A House For A Farmer And His Dog
Fall 2008 - Spring 2009
5th Year
Adviser: Hunter Pittman
Pella Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Architecture Thesis Finalist
This thesis is partially a commentary on ingrained rules of American vernacular farmsteads, and partially a reinvention of a Virginian farm. A tower house is the Hearth of the farm with additional functioning outbuildings positioned using the ancient Greek's polar coordinates system. From a critical view point at the entrance of the house (the center of the farm), the farmer surveys the farmyard, additional structures, and crop rows focusing predominantly outward, toward the landscape. The site is located in Louisa, Virginia on a 7 acre produce farm.
Tower House Model
House Entrance Model
Birds-Eye View Model
Greenhouse Model
The Greenhouse Model
The Tool Shed Model
The Chicken Coop Model
The Farmyard Model
Tomato Cage Storage Model
Massing Pictorial Collage 24" X 36"
Tower in Context Collage 24" X 36"
Panorama Collage 24" X 72"
Folded Site Plan 24" X 36"
Folded Site Plan Bird's Eye
Folded Site Plan Detail
Doghouse Elevation Detail
Doghouse Plan Detail
Chicken Coop Elevation Detail
Chicken Coop Plan/Elevation
Paper Tower Found in Graphics
Paper Tower Found in Graphics
Paper Tower Found in Graphics
Paper Tower "Gift" For John Grigg From Me
Paper Tower "Gift" From Jeremy Rineer
Paper Tower "Gift" From John Grigg
Paper Tower "Gift" From Adriane Colby
Paper Tower "Gift" From Jeremy Wright
Paper Tower "Gift" From Eric Shore
Paper Tower "Gift" From Zac Secor
Greenhouse Section Detail
Greenhouse Plan Detail
Site Plan Longitude
Tower House Elevation
Isometric Dog House Detail
Isometric Tower House Detail
Isometric Farm Yard 24" X 36"
Site Plan 24" X 36"
Greenhouse 24" X 36"
Doghouse 24" X 36"
Chicken Coop 24" X 36"
First House Scheme 24" X 36"
Tool Shed 24" X 36"