With the "Tiny House" and "Shipping Container House" trends on the rise, it's a strange evolution that living in a big, open barn is also a trending concept known as the "Barndominium". It's not only fun to say, but converting an old barn into a fun living/dining space brings a whole new aspect of life to the suburbs and rural areas.
"Casual, low maintenance and always ready for an impromptu gathering," explains architect Peter Stuhlreyer of Designhaus. "What we have found, as designers of many barndominiums, is that the client is far more relaxed about design decisions and material choices, so the projects are really organic, spontaneous and enjoyable."
A barndominium in Lexington, KY was designed to be converted into a four-horse stable. However, the original owners used the space for parties. To maintain the intrinsic value of the post and beam structure, we had to consider the future use. The point is, is that the barndominium is not always the last use of the barn...sometimes it is the beginning of a barn's life cycle. We also converted a storage barn for corporation in Ohio into a special event/fitness center and training space, while maintaining the raw structural characteristics of the 30 year old barn.
The space, volume, acoustics, sags and cracks, and even the smells of a big old barn is something that relaxes people. Not worrying about a bit of dust or a spill of red wine is even better. Barndominiums is a bit out of the ordinary, but as you can see, they are not hard to develop. These days, almost anything can be turned into a living space.
This blog would pertain to more of what architecture and design is and how it's slowly changing. There are also professional ways on what design is, and how to achieve and accomplish these things such as how one can make their building more attractive. I'll share my content about how architecture has taken a step into the abstract, as more architects try to steer away from the normal to step outside the box.
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Some of these look great.
I'm picturing the monthly BOA meeting where everyone shows up in designer overalls and chewing a piece of organic hay.
I like this post!
I used to live in a barn. My stall mate was on of the Film Guru Mike Nichol's horses. I can't count the number of times I was wakened in the middle of the night from loud kicking noises coming from that stall. I was a live in night maid for a dozen plus horses. My job fill the water buckets before I went to bed...and in the Summer chase them around when they weren't in the stall and decided their pasture was not big enough...and went wandering down the road.
Apartment always had that horsy smell and the barn girls always wanted to use the bathroom, cause they hated peeing in the horse stalls.
Think I will pass on living in barns.
Tell us more about these "barn girls"...
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