I am looking to work with a builder who would be interested in developing a small property in Johnson City, Texas My wish is to create:
1)
Basic shell-only of a commercial food service space up front to lease out (and to be finished out by a future lessor).
2)A community Church building that can serve as a personal retreat-center with a multi-building pavilion-style “quad” with scattered small out buildings for use as office, art studio, music room, meditation and healing spaces, etc.
3)
Several off grid, non-plumbed guest rooms, etc. Specifically looking at building a set of seven “ZOMES” on skids that could be moveable and potentially for sale.
My budget is not a typical “wine-trail megaplex…” So I am looking for creativity over costs. I’m willing to give free reign for an outstanding portfolio piece for a builder and willing to have the project be open as a model home style showcase: something innovative and inspiring for Hill Country and possibly with weird or cutting-edge materials: concrete panels, earth berms, metal buildings, etc. I am a fan of AQ Jones (for the best compact space planning), Rudolf Shindler (for use of cheap plywood cabinetry) and Charles Eames (using off-the-shelf and ready-made materials), all of whom built classic masterpieces from “cheap” materials.
Lastly, I prefer to work with a construction ‘lay architectural’ person that understands “materials,” as opposed to a ‘high-brow’ architect.The land is in Blanco county OUTSIDE city limits and is unrestricted. Below are are style guide inspirational images.
Style Guide
The Mid Century Modern period (1930s-1970s) was filled with structural innovation and “form follows function.”
Architects to review include the Eames, A.Q. Jones, Mies Van Der Rohe, Pierre Koenig, Rchard neutra, Bill Krisel. Eichler
Floor Plan to be squares and rectangles –
Roofs – cantilevered shed roof Shed Roof – NO FLAT roofs – 12-2 to 4-12 pitch – wide overhangs – NO butterfly –
Materials – exposed finishes – Simplicity combined with readily available natural materials. beams – concrete – Vaulted ceilings. off the shelf panels and windows, exposed metal frame, post and beam construction, walls of glass, breezeways,
Interior – off the shelf materials open-air, open plan with atrium, embedded rock floor, walls of glass with clerestory,
Concepts – post and beam streamline and wide overhangs
Interiors
