concept development

At first, I had chosen my concept 3 to be my final concept. But after experimenting with the light realised that the design was not helping the light to come through the building. So I worked out a new concept which would solve the lighting issue making use of half floors in between floors and also of glass floors and open concept stairs.

In concept 3, I decided to place the workshop at the top because all the fumes from the forge would go up to the roof and would not spread through the floors, as well as if there was a fire. But then I realised that could add a chimney to guide the fumes to the roof and I could also close the workshop stairs that go up to the living room so no fumes would spread upstairs.

Placing my workshop downstairs in 1st floor in an open floor connected to the shop gives more sense to the design because it immediately creates an experience for customers to have: when they come in to visit the store, they get to watch the metalworker create her work and they get to see how a workshop looks like. It also leaves the last floor for the most private room: the bedroom.

On the 2nd floor there is the living room which has a toilet and which has the kitchen above it on an open concept 3rd floor with glass balustrade.

The floors are ordered from the least private to the most private. This way, the client gets to have her personal space, but also has room to bring guests over and socialize; and most importantly, has a place to work where she can be in close contact with her customers/co-workers and provide them a nice experience.