Monday, August 15, 2022

[more about the fauntleroy residence]

 

This post has nothing to do with the main theme of this blog, which is an exploration of exclusion and embrace. This is about another love of mine - architecture.

I recently came across a well-designed house by Heliotrope Architects, featured in several magazines. 

Image of Fauntleroy Residence from the street. Showing driveway and wood-covered garage portion, and concrete walls leading to front door. Upper floor is an offset box with vertical wood siding. A small opaque glass box is attached to the upper floor, above the garage. A large deciduous tree is in the front year; portions of coniferous trees appear behind the house. In the distance is the view of the bay and the Southworth - Fauntleroy ferry terminal

They all have great pictures similar to this one. One of the articles also includes floor plans of the main floor and lower level, but not of the upper floor. So I created a possible version of the second floor, based on pictures and description from the articles along with the footprint and layout of the lower floors. Am sharing it here for anyone else who appreciates this house and is wondering what the upper floor might be like.


hand-drawn floor plan on graph paper. On left side, from top to bottom: primary bedroom, stairwell, two children's bedrooms. On right side from top to bottom, parents' bathroom, parents' dressing room, laundry room, and children's bath. At top of plan an outdoor deck on top of the garage has an outdoor shower, accessed from parents' bath. Shower area is shielded by cedar and opaque glass.

Note:

  1. Each square is 2'
  2. Skylights exist over the parents' bath toilet cubicle, the dressing room, the children's shower room, and the larger hall space at the top of the stairs.
  3. The plan does not show it, but the children's bathroom has a clerestory window above the sink area.
  4. The children's bedrooms (lower two bedrooms on the plan) might have small walk-in closets instead of the closets that I've shown.


Articles:

Fauntleroy Residence by Heliotrope is a "private oasis" in Seattle

https://www.dezeen.com/2022/08/11/fauntleroy-residence-heliotrope-seattle/

This is the only article that includes plans of the main and lower floors, and a building section.


Busy Street? No Problem. How They Hid This Beachfront Seattle Retreat

https://www.sunset.com/home-garden/seattle-home-tour-beachfront-heliotrope-architects


Home of the Week: Fauntleroy Residence by Heliotrope Architects

https://nuvomagazine.com/daily-edit/home-of-the-week-fauntleroy-residence-by-heliotrope-architects


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