Design of a 600 sq. ft. Accessory Dwelling Unit

Accessory Dwelling Unit

Minimal Dwellings // Michael Fifield Camden Santo Group: 2C

Accessory Dwelling Unit Camden Santo Design Issues

Primary Ideas

- Designing a small space that functions - Making a connection to the Alleyway that is pleasant - Designing around ADU to create both private and public outdoor space - Creating barriers between the ADU and the Alleyway - Creating opportunities for connections and barriers between ADU and main house (depending on the occupant) - Maximizing sun light on narrow property

- Allow for future opportunities for future connection between ADU and main house - Maximize the amount of sunlight the outdoor space recieves - Create transition space between alleyway and ADU - Use interior built-in furniture to allow for flexible spaces - Allow for flexible occupants in space - Use inovative furniture to allow for flexable space

Design Solutions

Users

- Minimizing circulation space to maximize functional space - Making the alleyway have life by adding landscape and open space - Using barriers to define private verse public outdoor space - Using planting strips to make barriers between alley and residence - Decide how connected you want the ADU to be to the main house - Moving ADU to the North to maximize southern site exposure

This ADU is designed for a wide range of users. It is mostly intended for a single occupant or a couple that share a bedroom. A couch that turns into a bed allows for a guest to spend the night but would not be ideal for a permanent resident. Very minimal stairs allow for someone who is older to live in this house without experiencing any difficulty.

Accessory Dwelling Unit Camden Santo Precedents

Accessory Dwelling Unit Camden Santo Precedents Lessons Learned - Using efficient space saving designs - Using every usable space - Creative furniture designs that are more than what they are intended to be - Creating back alleyways that have life - Creating indoor and outdoor connections - How the ADU’s proximity to the main house changes its feeling

Accessory Dwelling Unit Camden Santo Drawings

Trash

Main Street Scale: 3/32” = 1’-0

Alley

Site Plan

Main House

North

Deck

Grass / Native Plants

Planting Strip To create a barrier between the alley and the ADU

Accessory Dwelling Unit Camden Santo Drawings WD

First Floor Plan Scale: 3/16” = 1’-0

R

North

First Floor Plan Adjusted Scale: 3/16” = 1’-0 Island rotates out to create a dinning table

Couch folds together to create a queen sized bed

Accessory Dwelling Unit Camden Santo Drawings

East Elevation

South Elevation

Scale: 3/16” = 1’-0

Scale: 3/16” = 1’-0

Section 1

Section 2

Scale: 3/16” = 1’-0

Scale: 3/16” = 1’-0

Accessory Dwelling Unit Camden Santo Renders

Accessory Dwelling Unit Camden Santo Renders