field trip

Summary of Field Trip:
First off we visited James J. Hill house and learned all about the house: history and architecture. It was built on Summit Ave. in St. Paul. After looking and taking about that house for a while, we took a walk down the rest of Summit Ave. All the houses on that street and around it were beautiful. After our long walk of looking at houses we went into the St. Paul Cathedral. The Cathedral was huge and so beautiful. There was an organ player who played the whole time our tour guide tried to talk, but otherwise we learned a lot about the architecture of the place and history as well. Overall, it was a big learning experience for all of us.




James J. Hill House-
The owner of the house was James J. Hill himself. The architect was James and Mark Fitzpatrick. They were done building the house around 1891. The architect firm was Peabody & Stearns. The architectural styles used in the house were Romanesque and Richardsonian Romanesque.








Summit Ave. St. Paul-
The people who lived on Summit Ave. were mostly family of the Hill's, or other wealthy people in the area.  It is a very historic street including mostly all Victorian style homes. I snapped a couple pictures of my favorite houses below..

What I learned from the tour..



The Hill's daughter's wedding gift was a house right next door to them on Summit Ave. This was also one of my favorite houses.
I also learned that their was woods across the street when the Hill's lived there, and they were scared that the Indians would come attack them at some point.



St. Paul Cathedral-
The Cathedral was so beautiful and it was built around 1841. The first service there was held on Palm Sunday, March 28, 1915. Inside the Cathedral there was different sections inside and they had put marble around a lot of places. The architecture of the place was just gorgeous and they used a lot of stain glass windows with blue in them to resemble Mother Mary.

client floorplans

First floor ^

Second floor^


This would fit three single women sharing a home because it has three bedrooms and three baths including one half bath. It also has a two car garage for the motorcycle and car that two of the girls own. They all pretty much work a lot, so they can afford this home.  Two of the girls like to party, so there is a guest suite above the garage. This house is big enough for hosting a party as well.

kitchen design

Kitchen Design-
I designed this kitchen for a small family. I did it for a small family because I built a kitchen in a smaller area; it is not that large. I used the single line arrangement style for the kitchen because since the kitchen isn't the biggest part in this home, so it opened up more space for a dining table. On the deck, I used an L shaped layout for that outdoor kitchen with a fence around the edges.

harmony

HARMONY:
This room shows unity because it is symmetrical, and the colors were all neutral. Since all the colors were neutral; I made the theme country styled with mix of modern using the neutral colors. Overall, it just all flows together and shows unity very well.

rhythm

repetition- the use of the same thing more than once or the same thing arranged in different locations
In the first picture the chairs are repeating, and in the second picture the picture frames are repeated.

radiation- is a feeling of movement steadily bursting outward in all directions from a visible or suggested central point
In the first picture the ceiling represents radiation, and in the second picture the staircase represents radiation.





gradation- a sequence of adjacent units that change through a consecutive series of distinguishable increases or decreases (like colors, shapes, etc.)
In the first picture the dresser gets darker in color to show gradation, and the cabinets in the second picture get smaller which also shows it.

emphasis olioboard

balance olioboards

SYMMETRICAL


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A-SYMMETRICAL