Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Development Process for Domus













Initial ideas


As i mentioned previously, our main inspiration for the house has come through the local culture of the aboriginal people and their respect and linkage to the land that they vehemently respect. Quite early on we came up with the idea of using the symbolism of a snake with the circle representing a meeting place and the lines radiating of it representing a journey, in our
dwelling.

As can be seen above we initially conceived an idea of separate po0ds, connected by a walkway with a central living dining, however we quickly searched for alternatives, as separate pods did not allow for ventilation and cooling systems.

Refinement of Ideas















One of our main aims was to create an organic looking structure, that appeared free flowing and possessed a sence of movement. It was also important that from aerial perspective it made a dramatic impact. The rooms were quite difficult to create of the curve we had created so we came up with the system of radiating the rooms of a circle, hence each room is derived from the same shape and has a meaningful form.












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