[MOC] Row home

[cooper87]

This is the first MOC modular building that I designed since getting back into Lego a few months ago. I tried to design a Dutch row house, sort of inspired by our own house (although we have an extra floor and it's a corner unit, but styling wise). It includes a classic brick wall with big wooden window frames and a wooden beam supporting the roof. The long term idea is to create a couple of similar looking houses to create a row to put in my city. This would be the first one. I haven't designed an interior yet as I find that quite annoying with the software, I'll probably just do that once I've actually built the thing. That's when I'll also put a little more detail on the pavement (such as parked bikes), just need to see how it actually looks once it's built.

What do you guys think? Any ideas/pointers to improve on this?

 

Edited December 11, 2018 by cooper87

[Kristel]

Looks great and I think it will work really well as a row of houses!  The only thing I would suggest is maybe changing the window panes to normal glass and then having brick built curtains instead. 

[peedeejay]

That's a good start!

Besides what Kristel already mentioned I think every floor could be one brick higher. It does look a little cramped.

[cooper87]

57 minutes ago, Kristel said:

Looks great and I think it will work really well as a row of houses!  The only thing I would suggest is maybe changing the window panes to normal glass and then having brick built curtains instead. 

Thanks! They actually are meant to be normal glass, I must've selected the wrong window style in Studio. Thought it looked weird :)

25 minutes ago, peedeejay said:

That's a good start!

Besides what Kristel already mentioned I think every floor could be one brick higher. It does look a little cramped.

Thanks! I'll try adding one brick per level and see what it looks like.

[Agent 86]

Very nice. It looks deceptively simple, but there is a lot of brick built detail in the façade and roof.

[DeanLearner]

Great work! You’ve done well to avoid the temptation to overcomplicate things, and there is a good balance between realism and nice technique.

[cooper87]

Thanks guys! Some very encouraging replies. I was a bit hesitant to post/build this, as I know it doesn't come close to some of the beautiful MOC's posted on this forum, but I guess it's a decent start to a MOC career :)

[supertruper1988]

Looks great! If you do a row of them, it would be cool too see different colors of the masonry bricks and widows to give each a little character. There are also various techniques to make open curtains which could also be great!