Thursday, April 8, 2010
Final Drawings
The main Parti of the house is the alternating interior and exterior spaces that run along the central spine of the building.
The complex interior-exterior relationship within the house creates other contrast with in the house, the main ones being the contrast of freedom but control, openness but enclosure and simplicity but complexity. The supporting parti diagrams show this, the first shows how the simple circulation is also complex, it provides freedom for the user to chose from many paths but it is still controlling in that eventually you will end up on the main central path. The second diagram shows the massing and program of the building, how the interior-exterior relationship is used to create public, semi-public and private spaces through the building. The third diagram shows the funnel effect of circulation through the building, showing how the alternating interior and exterior spaces can create feelings of freedom and control through expanding and contracting spaces. The fourth diagram shows the structure of the building as well as the visibility from Bawa's office and the freedom and control this would give him in using the building
The plan poches show the central spine through the building the way that light through spine would keep people moving through it. It also shows the subtle transition between interio and exterior spaces and the way in which the courtyards are open spaces but they still free enclosed due to the surrounding walls and the trees.
The section poche shows the central spine of the building, how it would feel moving through the spine with the changing light and enclosure.
The short section poches show what it would be like looking from the central courtyard to the third building, again the idea of enclosure even though it is an open courtyard. The second section shows the view from Bawa's office out to the back courtyard, this courtyard in particular emphasis' the idea of enclosure but openness as it is a very open space in plan but due to the trees and boundary wall it actually feels very enclosed.
Week 3
Week 3 I continued to develop the main ideas that I had about the house; the interior exterior relationship, the freedon but control and the simplicity but minimalism.
The image above shows some partis that I worked on to show the freedom and control of the house the way in which the spaces expand and contract creating feelings of freedom and control as you move through the central spine. The bottom drawing shows the visibility from Bawa's office, the design of the house allowed him to see through most of the house and to escape through the side pathway if someone came that he didnt want to see.
Again I worked on my poche, however still just looking at how the light would appear in the house, after finallising my parti for the final week I looked more at the essence of the house.
I again looked at different ways of representing ideas and using different mediums. I included the trees in this version of the alternating interior and exteriors spaces parti but decided to leave it out of the final one as they are included in the poches and it took away from the main focus of the parti the contrasting spaces.
The image above shows some partis that I worked on to show the freedom and control of the house the way in which the spaces expand and contract creating feelings of freedom and control as you move through the central spine. The bottom drawing shows the visibility from Bawa's office, the design of the house allowed him to see through most of the house and to escape through the side pathway if someone came that he didnt want to see.
Again I worked on my poche, however still just looking at how the light would appear in the house, after finallising my parti for the final week I looked more at the essence of the house.
I again looked at different ways of representing ideas and using different mediums. I included the trees in this version of the alternating interior and exteriors spaces parti but decided to leave it out of the final one as they are included in the poches and it took away from the main focus of the parti the contrasting spaces.
Week 2
Week 2 I had more of an understanding of the concepts especially parti, an idea or decision that the architect has made for the house, and how to identify these aspects of the building. The parti that I discovered in the first week still stood out to me as the main ideas behind the house and I worked at refining these and better understanding them. Group discussion during the 2nd studio did however lead me to some more partis which support the main ideas, these can be seen in the week 3 drawings.
The image above was done to further refine the circulation in the house and to decide how to be visually represent the idea that there is a central spine but you can deviate from it.
The image above shows another attempt at a circulation parti, for weeks 2 and 3 my drawings were quite clean and clinical I did this to reflect the simplicity and minimalism of the house (it is however at the same time complex, it is a house of many contrasts), however this is not how partis should be represented, so for my final set I tried to make them more organic and freehand, but still showing the idea of simplicity with complexity.
When working on the drawings for this week I found a hatching that was quite organic and I feel that it reflects the essence of the house through its simplicity but complexity and through its organic nature (reflecting the materials used in the house).
I also experimented with different mediums such as ink to show different ideas in the house however this did not react well with the tracing paper.
I have also included my notes from my consultation during the studio, looking at how to layout the final project.
The image above was done to further refine the circulation in the house and to decide how to be visually represent the idea that there is a central spine but you can deviate from it.
The image above shows another attempt at a circulation parti, for weeks 2 and 3 my drawings were quite clean and clinical I did this to reflect the simplicity and minimalism of the house (it is however at the same time complex, it is a house of many contrasts), however this is not how partis should be represented, so for my final set I tried to make them more organic and freehand, but still showing the idea of simplicity with complexity.
When working on the drawings for this week I found a hatching that was quite organic and I feel that it reflects the essence of the house through its simplicity but complexity and through its organic nature (reflecting the materials used in the house).
I also experimented with different mediums such as ink to show different ideas in the house however this did not react well with the tracing paper.
I have also included my notes from my consultation during the studio, looking at how to layout the final project.
Week 1
Week 1 I was still trying to understand the concepts of Parti and Poche and this is reflected in my drawings. I started by drawing a scale plan and section of the building and then using this as my base to analyse the building. 
This image shows my first attempt at a Parti to show the circulation of the building, showing the main path or central spine of the building and the many diversion that can be taken.
This is one of my original partis I tried to apply the 3 different types of house parti shown in the first lecture to the house looking at the alternating interior space and courtyards and also through a plan at the interconnecting rooms.
I also looked at the massing of the building how to represent this visually.
This image shows my 1:200 section of the building which I used to develop my later partis and one of my poches.
This image shows the interconnecting rooms parti discussed previously as well as the structure of the house and my first attempt at a poche.
This image shows my first attempt at a Parti to show the circulation of the building, showing the main path or central spine of the building and the many diversion that can be taken.
This is one of my original partis I tried to apply the 3 different types of house parti shown in the first lecture to the house looking at the alternating interior space and courtyards and also through a plan at the interconnecting rooms.
I also looked at the massing of the building how to represent this visually.
This image shows my 1:200 section of the building which I used to develop my later partis and one of my poches.
This image shows the interconnecting rooms parti discussed previously as well as the structure of the house and my first attempt at a poche.
Geoffery Bawa: House for Dr Bartholomeusz
The House for Dr Bartholomeusz was built in 1961-1963, shortly before it was completed the Dr decided he no longe wanted the building. Bawa then converted the building into an office for his architectural firm. It was used as an office till the end of the 1980's when Bawa began working more from his home, in 1997 it was rented out and is now a gallery, shop and restaurant.
Bawa used 2 main innovation in his design of the house. Firstly he used polished coconut trunks with granite bases for the columns, he also used half round Portuguese tiles for the roof set on corrugated concrete sheeting. These innovations were ideal for the tropical climate, the columns would take longer to decay in the climate than usual and the roofing provided good insulation whilst still looking good.
The tropical climate was taken into account when designing the house, it is quite open plan with lots of interconnecting rooms providing sufficient ventiliation for the house making air conditioning unnecessary.
The House for Dr Bartholomeusz was built in 1961-1963, shortly before it was completed the Dr decided he no longe wanted the building. Bawa then converted the building into an office for his architectural firm. It was used as an office till the end of the 1980's when Bawa began working more from his home, in 1997 it was rented out and is now a gallery, shop and restaurant.
Bawa used 2 main innovation in his design of the house. Firstly he used polished coconut trunks with granite bases for the columns, he also used half round Portuguese tiles for the roof set on corrugated concrete sheeting. These innovations were ideal for the tropical climate, the columns would take longer to decay in the climate than usual and the roofing provided good insulation whilst still looking good.
The tropical climate was taken into account when designing the house, it is quite open plan with lots of interconnecting rooms providing sufficient ventiliation for the house making air conditioning unnecessary.
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