DOMUS - GROUP 3

Thumbnails:
Below are some quick thumbnails from all members of the group. The first image came was inspired from the site and how it is sloped and how we could work with that to our advantage - in which i was able to come up with a fan like shape that rose gradually with the site. We explored this shape alot by playing with angles, elevating different elements off the ground - but we didn't like the elevated idea as much as we wanted it to look like it was emerging from the ground like a rock or flower.



The next thumbnail below was done by Adelina which she was exploring the use of cantilevered shapes emerging from the hillside and the placement of areas in space - varies zones. At this stage we also wanted to incorporate an underground area - but this ended up being scraped due to problems such as; tree roots, solar gain, natural sun light, etc.




In the thumbnail below done by myself and Hayden we started incorporating both my (fan effect) and Adelina's (cantilever) into one design, playing around with the placement and orientation of elements - shapes and how they would work effectively (just getting a basic floorplan). Whilst also taking into account the effects of the climate - north point (sun - placement of windows), wind, trees, etc.

Exploration Stage:
1 Image. Roof Plan
2 Image. Ground Level
3. Image. First Level

In designing we have chosen aspects from everyone's sketches and tried to incorporate them all in one. As myself and Hayden came up with the fan effect that gradually builds with the slope of the site - which we have arranged the bedrooms, kitchen and living quarters. Where Adelina was exploring with cantilevers and different formations. Alejandro did the climate analysis of the side and was exploring the thermal aspects of the building as well as having a green house - roof top terrace. Raghib was also trying to incorporate energy efficient qualities into the design such as; solar panels and a wind turbine and what angle best captured the light.
But the main feature of the house we believe is the cantilevered area that branches out into the landscape which is used for entertainment, garden, decking area.

With our design we have to accommodate for 4 permanent residents and 8 quests. So in our design we have incorporated 4 seperate rooms and 2 extra rooms plus an open study area to accommodate the guests. As we need not want to have several rooms for quests as they are not going to be fully occupied all the time. We wanted to have multi purpose rooms. ie. study/ bedroom.
In the green house we want to have our own little garden plus its also a space to store our grey and black water and filter it onto the garden - plants. So we thought that was efficient way to use that space. Were also thinking about under ground water tanks.


The materials we have chosen to use are also connected with the side - sandstone or some thought of stone which we were going to use as a thermal wall as well as incorporating concrete slabs for further thermal qualities.
We also want to add a lot of glass on the north side of the wall to let in alot of natural light which is also enhanced by the elevated roof.
However our design still needs further redevelopment as we believe it is quiet big at the moment so we miss to minimise the area a bit more.... 1 Image. Roof Plan (Above)
2 Image. Ground Level (above)3. Image. First Level (above)