Back-of-napkin sketches for a new barn

Several trips were made to the neighboring barn.  It has given us Barn Envy.  Ken sketched a new barn design:

I elaborated on that sketch:

(I put this sketchup model on the interweb, here: https://sites.google.com/site/mattritzman/test/test2/Ranch_barn.skb?attredirects=0&d=1)

Perhaps the biggest problem with both of our sketches is that they completely disregard the site dimensions.  We need to collect measurements of the barn and its environs.  That will certainly be another blog post down the road.

The Johnson Barn is sagging in many places.

The story goes that Dick built the barn when he was 17.

It has done fairly well considering...

But it is time to start considering a replacement.

We'd love to keep it around to honor his memory, but we fear it may fall over so we're planning to do some extreme renovations.  If you have any ideas for a new barn design, let's collaborate!