Assignment2 the house for the Santiago Calatrava

The pdf file
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fa84szsi72fs4ki/arch1390%20assignment2.pdf
The sketch up file
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cjy3jg4wavd43s5/34.skp

The brief

The brief 

The internal space 

1.The master bedroom (ensuite and WIR in the master bedroom)

1.1On the top level of the house , should face to the ocean for best ocean/ beach view for the master bedroom.

1.2The master sould have automatic sky windows for the nature light  

1.3The celling should the have space for the air-con

1.4ensuite should next to the ensuite 

2.The two general bedroom (include the separate bathroom)

2.1 the two bedroom also in the top level( the top level should design to be the private space for the client family)

2.2 the two bedroom should face to the west of site ( coz the master bedroom should face to the ocean east of the site)

2.3 between the master and general bedroom should have sitting space or living space for the family.

2.4 the general bedroom use the robe (not walk in)

2.5 the ensuite can be design in the g-bedroom , if the space allow to separate

3.. The study room / guest room

3.1For the client the study room should design in the house but this room can be transform to guest room

3.2 this room could in the F floor or G 

3.3 for the guest room required this room should design the independent bathroom

3.4 for the study room required this room should have nice light environment.(should design face to north)

4.Studio and work shop

4.1 there are two space can be designed to studio and work shop, first the basement of the house or independent small house in the back yard.

4.2 the studio or work shop 

5.Formal living space 

5.1 the Formal living space should in the first floor, 

5.2 the fire place required

5.3 formal living space should near the entrance space .

6.Formal dining room 

6.1 should between the formal living and kitchen 

7. informal area for family 

The informal area to be 3 part 

The outdoor, indoor G level, and first floor 

7.1The G floor

7.1.1Interior area in for family include the casual living space and dining space

7.1.2the casual living space should independent from the formal living space (such as use the wall to slipt formal and informal space

7.1.3the out door space should design for the client family casual living.

7.2the first floor 

7.2.1 the casual living space in first floor design must ensure the circulation between the each room

8.WC/laundry

8.1 the WC and laundry in the first floor for the visitor use

8.2 the laundry/ WC should design near the back yard for easy to use the laundry.

9. kitchen 

9.1 the kitchen near the open space for the air exchange easy.

9.2 should have enough space for the kitchen electrical equipment or cup board.

10. The car garage (for 2 car in the base ment space)

11. The attic for store 

The relationship 

1 independent private space and semi public space and public space for house space.

2 the first floor is the area for the semi pubic space and public space , from the entrance space to the back yard the space should be design form the most public area to the semi pubic area.

3 the second floor is the private space for the family , this area should designed for the casual living required 

4 the house facade can use the mechanics to control the nature light and room temperature.

5 use recircle-able material for the house 

Site Analysis of assignment 2

The site environment analysis

the proposed site in the 5 Wyargine Street Mosman ，this site area about 702 square meters （49X15.9m). the block location surrounding is low density residential area(mostly is private house） ，the block  next to the Wyarine Street. From the site approximately 120 meters to the balmoral beach. the 600 meters from the Mosman CBD area. the nearest public transportation about 100 meters away from the site。

In this site already exsit one storey house building，the basement level is single car garage. the exsit house is brick house in the upper level. neighbour building is private building，opposite building is the apartment builing.

Site Information and Plan control

site address: 5 Wyargine Street Mosman
land area: 702 square meters(49m length 15.9m wide）
zoning type：R2 low density residential area
maximum high of builing：8.5m
storeys available ：3 （include the storye in the attic roof space）
floor space ratio ：0.5
the land size ： about 350 square meter 

The brief of client hose

my architect is the

Santiago Calatrava

 

 

1.use the nature light  

2.the mechanic facade such as the most calatrava's work.

3.the home office and study room for design work and library

4.use the truss or triangl shape for the

5.white architecture always

6.the internal space should spacious

7.the public space nad private space should be clear.

Room list：

master bedroom

study/studio

kitchen

dining room

2 or 3 other bedroom

living room

laundary and toilet

 

For room space

For the private space the master bedroom should have spacious space for house hold. Also the room space at least able to keep  the ensuit and wardrobe.the windows in the bedroom include the master and other bed room should

use glass curtain wall， use the machinery like the Milwaukee Art Museum to control the natural light and home air temperature.

For kitchen and dining room

For the kitchen and dining room should the in the simi-public space， the kitchen can be the open kitchen with the casual dining space plus the formal dining space for the family and guests. the dining space shoul connect the the public space and private space.the windos of the dining room can face to the house garden or siwmming pool because it can make a private space for dining,also able to use the natural light in the lunch time. 

For study or home office space 

Main features for the study and office space is the reading space for the house hold or secondary space for receive guests.It should be in the public space next to the living space. because the calatrava already have a office in the other site. for the house the study and home office should be a space for the private use such as the reading space or a media room. the space for the study and home office can be small space.but the light should as much as possible use of the natural light.such as the dormer + glass curtain wall.

For the living space 

the living space include the two parts the entrance space and living space. the entrance space can be the small space , it also can use the screen or furniture to split that space. the living space should massive and spacious for example 1/3 of the house floor size. the living space can face to the street for easy to access. the living space should use more glass than the bedroom or kitchen room for the natural lighting.

 

For the laundary and toilet 

thr laundary should buid in the prviate space near the bedroom because the laundary alwasy for the house hold private use.the toilet should build in the same area to reduce the pipe cost.

 

Assignment 1 PDF file and sketch up file

PDF file for assignment 1
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B85FJusck1gwRXp0bEpJZ3I1UnM/edit?usp=sharing

sketch up file  file for assignment 1
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B85FJusck1gwZDlQbjFLMzNkOHM/edit?usp=sharing
drop box for zip file
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vzxscqymiafo181/assignment%201.rar

Exercise 3 the presentation board

The Milwaukee Art Museum (Exercise 2)

The wing structure model

every floor plan

main floor plan

the structure of the museum building

 the structure force analysis

Building type

low-rise building

Structural material

concrete 

 

Facade material

concrete 

 

Facade system

exposed structure

 

Architectural style

structural expressionism

 

Height (estimated)

19.44 m 

 

Length

89.31 m 

 

Floors (above ground)

3 

 

Construction start

1997

 

Construction end

2001 

 

Building costs

$121,000,000

 

The house

The assignment1 house design

The assignment 1 request we design a house use the three different Primitives With the floor size and volume size limt.

1. the draft of how to combine the three primitive I choose .At first I chose the cylinder box and sphere， but the sphere in the house design will be waste a lot space so I change the sphere to the wedage.

 The first vison of my design house， the wedage design for the living space ，kitchen space and the car garage in frist level.the cylinder to be the contnect spcae for the first and second level, the box will be second level for master room children room and guest room or study room。

 At first , I want design the whole glass facade in the house ,make it look more modern

 The hose size compare with the people model.the first level roof able to be the bolcony space for the second level，it also is the semi open space for the house hold.

 the cylinder is not only contnect space for the level 1 nad level 2 , but also is a store space or wine cell for the house hold.

 the line is the guide line for the differnt space of the house.

The house design 2.0

 The interior plan of the house

Paper Folading ex2

The first one work
from the wings structure  of the Milwaukee Art Museum , most iconic structure in the this building.
just use the one paper therefore the model is very unsubstantial.

the second work
the second work made from the cut off paper, though is more strong than the first one but lose some detail of the Art Museum .

the final work ( no limtation of material used）
the details is more than the  last two work but I think should use more time to developed.

 The original building the wings of  Art Museum.

 the first and second paper work is made of the one paper, Actually the limitations make me thought about use the simple way to express the original form as I can. but in the third paper work, no limitations . but the final work is not better than the final work. I believe is absolutly is the time problem

Comparative sketching

Comparative sketching EX1

 My process
 step 1 the draft of site plan

In the group 2, we just got few picture of the building and some text description, so my frist step is roughly find the which building in which location.

 step 2 accurate site plan（contrast last site plan）
According to the photo to find buildings location and from of the each building.

 step 4 the section
 according to site plan and photos to make a section of this building.

step 5 from the site plan and section to make the roughly 3d view of building.

Personal Comment:

In the group 2 we just got a few facades photos and some text description about this building. In the process ,find the location of the building and determine the specific shape of building are the easier work in the process.Though the text the description is not very clear suggestions for find the building location but the photo can help we find the more precise lacation.There are two thing is very hard in the sketching that is the detail of the architecture and internal space of the architecture.For the detail aspect , because we have only limited information therefore some place just through guess or reasoning. for example the connection between B C D building. Most detail still different 

between the real building plan or section.

 

In this exercise just through the site plan section or description of the building 

to find the what exactly of the building is really hard．Thoughjust only these 

2D plan we still able to make the scenes of the building，but at same time it cost 

more time to understand what is the designer want to expression.In other words the 

3D view can help the people more easy to understand the design purpose．at same 

time reduce cost and improve efficiency.

Santiago Calatrava the Research Exercise 1: Design Influence

 Santiago Calatrava  Milwaukee Art Museum

Front of the Milwaukee Art Museum 

 Adjustable wings in the Milwaukee Art Museum , this also the famous characteristic in the Milwaukee Art museum.

 when the wing was closed

 when the wings open , the picture also show the main function of the wings the adjust the natural light in enter the building.

Model of Milwaukee Art Museum , except the wing of the museum also we can clearly see the the iconic Calatrava bridge in the front of the Museum .

Internal space of the building , the main hall of the Milwaukee Art Museum in this picture the wings is opening.

This picture shown when the wings are closed. contrast the last picture the main hall is more dark than the lsat picture.


I choose the Santiago Calatrava because the Calatrava not only a famous architect but also he is famous sculptor ans structural engineer.The Calatrava's work different between the other architect is the his engineer’s identity. this make the Calatrava's design more close the "from follow the function". For me the  Milwaukee Art Museum most interesting part is the wing structure. when the architect face to the building lighting issues，the most of architects use the blank space or glass curtain but the Calatrava use the engineer way to slove this problem.Calatrave design use the mechanical structural make the roof of Milwaukee Art Museum not just the a roof ，also make this roof to be a light modulator.In addition the openable structure make this building have different forms. The 3rd,4th and 5th photo show the wing open or closed status . By contrast most architecture is solidified and sculpture，because the architect always use the form to express dynamic feeling in the building , but to be the engineer the Calatrava can use the mechanical way to design the building I believe this is why the Calatrava's work and  Milwaukee Art Museum different other architecture.

pictures reference (from the top to the last)

http://www.travelwisconsin.com/southeast/milwaukee-county

http://www.kahlerslater.com/expertise/retail-mixed-use/milwaukee-art-museum-calatrava-addition

http://www.kahlerslater.com/expertise/retail-mixed-use/milwaukee-art-museum-calatrava-addition

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art_Museum_Milwaukee_Wisconsin_5522.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_Art_Museum.jpg

http://smu.edu/newsinfo/releases/images/m0011s.jpg

http://www.jeremyedmunds.com/?attachment_id=407

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessiemoore/403611416/