2006-06-10

Posted at 20:16 UT by Tamara

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Friday, June 30th, 2006
Segment 214 Part Two Design Prototype
Art Institute of San Francisco
The Yin Yang House

Segment 214 Part Two, continues with the Oriental
Inspired, YIN Yang House

Plan -E - The Korean Inspired Yin/Yang house

Image concept for the home is the symbolic Yin
Yang symbol found on the Korean Flag, and

features two half circles, one Private area
bedroom and bath, and one Public areas of
Kitchen, Dining, and Living Rooms joined by a
circular entrance area with a garden center, and
benched currounding.

An outside fountain with circular seating capstones
by Stepstone, Inc. on the south side is centered
with a patio of dark brown Stepstones,
circular in shape, leading into the double doored entrance of Wood doors with circular glass by Jeld Wen

A circular patio in the front surrounds the fountain,
and is constructed from Stepstone pavers with a
slate finish.

The Circular Entrance Garden Hall opens in four directions via double doors by Jeld Wen into the Public areas of living room, where the Kitchen is banked
against the curving northern wall, and also leads
through double doors of Arches by Jeld-Wen to the
back yard kidney shaped pool, created from Rastra
blocks, and paved around with Stepstone Slate to
match the entrance patio slate, a circular shaped
hot tub, by Dimension 1 spas.
and a firecircle capped by Stepstone, Inc.

Curved cabnets in Kitchen lining the north to pick
up the circlular theme, with Kitchen sinks by Toto,
and a curved bar area adjoining the Dining room
on the West and south walls with an open design.

Living room is a half circle within the Public Yin half
circle and faces flat to the south views, where
glass windows of vinyl are provided by Milgard.

Floors are created with Ecotimber Bamboo.

A Double Wide Wood door with Circular Glass insets from Jeld Wen
is featured as the entrance into the circular patio
area, with a water and garden in the center,

The Public Area is a flat sided of the half circle
facing to the South, with curved face to the North,
Kitchen windows facing northern view.

The private half circle to the east is rounded to the
south and flat to the north and contains the
master bedroom for the home, with bath located
on the North East corner,
Zuma Bath and Sink are featured in the Master Bath.

A Kidney shaped pool on North-East side of home is
constructed with Rastra Block, with a patio facing
flat side of Yang half circle ,created from
Stepstone pavers, also matching the sand texture
and color entrance pavers with a hot tub from
Dimension 1 spas, circular in shape , set into a
rectangular deck created from Trex composite decking.

The residence is a single story home with a flat roof
which is a sod roof garden.

Solar Panels are mounted with angle mounts on the roof.

The Upstairs Master Bath features a bath and sink by Americh.

The Pool on North side is not shadowed by the single story home.

Running Time for Segment 214 is 27:32