The Architects Break Up With Me
Aug 24th, 2008
I love my architects.
Main building viewed from rear. Mostly brick. Metal roof.
Thursday, they broke up with me over lunch.
Main building viewed from front.
As a reader of my blog, you may have noticed that I have never posted a picture of my architects. That, dear reader, is because we only met under cover of darkness and the flash on my camera is not very bright. Ours was a forbidden relationship.
Main building floor plan, upstairs
After many years toiling in a highly-respected firm, my architects had decided to start their own company. I met them through a mutual friend, and when I told them about the project, they said, “You will be our first client, but we aren’t ready to quit our day jobs yet.”
Our relationship has been sweet — they listen well, they ask good questions, and I like the designs they produce — but it has come to an end. In the wake of some unforeseen financial woes, they have decided not to quit their day jobs, and in the related circling-of-wagons, they don’t have the time to design the ranch.
“It’s not you, it’s us,” they pleaded, “We have a friend. You are going to love his work.”
Main building floor plan, downstairs
I will never love an architect again.
I’m sorry Aaron. Hopefully it will be a small hiccup in the end.
Space for 18 students and an instructor. They take a “bio-break”. Might appreciate a little more bathroom space. This isn’t like a similar sized office space where the “load” is distributed more evenly throughout the day, right?
Try a full sized architectural firm. Not all relationships need to be conducted in the cover of darkeness. In the building trades you can get a lot more done in the light of day.
Eh, you’re better looking than them, anyway.
I was dating an architect for a while.
It didn’t work out.
Work out room, but no shower? An integrated shower unit (plastic box w/ glass door & shower fittings, plop in corner & connect pipes) is around $500. Restroom arrangement seems odd: single unisex handicapped stall, plus N unisex toilet+sink stalls, opening off a common “airlock” for isolation, would allow for greater flexibility and also higher capacity.