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Andres Duany Explains Home Expansion Principles of LifeSpan Concept
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" And if this was to be an in-law suite, you'd have to have a nice living room and Caroline and set it up beautifully. Kind of country French a little bit, right?"
" Thank you, Bob. Yes, we furnished it being mindful of the Lifespan concept."
" And treated it as an apartment and a house that could be use to such."
" Right. So the furniture's all very comfy. I like the rug."
" Thank you. The rug is from design materials that provided us with the rugs throughout the house."
" What's it made of?"
" Sisal."
" Okay. And then, you've got some very interesting paintings that really remind me of the Low country."
" Thank you. Those are provided by Carolina Fine Prints and Fine Paintings."
" Who's the artist?"
" Stephen Chesley."
" Okay and he's a local artist? "
" Yes, he's---- yeah."
" Very pretty and then in here we have one bedroom that again is set up very, very simply. I guess the hallmark of much of what you've done here----"
" Yes."
" is the simplicity, but this yellow is perfect."
" Thank you."
" Very often a yellow will have too much green in it or it will be too bright or too dark, this is just nice cheery color."
" It's beautiful."
" And that the beds again are from---- they're not antique, right?"
" No. They're from Tom Russell."
" They're from Tom Russell, lots of time Tom Russell's furniture in here. Caroline, you have done a wonderful job. Thanks so much."
" Thank you, okay."
" Okay. Now let's meet Andreas Duany, architect."
" South planner. How are you?"
" How are you?"
" And you of course have a bigger concept to talk about here than just the house, but how do you think the house turned out?"
" It's beautiful. First time I've seen it."
" Yeah."
" And one of the interesting things actually it's slightly different from the model----"
" because here in I'On, we have a rear alley."
" Right."
" So the house is built with the garage on the rear."
" In the back, right."
" but most American houses, of course, have front-loaded garages and this is what this wing is about----"
" Right."
" in this model."
" Yeah, but the theory is that you start off with just this part of the house, right?"
" Yeah, this is the starter house because of course this is the Lifespan house----"
" Exactly."
" [unk] view."
" throughout. This is the starter cottage you---- when you're----"
" At the beginning of your life as an adult, you just need a small house."
" Right. A young person or a couple can actually begin with this. As they get children and they need bedrooms and living rooms and so forth, they can actually build the principal portion of the house."
" This is now a 3-bedroom house perhaps with the 4th in here. As you get older and the kids leave, you know, they sometimes don't come back after college and excessive house that's called the empty nester condition. You can build a luxurious master bedroom in the first floor, which you----"
" Then you've got an enormous house."
" Too much house. At this point, mostly we'll have to sell their houses, leave their communities, great discomfort emotional, you know, upset. But in this case, by closing 2 doors here and here, the original colonel house together with the 3 bedrooms on top becomes a separate unit. That is available for the caregiver if you need somebody or you can rent it or you can give it to the next generation of the family."
" Your married kids can start out life living with you if that works."
" Yeah, when in perfect comfort and they have the kids can have this yard and the adults can have this yard."
" You know, I think it's an exciting concept and again, more and more families should consider this kind of growth for the house."
" Yup."
" Andreas, thanks for coming on the show."
" Sure. Welcome."
