Project 2 New Architecture Department

My concept model of the new project designing a new architecture department.

Project Brief - You are to design a small architecture faculty on the Bath Campus.The new Architecture faculty will need to run independently to the existing faculty but it will also need to be intrinsically linked as the existing faculty will remain and will function as the main HQ. Instead of housing the whole of the architecture school the building need only be big enough to house first and second year and the necessary infrastructure.Accommodation will include: Studio space, Pin up space, workshops, lecture rooms, offices, refectory etc.The building is to be flexible – allowing for the fluctuation of numbers within year groups, overall change of numbers, as well as changes in the way different year groups may be integrated together to encourage a cross fertilization of ideas.The larger spaces, at least, will be structured using a frame. Different materials will generate different solutions so it will be worth exploring the general principles of these. Steel, timber, concrete, or a hybrid solution. You will be given a choice of two sites. You will carry out a brief site analysis of your chosen site. From this you will begin to generate a brief relationship diagram in response to the site which will form the basis of your building design together with your site strategy.

Project 1 A Housing Development in Marshfield

The external street

The office space at the front of the house.

The living space looking towards the kitchen and master bedroom which look into the living space.

The living space looking into the courtyard

The family house is accessed though a indoor - outdoor space with large barn doors which protect the house from intense afternoon sunlight.

The office space looking into the courtyard

The internal courtyard between the business part of the building and the family house.

The home work housing was modeled on Sketchup. The all the images above are from that model.

Elevations and sections through the couples and family housing. These images were created in AutoCad then plotted to Adobe Photoshop and coloured. Orginally they were plotted at 1.100 scale (click for a larger image).

Here's my solution to the last project. This site plan shows I have three housing types. The public square on the left hand side are home worker housing which have office space at the front and a family house behind. The large red block in the centre of the square is a public information centre / cafe and museum. Leading off the public sqaure is the couples and family housing, couples at the top of the hill and family housing at the bottom. These houses are based around squares tumbling down the slope and are is a similar style to existing buildings in the village. I had a huge problem getting this image in this blog so I hope you like it.

site model

Site Model

Introduction

Having been blogging for a few years now I thought it would be a good idea to create a web blog for my architecture work so you can see some of my designs. I hope you like them.