Project 2 - Domus ( Elevations Render )

Rendered Elevations for the Domus - W.A

Before(Initial Design)


After(Test&Refined)

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Project 2 - Domus ( Thumbnails/Sketches of Ideas)

Here are the thumbnails and diagrams during the development of Domus - W.A



Site Orientation, Passive Cooling Modes, Water Collection(Roof Form)


Space Planning, Plan Layout, 3D representation of idea.

Test and Refinment of Domus

After our review of the Kajura house, we were given another perspective and constructive criticism on what needed to be altered/ changed to benefit the design. Our main criticism was that there were too many jaggered lines conflicting with the curved spine of the building, rooms were not functional, and that the central living space did not flow with the rest of the design, hence we aimed eradicate these problems.




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Our main aim was to create a more organic and free flowing dwelling that fully embraced the curve and strayed away from awkward angles, that were not functional. Our first change saw the rammed earth wall transform from a solid and domineering figure to a wall that emerged from the earth embracing the ideas of the aborigional people and their beliefs that life connects to the land and grows from it. As mentioned previously the lines represented a journey, hence we made our balcony rise from the earth like the wall to create a journey and to help reiterate that this is not an alien form but a structure that grows from the earth.

We also acknowledged that the decking area and its form was totally fighting the naturalness of the curved wall, hence we decided to reflect the outer earth wall and make that our deck with the roof similarly following that shape, giving it a much more flowing quality. The kitchen area was also a problem where the rammed earth wall from the exterior appeared to be not smooth. it was also mentioned that our greenhouse looked like an afterthought so killing two birds with the one stone we took the greenhouse and placed it outside the kitchen creating a much more flowinng and functional space. The garden is outside but is heavily shaded by both the roof of the kitchen and by an exterior light barrier, blocking some of the suns rays. Through these small changes we dramatically enhanced the design and aesthetics of the Kajura house, moving back to our origional concept of a natural, organic house.

MINIMA 2009

MINIMA 2009

And the model...............................

Test and Refine Final!!!!

This is our final presentation posters for our Test and Refine project!

We tried to fix our mistakes by making the building flow as natural as possible with all aspects of the building have a sense of meaning.
Our aim was to try an make it seem as if the building was growing out of the ground at the same time keeping the original ideas and concepts which we got from the Aboriginal art work.
On a personal note I think it looks ten times better than what it used to, it just looks more organic, as in Frank Lloyd Wright Organic.

TEST AND REFINE!!!!!

After getting slammed by the panel it was back to the drawing board to try and fix our design!
The panel new what we were trying to do, but just thought that we had not delivered what we initially thought.
For example the curves clashed with the straight edges and the earth wall did not diminish in a sense, as in it had a starting point and just finished in a very displeasing way.

DOMUS MODEL!!!!!

This is the domus model which the girls in the group put their hard effort into.

The final page of our Domus presentation!!!!

The third presentation presentation of our Domus design!!!

Second presentation page for our Domus design!!!!!

This is the 1st presentation page of DOMUS!!!!!!

Our design process was a draining but a fun process. It was great to see that every one had ideas, and we tried to incorporate all of them into the design.
The most difficult part of the design was trying to give purpose and a meaning to everything as in a reason, which was difficult however I think we accomplished this well.

Using the ideas of Aboriginal art we decided to use these specific aspects which were, the centre piece being a communal place, hence a circle/ meeting place and the areas where people would be staying were the paths/ lines which led to the meeting place.

We all went our own way to try an come up with ideas on our Domus design. Every one had great initiative with the research that was conducted.
With all the ideas we all agreed and loved the thought process with Alices concept.
We took this initial idea and literally ran with it adding in our own flare as time went on.

When it came to our initial design of Domus, our main aim our ideas came from Aboriginal art and dream time stories.
Looking at specific paintings from that area we found beautiful images such as this one, and our design started taking shape from there.
We found out that within Aboriginal art work, lines were meant as a journey/ path and circles were considered as a meeting a place, a place of importance.

I also did the cooling calculations, and it was quite interesting because the earth wall which we decided to use brings down the peak cooling low to a very minimal amount, which in the climate which we had to design is real positive.

This is the water usage report which I did for the Domus Test and Refine. Using the critical data/ information I had collected for SRT 257 report I was able to make assumptions and predictions to the amount of water which would be used by the permanent residents and visitors and also the amount/ size water tanks which would be needed.
Un-believeable an individual person wast 331L of water per day!!!!!

MINIMA

TEST & REFINE

After our Domus critic, we decided to harness all our feedback in order to optimise our design. We aimed to make our house appear more unified. To do this, we created a more circular decking which swept between the permanent and temporary residential areas. Furthermore, we decided to inverse our central roof, which we placed over our re-designed communinal living area/kitchen. This area was now properly shaded by a adjustable screen, which followed the circular rim. We then replicated the shading lourves which were previously just on the permanent resident side for the temporary residence as well, lowering the hierarchy.
The western shade wall was removed and lourves were placed all along this side of the temporary residents to ensure it was properly shaded (proved by the shading diagrams). To signal an entry, we emulated the circle that the deck was creating via a rammed earth, scultural wall, which was enhanced with local shrubbery. Here are some images demonstrating the changes.

The final design 2

The initial design is above, as you can see we have made it more organic and free flowing





Less sharp edges
ellongate rammed earth wall which grows from the ground
more precise and even room shapes and dimensions






Below shows the more organic front elevation

Model refinement

The model need refinement, not the entire structure but just little things.

• a more organice free flowing structure
• less jaggered roof
• different materials
• and dimentions of rooms
  

The final design