Assignment 2

relationship between indoors/outdoors.

The house and yard boundaries encapsulates a square outdoor space, which can be considered as another room of the house.

all the external openings of the main living areas face this central "room", creating a clear relationship between indoors and outdoors.

the relationship between indoors and outdoors can be seen through the effect of natural lighting, applying the principle that greater external opening = greater relationship with outdoors.

with this in mind the relationship between internal/external can be best exhibited through the natural lighting that enters a room.
Internal natural light = greater relationship with outdoors.

Iteration progress:

1 - Identifying the outside space bounded by the horizontal form of the house and vertical constraints of the surrounding birch tree forest:

2 - Using plastic layering on top of floor plan to show density of natural lighting

Outside space defined by surrounding building:

Path of natural light entering through windows on ground floor:

Path of natural light entering through windows on first floor:

3 - A 3D model representing the natural lighting extrusions into internal living areas. The larger the window, the further the natural light carries:

Psychological Relationship between zones:

Looking at the psychological relationships between the different zones of use in the house and the ways these are articulated and developed via the architecture.

I'm choosing to focus on the living area and the over theme of ambiguous space, the spaces only defined by the vertical bamboo poles.

Iteration 1

A look at the ambiguous nature of the main floor space(s), where rooms blend into each other with no sense of direction or passage. Made form balsa and card:

Iteration 2

An accurate model of the living space, representing the specific space which is central to my chosen topic, made form balsa:

Iteration 3

A representation of the concept and overall impression of the ambiguous nature of the living space, making a direct comparison to the undefined nature of the surrounding birch tree forest. Made from card, sticks and glass:

Materiality:

looking at how materiality shapes public and private spaces.

Looking at how different materials imply different occupations of space.

-stone - outdoor spaces
-reflective tiles & glass - public living areas, zones that relate/reflect to other areas, namely the outdoors
-other materials - private, introverted spaces, with minimum connection to other zones

Iterations: