Thanks again,
Frank & Carol

By the way, love the pictures. You guys do beautiful work!
Dawn

My tendency was to want to do something ‘cool’ and he would bring me back to the ‘practical’ pretty quickly. The structure had to be really simple due to being a CMU type wall system. He wasn’t really sure what the roof would be framed with, but did say they try not to use a lot of wood there due to insects.

The lot that the duplex unit(s) are to be built on is about 100′ x 100′ and he wants to put four of them on it. I figured that probably meant some kind of courtyard or garden space, maybe some lawn area- to be worked around, but he said this was not necessary. That kind of surprised me. There are minimal zoning laws to work around so they can pretty shoe horn as many units on a lot as they want to without worrying much about some of the things that we require such as ornamental landscaping.

I anticipate that they have screening systems that they’ll apply to windows and porches as needed. The term ‘porch’ is something that the software uses, but it’s still applicable to an exterior covered area whether it’s a front porch or a back porch. The study idea is kind of fun- I can see 3 or 4 children huddled there with their school books happily doing their work.

I’ll admit that the experience of learning a bit about how the country and culture works and comparing that to what I’m used to was the most interesting part. The design is nothing special in and of itself other than the way it came to be and where it is intended to be built.