This project is for a new 2 car detached Garage with Guest Rooms for a Main House on the Waterfront on San Juan Island on a sloping site.
It is always challenging to s=design on a slope and to figure out the access to each floor. In this case, exterior stairs save space inside form being taken up.
The site slopes in 2 directions, so this uphill side will need retaining walls.
This will be the view that most people see, as the site is surrounded with tall fir trees in a forest setting. This design matches the Main House which has a steep roof pitch, but the added shed dormers are needed on the 2nd floor in order that the new structure does not over-whelm the Main House in scale.