Assignment 2 Submission

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Week 10: Assignment 2 Brief

The Client (Santiago Calatrava) would like to ensure that the following needs are met by your design:

Rooming list:

1. Master bedroom ( with walk in wardrobe and ensuite)
   = private balcony
2. Minimum two other general bedrooms
   - A bathroom associated with these two bedrooms
   - Must include a bath and seperate shower
   = 3 Bedrooms 2 sons engineers, the other law. with storage spaces
3. Guest bedroom
   = 5th bedroom used by his daughter which has moved out into boarding school
4. A Study/  studio / workshop- For drawing and art projects, music, library etc
   = this room is where calatrava creates his magic in architecture and artworks.
5. Formal living/family room
   - Fireplace
   = Formal living must have fireplace to represent his use of natural elements
      Living main room of the building
6. Formal dining room
   = seperate room relatively close to kitchen
7. informal family area
8. kids play room
9. kitchen
   - Double wall oven
   - 2 bowl sink
   - Island benchtop with free standing range hood
   - Walk-in pantry if possible
   =The kitchen to be the hub of the house
10. WC/Laundry ( sufficient to do washing, ironing, etc inside the room)
11. 2 car garage ( with additional storage space)
    = Internal access

Comments that I will incorporate into my design:

• want a WOW! reaction when visitors enter our home
• lots and lots of natural light - big window, skylights, etc
• want a house that is warm in winter and cool in summer, and inexpensive to run
• ensuite does not need a bath tub, but should have a larger shower, with a waterfall rose and an adjustable rose
• would like a minimum of 8 lineal metres of hanging in the WIR
• Master bedroom should have a view
• king size bed in the master bedroom
• kitchen should be big enough for visitors to hang out in when entertaining
• laundry should be big enough to work in effectively
• would love a home theatre if you can make it fit!
• high ceilings

other comments:

• Santiago likes to go to have a read private time to themselves wine reading etc.
• car collection
• thoughts on the roof structure curved roof in a wave form design.

Site Analysis

Site Analysis

The site address is 5 Wyargine Street, Balmoral. (Mosman). The total site area is 747.9 metres squared. The site is located near coastal surroundings, therefore having a broad community of beach goers, fishermen, boating, picnics etc. The land of the site is slightly on an angle which provide coastal views. The small and short road has a bus route going through with bus stops on the ends of the road which provides easy public transportation. Hunters bay (beach) is within 120m walking distance. All the surrounding buildings and landscape are consistent in design, shape and sizes creating an coastal and friendly environment relative to the Mosman community.

This site is controlled by the Mosman council which our proposed design must stay within the regulations and comply to Mosman council DCP (Development Control Plan) and LEP (Local Environment Plan).

Planning controls:

Zoning: R2 Low density Residential
Floor Space Ratio: 0.5:1
Maximum Building Height: 8.5 metres
Foreshore Building Line: N/A
Setbacks: (The building line from the site boundary)

           Front: Appropriate shape to adjacent buildings, minimum 9 metres away from the street.

           Sides: 1 storey: 900mm, 2 storeys: 1.5m from site boundary.

Excavation: sewage must be 2 m away from sewage.

Views: Coastal views on the East

Sun orientation: North
Sea breeze: East
Hot winds: West
Rain and Storms: South to SouthWest
Maximum wall height: 7.2m above the existing ground level

• Council may allow an aditional storey in attic roof space
• Council may consider pitch roof to extend beyond building height when consistent pitch roof style is an important local character element
• Building should be sited with regard to topographical features minimizing cut & fill and should be sited to preserve existing significant trees, rock formations and other significant vegetation. 
• The minimum landscaped area in percentage of the site is 42.4% ( (747.9 -500)/20 + 30) (msq = meters square) 
• Building on a sloping site that complies with building height control can exceed maximum wall height if it does not obstruct views from neighbouring property 
• Where there is a potential view loss, council may require a maximum building height of less than 8.5m
• General Design criteria: New development should incorporate articulated facade to avoid a bulky appearance and to create proportion consistent witrhin the streetscape.
• New development should be designed to minimize view lost to adjoining and adjacent properties
• Existing established trees which contribute to the amenity of the area and trees listed on council urban forest management register are to be retained and incorporated into the building design 
• Where an existing tree are approved for removal adequate space in the landscape design is to be provided from a re-placement tree(s) 
• When trees are planted as part of development they should not unreasonebly obstruct views from neighbouring properties or public views.
• Vegetation and landscaping should be consistent with the theme of vegetation in the street scape (C). Form part of the overall street scape thus contribute as a unifying element within the street 
• Our site is part of the proposed habitat link which require wildlife friendly garden 
• The landscape design needs to allow visual surveillance of the street. 
• Minimum soil depths for planting on slabs for (A). for ground cover and small shrubs 500mm in height is 400mm depth of soil (B). For medium shrubs up to 1,5m the depth minimum is 650mm. (c). For tall shrubs and small trees up to 5m the depth is 750mm. 
• List of prohibited trees. (DCP pg.46)
• Primary balcony should be located off the main living areas and be sufficient enough to promote indoor/outdoor  living, in this instance a minimum depth of 3m.
• The distance between the building and the front property boundary is minimum 5.5m. Council may consider a single carport in front of the building if a lot requirements are met.

Week 7

Part 1:
Do some research on your selected architect / artist / designer to determine what they might look for in the design of a home for themselves. Can you find any information on family? What about their cultural roots? What can you say about their design style? Think through these and other questions and write up a section on your blog that defines how this person would define their needs and desires in a home.If it is a company you are using as your research topic, treat them as a person...  If there is no family that you can identify, then you are defining a bachelor pad....

Santiago Calatrava was born on 1951 in the Benimamet, near Valencia, Spain. Calatrava is an aristocratic name, passed down from a medieval order of knights. Santiago’s family on both sides was engaged in the agricultural export business, which gave them an international outlook that was rare during the Franco dictatorship.

Part 2:
Put together a brief. Remember that in this document you must define not only what you want (as the client) but why. In this circumstance your brief must be capable of being understood by your architect without you there to explain it, so it should include not only a  list of explanations about room sizes, but also how they will be used, how your family interacts in the home, how you entertain, how you like to work in the kitchen and other general living spaces, etc. A document of this nature will run to at least 4 pages of material combining the lists of spaces and the explanation of those spaces. Also be sure that you explain the architectural style that you want for your home, and include images that help to explain what you are after.

Client
The Client would like the house design to have an artistic, sculptural and abstract look to the building and creating an architectural/structural engineered feeling to the design.

• -          There’s no limits in terms of cost
• -          Abstract and empirical
• -          Art, engineering and architecture
• -          Materials steel metals, concrete and glass.
• -          Zurich, Valencia, new York offices.
• -          Been to paris Switzerland new York
• -          Born Spanish sculptor
• -           urban part of Valencia, Spain
• -          post-graduate course in urbanism.
• -          two books on the vernacular architecture of Valencia and Ibiza
• -          simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.
• -          Building with good circulation, very practical, natural.

Rooms

Master Bedroom with ensuite and walk-in wardrobe
3 Bedroom
Bathroom for bedrooms
Kitchen with island
Dining room
Guest toilet
Family with fireplace
Study/studio /Gallery
Swimming pool
Laundry
3 Garage

PDF

PDF :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dr6ldtft9sybozu/Arch1390-2013.pdf

ANIMATION:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/teus62jovv768l6/3377894Arch1390-2013.mp4

SKETCHUP MODEL:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/smudlobnaagg045/3377894Arch1390-2013.skp

3D VIEWS

PLAN

Ground Floor

1st Floor

2nd Floor

3rd Floor

4th Floor

ELEVATIONS

 West Elevation

North Elevation

 South Elevation

West Elevation

SECTION

LAYOUT

ANIMATION

Object Volume	Width	Length	Height	Volume	Percentage
Box	8m	8m	3m	192m3	21.1%
Pyramid	10m	9m	15m	450m3	49.4%
Sphere	Radius =	4m	*73.033m3 = overlap with pyramid	268.1m3 – 73.033m3 = 195.067m3	29.5%
			Total volume =	837.067m3

Rooms Schedule	Area
Ground Floor Level
Foyer/Corridor	17.4m2
Study/Guest room	14.2m2
Single Garage	19.4m2
Laundry/toilet	5.6m2                                      Total = 56.6m2
1st Floor Level
Kitchen	18.65m2
Dining	18.65m2
Guest toilet	5.9m2
Balcony	7.4m2                                      Total = 50.6m2
2nd Floor Level
Bedroom 2	13.2m2
Bedroom 3	10m2
Children’s bathroom	3m3
Corridor	6.9m2                                      Total = 33.1m2
3rd Floor Level
Living	54.2m2                                    Total = 54.2m2
4th Floor Level
Master bedroom	28.6m2
Ensuite	7.8m2
Walk-in wardrobe	5.9m2                                        Total = 42.3m2
Total Area =	236.8m2

Week 6 - Assignment 1 Submission

Google Sketchup Model : http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ebca7c9a0a54b9eccc9b1393edbcede

Week 5

Presentation boards

3 examples

http://www.alexhogrefe.com/storage/thumbnails/3906413-18449159-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1338240711968

 This poster uses a great sense of colour, minimal use of colour creates a simplistic and elegant look of the prsentation. The overlay of the images used shows different information of the building which is easy to look at and you would know what it is with minimal text used.

http://themogbloggers.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/layout-a.jpg

 The elevations shown is a concept I like to use to portray the envelope of the building, and the perspective model with annotations is a great idea with the information.

http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1200x/ub/ub3ahggbbetxwmlf.jpg

I like the use of colours and the composition of the layers throughout the poster and how the information is put through.

Week 4

Studio Exercise 3
Stage 1

The representation of my building/object is created closely to Santiago Calatrava's architectural work and his ideas. I will be working with concrete, steel and glass the three main materials Santiago he uses. It was difficult to find plans of the Valencia building but I found a cross section of the building which is very useful, showing the circulation and levels of the building which I can implement it to my design.  

More detail images

http://moreaedesign.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/scan00051.jpg?w=700

Stage 2
( Will be posted as soon as possible due to no access to photoshop or other photo editing program. )

Here there is two stages within the complex facing opposite directions and stacked on top of each other, which I have incorporated in my design through the difference in height levels producing more space.

All images in this post: http://www.calatrava.com/#/Selected%20works/Architecture/Valencia%201?mode=english

Week 3

SKETCHUP MODELS

Composition 1#

The 3 Primitives used is a Rectangle, Sphere, and Pyramid.

Inspired by Santiago Calatrava and his use of the human forms.

My design forms the shoulder part of the human body the sphere represents the joinery of the arm to the shoulder.

Composition 2#

This shows what I need to implement into to the object creating a living space.

Week 2

Folded Papers

1#

2# 

These folded papers was inspired by Santiago and his use of line and shapes with white.

Week 1

Free-hand perspective drawings

First weeks task was to free hand sketch a perspective of a building. There was limited information provided within each of the three groups in the class, and we was provided with the elevations and sections only of the building. For the task I found that we had the easiest information to sketch the envelope of the building.
 

Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava is a Spanish Architect, a structural engineer and a sculptor primarily in Switzerland. The Valencia complex is a very interesting building Santiago designs are described as exoskeleton look, smooth curves and lines, simple yet complex and functional all with no budget.

Its interesting to see the use of the colour white which Santiago use in most of his designs, thus creating a simplistic feeling about design. The structural engineer background Santiago has put a lot towards his designs.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20Calatrava.jpg

http://blog.kmpfurniture.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/S1.jpg

http://www.minimalisti.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/how-to-architect-calatrava3.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/326165/calatrava-criticized-for-valencia-complex/