Design Studio Gamma Jeremy Bonwick 697718 Studio 21 / Heather Mitcheltree
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CONTENTS
Suburb Context Living House Living Neighborhood
Suburb Context This studio focuses on the issue of housing in the urban context of Melbourne, specifically grounding the design in the inner-northern suburb of Carlton. To design something fitting and within the existing aesthetic and atmosphere the context needed to be examined and interrogated. This was performed through a design journal and the findings implemented into the architectural detailing and planning of the two design projects. The surrounding area was also taken into account, the suburbs of North Carlton, Fitzroy and Brunswick were compared in terms of their similarities and divergences in terms of housing and amenities. Firstly, Carlton is well serviced by public transport and is walking distance to most amenities as well as the CBD and the University of Melbourne. This makes it a space which is conducive and ideal for pedestrian and other non-vehicular forms of transport. The designs therefore looked to create housing that did not need car spaces which would take up space. Outdoor areas were considered for their use for bicycle storage and pedestrian access through the site for the second project was a major driver of the spatial arrangement. Designing something that sat comfortably in the context meant examining the palette and typology of the suburb. Predominantly Carlton and its surrounds feature streets lined with Victorian and Edwardian terraces with a mix between double storey dwellings as well as attached and detached homes as well. These are broken up by the addition of post-war walk-up apartments and more modern dwellings as well as renovations to the older terraces. The materials vary between brick and bluestone — this contrasts to the suburb of Brunswick which had more weatherboard dwellings and the introduction of the Californian bungalow rarely seen in Carlton. The terrace houses are adorned with decorative lacework and wrought iron fences at the front, with arched details over the balconies which sit on the upper floor. The laneway is also an important feature of these suburbs, connecting the backs of dwellings and in some cases appropriated as the primary entry and for civil and commercial purposes such as parks and cafes.
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CARLTON, MELBOURNE BROAD CONTEXT MAP
HIGH DESNSITY
RESIDENTIAL
RETAIL
SITE
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Living House
A house which is flexible across a long period of time whilst also being both architecturally exciting and pragmatic was a challenge. The resulting design looks to create focal points throughout the house which ground areas that orbit around them — the groundfloor fireplace and the central courtyard being the two main features which form the pillars of the design. Breaking away from the traditional terrace layout, moving the living areas to the front of the house meant the upstairs could be dedicated to the family unit and their bedrooms and more private spaces, which makes sense, there’s a natural threshold at the stairs which breaks the spaces into two zones. The central courtyard also separates the ground floor living from the separated granny flat at the rear of the property. This space is designed so that it has independence but also a visual connection. The material pallet includes recycled bricks from the demolition of the existing dwelling and attention has been giving to the residential codes in terms of coverage and set-backs from boundaries to ensure the house is realistically grounded.
OFF-AXIS HOUSE
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FLOORPLAN [1:100]
The design is based around three basic ideas — the rotation off axis by 4 and 8 degrees to create a more dynamic form which can also better capture sunlight, the use of a central courtyard to bring light into the spaces which would otherwise go without such as the kitchen/dining space which also open onto the outdoor entertaining area and the central figure of the fireplace in the main living area as a historically significant gathering point. The rear of the ground-floor is dedicated to a semi-independent granny flat which is both connected to and separate from the main dwelling. The gate at the back of the property could see this flat used totally separate from the main house as stipulated in the brief.
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The intermediate spaces of the upper-floor overlooking the central courtyard provide programmatic flexibility, with its width big enough to fit a desk for a home office space or opened to become a snug/second lounge or a kid’s play space. The large areas of glazing around the courtyard brings the outside in and increases a connection to nature. A
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1. OFFAXIS HOUSE ELGIN ST Shops and high traffice
SITING [1:300]
Views to North Carlon/ commission flats
Cobbled blue stone laneway
600mm fall from front to rear of the site Internal courtyard/backyard cannot be majorly shadedby new built form Boundry set backs apply
Frequented by bycycles
CANNING ST N
Single storey dwelling with similar pitched roof and bay window
4 MACARTHUR PLACE
Winter 17:08
7:36
Views to city and park Autumn/ Spring 18:30
6:20
MACARTHUR PL Neighbouring 2 storey dwelling overshaddows the site on the west boundry
Residential street with park median strip
Summer 19:42
4:55
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SITE ISOMETRIC [1:200]
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1. OFFAXIS HOUSE
SECTION A-A [1:50] The massing of the house looks to create moments where the rooflines push upwards and create a more generous feeling, contrasted to those places where it folds in and encroaches on the space to give a more intimate feeling. The floor-to-ceiling height is never resting, undulating, even on the ground floor thanks to the cathedral ceilings in the living and stair-well behind the kitchen. Skylight windows have been used where the floors overlap to bring light into the space without breaking the restrictions on windows on boundaries, this is especially important in the granny flat which has less potential for inwards facing glazing but still required light. The master bedroom is given a balcony to survey over the backyard as well as shading the interior from the northern sun.
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1. OFFAXIS HOUSE
EARLY CONCEPT SKETCHES
SECTION C-C [1:100]
8°
4°
BACKYARD
INTERNAL COURTYARD
SECTION B-B [1:100]
FIRST FLOOR GROUND FLOOR
OFFSETTING
OFF-AXIS FORMFORMS 1:75 @ A3
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GENERATION 2 FLOORPLAN [1:100]
GENERATION 3 FLOORPLAN [1:100]
TWO SINGLE BEDROOMS FOR TEENAGE CHILDREN. CAN MOVE INTO THE DOWNSTAIRS FLAT WHEN THEY NEED MORE SPACE
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NEW JOINERY INCLUDING A KITCHENETTE AND A FOLD AWAY BED
EXTENDED STORAGE AREA AND ADDITIONAL LIVING SPACE/CHILL-OUT AND RELAX ZONE
HOME OFFICE SPACE
DOOR REMOVED AND SIDE GATE ADDED TO INCREASE AUTONOMY OF THE FLAT/ RENTING SPACE WITH REAR ACCESS
BATHROOM REDUCED TO JUST AN ADDITIONAL SHOWER SPACE FOR CHILDREN
INFORMAL LOUNGE/PARENTS RETREAT
BATHROOM NOW ACCESSIBLE FROM THE BEDROOM AGAIN AS AN EN-SUIT
MASTER BEDROOM NOW AT THE FRONT WITH NO EN-SUIT
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1. OFFAXIS HOUSE SUNLIGHT ENTRY
SOLAR ACCESS
CENTRAL VOID PERMITS LIGHT
VOID MASSING
Private/Bedroom
Public/Transitory
Flat
Circulation routes
PROGRAM AND CIRCULATION
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1:50 SECTIONAL MODEL
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Living Neighborhood
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THE AXES RESIDENCE The scheme developed looks to create a sense of community within the allotted site are, creating spaces where the residents can mingle within themselves and with a broader range of people from the surrounding area. This is built around an axial layout, creating a new laneway between Elgin St and MacArthur Place. Examination of the laneway context informed the scale and boundaries of this new thoroughfare to make sure it would sit well in the setting as well as being inviting to people to actually use it as a walk-through. The Elgin St facade has the feel of an arcade, with the entrance nestled between a coffee shop which spills out into the public area and a laundrette which serves both the residents and the wider community. The central focus of the site is at the meeting point between the two axes, the central public area which is set out to create informal seating on a graded grass bank. This looks towards an outdoor cinema screen which is also visible to the residents on the raised walkway which connects the backs of their apartments and can be colonised as outdoor entertaining and seating areas to extend their living zones. The brief called for a mix of dwellings, and this has been creates through a movement from higher density, urban living nearer to the public area through to more family-orientated, suburban living in the restored heritage dwellings on the south/east corner.
GROUP WORK The early conceptual work looked at zoning the site and also the context of the suburb in-terms of higher density living. The design looks to reimagine the terrace through an examination of the lacework ornamentation and creating an abstraction. Also attention was given to the street and back interfaces in terms of context.
No. 4 PREXISTING DESIGNS
GROUND FLOORPLAN [1:200] VOLUME 9m x 3m
A MACARTHUR PLACE
3.5m
3m
5m
4m
3m
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PRIMARY ENTRY SECOND ENTRY
2. THE AXES ESTATE
CHILDLESS/ WORKING COUPLES
MIXING DWELLINGS
SECTION [1:200]
RETIREES AND GRANDPARENTS
FAMILY DWELLINGS OF 2-3 BEDROOMS
STUDENTS AND BACHELOR PADS
LIVE WORK APARTMENT OVER 3 LEVELS
CIRCULATION AND FLOW
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INDIVIDUAL ADAPTATION
CONTEXT SKETCHES
Many of the key aspects of the group work was retained. The deviations come in the opening of a larger central void in the main apartment and a more centralised entry which creates a space where neighbors can interact. This manifests in a slightly new spatial arrangement with a new private garden area shared between the residents from around the site. The north corner was not altered.
SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT
STREET ELEVATION
FACADE
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2. THE AXES ESTATE
TO: MELBOUREN UNIVERSITY LYGON ST SHOPPING
TO: CARLTON NORTH CANNING ST BLOCK AT ALEXANDRA PARADE
DIAGRAMS
WIDER COMMUNITY/PUBLIC ELGIN ST
TO: NICHOLSON ST TRAMS TO THE CITY
CANNING ST
COMMERCIAL
RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL MIX
COMMERCIAL
Axonometric
RESIDENTS
Community Residents
Circulation [Ground Level] GATED ACCESS RESIDENTIAL CONTEXT
Communal spaces
RESIDENTIAL CONTEXT
Community Outdoor Commercial Residential Laneway
Program [Ground Level]
AXIS CREATED ACROSS THE SITE IN PART ONE
LOCAL COMMUNITY
TO: MELBOUREN MUSEUM SHORT WALK TO CBD EDGE
MACARTHUR PL
Public Axes Public Private
Ground Level
REVISING FORM
MASSING
SITING [1:400] The design is based around the creation of a new set of axes to connect the three streets bounding the site, one that stretches the depth of the site from MacArthur Place through to Elgin street and one along the existing Nichols Lane to connect into the first axis. These axes provide varying entry points into the site, one positioned to invite the local community, those living
in the surrounding streets, the second off Elgin street is anchored by a coffee shop and laundrette and opens to the wider community and public, those coming to the commercial area of Elgin and Lygon. The last entry is intended for the residents themselves and has a less formal treatment, retaining the original laneway context as a point of entry. A second, more private connected and communal area
exists between the dwellings themselves in a shared garden space which is gated. This space provides a retreat from the wider public but also a space where happenstance can bring together neighbors or there is space for a more orchestrated communal gather. Each individual dwelling has an outdoor area which is in some way broken from the main communal space through the use of changing materials, dividing walls or planting to create seclusion.
GROUND FLOOR MASSING
FIRST FLOOR MASSING/OVERHANGS
ENTRY INTERFACES/ OPENEINGS
ELGIN ST
ROOF PLAN [1:200] CONTEXT SHADOWS CANNING ST
INTERVENTION SHADOWS
Summer 9am Summer 2pm Winter 9am Winter 2pm
OFF-AXIS FORM
ELGIN
MACARTH
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CANNING
RATHDW
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B
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FRONT SET-BACKS/ THRESHOLDS
OFF-AXIS FORM GROUND FLOOR 8°
FIRST FLOOR 4°
FINAL MASSING
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2. THE AXES ESTATE
GROUND FLOORPLAN [1:200]
FIRST FLOORPLAN [1:200]
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SHARED BACKYARD
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Walkway thorughFLOORPLAN the dwelling area is gated and only acessable to the residents making it a SHARED OUTDOOR SPACES SECOND [1:200] semi-private space which can be used by any of the residents
PLANTING
Each unit has its own space within the communal area Planting in the centre of the space creates a visual block between the private decks whilst still remaining open
APPROPRIATED OUTDOOR SPACE
Sliding 3m wide back gate
Bin storage
Gate access for residents Step down to paved communal garden area creates a threshold between semi-private and private
GATE STATE:
BACK GATE CLOSED
BACK GATE OPEN
Mailboxes
Private deck with nib walls to close in the space
Projector
SPACE USES:
Outdoor games, table space, backyard cricket
DWELLING TYPES & MIXING SINGLE BEDROOM DWELLING DOUBLE BEDROOM DWELLING COMMUNAL ROOM COMMUNAL GARDEN
SITE ENTRY POINTS: RESIDENT
Engaging with the public cinema screen
Private backyard can spill into the public square
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2. THE AXES ESTATE
SECTION A-A [1:100] The massing of the site looks to be generous in terms of living spaces within each of the dwellings. In the two existing houses at number 2 and 4 MacArthur Place the ceiling cavities been exposed to create a cathedral ceiling that enlarges the space. In number 2 the roof space has also been colonised for storage above the master-bedroom and bathrooms. The apartment’s central courtyard allows large areas of glazing to extend the narrow dwellings visually and aviate any sense of confinement. Skylights (see roof plan) have also been used to bring light into spaces where overlooking is an issue. The three storey apartment sits within the context of the existing three storey building on the corner of Elgin and Canning streets and does not overshadow the communal garden in the winter.
SECTION B-B [1:200]
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SECTION C-C [1:200]
SECTION D-D [1:200]
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2. THE AXES ESTATE
ISOMETRIC [1:100]
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AXONOMETRIC DETAIL [1:25]
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2. THE AXES ESTATE
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1:100 SECTIONAL MODEL
1:200 SITE MODEL
DESIGN STUDIO GAMMA JEREMY BONWICK
697718 SEMESTER 2, 2018 STUDIO 21 HEATHER MITCHELTREE
Reflection The two projects undertaken through this semester broadened the concepts behind the dwelling and creating spaces for living — poststudy this is an area I am very intent on working in, creating housing for the specific needs of people’s styles of living and engaging them with a generosity of architecture which is both exciting and interesting visually and spatially as well as operating to the basic needs, the pragmatic vision of the home and dwelling. The first assignment represented a battle between these two halves, with the design fluctuating between strictly adhering to the residential code and trying to implement some more interesting massing. One such gesture was the addition of the angular roof form which received varying feedback. The intent was to enhance the interior experience whilst also providing visual interest to the surrounding homes overlooking. The issue was its incongruity with the rest of the home’s design — detracting for the more subtle angles created through the floorplan rotations at 8° and 4°. The later iteration of the home which featured in the second half of the semester has a more refined version of the roof form which retains the angles but reduces the number of different planes. The angles created nestle the top floor into the building adjacent and from the street diminish the bulk of the second storey. The angles also have the effect of altering the roof heights in the internal spaces which achieves the main objective of the original roof form. The alterations also shuffles the layout to move the bedrooms to the south of the top floor and provide an additional living space and study to the north to enjoy the sunlight and views over the courtyard. This change creates a more usable private living area on the upper floor which, because of the move of the granny flat to the rear of the lot, opens onto a generous outdoor area. The second project, being a larger scheme, was not as finely considered as the first in terms of detail which meant there was many things that could be built upon and improved. One large alteration that could be made is to reduce the apartment building’s bulk and street presence by taking it from a three storey building to a two storey one with a rooftop garden space. This
would still provide use of the second floor whilst also minimizing the difference in heights in the context of a primarily two storey streetscape. The addition of the rooftop garden would also provide another secluded area for the residents to gather and enjoy view back towards the city and over the parks at the exhibition building and the median strip of MacArthur place. This idea of views to trees and landscaping could also be improved across the site, with more planting in the communal garden area as well as the public central space. The commercial spaces could also benefit from some blurring of boundaries, seeing some overlapping of the programs between the coffee shop and the laundrette to create spaces that are mutually beneficial. This also applies to the southern end of the axis with the barber, art space and florist — these spaces could be less compartmentalized, with sliding, more reactive partitions which could see the barber gaining views into the gallery and the florist flowing both into the lane itself as well as the gallery next door. In effect, treating this as one flexible space rather than compartmentalising the different programs. There are many minor tweaks that could benefit the design, further consideration of solar access and wind directions, which could be detailed in. Overall the scheme is quite successful in bringing together a diverse range of people — residents and the public — in a space which lets them retreat to their own areas as well as providing and sometimes encouraging them into spaces which facilitate connection and encounter.