Ryan House Construction Permit Approved.

This morning Ivan completed the Construction Permit Approval for our Ryan House Additions & Alterations project in Bird Rock, CA. Initally submitted to the City of San Diego Development Services department on September 30, 2010 the process took only one cycle review & just shy of 8 weeks! (4 weeks short of the anticipated 12 weeks by City staff).

We started this project in the sketch design phase in November 09′ after our client Patrick found us through the professional networking site ‘Linkedin’. It was great to meet Patrick & his wife Julie and 3 children – and we were blown away to find out that Patrick was also an expat Australian living in San Diego.

Patrick & Julie had some ideas about the additions they wanted to their 1950′s beach bungalow, which most clients do (thats a good thing – it gives us direction & feel for the required spaces) – but like most clients also, they wanted us to explore multiple possibilities for site arrangement & how exactly to ‘attach’ a new addition, having already made the decision they did not just want to add a typical second story due to cost. The only other part of their brief was that they wanted a contemporary addition, that would blend together the ‘old + new’.

Over the course of several meetings & design options, they decided on the option which gave them the best natural light & venitation to the indoor spaces, and maximized the south orientation & sunlight into the yard space. We all liked the planning. Exploring exterior options, we were always very conscience that in the back of Patrick’s mind, he wanted a ‘contemporary’ design, but wanted it to blend well with the existing house. The solution was to create a modern facade, with a traditional pitched roof. The Australian in Patrick couldnt resist having a ‘tin’ roof (corrugated iron) which is very typical in Australia, and to blend the old & new even more, he wanted to re-roof the existing bitumen shingle roof with the tin also – we love it.

The next step was to engage structural engineers to consult on the structural design. Knowing that this was probably too small a project for them, we asked our mate Steve Spence at KPFF if he would be interested in working with us on the project and we were blown away when he said yes! We have worked with Steve for over 5 years on our Stella, Centro & Embassy projects that we design at Constellation, and his level of professionalism, attention to detail & service is always amazing.

With KPFF engaged, we started construction documentation and prepared for the submittal. Great process, great clients – looking forwad to posting the construction photos as it moves forward.

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