Sunday, 25 September 2011

WK 10 STUDIO - Photo Montage

WK 10 Research and Case Study of chosen Architect + 250 words

Upon determining my re-invention of the holman house and following the discussion with Matt (Tutor), I have decided to use 2 architectural design inspirations from different firms that will amalgamate my overall design. 

1. The first integration is the Ironbank building by RTA group  based in NZ utilising an unstructured and unprecedented approach to arranging building blocks on top of another (see below).


IRONBANK by RTA Group

Section and Plans of IRONBANK

 2. I can see from the following video that the firm loves to imitate or connect with its surrounding environment, i.e. bondi beach. The use of sleek curves, clean lines and possibly glazed and slightly grainy facade somehow transcend to dominate the landscape. This monochromatic idealisation may also be evident in my overall design......but not yet decided on.


Video of the Clubhouse proposal for North Bondi surf club headquarters. The firm represents the building in this video in some what of a surreal format, introducing much light into the spectrum while walk throughs of 180deg perspective views in frozen time captures the essence of the building against the landscape and people.



Link below is video showing the development of ideas through model making. Quite an interesting outlook on the processes made by the firm and the number of different models created to find a solution.

http://vimeo.com/26049252

Wentworth Courier newspaper article on the Multimillion-dollar makeover of the clubhouse.















Reference:

http://http://digitaledition.wentworthcourier.com.au/default.aspx?iid=37517&startpage=page0000005#folio=004, accessed 30/09/2011














Saturday, 24 September 2011

Thursday, 22 September 2011

WK7 Single Page Interactive PDF

Link to download:

http://www.mediafire.com/?te156zg3je0l1nl

DRAFT PDF

References:

http://dailydesignjoint.com/holman_house/13409, accessed 20/09/2011

Ideas and Direction (150 words)

A number of ideas comes to mind when re-inventing this dwelling. Most prominent of this would manifest from its signature cantilever forms and re-inventing it for use in another context such as site.

  1. Am thinking site context and placing the dwelling in urban area/city, and utilising its elastic cantilever form and multiplying atop of one-another to create a distinctive apartment block with 180deg views.
  2. Modernist meets post-modernist ideals, adding the influence of another architect with futuristic designs.
  3. Replacing the whole structure except for its columns and placing another contrasting design on top of it.
 At the moment, the direction would require further research on other dwellings designed by another architect for inspiration and modify the current model or re-create another from scratch.


SKETCHUP MODEL
 

Developed from extruding and manipulating floor plans exported from AutoCad.

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Interior and Exterior Renders

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