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3612 GOVALLE AVE DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST COVER SHEET V‐000 10/23/2020 E-2/1-PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION I WISH TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AS TO WHY THIS DECISION IS IMPORTANT TO US AND HOW BOTH MY EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND ENABLES ME TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE SAME CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN NOTED PREVIOUSLY BY THIS COMMITTEE. IT IS MY HOPE THAT WITH THIS CONTEXT ‐ ALONG WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE TIME, EFFORT, AND COSTS ASSOCIATED IN PURSUIT OF THIS GOAL ‐ YOU ARE ABLE TO APPROVE THIS VARIANCE REQUEST. IN 2011, I FOUNDED SHiP: STUDENTS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AT LSU, WHICH STILL OPERATES AS A STUDENT GROUP TODAY. THE GROUP HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING VISTING PROFESSORS TO INSTRUCT AT LSU SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE'S FIRST COURSE ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION. STILL UNDER MY MENTORSHIP, IN 2012, SHiP WAS AWARDED FIRST PLACE IN THE CHARLES E. PETERSON PRIZE ‐ AN AWARD GIVEN BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVCE OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF INTERIORS ‐ FOR DOCUMNETATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES. MY TIME SPENT AT VIRGINIA TECH, THROUGH THE WASHINGTON ALEXANDRIA ARCHITECTURE CONSORTIUM (WAAC), PROVIDED MANY OPPURTINITIES INCLUDING SITTING ON HEARINGS REGARDING HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGN GUIDELINES. I ALSO WAS HONORED TO INTERN AT THE NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON DC ‐ OUR NATION'S MUSEUM THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE HISTORY AND IMPACT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. THE MUSEUM HAS A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON BUILDING HERITAGE, URBAN DESIGN, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST INTRODUCTION V‐001 10/23/20 E-2/2-PRESENTATION DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN V‐002 08/17/20 E-2/3-PRESENTATION KIRK AVE G U N T E R S T G O V A L L E A V E NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT: 3600 BLOCK OF GOVALLE AVE. PER STEVE SADOWSKY SUPPORT LETTER: "THE GOVALLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNIQUE IN AUSTIN IN THAT IT DEVELOPED OUT OF A LARGE AGRICULTURAL TRACT WATERED BY BOGGY CREEK AND THE COLORADO RIVER. MANY HOUSES DATING FROM THE 1930s, SUCH AS THIS ONE, REFLECT THE EARLY AGRICULTURAL WORKING CLASS HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. RESIDENTS WORKED AT AREA FARMS OR AT BLUE COLLAR OCCUPATIONS IN NEARBY AUSTIN. WHILE THIS HOUSE MAY NOT QUALIFY AS AN INDIVIDUAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, ITS PRESERVATION IS IMPORTANT TO REFLECT THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO A POTENTIAL GOVALLE HISTORIC DISTRICT." 2-STORY UNIT 2-STORY UNIT 2-STORY UNIT I T N U Y R O T S - 2 2-STORY UNIT I T N U Y R O T S - 2 I T N U Y R O T S - 2 DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT V‐003 10/23/2020 E-2/4-PRESENTATION SWEDISH LOG CABIN (1838) GOVALLE AGRICULTURAL COTTAGE TYPOLOGY FROM AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, "SWEDISH LOG CABIN HISTORY": "ZILKER GARDEN'S SWEDISH LOG CABIN AT AUSTIN, TEXAS IS AN AUTHENTIC FRONTIER HOME OF THE 1840'S, BUILT BY SWEDISH PIONEERS IN THE TRADITION OF THEIR ANCESTORS WHO HAD COME TO DELAWARE IN 1638." ... THIS INCENTIVE BROUGHT THE FIRST SWEDISH SETTLER, S.M. SWENSON, TO TEXAS IN 1838. IN 1850, HE BOUGHT RANCHLAND EAST OF AUSTIN AND NAMED IT GOVALLE ‐ FROM 'GO VALL,' MEANING "GOOD GRAZING GROUND" IN SWEDISH DIALECT." THIS TYPOLOGY IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT STEVE SADOWSKY REFERS TO WHEN CONVEYING THE IMPROTANCE OF REHABILITATING THE HISTORICAL AGE STRUCTURE. FROM ZILKER GARDEN CENTER: "THIS PIONEER LOG CABIN IS ABOUT 167 YEARS OLD AND WAS BUILT AROUND 1838 ‐ BEFORE AUSTIN WAS A TOWN. PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY A SCOTSMAN J.J. GRUMBLES AND LOCATED IN THE GOVALLE, EAST OF AUSTIN ON 400 ACRES OF FARM LAND WHICH WAS BOUGHT BY SVEN M. SWENSON IN THE 1850'S. SWENSON AND HIS UNCLE, SVANTE PALM WERE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING THE IMMIGRATION OF MANY THOUSANDS OF THEIR SMALAND COUNTRYMEN TO TEXAS HELPING TO SETTLE THE FRONTIER. DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST SWEDISH COTTAGE V‐004 10/23/2020 E-2/5-PRESENTATION 3612 GOVALLE AVE VARIANCE REQUEST: IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING 1937 COTTAGE WHICH SITES AT THE STREETFRONT ON 3612 GOVALLE AVE, THE OWNER IS REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN ADU SQUARE FOOTAGE SPECIFICALLY, A VARIANCE FROM 25‐2‐774‐C‐5‐a: "SECOND DWELLING UNIT MAY NOT EXCEED: 1,100 TOTAL SQFT OR A FAR OF 0.15, WHICHEVER IS SMALLER" ‐ MAX ALLOWED: 1,100 SQFT ‐ THE OWNER IS REQUESTING 2,000 SQFT; 25‐2‐774‐C‐5‐b: SECOND DWELLING UNIT MAY NOT EXCEED 550 SQFT ON THE SECOND STORY." ‐ MAX ALLOWABLE: 550 SQFT ‐ THE OWNER IS REQUESTING 1,100 SQFT. FIRST FLOOR: 900 SQFT SECOND FLOOR: 1,100 SQFT DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 2-STORY UNIT 2-STORY UNIT 2-STORY UNIT I T N U Y R O T S - 2 2-STORY UNIT I T N U Y R O T S - 2 I T N U Y R O T S - 2 3612 GOVALLE 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST VARIANCE REQUEST V‐005 10/23/2020 E-2/6-PRESENTATION 3612 GOVALLE AVE CHARACTER: ‐ SCALE (WIDTH, HEIGHT) ‐ ROOF: PITCH, MATERIAL ‐ SITE PLACEMENT, CONNECTION TO THE STREET ‐ MATERIALS: SIDING ‐ OPENINGS: SIMILAR SCALE AND PROPORTION ON FACADE 2-STORY UNIT 2-STORY UNIT 2-STORY UNIT I T N U Y R O T S - 2 2-STORY UNIT I T N U Y R O T S - 2 I T N U Y R O T S - 2 3612 GOVALLE DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST 3612 GOVALLE V‐006 10/23/2020 E-2/7-PRESENTATION DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 FRONT OF 3612 GOVALLE AVE. 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST EXISTING PHOTOS V‐100 10/23/2020 E-2/8-PRESENTATION 3612 GOVALLE AVE CONTEXT: ‐ BOTH NEIGHBORS HAVE 2‐STORY UNITS IN THE REAR OF PROPERTY ‐ PROPERTY HAS GENEROUS MATURE TREE COVERAGE ‐ PROPOSED SCHEMATIC MASSING MATCHES GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD BY KEEPING ONE‐STORY UNIT AT STREETFRONT 2-STORY UNIT 2-STORY UNIT 3612 GOVALLE 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST PROPOSED CONTEXT V‐200 10/23/20 DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 E-2/9-PRESENTATION 15.5" CHINABERRY SETBACK N 20°41'49"E 120.00' 21.75" PECAN 17.5" LIGUSTRUM PROPOSED REMODEL EXIST. 680 SQFT + 150 SQFT ADDTION (~950 SQFT) 1-STORY WOOD STRUCTURE 5' SIDE SETBACK LAWN TREE REMOVED PER PERMIT 2020‐115059 TP WALK PROPOSED ADU: 2-STORY NEW CONSTRUCTION (~2,000 SQFT) S 6 9 ° ' 4 7 1 7 " E 6 1 7 6 . 1 0 ' R E A R S E T B A C K LAWN 20.5" CEDAR LAWN WALK EXISTING DRIVE TO REMAIN 2 5 ' I M C M A N S O N B U L D L N E I I F R O N T S E T B A C K / ' N 6 9 ° 4 1 0 4 " W 6 1 2 0 . ' N 17.75" PECAN 23.5" PECAN 5' SIDE SETBACK S 20°57'58"W 120.12' 10.5" CEDAR ELM 40' - 0" TENT #2 25' - 0" McMANSION BUILD LINE 40' - 0" TENT #1 DRAWINGS NOT INTENDED FOR BIDDING, PERMITTING, OR CONSTRUCTION. TENT #3 E.O. NEW WALL ON EXIST. UNIT E.O. NEW ROOF ABOVE E.O. TREE CANOPY ABOVE DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST PROPOSED SITE PLAN V‐201 10/23/2020 E-2/10-PRESENTATION 135.0° (PROPOSED ADU) UNIT B (PROPOSED) RENOVATED UNIT " 2 - ' 1 5.0° 3 1 (PROPOSED) RENOVATED 3612 GOVALLE AVENUE " 0 - ' 7 1 " 0 - ' 5 1 T.O. 2ND FLOOR UNIT B 936' ‐ 9 5/8" T.O. ROOF UNIT A (EXIST.) 931' ‐ 11 1/4" T.O. PLATE UNIT A (EXIST.) 924' ‐ 9 5/8" FF UNIT A 916' ‐ 9 5/8" FF01 UNIT B 915' ‐ 9 7/8" THIS ELEVATION IS MEANT TO CONVEY THE IMPORTANT CHARACTER ELEMENTS TO REMAIN THROUGHOUT RENOVATION: SCALE (HEIGHT, WIDTH, ROOF SLOPE), SITE PLACEMENT, MATERIALS, ETC, ALL OF WHICH PRESERVE A SENSE OF PLACE AND BUILDING. WE HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER THAT DOOR LOCATION DOES NOT SUPERSEDE OR RULE OUT THE ENTIRETY OF ALL OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. (PROPOSED) RENOVATED UNIT DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 DRAWINGS NOT INTENDED FOR BIDDING, PERMITTING, OR CONSTRUCTION. 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST FRONT ELEVATION V‐202 10/23/2020 E-2/11-PRESENTATION 3610 GOVALLE AVE 3614 GOVALLE AVE DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST NEIGHBORING YARDS V‐203 10/23/2020 E-2/12-PRESENTATION DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST SUPPORT V‐300 10/23/2020 E-2/13-PRESENTATION DROPHOUSE DESIGN 444 E ST ELMO UNIT A2 AUSTIN, TX 78741 512.425.0024 3612 GOVALLE AVE: VARIANCE REQUEST SUPPORT V‐301 10/23/2020 E-2/14-PRESENTATION