This house located in Victoria is a fine example of modern architecture. The major theme of this building would be the steel framing and Timber battens. Sean godsell provided basic spaces which can further be interpolated externally and internally for human activities.
The house is an environmental filter by providing the following:
- Filtered Solar Access during day time.
- Recycled Jarra timber battens.
- Lightweight structure with durability.
- Cross ventilation is easily achieved on both east and west facades of the building.
- Flexible screens fixed on hinges at the top to provide controlled solar and filtered wind access.
The house is a container for human activities by providing the following:
- Spaces are very straightforward with access corridors at both easter and western facade for easy transitioning between spaces both internally and externally.
- Living spaces are directed north for comfort and solar access.
- Bed is located north-east for solar access during the morning to have a natural alarm system and provide a warm morning in winter.
- Living spaces and private spaces are seperated via levels.
- Reconnects with nature and encaptures the surrounding.
- Open plan living and kitchen space to accomodate change according to climate.
- Provided external dining and cooking spaces to provide flexibility.
The house is a delightful experience by providing the following:
- Providing a scale misperception from driveway deliberately to enhance the form of the building as we approach it.
- A simplistic steel box with glass and recycled jarra, simplistic yet effective aesthetic qualities.
- Continuity of the battens through the landscape.
- Harmony with the surrounding.
Please find below a series of drawings explaining the design.
These files are available in PDF format. If required please request from edward.truong@opus.com.au
Cheers -Ed
Reference:
· MirkoPizzatopuntocom. "In the Mind of the Architect -- Episone One: Keeping Faith." Youtube Video, Posted Jun 2, 2010. Accessed March 13, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXwMrfRInSg
· Helsel, S 2003, 'Sean Godsell transforms a seemingly simplex box, wrapping his PENINSULA HOUSE in a veil of slender wood battens', Architectural Record, 191, 4, p. 134, MAS Ultra - School Edition, EBSCOhost, viewed 13 March 2011.
· SGA: Sean Godsell Architects. "Peninsula House." Accessed March 13, 2011. http://seangodsell.com/peninsula-house
· Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper. 2010. "Abalos & Heereros." Ume 18. Accessed March 13th, 2011. http://www.umemagazine.com/issues.aspx
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