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We finally settled on this design, which I thought solved several problems, part of which was to accommodate a bed and breakfast that Mama had wanted. Our school offers courses on Hotel and Restaurant Management and Mama was thinking of putting up a lodging place for students to put to practice what they've learned. My concern would be the security of the private space that Mama and her household would occupy. So this design is very similar to the old house wherein the residential space is located at the second floor, with the commercial space on the ground floor. Of course, part of the brief was to have a modernist looking structure, which I think was achieved in this design. Another element requested by Mama was a roofdeck.
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