PROJECT THREE - DOUBLE HOUSE - SITE ANALYSIS

SIGNIFICANT ADJACENT LANDSCAPES:

The city skyline

The Private Garden Strip

PROJECT THREE - DOUBLE HOUSE - CONCEPT 1

Aerial View
West Elevation
East Elevation

COMMENTS: This 1st concept was strongly linked to Project Two - Conceptual Proposal: Public, Private and Landscape elements with each house as separate entities and landscape linking the 2 built elements horizontally and vertically. It was abandoned in favour of a single built element with the landscape areas integrated into the overall volume.

PROJECT THREE - FINAL CONCEPT PLANS

PROJECT THREE - DOUBLE HOUSE - MODEL

Group Site Model

Victoria Street Facades with Gallery Entry

South Elevation from Neighbouring Private Garden

West Elevation View.

Gallery is double height space within 'solid' section of the building and cafe area roof drops down to give 4m ceiling height. Art Collectorls and Art Curator's apartments on levels below Gallery and Cafe.

PROJECT THREE - DOUBLE HOUSE - MODEL

View of Western facade


View of Southern Facade which presents to neighbouring private garden

West Facade

Cafe in foreground and
Double height space to Gallery area beyond

Entry from Victoria Street

Art Collector's entry to left and Gallery entry Glass facade

steps down to gallary and cafe beyond

Glazed void penetrates all levels of the building

Apartment Interiors

Views into void area

COMPARING ENTRIES OF 5 PRECEDENT STUDIES

Villa Muller 1928-1930 - Discreet facade presence; Small and enclosed space with no visible access to spaces beyond





Villa Savoye 1929-1931 - Open facade presence; Grand and Visible Entry

Villa Mairea 1937-1939 - Discreet facade presence; however once in the entry the space is textually rich and opens up to inter-connecting spaces

Siza House 1976 - 1978 - Discreet facade presence, Confined entry with narrow physical and visible access to interconnecting.

Maison Bordeaux 1995-1998- Driveway entry presents discreet facade presence, however from driveway and entry have a somewhat seemless relationship with the glazed facade incidental. The entry itself is open to interconnecting spaces more akin to Villa Savoye than the other precedent studies.

VILLA MAIREA PROGRAM STUDIES - MODELS

Model of South West conservatory wing.
Winter Garden and Public Area slide out of model
to allow analysis of column grid and free plan shape
of public area.

Column analysis of South West wing.

Columns modelled at 1:10 and to show cladding types which are used in a deliberate system whether the column is in a private or public zone, on the external wall on in the central space.

Plain columns to exterior walls in Winter Garden (white), Library (black)and alongside staircase (black)- that is in private or the obscure public area alongside the staircase.

Columns clad in vertical Birch strips placed on external walls in south west sitting area as singles or in a group of 3 and create a boundary to the sitting area.

Columns with rattan horizontal cladding are placed in the central area on east west axis and each one or group relates to more than one space - for example the central circulation zones and various sitting areas

Proposition Model - A Kit of Volumes

The interlocking volumes packed in a

box represent 3 volumes:

Public Volume

Private Volume

Landscape Volume

When interlocked, the volumes form a cube

although can be manipulated vertically

and horizontally to address specific briefs.