Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Part 1: Research

The first part of this project required us to select three exemplar houses and begin researching around three topics. These included house as an environmental filter, house as a container of human activity and house as a delightful experience or as Vitruvius put it quite simply: Firmness, Comoddity and Delight.

My Selection:

 Lake Weyba House - Gabrielle Poole
  • Built in 1996 on the sunshine coast hinterland.
  • Designed for Architect and his wife. 
  • Centered around three separate pavillions emphasis on "prefabrication as a means to design and build houses appropriate to sub-tropical and / or rural environments within the
    constraints of modest budgets, minimal construction works and short time frames" (Ridell)

 Casa Tolo - Alvaro Leite Siza Vieira
  •  Northern Portugal
  • Constructed on a very tight budget. Completed in 2004.
  • Designed for family of four

C House - Donovan Hill
  • Constructed in 1998 in south suburbs of Brisbane
  • Was one of the first major projects for Donovan Hill
  • Centralized around large outdoor living area and complemented by fine woodwork throughout

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