RADICAL DESIGN RESEARCH

the home will be designed with intention of radicality. not conformed by predetermined notions about what a house should be. prioritizing the client and their opinions, while challenging them and breaking the standard.

DEFINING RADICAL DESIGN BY:

Walls Program Furniture Environment

radical design is...

radical design is...

planes that create diverse relationships in space miscellaneous paraphernalia how can we question the original narrative? blurring the lines of defined space appreciating the in between fulfilling peace between the interior and exterior how to make design for a niche market catered towards a larger pubic multi-focal relationship to outside defining the radical expand and contract spatial depth fold large ideas into logically compact designs blurring the use of functions radical design is... a home with no program radical design is... a fluid journey through air

The definition of “house” evolves because, people and conditions evolve. There’s never a final version of a designed house. Therefore, flexibility is a must. The solution that is found should be adaptive to the changing conditions of the world, as well as having practicality for the future.

These homes should also take new materials and building techniques into consideration, especially if the only reason to use traditional methods is because they are regarded as “safe.”

CONDITIONS AND CONCEPTIONS CHANGE, SO SHOULD ARCHITECTURE.

We begin our proposals with a focus and constraint of using CLT panels that are 9:50—our reasons behind using CLT is the sustainability for our environment and the technical advancements to the construction process. Other materials may be considered; however, we think it leads to a conversation of how the CLT panels are used, measured, and displayed.

a standardized 9:50 blank will allow for guaranteed freight delivery to the site.

a common language allows for us to measure and evaluate performance.

why 9:50? Jennifer Bonner speculates that the clt panel should be standardized. manufactures determine the dimensions and properties of clt blanks. blanks can range from “1’ - 10’ in width and 39’ - 52’, while the laminate ply has a varying thickingess of 4”, 7” and 11”, depending on the specs for each lamination.

Clt Options

because clt is engineered, that means we can create panels with varying lumber sizes and special laminations.

clt is usually constructed in 3, 5, 7 and 9 ply thicknesses.

most common an engineered wood product clt is an engineered wood product that consists of dimensional wood lumber, that’s oriented at right angles to one another and then glued. purchasing clt when clt is purchased, buyers purchase an entire blank. usually, clt is created strictly from 2x6 dimensional lumber; however, special arrangements can be made to create custom blanks.

homemade CLT recipe

Serving size: 5 2’x6’ homemade CLT panels.

here’s our step by step process: glue is applied on the top of face, as each layer is stacked. melanine is used to keep each layer square before tightening. bolts will be tightened to help the clt bond under pressure.

ingredients (estimate)

1. 27 - 1x3x8 dimensional lumber

2. 8 - non-galvonized c-channels

3. 16 - washers

4. 16 - bolt

5. 8 - rods

6. 1 - bucket of titebond

7. a numerous amount of tools creating a jig clt panels are pressed to an immense amount of pressure. our version uses non-galvanized c-channels, that will allow us to tightly squeeze our 1x3 lumber, into a functioning 2’-0” x 6’-0” blank.

Japanese Joinery

clt joinery is tricky. in order to be precise, joinery must be done by milling and must be pre-planned. connections can be strengthened using rods, nuts and bolts. the possibilities of joinery are endless. here is a small sample.

hardware joint screw butt joint rabbited joint interior facing supplies half lapped joint single surface spline single internal spline hyrbid clt+steel clt+brick traditional stud frame post+beam hidden steel connections shell exclusively clt blanks kit of parts post+panel

Schindler Shelter

the schindler shelter uses the idea of symmetrical housing which can rotate about a core with a series of modular parts to create a home. the units are comprised of only 9 panels, constraining the design to work within a 4’ grid, while also providing endless combinations of layouts. with the access to clt as a reliable, accurate resource in which parts are fabricated before arriving to the site, the can construction times and labor costs can be streamlined while not sacrificing flexibility in design.

Cost

1Tower Within A Tower. (n.d.). kwongvonglinow.com. Retrieved from http://www.kwongvonglinow.com/projects/towers-within-a-tower.

2Gili Merin. “AD Classics: Habitat 67 / Safdie Architects” 09 Feb 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed 15 Feb 2023.

3“Bay Window Tower House / Takaaki Fuji + Yuko Fuji Architecture” 29 Nov 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed 15 Feb 2023.

4Sears Catalog Homes. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.dghistory.org/Sears-Catalog-Homes.html

5Park, J.-H. (2004). An integral approach to design strategies and construction systems R. M. Schindler’s “Schindler shelters.” Journal of Architectural Education, 58(2), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.1162/1046488042485376

6Kit houses from Sears, Roebuck. Old House Journal Magazine. (2021, July 1). Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www. oldhouseonline.com/house-tours/kit-houses/

7Bonner, J., & Kara, H. (2022). Blank: Speculations on Clt. Applied Research and Design Publishing. 8Timber product mapping, Gray Organschi Archtiects, Timber City between 1908 and 1942, sears sold around 75,000 homes that were advertised in this manner, showing plans and amenities that the kit included. this is an example of a sears home that still survives today, unlike a large amount of them which were left abandoned. after the war began, the price of lumber no longer allowed for sales of homes like this one.

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this is a panel-post construction example, which was the main driver to schindler’s pre-fab homes. The bottom of the image shows a computer generated model of a similar construction.

all of the pre-fab homes that were conceived were based on a 4’ x 4’ grid, which he said related to the human body scale as well as common construction materials available at that time. the system was known as the “space referance frame.”

1 - bay window tower house the levels are designed with different program ideas and share very similar form. the building reduces the need for air conditioning by observing stimulations of light, wind and heat.

2 - tower within a tower a new take on the typical residential tower, splitting the units into vertical stacks. options consist of single units, couple units and family units, allowing inhabitants to choose exactly what they may need.

3 - habitat 67 a clustered approach to prefabricated housing, using a majority concrete. offers amenities normally found in single family homes.

4 - bathroom concept 01 larger bathroom with a rectangular layout, consisting of 64% of a blank.

5 - bathroom concept 02 smaller bathroom with a square layout, consisting of 56% of a blank.

6 - bedroom concept 01 owner bedroom, typical punch windows and utilizing 96% of a blank excluding window cutouts.

7 - bedroom concept 02 owner bedroom, with floor to ceiling window utilizes 95% of a blank.