Rough Ideas shoreline

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Comps

I use composite images as a sketch tool to gather the client's ideas. This visual tool prompts further conversation. Fodder for continuing refinement.

Brief

The client's brief:

• Addition
• double the footprint of the house on the north side
• undecided factors
• deck arrangements
• exact footprint
• car port ... etc.
• Dry stream
• control erosion with minimal damage to existing terrain or tree roots, integrate with plantings. 
• Footpath
• material to be determined. 
• pea gravel is unstable to walk on but is a pleasing color
• crushed granite is gray, less pleasing but stable
• crushed red stone maybe the answer
• Golf cart path
• for carrying heavy loads to the boathouse
• concrete for traction on the slope
• is there another material with a more natural apperance? stained?
• Fireplace
• a fireplace between the house and the lake with lights
• no built-in seating
• built in lighting
• New boathouse
• two boat slips
• larger decks
• Swing