Arch1390 - 2013 Christopher Tee

Monday, 18 November 2013

Friday, 11 October 2013

Studio Exercise Task Assignment 2: The Brief

Client: Satiago Calatrava

Master bedroom (with walk in robe and ensuite)

The master bedroom will need large and spacious to allow Satiago and his wife to sleep in along with a walk in robe and ensuite
Located at the front of the site which views the ocean

Minimum two other general bedrooms
A bathroom associated with these ~~two~~ four bedrooms
must include a bath and separate shower

4 standard bedrooms for the three sons who have completed/in progress of their university degree, (2 engineering & 1 law) and daughter
Daughter recently left to Columbia university for study
4th bedroom can serve as a guest bedroom
A WC, Bath and separate shower and sink.

a study / ~~guest bedroom~~

include library space for the sons due to their professional backgrounds, particularly the middle son (Gabriel) who is working with his father as an assistant which can serve as an additional SOHO
Located in public area

a studio / workshop
for drawing and art projects, music, etc

Studio + Office will be spacious to accommodate Satiago's love for drawing and as well as an office for both the himself and wife
Possibility of having the study adjective to the studio but separated with the son for privacy however easy to communicate between eachother.

Formal living room
fireplace

Not essential having a family business to run, time is spent discussing about work.

Formal dining room
~~informal family area~~

A double function to serve as a dining and a conference room as to suit family and business together.
Possible location would be between the office/studio and kitchen

~~kids play room~~

Not needed as the children are young adults

Located in public areas near kitchen and office

Kitchen + informal family area
~~double wall oven~~
2 bowl sink
island benchtop with free standing range hood
walk-in pantry if possible

Spacious and fluidity between functions eg fridge, preparation, sink, kitchen, table
Walk-in pantry/ pull out pantry
Discrete so it can be concealed from view
Bar like benchtops

Laundry (sufficient to do washing, ironing, etc inside the room)

Placement of laundry in such a way that would have direct access to the yard for ease transition of loading/unloading.

2 car garage (with additional storage space)

Final Brief Room layout

Mater Bedroom with WIR and Ensuite
4 Bedrooms

Study

Kitchen
Formal Dining
Laundry
Office + Studio
2 car Garage

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Studio Week 8 Task - DA

Project: New Dwelling on Existing House site

Site: Lot 5 DP 10519

Location: 5 Wyargine Street, Mosman, NSW, 2088

Owner: Santiago Calatrava

Urban Context Plan

Proximity to Local Amenities

The site is within 100m of bus stops routes to Sydney, North Sydney, Milsons Point and Mosman. There are a range local amenities nearby include local shops, Balmoral beach, Rosherville Reserve, Queenwood Girls High School.

Topography and Vegetation

The site slopes downwards from north to south. There is a strong pattern of tree planting on the private lots along setbacks of the street and general dominance of the building must be kept to a minimum.

Built Form

The majority of the building in the area are recently built of a one and two storeys houses with detached garages and few recent multi-unit housing built. Most buildings are detached and set in landcaped setting created by generous front with medium sized vegetation.

Site Context Plan

Site Analysis

The site dimensions is approximately 49m depth and 15.9m wide that includes a single 2 storey dwelling that is situated on a higher landscape from street with an underground brick single garage which is embedded in a stone retaining wall. There are several existing medium sized trees mainly on the front and back of the site. Vehicular access is on the east side of the site and would be retained to retain existing mature street trees.

Planning Controls

Section 4

Maximum Building Height

8.5 meters refer to Mosman LEP 2012 – Height of Building Line map

RDCP

4.2 Sitting and scale

P1. For all residential zoned land to a maximum building height of 8.5 metres applies under the LEP, the following also applies:

(a) A maximum wall height of 7.2m;

(b) A maximum of two storeys. Council may allow an additional storey in attic roof space of existing and new buildings, or in the foundation space of existing building, provided that the building height and bulk is of an appropriate form and scale.

Floor Space Ratio (FSR)

D1 – 0.5:1 refer to clause 4.4a

4.4A Area 1—floor space ratio

Despite clause 4.4 (2), the maximum floor space ratio for a building on land shown within “Area 1” on the Floor Space Ratio Map is:

(a) if the site area is less than or equal to 700 square metres—0.5:1,

and

(b) if the site area is greater than 700 square metres—0.5:1 for

700 square metres and 0.4:1 for the remaining area.

Result

Area: 713msq. The site has an area greater then 700msq therefore 4.4A (b) will be applied.

Calculation

(700msq x 0.5) + (13msq x 0.4) = (350 + 5.2)

Maximum FSR = 355.2mq

Setbacks

O4. To have front setbacks complementing existing setbacks in the street.

P3. If a new development is to take place in a street with an established pattern of development, new building should be setback a similar distance from the street. 9 meters

O6. To have adequate side setbacks to provide spatial relief between buildings, encourage view sharing, and minimise overshadowing of neighbouring properties.

P8. Development must have a minimum side boundary setback of:

(a) A single storey (or less than 3.6m wall height): 900mm.
(b) Two storeys (or up to 7.2m wall height): 1.5m.

P.9 Upper storeys additions must be set back from the side boundary to comply with the above.

P10. For new dwelling houses, and for multiple dwellings, greater than single storey the side boundary setback should be equal for all levels of the building.

P11. Building bulk should be distributed to minimise overshadowing to neighbours, streets and public open space. Building forms should enable a sharing of views with surrounding residences and permit views from public Street and open space.

P13. Where sites adjoin single storey dwelling houses, development should be stepped back a upper floors in addition to the setbacks specified above to ensure adequate privacy for these properties and to minimse overshadowing.

Land Zoning

R2 - Low Density Residential refer to Mosman LEP 2012 – Land Zoning (LZN) map

Landscape

O1. To have the landscape and townscape area character of Mosman’s residential areas maintained and enhanced by requiring landscaping of site in conjunction with other development.

O2. To have a general visual dominance of landscape over buildings maintained, particularly on harbour foreshores and on land in Zone R2 Low Density Residential.

O3. To have adequate and usable ground level open space for recreation, landscaping and containing urban run-off.

P1. The minimum landscaped area of a site (as a percentage of the site area) should be:

(a) For land zoned R2 Low density Residential:

(iii) In accordance with the following formula, where the site area is more than 600sqm but less than 900sqm:

LA = [30 + [(SA – 500)]]%

Where LA is landscaped area and SA is site area.

O4. To have the existing canopied and vegetated landscaped character of Mosman protected and enhanced.

O5. To have existing established trees protected.

P2. Existing established trees which contribute to the amenity of the area and trees listed on Council’s Urban Forest Management Register are to be retained and incorporated into the landscape design.

P3. Where an existing established tree or trees are approved for removal, adequate space in the landscape design for a replacement tree or trees appropriate for the site.

O6. To have fount gardens and areas forward of the front building alignment include vegetation and landscaping that makes a positive contributing to the streetscape.

P4. Vegetation and landscaping should:

(a) Soften the built form;
(b) Be consistent with the theme of vegetation in the streetscape, if a predominate theme exists;
(c) Form part of the overall streetscape, and therefore contribute as a unifying element within the street.

O7. To have the streetscape character, context and curtilage of heritage items and conservation areas maintained through appropriate landscaping.

P5. The landscape design for the heritage items or within a consecration area is to:

(a) Utilise appropriate plant species in achieving a setting for the item or consecration area;
(b) Avoid changing characteristic landscapes;
(c) Avoid landscape designs which have no relationship to the period of the item or conservation area; and

(d) Be simple rather than complex.

O8. To have the appearance, amenity and every efficiency of building enhanced through innovative landscape design.

P6. Vegetation types and landscaping styles which blend the development into the streetscape and any surrounding building or parks, and are complementary to planting identified for the townscape area, are to e incorporated into the landscape design.

P7. Where trees are planted as part of development they should not unreasonable obstruct views from neighbouring properties or public views. Trees with a light open foliage and canopy are preferred which do not obstruct views but do contribute to the wooded landscape of Mosman. Species such as Leyland Cypress (Leighton Green) and its cultivars should not be planted.

Studio Excerise 4: Week 7

Part 1

Do some research on your selected architect / artist / designer to determine what they might look for in the design of a home for themselves. Can you find any information on family? What about their cultural roots? What can you say about their design style? Think through these and other questions and write up a section on your blog that defines how this person would define their needs and desires in a home.

Santiago Calatrava?

Background information and notes

Architect, artist, and engineer
Born on July 28, 1951, in the town of Benimamet, near Valencia, Spain.
Calatrava is an aristocratic name, passed down from a medieval order of knights
Lived in a populated by Jewish converts to Catholicism.
The family on both sides was engaged in the agricultural export business, which gave them an international outlook that was rare during the Franco dictatorship.
1975-1979. It was during this period that he met and married his wife, who was a law student in Zurich.
an assistant at the ETH and began to accept small engineering commissions
Entered into competitions, believing this was his most likely way to secure commissions. His first winning competition proposal, in 1983, was for the design and construction of Stadelhofen Railway Station in Zurich, the city in which he established his office.

Studies

Age of eight, he attended the Arts and Crafts School
Age thirteen, his family took advantage of the recent opening of the borders and sent him to Paris as an exchange student. He later traveled and studied in Switzerland as well
1968 returned to Valencia and enrolled in the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura, a relatively new institution, where he earned a degree in architecture and took a post-graduate course in urbanism.
Undertook independent projects with a group of fellow students, bringing out two books on the vernacular architecture of Valencia and Ibiza.
1975 at the ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, received his Ph.D. there in 1979. It was during this period that he met and married his wife, who was a law student in Zurich.

Design Style Influences

At a very early age developed a love for drawing. In Valencia, Spain, where he grew up, the harsh Mediterranean sunlight would place in sharp relief the things he liked to draw- rocks, trees, buildings, people. Their outlines would slowly soften as the day progressed.
Nothing he drew was ever really static; everything is in a state of change and motion
He took classes and learned techniques for creating the various illusions of something caught in the moment of movement, but it was never quite enough. As part of this impossible quest he taught himself aspects of mathematics, such as descriptive geometry, that could help him understand how to represent his objects in two dimensions.
Attracted by the mathematical rigor of certain great works of historic architecture, and feeling that his training in Valencia had given him no clear direction.
architect Le Corbusier. Somehow this architect had managed to create completely distinctive shapes. He turned even something as simple as a stairway into a dynamic piece of sculpture. The buildings he designed seemed to defy gravity, creating a feeling of movement in their still forms. Studying this booklet, Calatrava now developed a new obsession- to learn the secret of how such buildings came about. As soon as he could, he transferred to the one architecture school in Valencia.

Part 2:

Put together a brief. Remember that in this document you must define not only what you want (as the client, but why) In this circumstance your brief must be capable of being understood by your architect without you there to explain it, son includes lts of explanations about room sizes, how they will be used, how your family interacts in the home, how you entertain, how you like to work in the kitchen and other general living spaces, etc. A document of this nature will run to at least 4 pages of material combining the lists of spaces and the explanation of those spaces. Also be sure that you explain the architectural style that you want for your home, and include images that help to explain what you are after.

Design Consideration

1.Natural lighting
2.Engineering facade to reflect calatrava's mathematics logic .
3.An aristocratic design for family background - Mediterranean
4.SOHO which includes studio place & library
5.Purity - the colour white will be used for the scheme
6.Movement circulation around the house will be smooth transition

Room List