Would an entry-level designer gain as much experience doing ADU as someone doing residential or commercial work?
proto
Feb 10, 22 12:52 pm
as commercial no...different issues & different code
as residential, sure
it's sort of niche tho...set expectations accordingly...not sure i'd limit myself to just adu's as a young arch
hiall
Feb 10, 22 1:03 pm
thanks
zonker
Feb 10, 22 2:32 pm
Negative - last year, I worked on a project that was a 7 story multifamily with an ADU in the back. The ADU is a very small portion of what you will need to do.
proto
Feb 10, 22 3:58 pm
7-story multifamily = commercial code
[& why would they tack an ADU [res code] on to that?!?]
zonker
Feb 10, 22 5:19 pm
Well, It was an issue with total number of units. We hit a height maximum and had to put the additional units in the backyard to reach our required unit count -
Would an entry-level designer gain as much experience doing ADU as someone doing residential or commercial work?
as commercial no...different issues & different code
as residential, sure
it's sort of niche tho...set expectations accordingly...not sure i'd limit myself to just adu's as a young arch
thanks
Negative - last year, I worked on a project that was a 7 story multifamily with an ADU in the back. The ADU is a very small portion of what you will need to do.
7-story multifamily = commercial code
[& why would they tack an ADU [res code] on to that?!?]
Well, It was an issue with total number of units. We hit a height maximum and had to put the additional units in the backyard to reach our required unit count -