Snout House Reflections

The snout house can be connected to other designed structures throughout history in the sense that it creates a facade that is directed toward the point of entry, in other words the driveway. It should be noted that the garage doors are a prominent feature and deviate from the traditional form of actual entrance into the house via doorway. The garage doors act as an intermediate function exclusively for the members of the house, and visitors are more directed towards the front door. I think it gives a more secure and personalized air about it.

The garage doors taking up most of the houses front exterior looks as though they double as a sort of privacy barrier. Though they are without a doubt within the interior of the house, most of the activity would happen behind the walls of the garage interior. Aside from perhaps ventilation, the miniature windows that sit atop the garage doors seem as though they would be difficult to peer out of or into, defeating the actual purpose of windows.

Throughout history, dwellings have seemed to put an emphasis on the entrance to symbolize prosperity or power, with the snout house, the same attention to this detail is paid in response to the societal rank of the middle class. Wealth is still pronounced, but the middle class is more weighted majority wise, and this is reflective in the snout house.