Here’s some of my work

All these designs have one thing

in common
They all required me to make a decision
about whether my design
would be a good one
for the people
who would live in and use my design
Some Custom Houses
View from Forest - Cripps House Lambertville NJ Louis Sauer Architect
 1st Phase East Elevation

2st Phase East Elevation

2st Phase Entry Section

2nd Phase Bed & Lounge Section

Elevations & Sections – The Cripps House

Lambertville NJ Louis Sauer Architect
View to Lounge & Courtyard – The Hamilton House New Hope PA Louis Sauer Architect
 Site Plan, Elevation & Sections
South Elevation The Hamilton House Mechanic Road, New Hope PA Louis Sauer Architect
Aerial View – The Hamilton House New Hope PA Louis Sauer Architect
Living Room
The Buten House
Nautain Street,
Philadelphia PA
Louis Sauer, Architect
Floor Plans The Buten House Nautain Street, Philadelphia PA Louis Sauer, Architect
GAP
GAP
GAP
My design
GAP
problem
was to fill the
GAP
with a new
townhouse in
Philadelphia’s
Society Hill
neighborhood
 Deck

Deck

Guest Bed

Parent’s Bed

Child’s Bed Play

Deck

Study

Dining Kitchen

Pond Courtyard

Lounge

Recreation Room mechanical

Section - McClennen House 127 Pine Street, Society Hill Philadelphia

Louis Sauer,
Architect
View from living room
past Courtyard to street door

Entry Courtyard

McClennen House
127 Pine Street, Society Hill Philadelphia
Louis
Sauer, Architect
Front Facade - McClennen House
127 Pine Street, Society Hill Philadelphia
Louis Sauer, Architect
If the front facade is the ‘front’ because
it faces a public
street -

What should the inside of a house look like ?

Entry Courtyard
McClennen House
127 Pine Street, Society Hill
Philadelphia
Louis Sauer, Architect
The Formal Outside Street Facade The Informal Inside Facade

Facades – The McClennen House 127 Pine Street, Society Hill Philadelphia Louis Sauer, Architect
Court in the evening Living Room

McClennen House, 127 Pine Street, Society Hill Philadelphia, Louis Sauer, Architect
View to Living Room from
Study
McClennen House
127 Pine Street, Society Hill Philadelphia
Louis Sauer, Architect
Some Developer Housing
 The developer hires you
tells you what he wants.

He’ll talk about the MARKET for the housing

And specify the number of units and their sizes
You’ll ask him about the people,
the future resident,
how they live and what they like and dislike.

He’ll tell you they are like such and such.

He’ll talk in generalities.
How can you make sure that what the
developer knows is correct?
 The Unknown User
How do you know when. your design
is the one your users will
want
When you are not certain who you are designing for.
 An excellent source
Of knowledge about an unknown user - the future resident -
is to talk with someone who knows them.

Talk with a real estate sales person

That’s what I do
Ask them to tell you what your ‘market’
likes and dislikes about house, a unit.
Find out what they like & dislike
Go to a new development and visit a display house –
or a unit

Look at its architectural characteristics

Outside & Inside
You should look at WHAT goes
 

WHERE, its
 

SIZE, and its

 

QUALITIES
You will know more about
what will make a successful design
than your developer.
It will give you confidence in making design
decisions.
Governors Grove
Middletown CN
Louis Sauer, Architect
Atrium Court Philadelphia, Louis Sauer Architect
 Section

Atrium Court Philadelphia, Louis Sauer Architect

1st Floor Plan

Atrium Court
Pine Street, Philadelphia PA Louis Sauer, Architect
 1
Lots & Walks

2
Structure

3
Unit
Footprints &
Public Openspace

Site Plan
4
Placed on an
existing site

Section / Elevation Diagrams

Pastorius Mews Germantwn Philadelphia Louis Sauer, Architect

Entry Court
Pastorius Mews
Germantown Philadelphia
Louis Sauer, Architect
Model of Pastorius Mews Germantown Philadelphia Louis Sauer, Architect
Pastorius Mews Street View Germantown Philadelphia Louis Sauer, Architect
Building Diagrams Site Plan

Spring Pond Apartments Panted Post NY Louis Sauer, Architect

Spring Pond Apartments Panted Post NY Louis Sauer, Architect
Spring Pond Apartments Panted Post NY Louis Sauer, Architect
 Units’ Entry Doors

Lombard Condos
101-111 Lombard St Society Hill Philadelphia Louis Sauer, Architect
2nd St Townhouses
200 – 210 2nd Street Society Hill Philadelphia
Louis Sauer, Architect
 Lombard Condos
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Society Hill Site Plan Site Plan Diagram

Penns Landing Square 3 Stories low-rise high-density at 124 dwelling units per hectare
Front, Spruce, 2nd & Delancy Streets Society Hill Philadelphia Louis Sauer, Architect
Front Street Facades 8.5 m wide Townhouses Backs of the Front Street Townhouses in the Interior Courtyard

Penns Landing Square Society Hill Philadelphia Louis Sauer, Architect

Site Plan
Site Plan Delancy Street Facades Duplex Floor Plans

Penns Landing Square Society Hill Philadelphia Louis Sauer, Architect

My first low-income social housing.
 Living Room
to
the back

Kitchen
to the front

I designed this plan

because this is the one all my previous clients
wanted
Harmony House Social Housing New Haven CT Louis Sauer Architect
11th & Waverly Streets Philadelphia PA Louis Sauer, Architect
The Frankel Houses
Margate NJ Louis Sauer Architect
 I liked this plan a lot.
But, I wondered if the low income people
– my real clients - would like it?
To be sure,
I asked them
 Kitchen
to the back
Living Room
to the front

This is the plan they wanted.

Harmony House Social Housing New Haven CT Louis Sauer Architect
Why the difference? Harmony House
New Haven CN
Louis Sauer, Architect
 There is a significant symbolic difference
in meanings
between the front and the back of
houses – of all buildings.
What does the ‘front’ of a building mean?
Harmony House
Social Housing
New Haven CT
Louis Sauer Architect
Harmony House Social Housing
New Haven CT Louis Sauer Architect
Some more social housing
Orchard Mews – Social Townhouses 4.47 m (15ft) wide Baltimore MD Louis Sauer Architect
Genesee Plaza
Social Housing
Rochester NY
Louis Sauer, Arch
Grundy Tower - Senior Social
Housing
Bristol PA
Louis Sauer Architect
Here’s one of my larger scale designs
for a new community
The Bois-Franc Site

Montreal
CBD

Bois-Franc Location Plan St Laurent Quebec - Louis Sauer, Urban Designer

Bois-Franc Existing Site St Laurent Quebec - Louis Sauer, Urban Designer
Bois-Franc, Existing Aerial.jpg

View of Bois-Franc Master Plan St Laurent Quebec Louis Sauer, Urban Designer
 Existing

Existing

Park Structure Public – Private Structure

Open Space Structures Bois-Franc St Laurent Quebec Louis Sauer, Urban Designer
 Existing
Bombardier Factory

Bois-Franc
Land Use Plan
St Laurent Quebec
Louis Sauer, Urban Designer
Bois-Franc Model Views St Laurent Quebec - Louis Sauer, Urban Designer
Here’s a design for an urban fountain
Cincinnati City Skyline across the Ohio River Fountain Garage

Concourse Fountain Cincinnati OH Louis Sauer, Architect

 The Ramp

The Lytle
Bridge

Site Plan

Isometric Overview
Concourse Fountain Cincinnati OH Louis Sauer, Architect
Overlooking the Water Canon, Pool, & Garage
Concourse Fountain Cincinnati OH Louis Sauer, Architect
Lytle Bridge Stair, Elevator + Garage Trellis
Concourse Fountain Cincinnati OH Louis Sauer, Architect
 Garage + Trellis

Waterfall Steps+ Trellis

Concourse Fountain Cincinnati OH Louis Sauer, Architect
Opening day 4 July1976 Concourse Fountain Cincinnati OH
Louis Sauer,
Architect
Kids in the Pool
Concourse Fountain
Cincinnati OH
Louis Sauer, Architect
Here’s what it looks like 30 years later in June 2007

Concourse Fountain Cincinnati OH Louis Sauer, Architect

 The Waterfall
Concourse Founta Cincinnati OH Louis Sauer, Architect