Site Analysis

Dark spots : Areas with taller buildings
Light spots : Areas with shorter buildings

Project 3 - Initial Thoughts

Initial Thoughts - Doble House + Garden

• Taking the idea of Raumplan Design from Villa Muller
• Seprataing the public, private and semi-private areas
• Considering the surrounding neighbourhood to decide on the number of levels, dimensioninig materiality, programs, shapes and forms, entrance and access to the building, views, etc
• Considering the relationship of the building to the landscape
• Creating different areas in the gallery for displaying different types of artworks
• Using the view of the City in the building
• Using natural light as part of the design
• Considering the role of art in the life of the building

Influences and precedent studies :

• Villa Muller
• Steven Holl's Drawings
• Gordon Matta Clark - Splitting House
• John Wardle - Vineyard House
• The Sculpture Garden - Australian National Gallery
• Japanese Gardens
• Tadao Ando - Azuma House

Drawings + Model

Drawings

Progress Drawings

Patchwork/Maze presentation

Model

Public Spaces - Taller framed cubes

Private Spaces - Shorter closed cubes

Different Spaces

Light and Shade

Basement Level

Entrance Level

Raised Ground Level

First Level

Roof Level

 

3 Strategic Aspects + Inspiration

1. Dimensional and Geometric Systems - Relationship between the detail to the whole

• Relationship of geometry to the patterns of occupation
• Relationship of geometry to domestic activities
• Relationship of Geometry to Dimansion
• Relationship of the small spaces to the whole house
• Relationship of the whole house to the surrounding environment

2. Raumplan Design

• Hierarchy of ceiling heights
• Hierarchy of performance
• Relationship of height to domestic activities
• Relationship of height to function/use
• Relationship of height to form/geometry

3. Public and Private spaces

• Hierarchy of performance
• Hierarchy of program
• Relationship of privacy to height
• Relationship of privacy to performance
• Relationship of privacy to light

Main Ideas :

• Separating each level of Villa Muller and placing them in one horizontal line.
• Showing all the different ceiling heights according to the privacy and function of the spaces.
• Making a relationship between the role of a building to its urban context, and the relationship of each space within the building to the whole.
• Patchwork and maze presentation of hierarchies by using different shades.
• Inspiration by Steven Hall's watercolour drawings.
• Inspiration by Gordon Matta clarck - Split House to photomontage the model using light.

Project 2

Initial Thinking Process

Villa Muller Model

Short Section

 

• Raumplan design
• Different tones of shading are applied for different stepped heights spaces
• The role of light in the building - some rooms are darker and some are lighter

(hand drawn using black pen and pencil)