Arch 173: Narrative Assignment about the Abandoned House

Terri Meyer Boake, BES, BArch, MArch, LEED AP
Associate Professor School of Architecture University of Waterloo
email: tboake@uwaterloo.ca

Arch 173: Narrative Assignment about the Abandoned House
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Front/north side of the house	Front/north side of the house

North and east sides of the house. That is the neighbour's garage.	Detail of the front of the house at the upper level.

Detail of the east side of the house. Those look like window openings roughed in. There appears to be around 4 feet total between this house and the adjacent garage.	This is some sort of concrete pad out front of the house on the north side.

This is looking into a large opening on the front of the house that appears to be framed with steel columns and beams.	A view up the front of the building showing the steel framing and a large number of wood joists cantilevering out at the upper leve.

This is an overall view of the west side of the house, with the open green space (snow covered!) in the foreground. There appears to be quite a bit of land at the side of the house, within this fence.	A detail of the openings at the upper level. This appears to be a 4 storey building, although the top floor, due to its irregular shape, might be considered a 1/2 storey and not a full one...

A view of the south west corner of the house. That concrete block portion down the middle of the west facade appears to be an exit stair of some sorts...	A view of the south facade of the house. This would appear to be the "back" of the house. I see a steel column running right up the middle.

A detailed view of the top floor of the south facade.	A detailed view of the mid height portion of the south facade.

A detailed view of the ground floor at the rear/south facade.	Looking up the south facade at the cantilevered wood joists that might have been intended to support a balcony.