Relationship between private and public space
3 colours are used to
define the spaces in this model. Black represents private space as the rooms
are enclosed; white represents semi-private
space as the living room starts to open to the public space which is the
courtyard and transparent represents public space as the courtyard and the roof
garden is fully opened.
The 3 perspective views are private space, semi-private space and public space. The first one is the area of the son's bedroom, views in the room are limited as the space is bounded by walls. When we move to the living room, which is the semi-private space, views begins to extend as the pieces of glasses allows light to come in and people inside can see the view of the courtyard. The roof garden, which is a public space, is fully opened. It allows people to experience the natural environment inside a man made structure.
Formal device
This set of models
show that the main living area and the roof garden are floating above the
ground. As the main floor and the roof garden are set above ground (no primary
room at ground level), this allows one to fully appreciate absolute harmonies
inside the house. The models are placed
in a plane in order to show how the house disassociates with the surrounding
landscape.
This model shows how the
horizontal windows of the house frame the natural environment. This framing structure becomes an element that
mediates one's perception of the natural surroundings.
Circulation
This model shows the
relationship between the circulation of vehicles and the movement inside the
house. There is a connection between the circulation of the vehicles and that
of the people moving around the interior as the garage is directly connected to
the ground floor of the house. With a
turning place for cars in front of the house, it looks like an external
pedestrian ramp rising up to the first floor, the curved form of the driveway
becomes an integral part of the ground floor plan.
This drawing shows how
light draws people up the ramp to the roof garden, from an enclosed space to a
fully opened space. The ground floor is the darkest level, however light from
above shines through the ramp, guiding people walk through the ramp and move up. When one
reaches the second level, spaces start to become brighter as the courtyard
draws in light. And finally people reach the roof garden is the brightest area
as it is fully opened to the surroundings.
Relationship between details of the house and
the whole
Tiles of the first
floor are shown in order to compare with the surrounding elements outside the
house. The tiles add texture to the
house, just like the trees add texture to the natural environment. This create
a sense of contact between the inside and outside of the house.
This drawing shows the
compensation of horizontal and vertical elements of the house, from a detail
element to the house itself as a whole. The table just inside the entrance
cantilevered off the big column, the table becomes the horizontal element and
the column becomes the vertical element. When we move to the staircase, which is
a vertical element, we can see that it compensates with the floor( horizontal
element). Finally is the house as a
whole, the main living space ( first floor) becomes the horizontal element,
compensating with the solarium of the roof ( vertical element).
