Exercise 2; Part I Submission

The project looked to explore possibilities for our design by looking at a range of different cross sections.

For my cross sections, I looked at an architect whose work I've always admired - Tadao Ando and his Koshino House. One aspect of his designs that I've liked is that he uses a lot of natural light in his design consideration and that he builds into the landscape rather than disturb it. I think it's very interesting to explore within my own design. The cross-section I choose very clearly shows these two ideas.

My second building is a cleverly designed glazed residential building. The simple cross-section shows two boxes stacked on top of each other with obvious indications to it's "heaviness". The buildings arrangement is also obviously considered.

My last example is more of a landscape example. It's a garden - Le Jardin Atlantique, situated above Pasteur Station. Below the garden is carparking as well as access for vehicles. I chose this example because I was very interested in how they designed the space to incorporate into the landscape and become part of the community.

In my initial 1:100 and 1:50 drawings, I looked at the shape of the building and how it will be "grounded" into the site.
I chose to look at the Southern elevation "edge". I drew this edge at 1:20 looking at the interior and exterior spaces.

ARCH1202 - Coogee Beach Community Centre

To initiate our design for the Coogee Beach Community Centre, we started with a four week site analysis in which we explored five concepts of architecture and it's landscape:

• Reciprocity;
• Infrastructure;
• Threshold;
• Materiality; and
  
• Insertion
  

These concepts will inform our design.

In my presentation of my site analysis, I was more concerned with the relationship between the landscape and the oval, or rather, the contextual influence on the site and it's future design. I was interested in a design that communicates a sense of purpose and community within this prominent area of the physical and communal landscape.

I drew upon some of these words to create my own:


Using these words, I drew up my presentation boards.


I molded a simple concept model, however I think that so much has changed over the last week, it hardly becomes relevant anymore. So, due to it's seemingly unimportance, I've decided not to include it as part of this post.