Remarks by Jose L. Gomez
78 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“You added some really beautiful details.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“And I don't see those details anymore. truly happening. You see this, especially when you have these folding doors, you're not gonna get this. And I know that this is doable. You could do it if you wanted to. There's plenty of houses, I'm sure you've seen some of the, especially out on the West Coast, with a very, very reflective glass, and you just see a system that is very, very narrow, and you can get this. This, what we're seeing here, those folding doors are not going to give you that. So there's a number of details that I find that we need to see, a cross-section to show you how that…”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“So today, I love the project. And I would be tempted to say, you know, go for it. But I think there's a lot of things missing that, you know, just like Rinaldo said, I I would love to see those details. I'd love to see something more realistic, more 3D views, perhaps one for each corner, so that then you can really tell. It was difficult to understand, I believe it's your north elevation. It's very difficult to understand the north elevation. Even with good drawings and a good screen and so on, you try to see it. So, to me... I love the design, but I think it's lacking a little more…”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“I'm just concerned that this incredible house, because I think it's incredible. I think it's great. I especially love those details, like when you zoom in there and you see that the way the glass is being kind of levered out about, you know, a couple of feet.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“And then when they move through, how do they do that? And then I look at the detail that you provided, and it's not that. It's actually a little six-inch reveal at the bottom. Right. So those are, you know, it's amazing that you see that glass box that is sort of floating. It's not even touching the slab on the top and in the bottom.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 36:29
“Which is fantastic. The typical detail is bring the glass from floor to ceiling.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Those details are what makes this house special. But I want to be able to see that, yes, you're, you know, at the end, this house will look like that because I'm all for it. I love to see that house built. But if it's going to be built and it's not going to look like this, then what are we approving? What am I excited about? So I, you know, to me, it needs a little more attention to the detail. Not really technically. You don't need to come with shop drawings on how you built this because I think we know that all those products have NOA. The problem is drawing those products into the real…”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Right. Have you worked yet with the structural engineer?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“The reason I'm bringing it up, just you have a house that is, I don't know, 100 feet by 100 feet. It's a very large house.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“And you have a donut cut out in the center. Right. And I don't see columns inside the house. And I'm like. Again, I'm nitpicking, but I want to make sure, I really love the project. I wish I could say, go for it today. But on the other side, I'm feeling like, come on, if we tell them go for it, we're going to see one of those houses that we approve all the time, and later on they're like a total disappointment. And I think this one has incredible potential. If you could just look at it a little further and and refine it a little bit and tell us, yes, this is how it would work, I feel very…”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“What's with the curved pieces by the entrance? They appear in some drawings and in others they don't. You see those half moon right by the door?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Let me ask you another one. It was really the first thing that I noticed when I was reviewing the house. Sure. And you have these three layers, this system, the folding doors, the sliding doors, and your railing, which is a lot.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“So to me, the way I read it, and correct me if I'm wrong, is that your folding door system has no NOA possible. to cover this, and then you have to put a sliding door inside. Because why would you put folding doors if you already have sliding glass doors?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Then I'm not understanding why the sliding glass door. Because if you have NOAs with the folding doors, right, when you have it closed, you're protecting the house.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“When you open it up, means that you have to open your sliding glass doors.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 43:29
“So now you have to open a completely – I don't understand the rationale.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 43:56
“But in this case, they're not louvers. It's glass. It's the same.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“What I'm saying is, you know, I'm being, now I'm being a little subjective because if they want to put five layers, that's up to them, right? So, but it just, I don't find the rationale because you have folding doors. If your folding doors have NOA, you open it or you close them. That's what they're meant for. Right. Their sliding glass door,”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“I don't think that's something that is going to go against you. Because if you want to have five layers, as I said before, of course, that's up to you guys. So it's not going to change the way I think about the house. Because then that's just how you're building the house. We're concerned about the look of the design, right?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Just by looking at it, just getting a sense of it, it looks like it's less than 30% of the floor below. And that's what the Florida Building Code will consider. And if it goes above 30%, but I'm just looking at it, they do the math.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“So it might very well be a mezzanine, and if it's a mezzanine, you have all the right. It's not a three-story home.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“To me, as long as it meets the 30%, and that's your baby. That's what we need.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“If your soil is here and the water is here, this is coming.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“The sun comes out of the east, sets on the west. That's pretty good. Always in a solidly direction. So your house is the one that will create a shadow. Air property.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Well, I just want to make sure that a – A clear section is cut north-south and east-west so that we can really tell what's going on with the mezzanine, what goes above your elevator. You most likely are going to have an elevator over right. You're showing the equipment, but I'm not sure about... I didn't see the elevator over right, and I think in the section you would clearly show that. So if you could cut one north-south and one east-west, really would go a long way. And then the little details that you might think or someone might think are small are very powerful to your design. So if you…”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025