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Comment: Another view of site from road to present to planners - see following image with design superimposed.
Nighttime view of the TurboCAD model from the south . I sarted doing the 2005 design using TurboCAD - a very user-friendly CAD system capable of quite good fast rendered perspectives, and excellent for 2-D drawing. But the French Architect Mr Lanterne, who prepared the documents for the planning permission application, used ArchiCAD, and so I was persuaded to switch and learn to use that, so that the model and drawings I produced would be compatible. In France any house over 170 square metres must be presented for planning consent by a French Architect.

Rendered perspective from the ArchiCAD model with background. This revised design has a glass roof in front of the workshop which will be enclosed in winter with demountable glazed panels as a greenhouse. The blue areas of roof are photovoltaic solar collectors. This render is superimposed on a photograph of the site from about the correct viewpoint - which is slightly out of scale but generally gives the right impression.

View of ArchiCAD model from the south west, of the design used for planning application. (See Helen's renders which follow which were used for the application) One of the features of ArchiCAD is the option to automatically generate a series of views from the same position casting shadows of the sun each hour of a given day - very useful for accurate passive solar design.

A view of the site from the road, in about 2003 - the trees and bushes have grown o lot since then. The next picture shows a render superimposed on this view. Toggle between these two views !

Final design for planning permission - a photorealistic render of the TurboCAD model done by Helen with VIZ and superimposed on the site photograph taken from the road. Compare with the preceding picture.
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May 04, 2006 - 08:18 PM
Final design for planning permission - another photorealistic render of the TurboCAD model done by Helen with VIZ and superimposed on the site photograph taken from the road.

TurboCAD model of the timber construction which wasplanned to be completely prefabricated off site. Colours are schematic to denote different elements. The 'sous sol' is not shown. After receiving unacceptably high tenders for the timber structure to be prefabricated, we have modified the design to be built entirely traditionally. More about that later.

Recent midsummer photograph of the site with design inserted, to show how little one will actually see of the house from the road when the foliage is out.

Latest slightly revised design (May 2006) viewed from the conservatory (serre solaire) using ArchiCAD modeller.

View from the North East using the ArchiCAD modeller - the terrace will eventually be screened from the approach by a wall under the roof linking the house to the garage behind which firewood will be stored under shelter. Fron this angle it is hard to believe there is another storey below with two walls sheltered by the earth. The 4000 litre rainwater cistern will be under the terrace.
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