A Collective Survey Unit 2: 1956 and all that... A Home
Vol.1 Sept - Dec 2016
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Contents
Bayleaf Hall House
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Section S4
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South Elevation
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Site Location
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Section S5
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North Elevation
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Site Plan
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North Elevation
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West Elevation
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Ground Floor
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South Elevation
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East Elevation
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First Floor
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Ground Floor Unfolded
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East Elevation
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First Floor Twin Bedroom
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West Elevation
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Main Kitchen
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South Elevation
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Site Section BB
46 Round Office
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North Elevation
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Lounge
47 Guest Twin Room
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Section S1
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Dining Room
48 Guest Kitchenette
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Section S2
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Fireplace Component
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Section 1
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East Elevation
Section S3
21 Second Floor
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Section 2
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Section S4
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First Floor Room
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Section 3
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High Cross House
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First Floor Room
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Section 4
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Ground Floor, As Designed
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Section 5
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Site Plan
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First Floor, As Designed
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Section 6
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Ground Floor Plan
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Second Floor, As Designed
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Section 7
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First Floor Plan
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Ca’ Romanino
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Section 8
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Second Floor Plan
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Section 9
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Section S1
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Site Plan
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Acknowledgements
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Section S2
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Ground Floor Plan
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Drawing Credits
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Section S3
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First Floor Plan
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Photograph Credits
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Site Location
Kingston University Penrhyn Rd Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE
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Introduction Unit 2’s focus in 2016 began by looking at individual houses across the decades; Bayleaf House, High Cross House and Ca’ Romanino.Selected due to their diversity in both age and architectural styles, each house has a different approach to enriching the day to day lives of its inhabitants. Each of their time, they show a progression and change in living standards as well as the way in which dwelling has evolved over time. The aim of studying these three homes was to gain a better understanding of proportion and space that facilitated and enhanced the act of dwelling. To achieve our aim, detailed measured surveys of each were carried out during site visits and collated to create a full set of measured drawings. Through this process we were able to compare and contrast the spaces we enjoyed to inhabit and those we found to be uninspiring. From this we were able to create a knowledge base for the future when designing our own individual dwellings.
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Bayleaf Hall House Weald and Downland Museum Chichester, Dorset
Weald House is one of fifty buildings situated within the fifty-acre complex of the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in Singleton, West Sussex, England. The sites buildings are all in excess of six hundred years old aimed at documenting and exploring the way of living during the 15th16th century. They are buildings that have been relocated from their original location to save them from demolition and decay1. Bayleaf is a typical Weald house originating from Kent with a central hall complete with an open fire. The construction is simple and living standards equally so. The house is the oldest of the three examples that we surveyed, as a result the living conditions and standards are considerably different to that which we know now.
1 Richard Harris , Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, 1st edn (Bordon: Colourgraphic Arts, 2012)
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Site Plan (Right) Scale 1:500 1 Vegetable and herb garden
Site Location (Left) Scale 1:2000
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Ground Floor Scale 1:200
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16 First Floor Scale 1:200
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17 East Elevation Scale 1:200
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18 West Elevation Scale 1:200
19 South Elevation Scale 1:200
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Section S2 Scale 1:200
B UT T E RY
PA N TR Y
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High Cross House
Dartington Hall Estate, Dartington,Devon
High Cross House is an example of a modernist design, located on the Dartington Estate in Devon. Built in 1932 and designed by Swiss American Architect, William Lescaze, the house was built for the first headmaster, William Curry, of Dartington Hall school. It has been said to have been conceived as a ‘machine for living’ with areas for both family and working life. Being one of the few countryside examples of the modernist movement in England, it was inspired by the De Stijl movement, Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus school of design – all prevalent at the time of its conception. The house remained as the headmaster’s house until the closure of the school1. It then had a second life providing hostel accommodation for students before being restored by architect John Winter and opened to the visiting public in 19952. The house has undergone many changes over its lifetime, and through investigation we have also produced a set of ‘as-built’ drawings that can be found at the back of our full survey set of drawings. 1 https://www.dartington.org/high-cross-house-consultation/ 2 https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/
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32 Site Plan Scale 1:500
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Ground Floor Plan Scale 1:200
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34 First Floor Plan Scale 1:200
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35 Second Floor Plan Scale 1:200
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36 Section S1 Scale 1:200
37 Section S2 Scale 1:200
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38 Section S3 Scale 1:200
39 Section S4 Scale 1:200
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41 North Elevation Scale 1:200
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42 South Elevation Scale 1:200
43 West Elevation Scale 1:200
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44 East Elevation Scale 1:200
45 Site Section AA Scale 1:200
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46 Site Section BB Scale 1:200
47 Lounge Scale 1:100
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48 Dining Room Scale 1:100
49 Fireplace Component Scale 1:50
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50 Second Floor Scale 1:100
SECOND FL INTERNAL ROOM ELEVATI SCALE 1:50 @
51 First Floor Room Scale 1:100
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52 First Floor Room Scale 1:100
53 Ground Floor, As Designed Scale 1:200
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54 First Floor, As Designed Scale 1:200
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55 Second Floor, As Designed Scale 1:200
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Ca’ Romanino
Urbino, Italy
Ca Romanino is located on a hillside a few miles outside Urbino in Italy. A typical example of post-war modernism, the dwelling was designed in the 1960’s by Giancarlo De Carlo for a friend, Sichorollos. Situated in a remarkable landscape, the house sits on the crest of a hill with the design focusing on the relationship with its context. In the main living space, a wall of windows capture views of the surrounding vineyards and allow for moments to sit and reflect. These generous windows are repeated within smaller spaces, designed for personal enjoyment. Since 2013, the house has acted as a 24hour retreat for visitors, with many of the original fittings and furnishings left intact1. During our visit to the building, we all entered through different routes, expect that of the front door. The permeability of the building to its outside space became our starting point for surveying the design. 1 http://www.fondazionecaromanino.it/
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Site Location (Right) Scale 1:2000 Site Plan (Left) Scale 1:500
CA’ ROMANINO SCALE: 1:2000
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Ground Floor Plan Scale 1:200
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First Floor Plan Scale 1:200
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S1
S2
S3
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70 North Elevation Scale 1:200
71 West Elevation Scale 1:200
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East Elevation Scale 1:200
East Elevation 1:100
73 Ground Floor Unfolded Scale 1:150
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74 First Floor Twin Bedroom Scale 1:100
75 Main Kitchen Scale 1:100
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76 Round Office Scale 1:100
77 Guest Twin Room Scale 1:100
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78 Guest kitchenette Scale 1:100
79 Section 1 Scale 1:200
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Acknowledgements Unit 2
We would like to thank The Weald & Downland Museum, The Foundation Ca’Romanino and Dartington Hall Trust for allowing us access to survey the three buildings. All images and drawings owned by producer listed on the following pages. If anyone wishes to use any of the images or drawings please contact the respective individual. Document collated by Clare Brincat, Elga Empele, Josie Brogan and Lea Daniel. Produced by Josie Brogan, text by Stefanie Dry and printed by Harry Insall-Reid 2016 at Kingston University.
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Drawing Credits Alex Fedyk P 22, 42, 54, 55, 84 Alexander Bowers P 22, 83 Alexandra Wharfe P 50, 65, 74 Anthony Elvin P 22, 43, 53 , 70 Becca Gatehouse P 1, 20L, 42, 45, 46, 86, Carola Migliore P 20R, 39, 85 Clare Brincat P 15, 16, 17, 18, 19L, 19R, 37, 67, 68, 80 Elga Empele P 20L, 51, 5278 Harry Insall-Reid P 21, 31, 81 Josie Brogan P 14, 41,69,70, 71, 72 Jules Hargesheimer P44, 82 Kamilah Sinclair P 20L, 41, 72 Katerina Kachramani P 20R, 34, 35, 40 Khuong Vo P 21, 33, 38, 73 Lea Daniel P 13, 20R, 31,32, 36, 66, 79 Mufaddal Nagree P 22, 43,67,68, 87 Michelle Mujakachi P 20L, 44, 75, 76, Rima Boz P 21, 32, 33, 47, 48, 67, 68, 69 Stefanie Dry P 21,47, 48, 49, 77 Tom Coward P 67, 68
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Photograph Credits Alexander Bowers P 7, Anthony Elvin P 8, 25, 28, 30, 63 Clare Brincat P 11 Mufaddal Nagree P 9, 60, 62 Rima Boz P 26, 27, Stefanie Dry P 10, 12, 29, 61 Simon Henley Front cover, P 3, 59, 64
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Kingston University Penrhyn Rd Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE