Project 2 - final submission

Week 10&11

Week 9

In terms of interior spatial arrangement I have learnt that drawing in furniture really helps. Some thoughts have been given to the project's relation to the site and surrounding buildings. Since the site is steeply sloped, I have decided to excavate into the cliff, creating a kind of cave like storage space that does not require much lighting.

Week 8

Writing out my own brief:

• the house is for an art collector and photographer
• the houses are separate to keep privacy but the garden is a shared space, both for the residents and the public
• the quality of light and how city views should be framed should be carefully considered to reflect my analysis of the Bordeaux house

Project 1 Submission

Week 4

Continued opening studies

Week 3

Some thoughts on part b) of this project:

• Circulation - this can be divided into a few subcategories, such as the children's, guests and the father's circulating routes, or circular/linear movements.
• Materials - The housekeeper says that the house is "all grey", however the house and its surroundings contain a rich range of materials, including glass, aluminium, steel, concrete and timber floorboards that create a diverse but modest colour plane. There is even the immateriality of the first level which creates an illusion of a floating top level.
• Psychology - the father is in control of the elevator platform, giving him ultimate control of the house. It can be said that the design of the house reflect some extent of male domination.
• Openings - the manipulation of openings in the house not only influences the views but also the lighting.

Rough plans of the part of the house I am going to model

Some opening studies