Cross Section 1
Cross Section 2
Open space art gallery
Office/study Guest bedroom with ensuite
Piano Room Master bedroom with ensuite Artist Area
Kitchen/Diner Entertaining room (living area) W.C.
I was given the task to design an urban house for a young professional couple in their thirties. They brought a distinctive plot on castle street, Manchester, and want to design a home to suit their specific needs. They admired the work of Herzog de Meuron, and wanted their home to be influenced by the architect and its principles. The architects focussed relatively early on the concentration use of everyday materials to express broadly understandable concerns. Their work indicated that ideas could still be embodied in concentration and reduced forms, even after the pursuit of the minimum by such predecessors as Ludwig Mies, Van der Rohe. The house that I designed consists of 3 levels, ground level houses the open space art gallery, office/study, and guest bedroom with ensuite. First floor houses, Piano Room, Master bedroom with ensuite and an area that can be used to create the art work that he sells. And finally the second floor houses the Kitchen/Diner, Entertaining room (living area), and W.C. For the vertical movement through the building I have decided to have stairs and a lift, the lift will assist the disabled and other day to day activities. I feel that the house design is contemporary, and will suit their needs. By using Herzog as an influence in my design, I feel that I have successfully established and acknowledged the principles and it is shown in the design. The striking shape of the building was influenced by Tate Modern extension, designed in 2008. The use of glass throughout the building internally and externally, bring in natural light, this was the main problem as the natural light was blocked on the front of the building due to the rail bridge and on the right hand side there is a building. The use of skylights shall overcome this problem, this idea was also influenced by the Studio Remy Zaugg building.