Sunday, June 2, 2013
Double House & Garden | Drawings
Below are the collection of updated presentation drawings once feedback had been given in the first submission. The main changes include:
Long Section
- Sections now include surrounding context
- Added Back Elevation (Brougham Street)
- Plans now included surrounding context
1:500 Site Plan
Victoria Street Elevation
Brougham Street Elevation
Long Section
(You will see in this section the void that exists from the bottom floor gallery up through into the public garden. This void not only connects the two spaces physically but is a gentle reminder of the ability of a device to transcend a structure such as the moving platform in the Bordeaux House. Similarly you can see the split level betwen the ground and first floor where the stairs asscend. This has been deliberately added to accentuate the elevational differences in the surrounding contentextural environment. The site is located on an elevational boundary and drop off about 10m towards the back of the site. This variance in elevation continues around the Potts Point region and so i included the split level to highlight this condition.
Bottom Floor: Public Art Gallery
Ground Floor: Art Collector's Dwelling
First Floor: Art Teacher's Dwelling
Three Dimensional Axonometric Representation of each Level
Double House & Garden | Contextural Study
To begin project two, the double house and garden I first conducted a series of elevational studies of the surrounding site i.e. Potts Point. This was to draw on my idea from the previous project surrounding the moving platform in the Bordeaux House (Depiced Below):
Project 1: Moving Platform (Bordeaux House)
Main main idea from project one looked at the ability of the moving platform to transcend a structure and create different space as it does so, both public and private. Furthermore i developed a series of sketches to highlight that although this structure appears simple (i.e. geometry of square platform sitting on round cylinder) it is extremely complex. These are shown below:
From this i took the idea of a complex device containing many integrated parts that work together to perform a larger task or serve a higher purpose. This is very similar to a city such a Potts Point, which contains a series of buildings, people, and places which are all inter-related. The studies of the area are shown below:
Contextural Building Elevations
Original Site Elevations
Site Functions
From this i gathered that various people and businesses are connected at different elevations across Potts Point. They are connected by their location, job and social life. After some consideration i decided to appoint the second person that was to inhabit my building as a local art teacher who works at St Catherines High School located further down Victoria Street. She has the appreication for the art exhibitionists work and viewings and therefore is related to him on a professional level. Furthermore her dwelling (located on the first floor) would house a small studio for her to use as a studio to inspire her year 12 students should they want to come and work on their projects once the school day has concluded.
You can see that each inhabitant is related to one another. This idea is a microcosm of the city as a whole where different people rely on each other both in their personal and professional lives. The students rely on their teacher who is connected to the art collector via their taste in art and similarity in hobbies. Much like the Bordeaux House was centred around the disabled man and his movement up and down the moving platform, this double house and garden is focused on housing those who live, breath and study artwork as a hobby or professionally.
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