I really like your videos but the music is distracting. It’s difficult to concentrate on your commentary, or should I listen to the music? Otherwise everything is so well done!
@@gemmawheelerhave just discovered your channel. The teacher in me marvels at your ability to visualise spaces & their connections. And taste. Especially love your handling of a stone ruin by fixing standing wall sections and using glass pods. Exquisite. I think you’d enjoy the work of some modern Australian architecture (some!!), especially the more imaginative practitioners in Tasmania. Thank you for sharing your vision.
Good for a 25-30 year old couple who have children at least 6-7 years old. Steps will be too much for older couple and too dangerous for couples that have toddlers. As for the interior, there are building products made from lightweight cement products that look like stone. This material can be used over an insulated wall covered in cement board. Net result, it appears that certain walls retain the stone look of the structure. Nice home layout!
I actually think it went from 1 level to 5. 1. Floor level of chapel To 1. Basement with couch and TV 2. Kitchen/dining 3. 1st bathroom 4. Two bedrooms 5. Master with landing and bathroom
Also, agree. You accomplished this artistry within the confines of a building originally designed to be a church. Must admit I saw little of value when I saw the original state of the building. So, recognizing you are an exceptional problem solver, I’m curious what you would design from scratch given the landscape of your choice. If this work already exists, may we see it, along with your detailed explanations of how you approached the design and challenged yourself?
Not only is this home incredibly beautiful and unique, but the way you used the physical space with all it's existing limitations is incredibly innovative and creative. I would absolutely love to live here! Thank you for showing the world that you can preserve older buildings while creating functional and beautiful living spaces!
Cookie cutter buildings are everywhere. You can do this inside a “cookie cutter” envelope if you had the brilliance, patience, and money. The sad reality of this hokey structure in backwater England is that whomever buys it will likely not create something as fantastic as these renderings.
@@socalstr This is the type of thinking that has resulted in our cookie cutter world. Never questioning the way we live always satisfied with mediocrity. I wonder if you ever bother getting out of bed to do something positive in your life? Better yet just go back to bed .
@@sheilakerr-jones4345. There are many people who live in churches they renovated in the US…..but you don’t need a church when you can hire an architect to renovate inside a regular house. You just have to have a lot of money and it can be done….and that’s the problem…most people can’t afford an architect or to redesign their home.
It's a beautiful render and a clever design, I do often wonder with house ideas like these how difficult they would be to keep clean! I'm just imagining the dust and cobwebs settling on those rafters.
That occurred to me as well. I think the dusters would need to be deployed very often. It's possible, however, that an efficient HVAC plant with HEPA filtration would reduce the dust load while creating a healthier building.
I’m in the UK and can tell you that, from bitter experience, not all architects are this competent. We have had a 500 square metre barn converted and our time with the architects was…interesting. So interesting that we are now taking them to Court because of the £300k plus (we say) their errors cost us. Anyway. Most architects plans show a utopia of living that doesn’t exist. Storage is a key item which is either not included or minimal. If you have or have had children, you know how much storage room they need.
Boy do I hear you. We also fell for a beautiful drawing the architect drew, and spent 10 years suffering through the financial collapse involved in turning the impractical but lovely picture into a functioning dwelling. If only we had found This architect first!😢
Gemma, this is your best video so far. I cannot imagine how any other design would still allow 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and still have space for a large living, dining and kitchen area. Good tricks for getting light into the floating bathroom as well. I like the mix of keeping some rafters visible, but not all of them. Great stuff! I would love to see the building finished exactly to your plans.
Gemma, I live for your videos. 😊I admire your creativity and use of space. I’m not an architect (rather, a lawyer), but as a hobby I look at abandoned buildings and sketch out plans. I’m old school - graph paper. But it brings me hours of satisfaction to figure out how to make a small space work. Thank you for the inspiration!
Just like human relationships: when you are just a stranger, I let you in my living room, but when I know you better, I allow you in my kitchen, then with the level of intimacy, you can go higher and higher. Brilliant
Using half floors is a brilliant idea. I've seen a number of church conversions and they never look right but this solution would overcome the tall window problem.
This looks brilliant. One thing I noticed when watching these design videos, nobody thinks about storage near the entrance. Where do all the shoes, jakets, bags go? Another problem with entering an open space is the weather you let in. Every time you open the front door in winter the temperature drops in the kitchen and living room area.
Hi - it is something I considered so I introduced a small area for coats for that exact reason. I think in reality you’d put a bit more of that kind of storage but I didn’t think I needed to be excessive for the render and I didn’t want to interrupt the open basement concept at this stage. There is a porch so you’d avoid the temperature issue fortunately. It just wasn’t large enough to store things in.
I'm always looking for "where's the storage space?" too. And in our climate of the Upper Midwest USA, we need a lot of coat/boot storage for various times of the year as well as other types of storage as well. In climates where there aren't huge temperature fluctuations like we have ( -40F to 100F) this probably isn't as crucial, allowing the architect to utilize space differently.
Brilliant! The clean lines give an air of elegant simplicity in a space that required quite complicated design to make the most out of the existing features and space for a home that is truly livable. Brava!
This is so stunning. I think this is my favorite of your reconstructions/redesigns. I wish I lived in the U.K. Or could afford to bring you across the pond and have you design my future house!
I have only discovered your channel this last week and am working my way through the videos. As a retired designer/developer and a serial renovator, I find your solutions beautiful. As soon as you revealed the basement in this one I guessed where you would go and the use of space was very effective leaving the volume fully used but open. Great work
This is the best design that I've seen from you. Others have been innovative in maximising space, but this one gives five totally private spaces within an ostensibly open whole of continuity and communal space. A glass fireplace seen from many angles is the icing on the cake.
What an incredible design! I can’t believe how much you fit into the space and yet still make the volumes appear large. I’d love to live in such a place! So much character.
Frankly one of the most interesting and attractive plans I’ve seen for such a conversion. The vast majority of these that you see today simply don’t work - they often feel like they’re fighting with the building - this feels so sympathetic!
I appreciate how you take us through your thought process. So interesting. I suppose if a person preferred a historic/rustic looking interior, but with the same solutions for using the space, that could be achieved using more rustic finishes and furnishings. I've seen something similar done by using recycled wood around door frames, as flooring, etc. What is key is that a beautiful existing building will not be torn down. This really shows people how architecture isn't just about making pretty houses. My Dad designed his own house, and so much of the process was devoted to practical considerations. Your work is inspired!
Amazing! The only thing I would change would be to add some type of safety item around the fire. It just seems too open, however great visually, to be safe.
Can I say Wow X 3 as well? Genius level design. What vision. Keeping the space as open as possible, preserving the original, maximising the use of those windows and light. I'm blown away. Whoever buys this 'chapel' should use your services and take on this layout....
The interior is too IKEA for me. If I have a historical stone building on the outside, I want an interior that pays homage to that history and looks as if it was built that way when the building was new. Yet, kudos for the layout and floor plan that takes a difficult space and uses it well. I would just go for a more rustic and original “feel” to the interior. Nonetheless, a design job well done.
I completely agree. It's a brilliant use of the space, but the super modern, stark Scandinavian interior doesn't match the building at all. It's jarring, in fact. Design to match and respect the building!
I think the brilliant architect has left the walls as a blank canvas. Exposing the roof beams respects the original architecture, and if the walls were painted a natural white the whole would resemble the original chapel : dark beams, white walls. Easy to adjust the style of the chapel to suit the occupier with fabrics: anything from medieval tapestries to modern geometrics would fit such a clever design.
I actually really love the contrast of modern interior to rustic exterior. I think the exposed beams tie it all together. Each to their own I guess 🤷🏼♀️
I belive every building has its destiny, much like people... this is a very lucky one to be treated with so such love, attention to details & respect. Impressive job!
Interesting ideas . I dont know how practical it is for cleaning . There is going to be dust in places hard to reach . The smell from cooking will also be all over the house . It is beautiful as a design .
It really is spectacular, I’m not a big fan of modern style of decoration but I have to say, it feels like this was no challenge to you! You managed to create a masterpiece. And the design process was really pleasant to watch, great video!
So interesting and out-of-the-box! I never would have thought of anything like this. Good for younger people though who are okay with climbing multiple flights of stairs every single day. I'm at an age where I want a one story house with zero stairs! haha
@@jmk1962 Why does a one-floor home have to be a box? I live in an old apartment in France. Hundreds of years old. No box. Hard to furnish, weird spaces. No box. These old apts have evolved over centuries, creating nooks and crannies. A dream. Had an old apt in Provence that was basically diamond-shaped. Had a really deep kitchen counter in one corner, and the outside wall behind it was over a yard thick. Hollow, just trying there to approach a right angle for the kitchen at least. And because it had been in 2 old very narrow townhouses, it was all in zigzag, with half-story stairs. Crazy. Loved that place too.
You are exactly the type of architect I would want if I had an old structure to renovate. Each one of your designs are so outside the box it's mind blowing.
I'm totally in awe of this design! As usual you have tackled all the challenges with a beautiful, historic building and managed to turn it into a perfect home. I hope this design will soon be realized and this old chapel will be loved.
I do have one design question though, just curious why the fridge and other kitchen components ended up off-center from the sink/island? I imagine it is for the sake of aesthetics, but I wonder about the practicality of having those things so far from the sink?
FInally a pocket door!!! I love them and am sad when I don't see them on new projects. I don't understand why more architects don't use them especially in cases where space is at a premium.
If I were to enter this home,I could not be held back from exploring it. It is so intriguing! What an interesting approach to using the space to maximum benefit.
The only thing I see missing is linen storage for the bathrooms and the small drawer space for clothes in the bedroom closets. Storage to keep things out of site is an issue. However I love the design you have worked out for this building, it's very smart.
Hey, it’s in there I just didn’t do a render of it inside. Take a look at the basement plan - I’ve given over the end portion to a large utility, storage, wc, everything-practical area. Re the wardrobes, there’s a little set of drawers in each. You can catch a glimpse in one of the bedrooms where the doors are open.
Genius design for this odd structure turning it into a home and not a cold or odd feeling space. It is gorgeous, the materials used and design being open to see the building from many angles and levels yet there is lots of privacy also. It feels cozy while also strong. I would love to live there.
I find your designs fascinating and your way of describing them clear and compelling. The way you can manipulate the 3D image mimics actually walking through the space.
This is utterly amazing! I am obsessed with the glorious levels moving up and up, and the soaring height up to those rafters! I’d build this design from scratch if I could! Wow!
I love what you do by using your creativity and imagination to solve problems and make beautiful living spaces. I was distracted by the music on this video though. To me it seemed louder than your voice. I think you wouldn't need background music while speaking. Thank you for your lovely and intelligent designs. Excellent content!
I must admit that when you began I was concerned about where you were taking the floor plan, but WOW! what a finish! You are truly a visionary! Thanks for sharing
I sometimes wonder how you balance the needs of an older building (maintaining breathable walls, avoiding modern materials, tanking and so on) with such a clean design?
A lot goes on behind the wall linings. You’d line out and insulate appropriately for the existing building fabric and work with a good structural engineer to find a neat structural configuration.
this is excellent! just wondering what it would look like if the stair had a system of stair banisters and railings, permitting more of a view and adding a feeling of space and airiness.
There are so many chapels and churches being put into residential use now with the exact same space/window/ratio problems, but this design tackles that problem so very elegantly and innovatively. Really stunning work.👌👏👏👏
This is why you employ an architect. All the practicality you’d need but without sacrificing the feel of the building, carving it up into soulless blocks. Amazing work!
This design is stunning! What an inspired design including the perfect amount lighter wood, darker beams and painted surfaces. It looks so large. I love this.
I adore your channel! I love what you are doing here. Everything you create, I want to live in. For what it's worth, I don't think you need the music in the videos. I might be alone here but I find it distracting. I like to hear what you are saying as we walk through but I keep wanting to turn the music down! lol.
I absolutely love that design! it's so out of the box, just really refreshing to see. i also love that exposed framework, it adds so much drama to the whole house. brilliant
This is the third video I have watched of your's and they are all so well thought out and absolutely beautiful. If I ever have a renovation I would call you.
You have achieved an amazing result by captivating spaces on so many levels..keeping the spaciousness which gives it a magical illusion..you are clever..thankyou for sharing..☀️
I love the layout, but it's not a layout for longterm living, the older I get, and I'm only 43, the more I'm thinking "can I live in this space when I'm 80", I'm lucky the apartment we ended up buying here near Paris is all on one level, no steps at all, and only on the first european floor, we have no kids, and if we never do, we may just stay here until our 80s or beyond, lol, just eventually change the tub to a walk in shower since those are better for elderly people, though I do love me a bath, lol. My other issue is I'm not a huge fan of straight modern lines with no adornment. Otherwise it's a lovely way to use the space.
Wow, I'm impressed that you were able to "see" that solution. It's almost like turning the chapel into a townhouse (in the US that's what we call terraced houses). I'd have welcomed a much longer video with more detail. I chuckle, however, at your regular use of spider-style lamps as they would be loaded with cobwebs and difficult to clean. They do look great, though.
Wow. Wow. Wow! Just such a clever, practical, and yet beautiful use of this space.
Thanks so much! 😊
It was beautiful
I really like your videos but the music is distracting. It’s difficult to concentrate on your commentary, or should I listen to the music? Otherwise everything is so well done!
Absolutely stunning! I love it!
@@gemmawheelerhave just discovered your channel. The teacher in me marvels at your ability to visualise spaces & their connections. And taste. Especially love your handling of a stone ruin by fixing standing wall sections and using glass pods. Exquisite. I think you’d enjoy the work of some modern Australian architecture (some!!), especially the more imaginative practitioners in Tasmania. Thank you for sharing your vision.
The leap from a 1 level home to ultimately creating 3 levels is architecturally brilliant. True genius here.
Good for a 25-30 year old couple who have children at least 6-7 years old. Steps will be too much for older couple and too dangerous for couples that have toddlers. As for the interior, there are building products made from lightweight cement products that look like stone. This material can be used over an insulated wall covered in cement board. Net result, it appears that certain walls retain the stone look of the structure. Nice home layout!
I actually think it went from 1 level to 5.
1. Floor level of chapel
To
1. Basement with couch and TV
2. Kitchen/dining
3. 1st bathroom
4. Two bedrooms
5. Master with landing and bathroom
How rare to see an architect with such imagination and practical skills. Utter pleasure. Thank you.
I am simply stunned at how beautiful, clean, and interesting this is. You are a genius.
Agreed. This design is magnificent!
Also, agree. You accomplished this artistry within the confines of a building originally designed to be a church. Must admit I saw little of value when I saw the original state of the building. So, recognizing you are an exceptional problem solver, I’m curious what you would design from scratch given the landscape of your choice. If this work already exists, may we see it, along with your detailed explanations of how you approached the design and challenged yourself?
Stun-ning!!
Not only is this home incredibly beautiful and unique, but the way you used the physical space with all it's existing limitations is incredibly innovative and creative. I would absolutely love to live here! Thank you for showing the world that you can preserve older buildings while creating functional and beautiful living spaces!
WOW
I really like how the design is very open and expansive while still allowing for bedroom and bathroom private spaces. Almost optical illusion like.
This is what architecture is all about. I'm tired of the cookie cutter buildings we have here in the US.
Cookie cutter buildings are everywhere. You can do this inside a “cookie cutter” envelope if you had the brilliance, patience, and money.
The sad reality of this hokey structure in backwater England is that whomever buys it will likely not create something as fantastic as these renderings.
This can be accomplished in a “cookie cutter” home. Are there churches for sale in USA?
@socalstr the comment “sad reality…” is far from the truth.
@@socalstr This is the type of thinking that has resulted in our cookie cutter world. Never questioning the way we live always satisfied with mediocrity. I wonder if you ever bother getting out of bed to do something positive in your life? Better yet just go back to bed .
@@sheilakerr-jones4345. There are many people who live in churches they renovated in the US…..but you don’t need a church when you can hire an architect to renovate inside a regular house. You just have to have a lot of money and it can be done….and that’s the problem…most people can’t afford an architect or to redesign their home.
It's a beautiful render and a clever design, I do often wonder with house ideas like these how difficult they would be to keep clean! I'm just imagining the dust and cobwebs settling on those rafters.
Telescoping dusters should do the trick. Some of them reach 30 ft or more.
That occurred to me as well. I think the dusters would need to be deployed very often.
It's possible, however, that an efficient HVAC plant with HEPA filtration would reduce the dust load while creating a healthier building.
My old Victorian is a dusty old barn of a place but I employ air filters
@@williamsstephens in fact no more dusty than any other horizontal surface.
Feather dusters are the answer.
Also wondering how one would heat it...!
I’m in the UK and can tell you that, from bitter experience, not all architects are this competent. We have had a 500 square metre barn converted and our time with the architects was…interesting. So interesting that we are now taking them to Court because of the £300k plus (we say) their errors cost us.
Anyway. Most architects plans show a utopia of living that doesn’t exist. Storage is a key item which is either not included or minimal. If you have or have had children, you know how much storage room they need.
Boy do I hear you. We also fell for a beautiful drawing the architect drew, and spent 10 years suffering through the financial collapse involved in turning the impractical but lovely picture into a functioning dwelling. If only we had found This architect first!😢
Ohh, I love it so much ❤
I think that you should tell us their name to warn other potential clients
I hear you, if the esteemed architect we employed had half the ideas this lady had then he might not have gotten himself fired.
Gemma, this is your best video so far. I cannot imagine how any other design would still allow 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and still have space for a large living, dining and kitchen area. Good tricks for getting light into the floating bathroom as well. I like the mix of keeping some rafters visible, but not all of them. Great stuff! I would love to see the building finished exactly to your plans.
I have no words to express how impress I am with the design, it is brilliant!
I love when windows start at the floor like that in the bedrooms. So under realized in spaces; the tub room and all the sky lights are always so good❤
Gemma, I live for your videos. 😊I admire your creativity and use of space. I’m not an architect (rather, a lawyer), but as a hobby I look at abandoned buildings and sketch out plans. I’m old school - graph paper. But it brings me hours of satisfaction to figure out how to make a small space work. Thank you for the inspiration!
I’m so glad you enjoy it too!
I enjoy your videos, I admire your simplistic way of communicating your ideas. I'm an architectural student, can you mentor me? I'll be pleased
Same here....lawyer with doing architectural drawings on sheets of paper🙃
This is beautiful. I lived in something like this and realized that sound carries. The top floor will hear everything from the bottom floors.
Very clever and thoughtful solution to this problem. You’ve made so much of that volume functional.
Just like human relationships: when you are just a stranger, I let you in my living room, but when I know you better, I allow you in my kitchen, then with the level of intimacy, you can go higher and higher. Brilliant
You just put life and light into this structure with strengthening 💥💥💥
Using half floors is a brilliant idea. I've seen a number of church conversions and they never look right but this solution would overcome the tall window problem.
I am glad you moved the bedrooms upstairs and had the main living area on the second floor with most of the windows. Well done!
flawless. loved how you went from beginner, to intermediate and then total pro! to make use of a small space. bravo!
Pure genius!
This looks brilliant. One thing I noticed when watching these design videos, nobody thinks about storage near the entrance. Where do all the shoes, jakets, bags go? Another problem with entering an open space is the weather you let in. Every time you open the front door in winter the temperature drops in the kitchen and living room area.
Hi - it is something I considered so I introduced a small area for coats for that exact reason. I think in reality you’d put a bit more of that kind of storage but I didn’t think I needed to be excessive for the render and I didn’t want to interrupt the open basement concept at this stage. There is a porch so you’d avoid the temperature issue fortunately. It just wasn’t large enough to store things in.
I'm always looking for "where's the storage space?" too. And in our climate of the Upper Midwest USA, we need a lot of coat/boot storage for various times of the year as well as other types of storage as well. In climates where there aren't huge temperature fluctuations like we have ( -40F to 100F) this probably isn't as crucial, allowing the architect to utilize space differently.
Brilliant! The clean lines give an air of elegant simplicity in a space that required quite complicated design to make the most out of the existing features and space for a home that is truly livable. Brava!
Space under the raised floor could probably entertain a pull out hanging and or basket drawer system.
We live in a really small home in Australia. We just put our stuff away when we walk in haha. But we don't have snow
It is an amazing ability to be able to visualize a 3D space, but to conjure up such a unique environment while doing it is on another level!
The use of light colored wood panels/flooring throughout helps to open up the space and distribute natural light throughout the spaces. Very nice!!
STUNNING !!!!
I really like how you think through how best to use the space, must be very satisfying
Few people can think as well in 3D as they can in 2D. Remarkable achievement here, using the volume to create more floor space.
What a genius design this is!!! So beautiful!! I love everything about it, although I could not live there. Too many stairs for this old woman.
I am an architecture student and learn so much from your perspectives and visualisations. Thank you!
You are GENIUS!!! I love your ideas for small buildings to be comfortably lived in.
This is so stunning. I think this is my favorite of your reconstructions/redesigns. I wish I lived in the U.K. Or could afford to bring you across the pond and have you design my future house!
Thank you so much!
I think mine too❣️😍
I agree! Love, love, love this !!!
I've never wanted to live anywhere so much! What a divine solution. So elegant. Well done.
Amazing as usual...dynamic visualization
I have only discovered your channel this last week and am working my way through the videos.
As a retired designer/developer and a serial renovator, I find your solutions beautiful.
As soon as you revealed the basement in this one I guessed where you would go and the use of space was very effective leaving the volume fully used but open.
Great work
It is quite incredible what you did with that chapel by turning it into a home. Genius, really ! Inspirational 🌹
This is the best design that I've seen from you. Others have been innovative in maximising space, but this one gives five totally private spaces within an ostensibly open whole of continuity and communal space. A glass fireplace seen from many angles is the icing on the cake.
Every video you blow me away with how creative you think about planning a space and how it would be used. Amazing
I enjoyed how the structural changes were explained. Beautiful transformation!
What an incredible design! I can’t believe how much you fit into the space and yet still make the volumes appear large. I’d love to live in such a place! So much character.
You amaze us with each of your design solutions but this is pure genius. Brava Gemma! 👏👏👏
Nice work Gemma! 👍
Beautiful! I would have taken the kitchen island all the way to the wall for more counter space and storage below. Other than that- awesome!
You are seriously incredible. I’m so grateful you do this channel, I hope it inspires people to step away from the conventional and expected.
You do a marvelous job of planning and finishes
so brilliant!!! i reimagine floor plans in my head nearly every time i look at a space/home… it’s like a little hobby. you’re inspiring!
Beautiful and clever. Not much storage and no laundry space.
Storage and utility area is marked on the plan at basement level next to the lounge room.
Frankly one of the most interesting and attractive plans I’ve seen for such a conversion. The vast majority of these that you see today simply don’t work - they often feel like they’re fighting with the building - this feels so sympathetic!
Sympathetic - THAT was the word I was looking for in my comment!
My thoughts center around where are the clothes closets for the upper bedroom, and where is a laundry room.
I appreciate how you take us through your thought process. So interesting. I suppose if a person preferred a historic/rustic looking interior, but with the same solutions for using the space, that could be achieved using more rustic finishes and furnishings. I've seen something similar done by using recycled wood around door frames, as flooring, etc. What is key is that a beautiful existing building will not be torn down. This really shows people how architecture isn't just about making pretty houses. My Dad designed his own house, and so much of the process was devoted to practical considerations. Your work is inspired!
Amazing! The only thing I would change would be to add some type of safety item around the fire. It just seems too open, however great visually, to be safe.
This is so beautiful! And your voice and the whole vibe of the video is so calming. It's a pleasure to watch!
Can I say Wow X 3 as well? Genius level design. What vision. Keeping the space as open as possible, preserving the original, maximising the use of those windows and light. I'm blown away. Whoever buys this 'chapel' should use your services and take on this layout....
Your ability to create both highly functional and artfully sculptural spaces is magical.
Breath taking design. This, more than just about anything I've seen before, demonstrates the impact good architecture can have. Stunning.
The interior is too IKEA for me. If I have a historical stone building on the outside, I want an interior that pays homage to that history and looks as if it was built that way when the building was new. Yet, kudos for the layout and floor plan that takes a difficult space and uses it well. I would just go for a more rustic and original “feel” to the interior. Nonetheless, a design job well done.
I completely agree. It's a brilliant use of the space, but the super modern, stark Scandinavian interior doesn't match the building at all. It's jarring, in fact. Design to match and respect the building!
I thought it was a digital … but considering how dark the internal would be, dark furniture would be too heavy
I think the brilliant architect has left the walls as a blank canvas. Exposing the roof beams respects the original architecture, and if the walls were painted a natural white the whole would resemble the original chapel : dark beams, white walls. Easy to adjust the style of the chapel to suit the occupier with fabrics: anything from medieval tapestries to modern geometrics would fit such a clever design.
I actually really love the contrast of modern interior to rustic exterior. I think the exposed beams tie it all together. Each to their own I guess 🤷🏼♀️
Blah blah blah 🥴
Holy smoke! Your imagination is out of this world. You are genius in what you do. Stunning stunning work😍
I love your videos! You have such imagination. Thank you for sharing.
I belive every building has its destiny, much like people... this is a very lucky one to be treated with so such love, attention to details & respect. Impressive job!
Love your designs and that you also explain your designs and the reasoning behind it. ✨️❣️✨️
Her creative mind and organization of presentation AMAZES ME!!!!!!
It's like you made the building 3 times as big. Brilliant architecture! ❤
Interesting ideas . I dont know how practical it is for cleaning . There is going to be dust in places hard to reach . The smell from cooking will also be all over the house . It is beautiful as a design .
It really is spectacular, I’m not a big fan of modern style of decoration but I have to say, it feels like this was no challenge to you! You managed to create a masterpiece. And the design process was really pleasant to watch, great video!
Amazing work. I could not have imagined that solution. Beautiful!
So interesting and out-of-the-box! I never would have thought of anything like this. Good for younger people though who are okay with climbing multiple flights of stairs every single day. I'm at an age where I want a one story house with zero stairs! haha
Basically a box.
@@jmk1962 Why does a one-floor home have to be a box? I live in an old apartment in France. Hundreds of years old. No box. Hard to furnish, weird spaces. No box. These old apts have evolved over centuries, creating nooks and crannies. A dream. Had an old apt in Provence that was basically diamond-shaped. Had a really deep kitchen counter in one corner, and the outside wall behind it was over a yard thick. Hollow, just trying there to approach a right angle for the kitchen at least. And because it had been in 2 old very narrow townhouses, it was all in zigzag, with half-story stairs. Crazy. Loved that place too.
You are exactly the type of architect I would want if I had an old structure to renovate. Each one of your designs are so outside the box it's mind blowing.
I'm totally in awe of this design! As usual you have tackled all the challenges with a beautiful, historic building and managed to turn it into a perfect home. I hope this design will soon be realized and this old chapel will be loved.
I do have one design question though, just curious why the fridge and other kitchen components ended up off-center from the sink/island? I imagine it is for the sake of aesthetics, but I wonder about the practicality of having those things so far from the sink?
stunning and brilliant! continued blessings. 🕊
FInally a pocket door!!! I love them and am sad when I don't see them on new projects. I don't understand why more architects don't use them especially in cases where space is at a premium.
If I were to enter this home,I could not be held back from exploring it. It is so intriguing! What an interesting approach to using the space to maximum benefit.
The only thing I see missing is linen storage for the bathrooms and the small drawer space for clothes in the bedroom closets. Storage to keep things out of site is an issue. However I love the design you have worked out for this building, it's very smart.
Hey, it’s in there I just didn’t do a render of it inside. Take a look at the basement plan - I’ve given over the end portion to a large utility, storage, wc, everything-practical area.
Re the wardrobes, there’s a little set of drawers in each. You can catch a glimpse in one of the bedrooms where the doors are open.
Genius design for this odd structure turning it into a home and not a cold or odd feeling space.
It is gorgeous, the materials used and design being open to see the building from many angles and levels yet there is lots of privacy also.
It feels cozy while also strong. I would love to live there.
I find your designs fascinating and your way of describing them clear and compelling. The way you can manipulate the 3D image mimics actually walking through the space.
Brilliant.
You are really good. You come with amazing ideas that no human being would think. The results are impressive.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Thanks!
This is utterly amazing! I am obsessed with the glorious levels moving up and up, and the soaring height up to those rafters! I’d build this design from scratch if I could! Wow!
I love what you do by using your creativity and imagination to solve problems and make beautiful living spaces. I was distracted by the music on this video though. To me it seemed louder than your voice. I think you wouldn't need background music while speaking. Thank you for your lovely and intelligent designs. Excellent content!
I must admit that when you began I was concerned about where you were taking the floor plan, but WOW! what a finish! You are truly a visionary! Thanks for sharing
I sometimes wonder how you balance the needs of an older building (maintaining breathable walls, avoiding modern materials, tanking and so on) with such a clean design?
A lot goes on behind the wall linings. You’d line out and insulate appropriately for the existing building fabric and work with a good structural engineer to find a neat structural configuration.
Super intelligent problem solving, love the resolution of 3 floor levels and retention of not only accessible daylight but void height too.
this is excellent! just wondering what it would look like if the stair had a system of stair banisters and railings, permitting more of a view and adding a feeling of space and airiness.
Yes feels so closed off but the floor plan is super cool
I love the way your brain works! You see in an open fashion which allows for a wonderful combination of practicality and beauty.
I think you might just be one of my favorite architects! Thank you for these videos!
There are so many chapels and churches being put into residential use now with the exact same space/window/ratio problems, but this design tackles that problem so very elegantly and innovatively. Really stunning work.👌👏👏👏
Impeccable design sense. I am always delighted when you release a new project.
you are simply amazing. always a winner!
This is why you employ an architect. All the practicality you’d need but without sacrificing the feel of the building, carving it up into soulless blocks. Amazing work!
This design is stunning! What an inspired design including the perfect amount lighter wood, darker beams and painted surfaces. It looks so large. I love this.
Cool design, Gemma!
Very impressive and attractive transformation. Excellent explanation and presentation!
I adore your channel! I love what you are doing here. Everything you create, I want to live in. For what it's worth, I don't think you need the music in the videos. I might be alone here but I find it distracting. I like to hear what you are saying as we walk through but I keep wanting to turn the music down! lol.
FWIW, I like the music, but it could possibly be turned down just a bit. :)
Beautiful solutions to some thorny problems!
I have NEVER seen such creativity and innovation in a design. you have a real calling and innate talent. wow
I absolutely love that design! it's so out of the box, just really refreshing to see. i also love that exposed framework, it adds so much drama to the whole house. brilliant
This is the third video I have watched of your's and they are all so well thought out and absolutely beautiful. If I ever have a renovation I would call you.
Gemma never disappoints.
You have achieved an amazing result by captivating spaces on so many levels..keeping the spaciousness which gives it a magical illusion..you are clever..thankyou for sharing..☀️
You are amazing..... a canadian friend
I love the layout, but it's not a layout for longterm living, the older I get, and I'm only 43, the more I'm thinking "can I live in this space when I'm 80", I'm lucky the apartment we ended up buying here near Paris is all on one level, no steps at all, and only on the first european floor, we have no kids, and if we never do, we may just stay here until our 80s or beyond, lol, just eventually change the tub to a walk in shower since those are better for elderly people, though I do love me a bath, lol. My other issue is I'm not a huge fan of straight modern lines with no adornment. Otherwise it's a lovely way to use the space.
Wow, I'm impressed that you were able to "see" that solution. It's almost like turning the chapel into a townhouse (in the US that's what we call terraced houses). I'd have welcomed a much longer video with more detail. I chuckle, however, at your regular use of spider-style lamps as they would be loaded with cobwebs and difficult to clean. They do look great, though.
Spectacular!