Project Three: Final Submission

The basis of my design for this project is centred on an examination of the standard architectural order which exists in the surrounding terraces and residential units of the Potts Point area. Through the numerous site visits I identified that all the surround architecture follows the same set of principles, for example defining the front facade as a direct parallel to the street it fronts, and the boundaries as perpendicular extensions of the street. Considering these principles I began to further consider the manner in which such manages the separation between public and private spaces. Following these principles I discovered that such spaces are managed very directly through simply a vertical facade, which sharply distinguishes the public and private spaces. 

Therefore I intended through this project to manipulate such principles and standard architectural notions to inturn consider how the distinction between public and private spaces are able to be blurred. Further by defining the two clients as an extrovert and an introvert, the manner in which the overall architectural form may blur their coexistence via a communal garden, while further reflecting their state of existence through the creation of relative spaces. 

My design thus consists of numerous interconnecting curves which upon the facade blurs the distinction between public and private space. Such occurs through the creation of depth further enhanced through the manipulation of light and shadow over the surface of the numerous curvilinear planes. This notion and manipulation of standard architectural order is furthered throughout the design, allowing the public gallery to coexist within a private residence for example as the occupant moves directly through the gallery while remain detached. Curvilinear planes further allow a continuity of space to exist within the internal form.  For example within secondary house at the rear, the central living spaces appear openly defined, however remain functionally separated. The following collection of drawings beneath portrays my design in further detail.

Project Three: Week One - Statement

This week my progress has been based on conceptual form finding and visualisation, as I have begun to explore the manner in which the contortion of an external form defines the internal space, expanding to consider over numerous levels. Further, comparing a complex and yet controlled form against the linear framing of the site. I have begun also to consider how an architectural installation within this context, could defy the standards of architecture (hence front and rear facade with a body) to suggest a form of continuity, providing a single form which extends throughout the site, while defining individual spaces through the contortion of the responders perception.

Project Three: Week Two - Precedent Studies

Study One: Zaha Hadid – Contemporary Arts Centre (Cincinnati, Ohio)

The image above presents an interesting play of form over the facade of a structure, forming unique spaces internally as a result. Further leading to a unique division and proportional relationship of glazing, resulting a framed perception of external frame of view.

 Study Two: Itiquira House (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

The collection of images above begins present my consideration of the material pallet of the proposal hence, combining rusted iron, with stone and clean white surfaces. The result is an interesting play of light, comparing the harshness of the iron with the softness of the white, together enhancing the form.

Project Three: Week Two - Sketches

Within the series of sketches above, drawn both at the site visit and home, I have begun explore the surrounding context in both elevation and section. Identifying the manner in which the landscape has been adjusted to accommodate structures placed upon it, and the manner in which the internal section of the current structure responds. Further, I have begun to explore the division which exists in the current architecture, hence a front and rear facade, with an internal body. Thus there is no continuity through the architecture. Finally, I have begun to look at a possible landscape, hence gradual stepping, to provide an external space of a functional height shift.

Project Three: Week One - Initial Intent Statement

The initial intent I am looking at for project three consists of a proposal which itself works as an artificial art installation within a greater urban fabric. An installation which blurs internal and external spaces through interconnecting curvilinear forms, thus allowing multiple spaces to exist individually defined, let at the same time not. Providing a continuity of space between the internal and external dimensions, thus allowing the standard hierarchy of human interactions to be contorted directly through the architectural form.

Project Three: Week One - Precedent Studies

Study One: Herzog and de Meuron ‘Signal Box’ –

This project located in Basel, is an interesting project as it explores a linear facade strategy which appears, at the correct angle almost curvilinear. Such is achieved through layering, hence the layering of elements together allows the contortion of the responder’s perception. 

Study Two: Frank Gehry ‘Walt Disney Concert Hall’ –

The interior image presented above portrays the curvilinear notion of individual interconnecting elements which I am looking to achieve. A notion which blurs the extension of the space, allowing a continuity to exist internally, which suggests an undefined connection to the exterior space.

Project Three: Week One - Concept Sketches

The collections of sketches above have been intentionally left un-noted in order to enhance the curvilinear form portrayed. The series of sketches presents my initial concept of a proposal;  one which is based upon numerous interconnecting curvilinear segments. Segments which define a unique interplay of spaces, blurring the definition of where space begins and ends between the interior and exterior, thus blurring the transition between the two.