house plan analysyst

Analyzing a floor plan provides insight into how the residents would interact with the home. Investigating the layout shows how rooms worked together with one another and their residents. The home also provides insight into how the homeowner would interact with the servants. Viewing the exterior of the home provides an idea of the interior’s decoration and them. However while analyzing the floor plan provides insight into the home and its inhabitants comparing it to another building style allows a full understanding of its characteristics. The Charleston single house and the Victorian home have many similarities in social and labor function. However they both uniquely show their relation to the time periods in which they were constructed.

The Victorian plan exhibits a cheaper residence with an ornate French roof. A French roof, also known as a Mansard roof, is characterized by two slopes on each of the four sides of the roof. The lower slope is so steep it can appear almost vertical while the upper slope is often almost horizontal and not easily viewable from the ground. A French roof provides more headroom on the upper level of the home than a traditional gable style roof. The roof itself is the most unique feature on the exterior of the home. The highest quality of slate provides a nice clean shinny finish. While the use of balustrade and cornice garishly furnish the roof. The balustrade gives the impression of a porch or terrace built upon the roof of the home. The cornice located at the bottom of the shingling provides a decorative ledge contrasting the slate roof from the homes siding. The roof also exhibits an archway above the middle second floor window, allowing for a decorative urn placed above the windo...

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...ection of the parlor and the sitting room would be done strictly for large formal get-togethers such as, weddings and funerals. During large social functions it can be assumed the right door would be used primarily, however both provide access. This connection is unique because it takes the first floor plan from being closed to open. With the use of these doors one would be able to view from the parlor across the sitting room into the dining room and notice if the table had yet been set for dinner. At the same time it provides the homeowners the ability to shut off the parlor from the remainder of the home allowing for a more intimate setting. The connection between these two rooms is distinct because it provides the homeowner a chance to enjoy both a closed and an open layout on the first floor. This allows the first floors leisure space to be more flexible.