Project 2: Program Study + Design Proposal

In response to the previous week feedback about more closely examining the program of the Gehry house as well as putting more thought into the inhabitants I made a program study utilising a similar style to my sculptor Charles Arnoldi (2nd resident). The idea to focus on as a result of the program study is the idea of a house within a house, creating a ambiguous space where it feels like outside and inside simultaneously.

In response to feedback a quick diagram and sketches are made to lay the foundation for the design.

Quick sketches are made in a similar style to the way Gehry likes to sketch out his ideas. The Gehry sketch "indicates an idea and its elaboration into buildable form; simply boxes that have tumbled from above". The principles of the program arrangement will also feel like this.

Diagrammatic map is made to analyse connection and hierarchy between the spaces that are required.

A proposal is sketched out this time in the feedback, the general mass is worked out to act as the foundation.

Project 2: Site Analysis + Concept Proposal

To start the design in Pott's Point the first thing I did is to closely analyze the site and general context of the area. This is to find any opportunities that the site may offer as well as finding what the restrictions of the site are.

Below are the sketches of draft concepts and ideas that have come as a result of the site analysis. Key points about the site are also made.

The feedback was oriented towards doing some research into the inhabitants of the double house and how the programs associated with the 2 inhabitants interact.

Project 1: Part B

Part B 2D Study

The concepts I chose are materiality and the boundary between interior and exterior.

Here is my materiality model, taken with light shining through it to show how the wooden stud, glass and chainlink walkway plays with the sunlight. The photos show how light entered into the original house, as well as after Gehry's additions and subtractions.

Here is my 1:25 model of the kitchen area studying the boundary between interior and exterior, changed into montages by photoshop to highlight the disorienting effect of the space Gehry created, mixing the interior and exterior.

Abstract drawing showing how high the trees and bushes are along the boundary walls. The openings are also all kept above eye level to focus the attention on these trees and the sky.

Another drawing showing how the oddly framed windows captures the sky and nature.

A drawing showing how the muted colors of the corrugated boundary walls blend in with the trees of the street.

Part B Models-1:50 Material Layer Model

Material model that is interactive, you can take away different layers of materials to show how the light plays with each layer individually, when put together it shows the Gehry house in reality

Part B Models - 1:25 Kitchen Model

Detailed model of the kitchen with emphasis on the wooden frame of the glass and the level change. The ground is black to represent the asphalt of the Gehry area, contrasting nicely with the white interior walls and also making the observer feel like they are outside even though they are inside

Project 1: Part A

Image Archive

There didn't seem to be as much information when comparing the Gehry house to the other buildings, I also had a very hard time visualising the house due to a lack of information. Therefore I decided to create this image archive from scans of journal articles in order to be able to easily view details when making the model and studies of the Gehry house.

Drawings of Selected Part

Not to scale due to compression of the drawings for blog

The drawings reflect the minimalist style of the Gehry house, I use light lineweights with minimal shading and only drew the part of the house I modeled, because I believe you can visualise the rest of the house from the part I did.

1:50 Model of Selected Part

In my 1:50 model I tried to enforce accuracy in my portrayal

I tried to use a large variety of materials in my model in order to reflect the interesting use of low tech construction materials that was admired by Frank Gehry

The geometrical openings of the boundary walls are covered with clear plastic to emphasize the mass-like quality of the glass used in Gehry house.

The original house splits from the Gehry addition, this is so people can look and get a rough look at the original house before Gehry renovated it.

I tried to be particularly accurate in the stud details, because the shadow they cast is very particulate.

The roof is left partly exposed so people can realize the vast amounts of attic space incorporated into the second floor when Gehry removed the ceiling.

My model cuts away like a section, in order to show abit of the new and abit of the old.

The frame that holds the glass block in place is also abit peculiar, for example the frames protrude over the glass at the top but not at the front, which holds a wooden frame rectangle.

The part I modeled contains all of the exposed areas, as exposure an important part to the Gehry house

The outside here is covered with glazing, contrasting with the interior walls which are left exposed.