Concept 5: Variation of Concept 4

 Thoughts for development:
- Corridor= a positive development- this is a better expression of the corridor
- Perhaps could lower some pieces to the ground (may be looking a bit top-heavy)
- Scatter five friends on rooftop and then somehow connect?
- Make the light well bigger
- Exaggerate misalignment
- Twist around perhaps
- Everyone has a piece on the lower floor- in order to create an indoor-outdoor connection
- Roof deck access

Concept 4: Breaking the Constraints of the Grid

 

Thoughts for development:

- Make use of higher roof space- fully communal

- Friends space is too block-like: break this up

- Break up the back wall to make it not a solid volume

- Break up all the spaces- connected simply by base?

- Think about what it will be like in section

- Internal spaces are positive

- Make more of deep light well- bigger



Concept Model 3: Grid. Meadow. Pattern

Process

 

Result

 

 

Early attempts at visualising the internal spaces

Thoughts:
- How to reach a middle ground between concept 2 and 3?
- Strive to work with spaces as complete volumes

Concept Model 2

Thinking

 

 Concept Model

Concept model 1

 

Key:
Red= Common space
Blue= Five friends
Green= Multi-generational family
Pink= Nuclear family
Yellow= Retired space

Thoughts:
- Roof serves as an outdoor deck space
- Retired couple have their own roof garden
- Children of nuclear family have wildflower playing space
- How do I provide each family with enough privacy?

Relationship to ideals:
- Space- making use of the roof, giving occupants their own space
- Privacy- High roof deck, playing in backyard, privacy from others (own spaces)
- Indoor-outdoor- sliding doors on lower level, glass, light funnels? Internal courtyards of wildflowers
- View- roof viewing, windows (over backyard), height

Briefing Diagram

Spaces required by client groups and those which relate:

Diarama: My Ideal Home

Conceptual Models- Readings

Reading 1 Conceptual Model

 

Reading 2 Conceptual Model

Reading 3 Conceptual Model

 

 Reading 4 Conceptual Model

 

Reading 5 Conceptual Model

 

 

Historical Research: previously held version of the New Zealand home

Model 1:

Villa c. 1860-1910
 

 

Model 2:

Adair House, Group Architects, 1951

 
Model 2:

Drift Bay House, Kerr Ritchie Architects, Queenstown, 2007