Malibu House

House I’m working on for a now long time client and acquaintance. This house burned down during the LA fires. I’ve already done a lot of drafting work for the once existing home so it wasn’t a terribly difficult task. The work is mainly drafting and I’m doing the rendering for my own enjoyment.

The first two renderings are the latest version and the last is essentially the original house which we were going to plan for rebuilding. Removed the overhangs for fire protection. Embers love overhangs.

Sketchup 2022 Pro and D5 Render. If you squint you can see some Ant Chairs I modeled. Still haven’t gotten to modeling a car.

The Alfa-Romeo is from Wire Wheels. 10 bucks. He said he wasn’t an Alfa-Romeo guy and instead, Porsche. I couldn’t find a nice vintage 911.

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As soon as 3D Basecamp ended, I went from there to visit my sister and brother-in-law in Burbank. The whole time I was there, he was obsessed with ideas for protecting eaves from fire, sketching away and asking my opinion. Kind of spooky in retrospect.

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Thanks for learning me something new today!
Nice renderings btw!

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Excellent renders :+1:

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I would guess that the overhangs had a purpose, like mitigating solar gain or something. So, does eliminating them mean the house gets hotter in certain times of the year?

Fire mitigation is important, at least for certain times of year. But heat mitigation is also important for certain times of year. Is there a solution that works for both?

I think for this particular location it’s for appearance and a common element in that style era. Malibu has rather mild temperatures year round since it’s right on the Pacific. Off the top of my head I think a retractable canopy would work and maybe motorized with a temperature sensor. Would something like a Kevlar fiber work? Maybe. Anything fire proof and not fire resistant. I like the wide overhang look but fire consideration are primary after this fire.

Overhangs can be built to mitigate fire hazard. Non-flammable materials used on walls and soffits and fire rated vents or better yet cold roof (no venting needed))

Wait! Changed again…

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