BEFORE THE ARCHITECT – HOME DESIGNING BACKGROUND – UNIQUE HOME DESIGNING ARTICLES

WINDOW DORMER DESIGN SECTION DETAIL

IN ELEVATION
By Before The Architect  Copyright 2009-2010

Now I know that Christopher Alexander wadded intellectuals' shorts over what can be characterized as his structuralist approach, his Utopian philosophy, his cultural insensitivity, his monomaniacal schema, his elitist exclusivity, and some downright odd statements now and then.  All true.  In these respects, both those intellectuals and Christopher himself are blinded by their own light.  Before The Architect

WINDOW DORMER DESIGN SECTION DETAILS, IN ELEVATION

1)      We had achieved agreement with our clients as to the desired look of a

a)     Central window dormer and a

b)     Flanking window dormer each side

c)      By way of several passes in elevation and in isometrics 

2)     We needed to offer window dormer design section details in elevation and in isometric in addition to in plan view and standard in elevation orthogonals of whole-house faces in order to fortify our visual conclusions

a)     The window dormers arranged on the front façade

b)     The window dormers were not exactly the same layout interior and exterior, a matter not easily expressed in the major sheets of Elevations, the Roof Plan, or the Floor Plan for L2 

Detail of Window Dormers Details, Sections in Elevation

Key: ABV=ABOVE; APX=APPROXIMATELY; BOF=BOTTOM OF FACE; CLG=CEILING; EQ=EQUAL; FL=FLOOR; HDR=HEADER; HOR=HORIZONTAL; INT=INTERIOR; MAX=MAXIMUM; NGT=NOT GREATER THAN; NLT=NOT LESS THAN; OFL=OVER FLOOR LEVEL; RFR=RAFTER; SIP=STRUCTURED INSULATED PANEL; TOP=TOP OF FACE; VERT=VERTICAL; WDW=WINDOW