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If you are interested in participating in the rebuilding of the round house please get in touch.
Peter Geldart, consulting, geldartp@gmail.com
Proposed Budget: $ 800,000
Why this number?
The financing is divided into three parts:
Purchase 1 acre in a parkland setting, including access and services: $400,000 which may be contributed in whole or in part in kind.
Engage an architectural firm to handle the project. Re-engineering drawings and approvals including HVAC and energy-efficient features, while keeping the superficial mid-century-modern design, materials and details. Based on architectural drawings (c) James W. Strutt, 1959. Including a percentage to the Strutt estate for basing the design on the original drawings. Total $200,000
Construction, materials, with special attention to "retro" finishing. $200,000
A Start-Up Team will look at feasibility, strategy, planning, human resources and fundraising .
Contribution in kind is welcomed:
Planning, fundraising, architecture, engineering, codes and regulations, permissions, materials, or land.
Shares will be given to early participants.
There will be a discussion document and efforts will be made, as Kennedy said, "to achieving the goal before this decade is out".
Contact:
Peter Geldart,
MBO Co-working
78 George St., Suite 204
Ottawa ON K1N 5W1
tel. 613-294-2205.
The Goal is to build this James Strutt mid-century-modern (MCM) house designed in 1961 re-imagined with modern standards, while keeping the original cosmetic materials, fixtures and character. It will be a unique property which can generate ongoing income as a public space, or rented for special activities, to teachers, students, tourists or tenants, or appropriate services (studio, spa, co-working space, etc). To raise capital activities will include the sale of shares, and the use crowd-funding platforms.
Practical considerations: "Management of the Architectural Project", Royal Architectural Institute of Canada: Canadian Handbook of Practice (CHOP). https://chop.raic.ca/
Round house design concepts (c) 1959:
Low-cost single-family housing.
Floating slab with no basement.
Circular shape with triangular "wings".
Weight-efficient hyperbolic paraboloid roof.
Central services hexagon core (kitchen, bath) flanked by bedrooms plus open-concept living/dining.
Extensive floor-to-ceiling patio windows.
Drive-through carport with no garage.
In consultation with the architectural firm:
Project structure:
1. Management team; branding, networking, fundraising
1. Management team; branding, networking, fundraising
2. In-kind contributions such as expertise and materials
2. In-kind contributions such as expertise and materials
3. Land (1 acre in a country setting)
3. Land (1 acre in a country setting)
4. Financial:
4. Financial:
planning and design, oversight (original concept with improved infrastructure).
project management
land, landscaping and infrastructure
licensing, regulatory, architectural and engineering requirements
insurance, taxes, overhead
construction and supervision
ongoing management
5. End-use
5. End-use
museum
educational
rental, including Airbnb
commercial (studio, spa, dining...)
residential
other:
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