Lakehouse Questions

1. As a designer, in what ways did you try to influence your client?

-I tried to influence my client to be reasonable, such as not putting a stripper pole in his bedroom.



2. How did making the sketches when working with your client help the design process?

-It helped me get a general idea of how i was going to place all the rooms and how to fit them.



3. What relationship do the various drawings and renderings have to each other?

-They are related because the drawings should match the renderings perfectly.



4. How did the existing plot plan limit your design?

-It didn't allow me to make a garage for my client.


5. What are some of the things you would do differently? How would you change the process to accomplish them?

-I would create a better overall layout with hallways and other things houses would actually have, i would start with one room create a hallway to the next and so on.


6. What impact will the property have on the surrounding area if it is developed?

-It will take away a natural habitat from the poor little lake animals.


7. How do you know if your design is ready for implementation?

-If you have all the needs to have an up and running house that won't collapse.


8. How does the use of software and other tools aid in the development of an idea?

-It has many things to put inside your house.


9. What design ideas would you incorporate in your vacation house versus your year-round house?

-You would need a place to store your things you are going to bring to the lake and stuff.


10. What is something you learned today that you did not understand or know before?

-I learned that you need to remember to put in a ceiling for the house.