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P R O J E C T D E S C R I P T I O N
THE EXISTING STRUCTURE COULD BEST BE CHARACTERIZED AS
A SIMPLE BOX FORM FOLK / ITALIANATE VICTORIAN. THE
PROPOSED ADDITION RESPECTS THE SIMPLICITY and
CHARACTER OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE.
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
THE PROPOSED ADDITION WILL ADD 4 FEET TO THE REAR
OF THE EXISTING HOME AND THEN A SECOND STOREY
ADDITION WILL BE ADDED DIRECTLY ON TOP. THE RESULT
WILL BE A FORM THAT RISES STRAIGHT UP FROM THE
ORIGINAL STRUCTURE CONSISTENT WITH THE TWO STOREY
DESIGN CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ITALIANATE STYLE.
THE RHYTHM OF THE THREE DOUBLE WINDOWS HAS BEEN
PRESERVED ALONG THE MILES AV. ELEVATION.
THE FRONT BAY WINDOW ELEMENT HAS BEEN PRESERVED.
THE ORIGINAL SIMPLE ROOF FORM HAS BEEN RETAINED
ON THE ADDITION. THE 2ND FLOOR PORCH IS
CHARACTERISTIC OF ITS ITALIANATE STYLE. MANY SUCH
EXAMPLES CAN BE FOUND AROUND THE TOWN - 121 EDELEN
IS A NEARBY EXAMPLE.
SIMPLE DETAILING IS PROPOSED TO MATCH THAT OF THE
EXISTING HOUSE IN THE PORCH POSTS and WINDOW TRIM.
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THE EXISTING CORBELS WILL BE RETAINED AND
DUPLICATED THEN PLACED AS SHOWN ON THE
ELEVATIONS.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT/COMPATIBILITY
THE MASS AND SCALE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS
COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER ORIGINAL HOMES AND RECENT
ADDITIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD – REFER TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD COMPARISON PLAN SHEET NP-1. THE FLOOR
AREA EXCEEDS THE FAR, BUT IS SMALLER and
COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER ORIGINAL HOMES, NEW HOMES,
and ADDITIONS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT POSSESS
GREATER FLOOR AREA's AND FAR's.
209 UNIVERSITY – GREATER FL AREA AND FAR
201 UNIVERSITY – GREATER FL AREA AND FAR
72 MILES – GREATER FAR
THE EXISTING CRAWL SPACE HEIGHT, WHICH IS
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ITALIANATE STYLE, HAS BEEN
RETAINED RESULTING IN THE PROPOSED HEIGHT OF THE
PROJECT. REFERENCE ELEVATIONS SHEET A-2.
S U M M A R Y
THE ADDITION HAS BEEN THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED WITH
THOROUGH CONSIDERATION FOR IT'S HISTORIC CHARACTER,
CONTEXT, COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN
MASS/FLOOR AREA and THE TOWN DESIGN GUIDELINES.