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=** INVESTIGATION STAGE ** =

== General characteristics of the neighborhood **:**== Forest Hills, the neighborhood my lot is located in, is primarily single family homes. More specifically the lot is in the Gardens. The Gardens is a historical landmark founded in 1909 by a group of wealthy people who wanted to have a nicer looking community. This society grew into a larger neighborhood under strict housing rules.

** Block and Lot Number: **
3249-45

** Size of lot: **
100 x 77.66 ==** Images: ** ==

[[image:Ian_Ryding_Tax_map.jpg width="800" height="539" caption="Tax Map"]]
== Needs assessment **:**==

**1. A description of what the neighborhood already has.** The area surrounding my lot is purely residential because we are in the gardens and it is a historical landmark. Just outside this area is a shopping district to go and buy all of your groceries, shoes,and all of your other needs. With in the neighborhood there is no need for anything other than housing because there is an overpopulation in the community. There is a church just a block or so away from the building lot and a temple not so far away. All of the residential buildings in the vicinity of the lot are two to three story single family homes. There is a high-rise apartment building just 10 blocks away, but it is not it the neighborhood it is just outside of it. There are doctor offices within walking distance, but it is 10 to 20 blocks away from the lot. In the neighborhood there are multiple fields for recreation. They are mainly used for sports, but they are a great place to go biking or to go relax with your friends.Right across the road from the lot is a public school. If you are catholic and want to go to a catholic school there are two in the near by area.

**2. An analysis of what the neighborhood needs.**

The area arround my neighborhood does not need all that much. It has the staples of a neighborhood, a grocerie store, book store, and other essentials like this. The only thing that I think my neighborhood needs is more housing. There are too many people for the growing neighborhood and it needs housing. == Buildings and architects that provide inspiration ==

This image shows me a very good style of roofing. The roof has multiple runoffs and it looks really good. normally a roof has one or two runoffs and this one has about six on the visible side. I thinks it looks very nice and it shows me on great way to use roofing as an asthetic booster. The use of chimenies in this image is also quite remarkable. I had always viewed chimneys as a neccessity not a piece of decoration the building changed my views and i know think that a chimney can be used as decoration. || What i like about this building is its large garden. I like the use of dlowers to compliment the yards size. I am thinking that i could use the flowers as a compliment to a garden to make it look larger. The lot already sits upon a hill so i could put flowers surronding it along the bottom. It would lokk beautiful (like this house) if it is done carefully, but otherwise its would look like a prison. || This is a good example of how to use stuco as an asthetic benifactor. It looks really nice with a lot of flowers and other forms of plant life. Light colored flowers also complement the stucco walls really well. I notice that the stucco is complimented by the complexity of the roof and the balcony. The roof is dark and it looks really nice. || This building is an excellent example of how to use bricks when constructing a building. It has many shades of brick, but they go together very well. It also shows me that simple roof goes well with brick. || This takes the best attributes of all of the designs. It uses the Nice look of brick with the white stucco look that reminds us of home. IT also has a complex roof which looks really good and the chimneys make the symetry of the house perfect. It also uses The nature surrounding the house to perfect its brilliant looks does exactly that. || 1
 * [[image:Ian_Ryding_English_Garden_.jpeg caption="This image shows me a very good style of roofing. The roof has multiple runoffs and it looks really good. normally a roof has one or two runoffs and this one has about six on the visible side. I thinks it looks very nice and it shows me on great way to use roofing as an asthetic booster. "]]
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== ** In what ways has the investigation influence you to design a building for you lot that makes the best fit for the neighborhood? ** ( == After researching the neighborhood, I discovered that the neighborhood is an english city garden. I think that the optimal english city garden has both stucco and brick with a lot of plants, flowers, and trees. It also has a complicated roof that complements the building itself. A buildinglike this would however not fit my lot so i will porbably just use stucco but have a slightly complicated roof. Also, i think i would like to have a surrounding of flowers to my building to hide the hillside that is present.

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= ** <span style="color: #008000; font-size: 42px; line-height: 42px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Design Brief; Home ** =

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Design Brief:
==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Problem to be solved: The problem that my neighborhood has is that my neighborhood has too many people in it. ==

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Requirements:

 * Must have windows.
 * That it is large enough so that it can hold a single family of 5.
 * Must have an entrance.
 * Must have a roof.
 * Needs

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Constraints:

 * The house must follow the strict garden codes.
 * The house must fit on the lot.

Description of Three Possible Designs media type="custom" key="8106954" This is a rectangular brick house that is X feet by X feet. It has only brick because a lot of the buildings surrounding the building are brick buildings. It would make a good choice because the surrounding buildings are almost mansions like this 3 story building. It has many windows and because of that a lot of light will be in the building so it will be very bright internally to brighten up the building. It does not have a backyard, but it does have a large front garden to make up for this. It has a simple shingle roof. ** Design #2 **
 * Design #1 **

media type="custom" key="8141014" This building is still a three story home, but it has a dull yellow stucco on the outside of it. This building has two rectangles conected to form a backwards "l" shape. This means that the building has an open space in the back of the building for a backyard. It will be secluded from other people because of the buildings shape. It provides a "secret" garden that is unseen from outside the house. It is a simple shingle roof. ** Design #3 **

media type="custom" key="8141032" This building takes the best aspects of brick and stucco and puts them together to make a half brick half stucco house. The botrtom half of the building is brick folowed by a layer of stucco untill the roof is reached. It is a simple roof with shingles on top of it. It has many windows on the building. The building's shape is also an"l" shape. This gives the building a massive yard in the front that wraps around the entire building and has a large area in the top left hand corner of the house.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Identify the Best Design:
Design number two is the best choice.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Justify Your Choice:
<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">The reason it is the best choice is because it is fairly simple and goes with the neighborhood better than the rest of the opptions. Alot of th enar by building are stucco, so this makes it an optimal choice for matching the niehgborhood. Also there is a large backyard that is private to the house owner.