the farm!
Duplexs
Sustainable, promoting community, and allowing for a more "convential" living arangement.
Figure Ground
So you can see how our homes stack up to our oversized neighbors.
Site Video Tour
Come explore our site in this exciting video adventure!
Comments (2)
Nancy Cheng said
at 8:02 am on Nov 9, 2007
Team Dell, I'm really glad that you created the video. It gives a good overview of the landscape ideas that you incorporated into your 3D model. Considering how much data you are working with, it's great to see that you were able to get some topography into your model. For the final, I can imagine a tightly edited version that features blends into luxuriantly Photoshopped stills in place of so much camera motion. * * * Consider the audience for your web presentation - one great image, a name & logo and some enticing text description would go a long way to lure people to your site.
Colin Dean said
at 1:03 am on Nov 12, 2007
I really like how you were able to use a wide variety of differing design elements in each cluster of buildings. This successfully gives the appearance of an organic growth because each building is so individualistic yet as a whole they relate well to each other. Is it necessary to have such a large orchard in the center of the complex? Perhaps the trees could be spread around the property and this space could be used for other purposes or perhaps the footprint of the complex could be reduced.
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