What kind of house should be built today?
When building a contemporary house in BC, key considerations include embracing open floor plans, maximizing natural light, prioritizing sustainability, and incorporating functional design elements while ensuring compliance with local building codes and zoning regulations.
It is understandable that the homeowners and those who live in will have their preferences in the layout of the floorplan, which is according to their taste and preference of the design, living habits, their culture and upbring, etc. In short, demographics significantly influence homeowner preferences for their home designs, impacting everything from size and layout to style and features, as different age groups, family structures, and cultural backgrounds have varying needs and tastes. The advance in technology also embarked a new and remarkable shift in this paradigm, such as remote working, share economy, etc.
These considerations form a long list and are more personalized than ever. Instead of posting a long article that is filled with tens of thousands of words, I shall focus on some basic principles and break it into multiple parts for easy consumption.
Here is a breakdown of key principles when building contemporary residential buildings. The first four are some objective considerations while doing the design, and the last one, Design, is on today’s market trend.
- Adaptive Living Design (Part 1)
- Energy Efficiency (Part 2)
- Sustainable Materials (Part 3)
- Resilience to Environment (Part 4)
- Design (Part 5)
Each of these parts will be in its own section (blog). These topics tie in closely with each other and they should be incorporated at the very early stage of the building development process. This building development process is also an important consideration in the successful development of a contemporary house.
Pilot Building Development Consultant (Pilot BDC) empowers the property owners to become confident building developers. Pilot BDC provides independent consultancy service to the BC property owners to understand and realize the potential of their properties. Our firm provides unbiased financial and technical opinions and recommendations under the property owners’ best interests. We also upknowledge the clients to be ready for collaborating with multi-disciplinary professionals. The coworking model, combined with a governance framework, will steer the project toward achieving its goals and objectives while effectively managing risks. PilotBDC can be contacted here.