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Design for New Construction and

Residential RemodelingApply Lessons Learned from Historical Architecture to Create Authentic, Sustainable, and Lovable Houses for

Today

Stephen A. Mouzon, AIA • CNU • LEED-AP

Presentation © Restore MediaPhotographs & Illustrations

© Stephen A. Mouzon

This presentation quali!es forAIA Continuing Education credit

as detailed on subsequent images.Please be certain to register

for credit at the back of the room.

Design for New Construction and Residential Remodeling

Apply Lessons Learned from Historical Architecture to Create Authentic, Sustainable, and Lovable Houses

for Today

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Photographs & Illustrations © Stephen A. Mouzon

Restore Media, LLC /Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference

is a Registered Provider with The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems (AIA/CES). Credit(s) earned on completion of this program will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certi!cates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

This program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

Questions related to speci!c materials, methods, and services will be addressed at the conclusion of this presentation.

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Lovable Buildings

Down the Unlovable Carbon Stair-Steps

Beauty or Lovability?

Beauty or Lovability?

• Admiration

• Action

• Breadth

Three Sources of Lovability

• Things that Re"ect Us

• Things that Delight Us

• Things that Put Us in Harmony

Things that Re"ect Us

• Re"ecting the Human Form

• Re"ecting the Culture of our Groups

• Re"ecting the Culture of our Region

• Re"ecting the Culture of our Nation

Horizontal Arrangement

Things that Delight Us

• Sensual

• Group

• Memory

• Intellectual

• Sheltering

• Challenging

Sensual Delight

Warmth

Cool Breeze

Sounds

Sights

Group Delight

Sports

Political Assembly

Social Assembly

Setting the Stage

• Accidental Meetings

• Geometry

Front Porch Principles

Front Porch Principles

Front Porch Principles

Memory Delight

Intellectual Delight

Sheltering Delight

Embracing Spaces

Challenging Delight

Bracing Places

Things that Put Usin Harmony

• Mathematical

• Simplicity

• Authenticity

• Natural Processes

• Natural Laws

• Natural Forms

• Harmony with the Region

Mathematical Harmony

Rational Proportions

Plan Proportions

The Third Dimension

Harmony with Natural Processes

Harmony with Natural Laws

Gravity

Thermodynamics

Harmony with Natural Forms

Harmony with the Region

Vernacular Questions

• No Universally Lovable Style

• Tuned to Localities, but...

• Loved by People Around the World?

• Not Designed to be Lovable, but to Meet Needs

• Sense of Basic Appropriateness... Is This the Key?

• Sensed (Vernacular) vs. Known (Classical)

• or Unconsciously vs. Consciously Beautiful

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Santa Fe New OrleansCotswolds NantucketCharleston Bermuda

the Classical Ideal

Beaufort

Pienza

Ridiculous

The Human Hand

Hardwiring

• At Birth

• Children & Houses

• Stacking the Deck

Durable Buildings

UnnaturallyUsed

Materials

NaturallyUsed

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“NoMaintenance”

Repairable & Patchable

Flexible Buildings

Proximity to Street

Ceiling Height

Simplicity of Massing

Simplicity of Circulation(???)

Pipes

Frugal Buildings

Gizmo Green and the Meltdown

Be Frugal Naturally First

Then Bridge The Gap

Putting BuildingsBack to Work

Resources

• Links (lots of useful organizations): http://bit.ly/GFLinks

• Reading List: http://bit.ly/GFReadingList

• Original Green: http://www.originalgreen.org

• New Urban Guild: http://bit.ly/NUGHome

• Mouzon Design: http://bit.ly/MDZHome

• Useful Stuff: http://bit.ly/UsefulStuff

If you want live links rather than having to write all these down, please email me at steve@mouzon.com and I’ll be happy to send them, as well as a few other resources you might !nd helpful.

What Next?

1. Subscribe to Original Green Blog.

2. Join your local ICA/CA chapter.

3. Join your local CNU chapter.

4. Get listed on TradWeb.

If you’d like direct links rather than having to write all these down, please email me at steve@mouzon.com and I’ll be happy to send them, as well as a few other resources you might !nd helpful.

Learning Objectives

After attending this session, participants will be able to:

• Analyze building patterns including symmetrical and asymmetrical facades;

• Discuss the history of classicism in architectural styles;

• Look for and apply elements of vernacular architectural styles and vocabulary in your work; and

• Use traditional detailing that supports long-term sustainability for new construction and remodeling projects.

Questions & Answers

• Thank you. This concludes the AIA Continuing Education Systems Program

• Contact: jhayward@restoremedia.com

Questions & Answers

• Thank you. This concludes the AIA Continuing Education Systems Program

• Contact: jhayward@restoremedia.com