Wednesday, September 30, 2009
THUMBNAILS......
From our inspirations we began to design plan views of proposed shapes that fit in with the aboriginal paintings....
EPLORING INITIAL IDEA'S....
REFINEMENT......
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
ARCHITECTURAL INSPIRATION......
GREG BURGESS....Uluru-kata tjuta cultural centre
Greg Burgess’s amazing creation sits in the Uluru National Park, Northern Territory. The building expresses aboriginal culture and interpretive themes.
Burgess’s complex was designed in collaboration with the Aboriginal community. Burgess spent a month with the aboriginal people of the area; together a brief was developed through sketches in the sand of two undulating buildings around a central courtyard.
The building celebrates the culture of the aboriginal Anangu culture through the powerful site in which it sits; the use of sustainable materials and the response to the people and environment.
http://www.gregoryburgessarchitects.com.au/index_home_pro.htm
Greg Burgess’s amazing creation sits in the Uluru National Park, Northern Territory. The building expresses aboriginal culture and interpretive themes.Burgess’s complex was designed in collaboration with the Aboriginal community. Burgess spent a month with the aboriginal people of the area; together a brief was developed through sketches in the sand of two undulating buildings around a central courtyard.
The building celebrates the culture of the aboriginal Anangu culture through the powerful site in which it sits; the use of sustainable materials and the response to the people and environment.
http://www.gregoryburgessarchitects.com.au/index_home_pro.htmThe design is not a predictable design, but an intricate building with bumps and distortions coming from natural forms. The design further captures the qualities of the desert and the aboriginal people; however, the building challenges the experience of the tourist leaving them with an understanding of the place and its people.
Brambuk Living Cultural Centre
GLENN MURCUTT.....Marika-Alderton House
Designed for an Aboriginal woman, the Marika-Alderton House ingeniously adapts to the hot, tropical climate of Australia's Northern Territory.
Because the structure rests on stilts, air circulates underneath and helps cool the floor. Elevating the house also helps keep the living space safe from tidal surges.
There are no glass windows. Instead, Glenn Murcutt used plywood walls, tallow-wood shutters, and corrugated iron roofing. These simple materials, easily assembled from prefabricated units, helped contain construction costs.
Along the long central hall at the Marika-Alderton House, tilting plywood panels can be raised and lowered like awnings. Slatted shutters allow users to adjust the flow of sunlight into the interior space.
There are no glass windows. Instead, Glenn Murcutt used plywood walls, tallow-wood shutters, and corrugated iron roofing. These simple materials, easily assembled from prefabricated units, helped contain construction costs.
Along the long central hall at the Marika-Alderton House, tilting plywood panels can be raised and lowered like awnings. Slatted shutters allow users to adjust the flow of sunlight into the interior space.
Opening and closing like a plant, the house embodies Murcutt's concept of a flexible shelter that exists in harmony with nature's rhythms.OTHER......
INSPIRATION.....
The Western Australian site is in the middle of the desert with barely anything around, so for inspiration we looked to the poeple of the land, the aboriginal communities. We investigated thier stories, what they meant and how they may relate and form a design. Through our research we found some paintings which intrigued us:
Furthermore we researched the symbolism in these paintings:
- A series of concentric circles represent meeting place, campsite or waterhole
- A series of parallel lines represent a journey path, sandhills, a creek or a riverbed
- Two snakes travelling to central meeting place: indicate journeys taken by the people as they travel and stop to create sacred ceremonial sites
This therefore reflects the meaning of this project, design a place for permanent residents and visitors; those on a journey.
We also incorporated a central meeting area in the shape of a circle to reflect this symbolism of a meeting place. So from aerial view our design imitates the paintings we found.
SITE......
Location: Djilimbardi Western Australia
Latitude: 19.05519º S 19º 03' 18.68" S
Longitude: 124.8611º E 124º 51' 40.07" E
Rainfall: 400mm between December and March, therefore flooding issues must be taken into consideration.
Monthly Rainfall and Raindays
Latitude: 19.05519º S 19º 03' 18.68" S
Longitude: 124.8611º E 124º 51' 40.07" E
Rainfall: 400mm between December and March, therefore flooding issues must be taken into consideration.
Monthly Rainfall and Raindays
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/cgi_bin_scripts/map_script_new.cgi?2012
Temperature: average temperature is 32 degrees year round, however it reaches as low as 10 degrees on a winters night.
Monthly Temperature
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/cgi_bin_scripts/map_script_new.cgi?2012
Sun angles: Sun falls 28 degrees south of east in the summer.
Wind: South east winds. The area is also prone to cyclones.
Monday, September 28, 2009
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