APRIL 2014. THE HARD PART ABOUT BUILDING IN THE JUNGLE, THERE ARE NO REFERENCE POINTS. TRANSFERING AN OFF AXIS BUILDING FLOOR PLAN ONTO A NATURALLY SLOPED HEAVILY WOODED LOT WITH NO FIXED POINTS OTHER THAN TREES AND ROCKS WAS NO SIMPLE TASK. FORTUNATELY THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME AROUND THE BLOCK FOR BRYAN ALLEN CONSTRUCTION AND THEY GOT IT DONE. SUDDENLY THE JUNGLE WAS INVADED BY STRINGS. ALL WE WERE MISSING WAS CATHERINE ZETA-JONES IN A JUMP SUIT AND WE HAD THE SCREEN SET SEQUAL TO THE MOVIE ENTRAPMENT?
SIDENOTE 1: ALL OF OUR BATTER BOARDS AND FORM WOOD WAS CONSTRUCTED FROM RECLAIMED LUMBER. NO NEW LUMBER WAS USED TO LAYOUT THIS LIVING BUILDING. THIS IS A PERFECT USE FOR THOSE SHORT, CROOKED TERMITE EATEN BOARDS SITTING AROUND UNDER YOUR HOUSE.
SIDENOTE 2: MY DILIGENT DOG HOLYFIELD (A.K.A. MUSHU) MADE SURE TO KEEP LEAD BAC CARPENTER, IAN SHEA, ON THIS TOES ON A DAILY BASIS. I NEEDED A JOB SUPERINTENDENT TO ENFORCE SOME QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES WHILE I WAS AT WORK. AFTER ALL, WHILE ALL THIS IS GOING ON IN THE FOREST, I STILL HAVE A DAY JOB TO ATTEND TO. AHH, THE LIFE OF AN ASPIRING ARCHITECT.
