This 8000 square foot modern mansion was M.O.Daby Design’s submission for a design competition in the summer of 2009.

 

The competition brief was as follows:

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Essentials:

 

7,000 – 8,000 interior square feet spread over 2 or 3 floors (including guest and employee quarters, but not including garage space). Maximization of ‘every inch of view’.

 

• Master Bedroom & Master Bathroom

• 3 – Family Bedrooms with bathrooms

• ½ ‘public’ bathroom ‘downstairs’

• ½ ‘outside’ bathroom with shower & toilet for beach/pool goers

• Leisure/living room

• Fun/Recreation/Game Room

• Kitchen with Pantry and ‘breakfast nook’

• Home Gym Approx. 300 Sq. Ft.

• Utility Room (washer, dryer etc)

• Dining area for 8 persons

• Home Office

• Garage – 6 Car

• General Storage Area(s) (400 Sq. Ft.)

• Home-wheelchair accessible

• Elevator

• 1 self contained one bedroom guest apartment with home office

• 1 self contained one bedroom guest apartment with storage area

• All family bedrooms and guest apartments to be upstairs

• Employees quarters:  2 self contained one bedroom apartments with “controlled” access to family/guest units.

 

Considerations:

 

• Double Height Entrance Foyer with elevator, staircase and balcony.

• Walk-in closet(s) for Master bedroom

• Master bath has ‘view’, foyer, and ‘private’ enclosed toilet/bidet/urinal

• Swimming Pool

• Hurricane Protection Features incorporated

• Fun/Rec/Game Room to have pool table amongst other things.

• Balconies / verandah’s, terraces/courtyard/loggias

• Overhangs to deflect heat (particularly from the west).

• Mosquito and fly protection for terraces loggias balconies/verandas (fixed or retractable screens?)

• Inside / outside entertainment areas 5 – 30 persons

• Mindful of Security and Privacy concerns

• Orientation to take advantage of ocean breezes

• Easy and low maintenance

• Home situated off the ground for air circulation?

• “Form to follow function”

• Innovative, beautiful, comfortable, stunning. Striking but not stark or shocking

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Credits;

Design: Matthew O. Daby - M.O.Daby Design