Component 1 Danielius Grab
Domestic
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leisure
Brief The client is an astrophysicist who has currently had a breakthrough and discovered and proved the existence of worm holes, he has won the Nobel prize for his work. He is now retiring and deciding to get a home for himself with a observatory so he can do astrophotography. The client is asking for a modern house in a dark location, far away from light pollution and preferably in high altitudes to minimize atmospheric aberration. He doesn’t mind any design: modern, post modern, contemporary, old fashioned, etc. the house would have to use renewable energy as it would be far from the national grid. Maximize the use of nature and make the whole building blend in with the surroundings as it is “renewable.”
About the client The client is an astrophysicist with of course a passion in physics and astronomy. Outside of his career he likes cars, reading books, nature and photography. I could use the client’s interest and create ideas for a home for them. For example I could use unique shapes from a car, pay attention to the details on the light and use that as a design idea. Go to a museum and gather some images about space and astronomy and use that for design ideas.
Specification The house should include an observatory place for the client to view the stars and a whole house with bedrooms kitchen and all the living necessities. The house will be built far away from other homes so logistics will be considered and local roads. The house will be in high altitudes so the house will most likely be a hillside house so efficiency with materials and natural surroundings will be key. For example have a good use of natural lighting to minimize light used during day time. Have sustainable energy to power the house as it will be far away from the national grid. Solar panels and wind turbines will most likely be used.
• Observatory • Dark location on hilltop • Sustainable energy with a modern design. Make it blend in. • Minimize harm to surroundings • Add a library and office working space • Make sure star viewing conditions are good. • Have a great view and good natural lighting.
Modern homes example- design ideas
Modern sustainable homes
Modern Tesla home proposed by Elon Musk for A sustainable future. Includes A home battery, Solar powered tiles and an electric car. Good use of sustainable energy.
Good use of natural lighting. Many skylights and the interior is in white so the whole interior brightens up.
Hillside homes
Observatories Observatories really stand out in a way and to create a home that looks like a home and not a building from university will be a challenge to face. The observatories always tend to be dome shape and having a dome shape with a linear design house may not look good, it would just look weird, so instead I have to build around it and create a functional observatory with a nice design to match to the rest of the building
Inspiration drawing for modern homes Frank Lloyd Writes famous holiday home – (Falling water) is a primary example of a modern house that is still looked at as inspiration even though of its 82 years of age. This building has simplicity and complexity of many variations which makes it a very interesting building. The linear design of it really attracts modern architects and society is always amazed by the final outcome of these types of buildings. I will use this icon as inspiration for my project.
Pen drawings from secondary sources.
Long Studio by 30x40 designs.
This is the long studio designed by Eric Reindholdt as his personal office and work space. Its designed as a barn and uses as much of the space, for example as the roof is triangular the interior roof is not flat but is also triangular and uses as much of the space as possible, in the bottom left corner the image shows a platform built as a storage unit so the are looks nice and clean. Also on the exterior of the building there is a creative solution for storage as shown in the bottom right image. The logs are placed almost inside the studio so they are not protruding and almost look like a textile art on the wall. There is also a good use of skylights where it brightens up the interior well. This is more so done because the ceiling color is white and it reflects most of the light back into the interior space. In other words this barn is built in a way where it is multifunctional and can be rearranged to fulfil different purposes. I watched one video by Eric and he says all his furniture is not fixed so he can move them around. This is a perfect example of using the best out of the space you have and also using it efficiently.
House on the neck 30x40 designs.
This house is also a building by Eric Reindholdt. This building is carefully crafted to preserve natural light and brighten up the interior as much as possible. It uses mutual colors to blend it with the environment as well as using natural materials such as wood and stone. This building is built next to a lake and is specifically oriented to capture as much sunlight during the winter and summer, but not make the interior too bright in the summer so it does not get hot as displayed by the drawing.
Summer light
Winter light
Random Generated ideas in black and white These are a set of drawings Created as m own design idea using all the buildings I have recorded in the previous slides. The bottom image was completely random and I took a typical looking skyline view and from that generated a different elevation layered structure. The colored building to the right was inspired by the buildings made on the ninth slide. It uses cuboids and just layers them on top of each other which is a really simple design idea and quite effective.
Hillside homes sketches – different pen thickness drawing style black and white
Here are some elevation drawings showing the inside of a building as well as the whole structure itself. Images are from Pinterest. This is a very useful way of drawing especially if I will be making a hillside home as a final design idea. A plan drawing will give you limited perception of how the space will look but a section drawing will make it more clear on ho the building will work.
Drawing plans with tracing paper Here is a set of perspective photos on the far right of a building I found on Pinterest. I used tracing paper to draw each floor’s plan and then layered them both on top – first and second floor and combined them to create one single drawing whilst seeing what is on the second and first floor. Tracing is good to use as you can layer different combination of plan drawings
Organic + connecting places. Organic: -Natural forms and shapes -Geology / crystals / rocks etc. -Trees / flowers -Patterns / beehives / leaf stems -Water / fluids -Canyons -Nebulas/ galaxies Connecting places: -Man meets nature -Old meets new -Water + land -Hills + forest -Landscape + night sky
Secondary source examples
Primary images for organic + client interests
Primary images for organic + client interests
Sketches of Mustang Lights – developing the idea
Model of mustang lights house. This model is made from drawings from the previous page This is not a final solution, this is only to generate ideas and have a sense of development in what I'm doing. This model will help me develop towards the final solution