YEAR 2010
PENINSULA HOUSE : EXTENSION
* layers * circulation * merging *
The house located in Vitoria, Australia is designed by Sean Godsill. This house was built keeping in mind the weather, hence the use of multi layer system. It blends with the surrounding due to the material used, from a very coarse unfinished material to subtle use of glass. Hence selection of materials is not only for visual aesthetics but also for its functionality forming a protective mesh around the house. He used the human body as a metaphor for designing this house. The structural system of the house and the skin over it acts as exoskeleton whereas the circulation and space with different functions characterizes the endoskeleton. The three primary spaces living room, bedroom and the library are very different in its nature due to the volumes and the quality of light filtering in each of these rooms.
section through slit after the courtyard
section through courtyard existing volume terrain
section through bedroom + staircase1
Ground Floor Level
volume: subtracted to fit in existing volume: living room+courtyard
section through bedroom + staircase2 mass inside a mass: addition of bedroom
First Floor Level
section through living room
insertion of volume in existing volume: library in the terrain
Section
section through fascia (extended skin))
GJ
5, Saket Building, Paranjpe (A) Scheme, Road No. 2, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai - 400057. AURAV hunjhunwala N.M.I.M.S - B.S.S.A ‘12
Contact No.: +91 9920459529
addition of other volumes: carport
Email id : gaurav.jhunjhunwala89@gmail.com
YEAR
PENINSULA HOUSE : EXTENSION
* light quality * material * volume *
2010
Positioning and light quality of three primary spaces.
bedroom fluidity of space living room timber slats allowing light to enter
library Axonometric View exteriors merging with the interior. screen and verandah acting as buffer spaces. circulation three primary spaces.
interplay of light
different experience gained while walking through the corridor
circulation around the mass inviting structure
blending of exteriors and interiors corridor as a gallery displaying light and shadow main volume within buffers which blend with each other
Main entrance from carport through staircase Private entrance for the bedroom from the living room further to the carport via a courtyard To the library from living room.
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separate circulation for public and private spaces interiors getting unfolded while walking through the verandah
5, Saket Building, Paranjpe (A) Scheme, Road No. 2, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai - 400057. AURAV hunjhunwala N.M.I.M.S - B.S.S.A ‘12
Contact No.: +91 9920459529
Email id : gaurav.jhunjhunwala89@gmail.com
YEAR 2010
PENINSULA HOUSE : EXTENSION
* terrain * texture & material * nature *
The existing structure uses a porous membrane of wooden slats to help define the relationship of site/context to user/client. It allows several different readings: 1) connection to nature via materials/views/light 2) adaptability & flexibility using the open able system of wooden panels which can alter the relationship between interior/exterior. The Insertion: Guesthouse: The terrain & nature play an extremely important role in my extension to the Peninsula House. The intention was to make it look as if no extension has been added as you approach the house, using the terrain & levels to conceal the addition. Texture & materials play a large role in this (i.e: grass on roofs/concrete textures/etc) This happens on both sides of the extension although glimpses of architecture become more obvious as you move around the site. You can access the outside spaces using existing circulation paths while the rooms create a clear connection to the outside. Form is of secondary impact but developed using fluid elements and simple natural strokes.
PLAN AT :
ROOF LEVEL
FIRST LEVEL
GROUND LEVEL
RENDERED VIEWS
EXTENSION
GJ
5, Saket Building, Paranjpe (A) Scheme, Road No. 2, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai - 400057. AURAV hunjhunwala N.M.I.M.S - B.S.S.A ‘12
Contact No.: +91 9920459529
Email id : gaurav.jhunjhunwala89@gmail.com