Extra 3D renders

Some 3D images have been created as an extra to further communicate the context and the sense of the Newmarket cabin.  

                                                        looking South from outdoor room

                                                        view out from open plan living area

upper platform

                                                      looking North from construction site

                                                          Raised view from South East 

Project 1. Part C. Application

The Newmarket cabin as an Environmental Filter

-       Open plan public area allows for breezes to penetrate throughout the entire house

-       High windows positioned either side of each other allow for heat to be removed (natural ventilation)

-       Walls positioned to block out extreme sun in areas

-       Windows and openings positioned so breezes can be maintained

-       The bifolding door system allows for natural light and wind flow in the open plan living space

-       The outdoor and semi outdoor spaces surround the enclosed private spaces providing insulation in those areas in winter (climatic filter).

 The Newmarket cabin as a Container of Activities

-       The Newmarket cabin is zoned into private and public areas to allow for specific activities

-       Each space has been designed as user specific.

-       Multiuse open plan area allows for flexible space use

-       The design incorporates areas that are a hybrid of interior and exterior space

-       The entire site available excluding offsets  is wall in structure this claiming the maximum amount of space for the client

-       The backyard has been created as the main part or focus of the house      

-         Outdoor living areas encourage outdoor activities   

  

The Newmarket House as a delightful experience

-       The permeable spaces allow a connection with the landscape

-       The aspect of the house faces the most desirable views

-       The outdoor room acts as a safe and private area

-       Wall and barriers have been positioned to create privacy

-       The second level further captures the views facing north

-       The client has his own private outdoor room upstairs which is easily accessible from the lower private area.

Project 1. Part C. Application

Analysis of final design

The first analysis drawing of the design looks at the division of public and private space and entrance areas. It was decided that it was easier to zone these two areas buy creating a separate access for visitors, this is done through a corridor that leads from what I’m calling the front of the house to the back. The private access to the house is at the bedroom. The upstairs open outdoor area is as identified as more private space.  

The second diagram looks at open, closed and semi closed space this is shown through the colours. Green is close, orange is semi open and grey is open. Space type also closely links with public and private areas, the private areas are closed and public more open.

The next looks at breezes and views. As seen in the diagrams on the side of the plan, strategically placed openings and windows have been positioned to allow for natural ventilation whilst blocking views from passing pedestrians. High windows have also been used for the same reasons of privacy. As seen in image two high windows also further allow for natural ventilation. Placing two opposite each other allows heat trapped up at the ceiling to be cooled. The third diagram looks at the main view captured. The area of site the house is on has been raised and the yard area has been lowered. The site is slightly naturally raisin (even know we are supposed to assume it is flat) so this would not be too much of a drastic proposal.         

              

Project 1. Part C. Application

Final Design Hand Drawings

The next few images show some concepts looked at in the second design.

Project 1. Part C. Application

Initial design thoughts

Firstly when designing the cabin, some ideas where generated from the main concepts identified in the exemplar, Newmarket House, these include:

-        Interior space is generated by a larger landscape solution

-       Blurring the line between interior space and exterior 

-       Redefining the backyard, creating it as the main living and recreational area and reducing its ability to facilitate private more activates   

-       Creating obvious public and private zones

-       Designing specifically for the South East Queensland climate   

-       Disconnecting the inhabitants of the house with the public environment but not the house itself.

-       Using barriers and openings to allow for desired views and breezes to be experienced and to block them out in other areas.  

These quick very sketchy drawings look at design ideas mainly linked to zoning space into public and private, creating the backyard as the hub of the house, capturing natural views, privatising the house whilst maintaining essential breezes and views, creating changeable spaces and creating open living and recreation areas for maximum space usage.

The first is a two levelled dwelling that divides the bottom level into a private space and the upper into the public. The bedroom, study and lower outdoor area are private and the kitchen, living, dinning and upper outdoor area are public. The bathroom is a public and private area. What was trying to be achieved in this design was to further recreate the backyard, making it a raised second levelled area.

The second looks at a one levelled idea that that divides users as public and private. This one also looked at the division of zones but was more focused on obtaining breezes and views from its surrounds

Project. 1 Part C. Application

A brief site analysis

The first analysis shows the typical movement around the site these include vehicular and pedestrian. It also shows the direction stronger winds are more likely to come from. The green shading is a estimate about where the main areas of shade would be throughout the day. The second analysis shows the typical Equinox sun pattern for Brisbane. The main areas surrounding the site have been labelled in this image. The site is only the area infront of the construction site, between the path and the row of four trees. (the dashed site barrier may not be visable) hand drawn image over map scale is not important in this analysis.

  

Project. 1 Part C. Application

The site is located in Kelvin Grove in the north of Brisbane. The area is a small parkland area surrounded by highly populated residential apartments, smaller houses and QUT Kelvin Grove campus. On the site there is existing trees lining the borders, a barbeque and a small shelter. Here are some photos.    

Project 1. Part B. Analysis

This diagrammatic drawing looks at access to the house. Private and public enter at different areas, this is showen by the arrows. This further emphases the two zones the house is divided into, which is represented as the green dotted line. Three different kinds of spaces have been identified, these are open, semi open and closed spaces, these are shown through the different line types.

Project 1. Part B. Analysis

This diagram shows the typical sun pattern. The private areas such as the bedroom don’t receive as high levels of afternoon and morning sunlight as the garden room and living areas. A walled area has been positioned on the western end of the house to in summer reduce morning sunlight or in winter capture it. The thin green wavy lines represent wind effects on the structure. It also shows views out from the house.   

Newmarket House interior perspective

                                     looking from the garden room into the covered outdoor area

Newmarket House interior perspective

                                                            looking into the covered outdoor room

Newmarket House hand drawn section

Newmarket House hand drawn elevation (east)

Newmarket House hand drawn site plan

Newmarket House hand drawn plan

Hand drawn images with typed labeling and a slight grey fill, I did this before I knew about the hand writing only specification, hope this isnt a problem. 

Project 1. Part B. Analysis

Newmarket House

                                          The lounge area looking out to the back yard (AIA, 2011)

This project embodies a number of interests of the practise currently being explored in a number of backyard projects: - The development of schemes where interior space is generated by a larger landscape solution. - Concepts of walled landscape and its relationship with interior space planning. - To yield works with modernist sensibilities using humble materials in a crafted architecture. - Reconciling the disengagement between the pre-war Brisbane house and its historic service garden (AIA, 2010)

Newmarket House as an Environmental Filter

-       The open plan living area allows for better airflow throughout the entertaining areas.

-       The permeability of the garden rooms and throughout the house acts as natural ventilation.

-       The garden room acts as a climatic filter, protecting the interior across its depth and harbouring a nest of rooms within (The New Backyard, 2011).

-       Bedrooms and private areas are positioned on the western side of the house so they are protected by the morning sun.  

-       The bifolding door system allows for natural lighting in the open entertaining area and through to the private spaces.

Newmarket House as a container of activities

-       The residence is zoned into obvious public, semi-public and private spaces.

-       Newmarket House is a response to resisting neat or pragmatic distinctions between interior and exterior (The New Backyard, 2011).

-       The design is about extending and amplifying space (The New Backyard, 2011).

-       The Newmarket House looks at reversing the typical sequence of entrance, public space then private.

-       The public and functional areas such as the kitchen and dining areas have a connection with the exterior and surrounding landscape.

-        Owen and Vokes look at creating the backyard as a hidden but public space and the entrance/front of the house as private space. They have done this by designing a direct entrance to the backyard along the side of the house, this allows visitors to bypass the front of the house and go straight to the backyard.

Newmarket House as a delightful experience        

-       The garden room allows views through the open plan living area and further out into the backyard.

-       Interior opens up to exterior this connecting one with the landscape without having to literally venture into the backyard.

-       The outdoor living area gives the feeling of an semi enclosed interior space but in reality it is more of an outdoor space as it cannot be secured as they are  window openings with no glass.

-       The effective division of public and private space allows for the house to be used as to separate zones

-        The viewpoints from the house look onto the natural landscape but block unwanted views such as neighbours.    

References

-The Australian Institute of Architects. 2010. http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20054075 (accessed 11 March, 2011)

- The New Backyard. 2011. http://www.architecturemedia.com/aa/aaissue.php?article=12&issueid=200509&typeon=2 (accessed March 11, 2011)

- Owen and Vokes. Date Unknown. http://www.owenandvokes.com/flash_content/index.html (accessed March 29, 2011) 

Project 1. Part A. Archetype

Balaam House

                                        Garage and entrence (Arkhefeild, 2007)

The Balaam House challenges form and material use, while being inspired by modernist, robust and tactile sources. This riverfront house seeks to engage the city, the river and the passers by through becoming a part of the public realm in an urban environment (Arkhefeild Architects. 2007)

Balaam House as an Environmental Filter

-          The residence captures views to the South and presents a heavily articulated and screened facade to the North and West AIA. 2010).

-          Balaam House responds to external influences such as heat and privacy by having layered design.

-           The design incorporates a ventilation core, this allows follow through ventilation and heat stack effects (Specifier, 2011).

Balaam House as a Container of Activities

-          The swimming pool has been designed as a centre for life in the house, for adults and children alike (Specifier, 2011).

-          Balaam house is a large levelled family home that has been zoned to accommodate the needs of individual users (Arkhefeild Architects. 2007).

-          The residence has been designed through levels in an effective way that can accommodate the needs of a large family.

-          Zoning of spaces gives the resident ownership (AIA, 2010)

-          Balaam house has a large garden area, which allows escape from indoor activities (Specifier, 2011).

-          The internal configuration of stacked children’s rooms to the north and parents’, guests’ and entertaining spaces to the southern riverfront is rationally arranged, but the flow, shaping and interlocking of these spaces has an ever-changing vitality(Specifier, 2011).

Balaam House as a Delightful Experience

-          Different areas throughout the house are symbolically segmented by a shift in materials (Specifier, 2011).

-          Cloaked in Jarrah, the indoor/outdoor living areas are bright and casual, and help to make the vista an integral part of the home (Specifier, 2011).

-          The Balaam House has a modular design, materials change accordingly to the kind of space. From the off-form white concrete of more formal and functional zones, to timber and glass in areas of comfort and relaxation (Specifier, 2011).

References

 -Arkhefeild Architects. 2007. http://www.arkhefield.com.au/projectdetail.php?id=109&cat=4 (accessed March 11, 2011)

-AIA. 2010. http://www.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=2007040378 (accessed March 25, 2011)

- Specifier. 2011. http://www.specifier.com.au/projects/residential/34917/Balaam-Residence.html (accessed March 25, 2011)