okay. i've begun to develop my basement idea further and the following pictures should begin to paint a clearer picture of the progress i've made since this morning.

obviously an unrealistic section of the earth, but still should convey the motion of depth especially in the z-direction. the slope of the driveway down to the basement was a central theme of the design process and the retaining wall followed in conjunction with that idea formation.

this is a human's perspective at the 6' mark of what it would be like to stand in the driveway looking up towards the road.

materials usually are chosen last, but i cannot help but select particular materials because i love to finish pieces of the house while designing other pieces. i'm a bit of a multi-tasker.