Blog stalking!

I have been blog-spot stalking! I admit it!

I found some really really good blogs on Casa Tolo through my searches, especially these two:

1.

This one has a short youtube video of Casa Tolo from a CAD program:

http://dab310-tolohouse.tumblr.com/

2.

This one I think isn't featuring Casa Tolo, but under the research I noticed a website I hadn't found on Casa Tolo (which is included underneath as well as through following the blog). The reference took me to a whole heap of sections and plans I hadn't come across and also to a few new photos!

http://tumblr.rpstry.com/

(and the linked web site)

http://www.archdaily.com/893/tolo-house-alvaro-leite-siza/

There is some really good stuff out there in DAB310 world! Check these out!

Here is the exciting discoveries I have made through other DAB310ers:

I really love this image - the site just before construction, because at the moment I am working on the site plans, and that is all I have completely organized, so I feel like this is where my Cabin is up to at the moment.

(Guerra, 2009)

(Morgetha, 2010)

Reference:

Guerra, F. (2009) construccion1 [Image]. Retrieved March 21, 2010, from http://www.archdaily.com/893/tolo-house-alvaro-leite-siza/construccion1/

Morgetha. (video creator) (2010). Tolo House by Alvaro Siza [streaming video recording]. Retrieved March 21, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mg4UJbJpZQ

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.