{"id":361,"date":"2010-06-24T20:09:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T20:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2010-06-24T20:09:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T20:09:35","slug":"a-conversation-between-two-one-off-architect-designed-houses-in-co-mayo-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/a-conversation-between-two-one-off-architect-designed-houses-in-co-mayo-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"A conversation between two one-off, architect designed houses in Co. Mayo, Ireland…"},"content":{"rendered":"
This idea was originally propagated by Bob Borson (http:\/\/www.lifeofanarchitect.com<\/a>) where Bob discusses the architects responsibility to the surrounding environment and where one project will have an effect upon its neighbor. The blog post (http:\/\/www.lifeofanarchitect.com\/modern-house-friendly-neighbor\/<\/a>)) discusses a new house within an existing residential neighborhood and raises the great question; “If these [two] houses could talk, what would they say to each other ?…Are these next door neighbors going to get along when everything is completed?”.<\/p>\n Well this is my contribution to this discussion. But first a bit of back story…<\/p>\n The two houses are next to each other in a rural village in County Mayo, Ireland. One of the houses is my own family’s (self built and designed by myself) and the other is a neighbors (Mary’s House) which I also designed. The footprint for the neighbor’s house was already fixed and my contribution was the external aesthetics and interior planning. The good news therefore is that I can say what I like about the houses without offending another architect !<\/p>\n So here goes, the conversation (more of a soliloquy with each house making it’s own case for ‘being’):<\/p>\n Our House:<\/strong><\/p>\n “I am the fusion of old and new; when approached from the mountain road only the two storey stone and white rendered elements are visible. The stone element is a reference to the two storey granaries that are prevalent throughout the area:<\/p>\n