The Architect.

Hello, just a little experiment on adding youtube videos!

here is a video for all of us out there:

(note the lyrics:

"I'm gonna go home and shut up for a year

And when the year is over I'll reappear

And have a solution" )

Reference

dEUS. (Artist) (2008). The Architect(from Vantage point) [streaming      video recording]. Retrieved March 21, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2CFDsG_oxg

Task 3c

Task 3.1c

Beginning with the non-existing street frontage, Casa Tolo takes you on a journey throughout, only revealing itself in steps.

Task 3.2c

My Cabin aims to reveal itself from the inside out only.

You can only understand the geometry completely from the outside 2nd floor. All street views of the house only reveal the upside down staircase front with no clues to the internal organs.

Task 3b

Task 3.1b

Casa tolo (due to it's structure and material) seems very natural, as if it was part of the steep incline.

Task 3.2b

My cabin aims to feel as if has fallen off the cliff, and arrived in a pile at the bottom. Both reacting to site.

Task 3a: A house is a cause for delight.

Task 3.1a

Influences from Esher (see a house is a cause of delight).

Task 3.2a

Influences from Esher.

Task 2c

Task 2.1c
Casa Tolo has two interweaving paths of indoor / outdoor.

Task 2.2c

My cabin has just one path that passes through indoor and outdoor. This path is folded on top of itself as well (due to change in site).

Task 2a: A house is a container of human activity.

Task 2.1a

Casa tolo (internally) has modules all coming off the one hallway.

Task 2.2a

My cabin follows the same idea, except the hallway bends up on itself.

Task 2b

Task 2.1b

The bedrooms are all separated by stairs and by angle.

They are segregated from the rest of the house.

They are also small.

Shared space is encouraged more, but it would be easy to find your own 'alone' time.

Task 2.2b

The bedroom of my cabin is underneath the main living space.

It is only accessible from one route.

The stairs down to it are small and hooked. I have chosen to do this in an effort to make them feel more private.

Task 1c

Task 1.1c

Being partially buried and made of concrete, Casa Tolo has thermal advantages.

Task 1.2c

Being so close in to the edge of a cliff gives protection my cabin from weather.

Task 1b

Task 1.1b

Casa Tolo works on a different plane to that of a regular house. This distances it from the neighborhood.

1.2b

My cabin presents a street frontage that gives no clue as to shape from behind, and no windows to understand the internal. Privacy.

Task 1a: A house is an environmental filter.

Hello, as usual, early morning/ VERY late night posts of yesterday'swork. Conveniently this weeks tutorial followed exactly where i needed it to in my design process. We looked at our cabin according to the three concepts (delight/container/filter) and compared this to our exemplars to see how well we were linking our design with what we knew of the architect. We worked with diagramming to better understand this:

Task 1.1a

Casa Tolo flows down the site.

Task 1.2a

My Cabin's flow is all directed into the corner of the cliff.