Greg has been very busy with his new computer and architect drafting program! In the video you get a walk through tour of the virtual image of the house as it is currently drawn.
This video is basically “uncut,” because there is so much walking through walls that I thought editing it would only create confusion! As he says, navigation is challenging. He is still learning how to get and maintain a normal perspective while traveling through, so sometimes we accidentally disappear under the virtual ground or end up floating through the ceiling!
If you can follow where he is moving the cursor, that is where he is usually talking about at a given moment. I did not caption it this time, so if you cannot understand a certain section, note the time stamp and I can let you know what is being said.
The first 6 minutes or so of the video shows the 2-D floor plans. These are basically the same as the pencil drawings on graph paper that you saw in A Design Blossoms. The main difference is the guest room bathroom and the arrangement of the man cave/office.
Then we get on to the virtual 3-D tour. Greg explains things as he walks me through. When he says “sliding doors” he usually means pocket doors.
The gray outer walls represent cement walls that will have earth up against them. The blue outer walls represent walls that won’t have earth against them, but exactly what they will be made out of is still to be determined.
The various features, from furniture to type of flooring are options in the program to make it look like a house. They represent basics of how we plan to do things, but probably look very different than the final house will look. Also, the window design is shown as the basic options available in the program. They will likely be different, especially along the south wall with the view.
Now, for the video!
As Greg mentions, we have not settled on entrance specifics or a roof design. A “flat” roof is still a possibility. We have an ongoing joke about flat roofs. Most of the architects we talked to during the interview process seemed to think flat roofs are not really possible, but we are constantly seeing these roofs on our various travels and on various shows. When we see a flat roof or roof terrace, we turn to each other and say, “But that’s not possible!” and laugh.
The mysterious “hobbit-style” door is more important to me than to him, but he is willing to talk about it more and be convinced that it is doable.
If you listened all the way to the end, you heard that he considers this rendering a practice session and will likely virtually re-draw it all. That’s dedication to the project!
