This document provides a summary of a 3D design project for a single family home called "A View Above" designed in AutoCAD 2004. The 5,409 square foot home has 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms spread across 3 floors. Key features include multiple balconies taking advantage of water views, a skylight down the center staircase, and large windows providing natural light. The top floor includes an activity room and attic space, while the middle floor contains the bedrooms and the bottom floor includes an open floor plan with kitchen, living room, and access to the backyard.

1. A View Above
Designed by
Jon Cody

2. Stats
Title: A View Above Project Type: Single Family Home
Program Used: AutoCAD 2004 Year Designed: 2005
Features: 3 Bedrooms Size: 1st Floor: 2176 Sq Ft
3.5 Baths 2nd Floor:1850 sq ft --
2 Car Garage does not include
Activity Room balconies
3rd Floor: 1383 sq ft with
attic--does not include
balconies
Total = 5409 sq ft
Work Left to Do: Touch up on the roof Skills Learned: 3d Design
design
Subtract skylight over
bathroom
Possibly remove some
window placements

3. As you can see from these views, this house has a lot of balconies. I feel a house
like this may be well suited as a beach house on the coast or a lake somewhere
over looking the water. The red extrusion in the middle of the staircase is not a
chimney but will be a skylight that provided light all the way down to the 1st
floor below.

4. FLOOR ONE

5. I labeled this house upside down, but the front entrance is actually at the top of the drawing
near the dining room. The rest of this house is very basic with a small dining room and
breakfast area next to the U shaped kitchen. A fireplace is located in the living room. A glass
sliding door from the living room would give you easy access to the beach or backyard. The
stairs wrapping around the bathroom also wrap around the skylight column mentioned before.
To keep privacy in the bathroom below, the column will either be completely walled or have
openings that prevent anyone from peeking over while still providing light to the staircase.

6. As you can see, this house also has plenty of windows to provide a lot of natural light
into the rooms as well as to enjoy the natural breezes that would be present in a
beach location.

7. FLOOR TWO

8. After coming up the stairs, you are presented with three good sized bedrooms. The master
bedroom to the left has a nice master bath with a big walk in closet, a shower on the corner, and a
nice sized tub near the windows to enjoy the scenery while taking a bath. For privacy the windows
can be darkened on the outside to prevent people from looking in. The bathroom also leads into
the balcony for this room. The balcony above the master bedroom is for Bedroom 2, while
Bedroom 1 has its own balcony next to the shared bathroom.

9. I didn't finish putting the details in the bathrooms, so to explain, the toilet area is
right inside the door of the master bath next to the fireplace flume. Then you come
upon the tub, the sinks are in the corner, and the shower is the small area in the
corner next to the lady's walk in closet. A separate closet for the guy is inside the
entrance to the bedroom.

10. FLOOR THREE

11. The 3rd floor can be used for games, or a lounge or whatever the owners want to use
it for. It includes two balconies, as well as its own bath. An attic space is also provided
for storage.

12. While the activity room has full height ceilings, the attic space does not as it is directly
under the roof line. The balconies create a stepped look to the house.