Sarina Adelle Da Costa Gomez
DM Student Lodge 3 _ Design Portfolio
Sarina Adelle Da Costa Gomez
DM Student Lodge 3 _ Design Portfolio
Architectural Association School of Architecture
CONTENT
Submitted to S. Dodd + M.Self
10.2013. Hooke Park, Beaminster, Dorset.
BEDROOM 1 page 7-15
BEDROOM 2 page 16-25
This
portfolio was
Student Lodge 3
is a
60m2
accommodation currently being built by the design and make cohort in Hooke Park, scheduled to be completed by late
This
2013.
portfolio is a short graphic exploration of
the possible approaches to inhabitation, from the perspective of human dimensions and range of motion, factoring in light and flexibility.
SOCIAL SPACE page 26-39
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The Beginning
Our approach to site has always been interactive. These photographs show the early stages of our design process where
we worked our way
through full scale volumetric mock-ups as a space-finding and view-finding exercise.
By placing sofa in the middle of what we envisioned to be our living room, and hosting a social event with volumes on site, we aimed at observing where
people gravitated towards and then collectively revisited our sketches and models accordingly.
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Bedroom 1
The
bedrooms
were
all
sequentially
‘tested’
against occupation of different stages of built work. The first ‘inhabitants’ were invited onto site when only the decks were completed and the first wall of bedroom
1 was erected. I was eager to see
where people with no knowledge of our design
and approach would envision themselves within the space and how they would move around on the decks.
Once
more walls were up it was also wonderful
to see how the light made its way through
the windows at different times of the days, delineating, eliminating and creating spaces.
As
our daily activities and tasks prompt different
purposes for natural light, how we move with[in] these rooms changes and shifts as we should be allowed to change shift with them.
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sleep settle
wander
ponder
chosen direction alternative choices
Suramya Kedia. - 23 - 1.62M. - 13.07. Bedroom 1 - 05.08.
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February. 9 AM
April. Noon
July. 3 PM
September . 5 PM
Sundiagrams. Bedroom 1 [and 2]
least backlight for computer use
direct sunlight
latest sleep
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earliest rise
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direct sunlight
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view of sunset through windows
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The first and ‘most’ flexible of the configurations
would be the reconfigurable boxes made out of the ‘scrap’ beech that was milled but discarded for presence of knots etc by the
Shelter
team.
The
Timber Seasoning
dimensions of the boxes are
based on a median length and width defined by the average student height and the total number of boxes that would fit inside the rooms.
In
essence this would allow the students to walk into a completely empty room and [re]configure its occupation weekly, daily or hourly if desired.
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As Bedroom 1
takes shape the next task would
be to fabricate some of these boxes and invite
Suramya back to site, testing whether she would choose to locate herself similarly to her first
encounter with, what has now become a room beyond what she needed to imagine before. Mapping
the changes in behaviour as the space takes shape is as interesting as what that behaviour entails once the building is ‘complete’.
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Bedroom 2
Bedroom 2 was explored by two sets of visitors. The first, completely oblivious to our ideas, and the second, asked at the end of a 3 week summer build volunteer period. At this time the interior walls were framed out but not covered, but
the space was semi enclosed and volumetrically defined.
The
change in involvement prompted a
shift in behaviour: knowing our intentions, clearly guided the direction in which the occupants circulated through the spaces‌
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November. 9 AM
March. Noon
May. 3 PM
August. 5 PM
As
the heights inside change, there is a stronger
sense of ‘small’ versus ‘large space delineation in
Bedroom 2. This
also reflects in the way the
light travels in the space over the course of the day.
NEED FOR ARTIFICIAL LIGHT BASED ON SHADOWPATTERNS
How much of the preferred activity is lightdependent? And how much of that natural light can then be counted on? 19
First Round Responses 13.07. Vasco Lima Mayer. -22- 1.94M. Unha Park. -24- 1.76M.
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was curious that in the first encounter with the decks
neither
Vasco nor Unha chose to sit down anywhere in The intermediate part of the deck was already built
particular.
and could have indicated a smaller space within the room but
was disregarded by both. Instead they chose to stand at the edge of the platform and look out at the tree adjacent the refectory.
Moving
through the spaces with
Camino
and
Dominik
on
the other hand, was essentially a confirmation of what we had anticipated as a team. the lowered ceiling at quite nicely.
Peculiar
The built-in nooks in the windows, sleeping height; it all came together
here was especially the difference in
height between the two summer build volunteers, as the taller of the two, would stretch to reach
Camino
Dominik, higher, and
Second Round Responses. 20.09 Dominik Herrlinger. -22- 1.86M. Camino Vilanova -29- 1.64M.
seemed more comfortable seated, and looking up at
the height of the future windows.
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Inspired
Wall Peg System
Kerf Wall and many of its predecessors, this would be a slightly more ‘built in’ approach to flexibility, at an adjustable height and width for varying purposes. As the plasterboard we chose over the course of these past few weeks, will be mounted with supporting battens behind, the holes for the pegs could coincide with that support system. By providing the holes [and pegs] in advance, we could reduce the risk of future students drilling ‘random’ holes and not having enough support for whichever shelving would follow. by the simple everyday shelf bracket or the
ShelfBracket Alternative
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Social Space
The
last of the spaces explored in this portfolio
Social Space. With three sides of glazing ‘inhabitable wall’ we envisioned this space as versatile; built for as many purposes as we could anticipate, and more. As this is also the wall we plan on finishing last, it is the room with most to offer with regards actually ‘building in’ the flexibility. is the
and a wide
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Vasco 1.94m
Suramya 1.60m
Nick 1.84m
Unha 1.75m
Camino 1.65m
Dominik 1.86m
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Part
of our narrative has always been the
integrated re-use of to source nearby.
The
materials we’ve managed windows are recombined
glazing units from glaziers in
Bridport. The steel
columns in this space were collected during the dismantling of the
Rampisham BBC Radio Hooke
transmittance station up the road from
Park. The
first two examples would utilize salvaged
aluminium ducting we’ve taken apart into sheets.
Prototyping is underway, but it seems these sheets
can be bent or fixed as flat panels as the first and second speculation show.
The third and fourth option would rely on ‘rejected’ Beech that the Timber Seasoning Shelter team is not able to utilize for their project. In the first instance it would be planking at the milled dimension cut to size, but in the second option we would take on the failed bent pieces.
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We have come to know this place: its response to morning sunlight and afternoon haze, and its unique patterns of daily occupation. We recognize the advantage of being able to design something and build it completely attune to its surroundings. We also recognize the rare privilege we share to be able to adapt directly to our findings on site and amend accordingly. As we move towards our written thesis work, this relentless curiosity, this inclination to adjust, to constantly reconfigure and re-examine is revisited. How do we calibrate and allow for this flexibility, as temporary inhabitants wish to make the space their own as they too, come to know this place‌. 40
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