JAMES WALTER SCHILDROTH, ORGANIC ARCHITECT of MAINE
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UMA ARC 489 Parts

PROGRAM AREAS FOR THE ORGANIC HOUSE

Last changed:  Sunday, February 04, 2007 08:24:20 AM

Assignment:  Make rectangles of each area and put them on the site plan at the same scale.  Place the areas on the site plan in a schematic arrangement that works.  This is not a floor plan yet just an organization of the needed parts in a two dimensional arrangement.  I first want to get an arrangement that works with the all the other area parts and with the features and conditions of the site.   Consider the solar, the contours, the trees, the views both good and negative.   Start by placing each part of the program on the site one by one.  The site may require more then one floor level. 

The purpose is to get an arrangement that works in general.  This should began to suggest ideas of how you will design this house. Don't draw any floor plans or other sketches yet.  Put yourself in each of the areas and try and experience where the sun is coming in, and what view is to the outside.  Put yourself in the area and ask what does this area need to feel like.  Keep all the ideas in your imagination and let the ideas come over time. 

If I am working on a hand drawing, I cut the areas out of paper and place them on the site plan.  If I am working with CAD I make a layer I call "PARTS" and draw each rectangles and label it with the name of the area and the size. I want to move the PARTS around to arrange them on the site plan.   I want to see the actual size of each part in relationship to the features of the site and to all the other parts. 

 

  1. LIVING SPACE 16X20=320 SF
  2. EATING10X12=120 SF PART OF LIVING
  3. COOKING10X12=120 SF PART OF LIVING
  4. PANTRY4X8= 32 SF CLOSET OFF KITCHEN
  5. ENTRY VESTIBULE 8X8=64 SF
  6. UTILITY RM. SEE BELOW
  7. COATS 10 SF
  8. STORAGE 48 SF
  9. FIRE PLACE 32 SF
  10. MUD ROOM/ CLO. 72 SF
  11. MASTER BED 240 SF King size bed
  12. WALK-IN CLOSET112 SF
  13. MASTER BATH 132 SF TILE SHOWER, JAPANESE TUB, TOWEL CLO
  14. MASTER TOILET 60 SF WC, LAV Separate from the bathing area.
  15. LAUNDRY 32 SF WASHER, DRYER, SINK
  16. LINEN CLOSET 10 SF
  17. GUEST ROOM 154 SF
  18. GUEST CLOSET 15 SF
  19. 2nd BATH 260 SF
  20. STUDY 280 SF TWO COMPUTER STATIONS PLUS PRINTERS ETC.
  21. STUDY CLOSET 18 SF
  22. STAIR 36 SF EACH FLOOR IF NECESSARY

 

TOTAL NET  FINISHED AREA 1967 SF

WALLS & HALLS  ADD 25% 492 SF

TOTAL FINISHED INTERIOR AREA 2459 SF

Outside and utility areas:

  1. OUTSIDE TOOL STORAGE 100 SF
  2. CARPORT for two cars 24x24=576 SF
  3. UTILITY, BOILER room 10X12=120 SF Oil boiler needs Chimney flue.
  4. TERRACE, BALCONY and or DECK 400 SF
  5. INTERIOR UNFINISHED STORAGE 140 SF
  6. BRICK FIRE PLACE+BOILER FLUE 4X8=32 SF

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