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Tight Budget, Lean Solution
Budget friendly buildings start with a certain mindset even before design begins. Questioning the way the occupants work in the most optimum and efficient ways can eliminate the need for certain spaces. Utilizing natural landscape existing on the site can eliminate the need for new planting. Less volume, walls, redundant ceilings with more passive design strategies using building orientation, natural light, and shaded windows can lead to a truly sustainable building – a building that needs less to function well….
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Visiting Past Projects
It’s good to go back to projects to check in on how the building is being maintained and weathering. This one is in the top ten category of favorite projects. A very informed and longtime client helped to take our conversations to a higher level of client engagement in the design…and verifying our south facing windows are completely shaded at winter solstice sun angles is also satisfying!
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What does the site tell you about how to design your house?
So many times, clients have preconceived ideas about the design of their house. Most of the time their well thought out ideas don’t take into consideration the site. Starting with an understanding of the uniqueness of the site helps determine where certain rooms want to be, how the house needs to be oriented to shade the home in the hot sun and take advantage of cool evening breezes, views toward and from each room, and how to join the interior…
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Home with a view… update
The most satisfying part of the project is always the post construction party and seeing people interact with the building. An added bonus is hearing how the owners have enjoyed their short time living in the space, enjoying the carefully placed windows that provide a comfortable, pleasing naturally daylit environment all throughout the day. Landscaping next, then more photos…
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BBA X, LLC is your trusted advisor in delivering high quality projects, always with a Design focus. We are systems thinkers who strive to understand what clients value and deliver a service that allows them to achieve project goals. Our process involves Lean Design principles to fundamentally break down complicated problems in order to evaluate options, toward innovative and uniquely original solutions. No two clients or projects are the same. While there is a common core method to our project design approach, the results provide creative and occasionally unconventional solutions, free from preconceived notions and completely unique to each client.
