Sunday, 22 June 2014
Sunday, 27 April 2014
Assignment 2 Final Submission
As my design is a response to hurricane affected areas I decided to develop a dynamic porous tent material that when stretched allows for ventilation. This maximises ventilation in a 'tent' structure that has no other means whilst still sealing off the inside from the world outside including bugs that carry diseases. These unwanted creatures are prevented from penetrating the tent as the holes are very small (however enlarged in the submission for demonstration purposes).
GH File
GH File
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Sunday, 23 March 2014
Assignment 1
Sketchup File
My design embodies my research of a temporary home that provides maximum living space that is flexible, personal and able to be easily transported and set up. This is done through the minimal alterations to the main shipping container so as to retain its rigidity and ability to stack and to keep enough space to fill with the supplied furniture and extension. The extension is make out of a light-weight steel structure and covered with a waterproof fabric that can be rolled up and stored for travel. This is then transformed into an enclosed space with a 'zip' function to the transparent plastic walls and plastic drop sheet. This space provides further entertaining/living/sleeping space that isn't constricted to any function. Finally the use of swiveling porthole skylights provide light and ventilation from above and the roof acts as a garden bed to grow food on with fertile soil, this doubles as insulation to the container.
Thursday, 20 March 2014
The Client
Who has been affected?
The people that are affected in central US are mainly younger families.
How have they been affected?
They have been affected with the destruction of their homes and properties. Some people suffered injuries and even deaths due to flying structures and structures collapsing. They are affected emotionally with the loss of homes and memories as well as people close to them.
What are their needs and vulnerabilities?
Tornado, hurricane victims are in need for clean food, water and clothes as well as a shelter to meet their minimum needs depending on the circumstances of the disaster. Ensuring they get a container or a temporary home to live in until their home is fixed.
Are they in an urban or rural location?
They are located in small towns outside major US cities such as Oklahoma.
What houses existed before the natural disaster?
Most houses that survived were made of concrete and brick materials, however the roofs in most were taken out by the tornadoes. The houses that were destroyed beyond recognition were timber framed houses.
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Classwork Week 2
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How has the understanding of home changed over
time?
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Notions of the ‘nuclear’ home has transcended
from familial use to one that mirrors the personality/use of the owner to accommodate
for specific lifestyles. Resulting in many tailored residences creating
multiple niches (ie: bachelor pad’s, family homes, professional apartments,
student accommodation, etc…)
o
The home gives representation to the owner’s
status, power and wealth as if to proclaim their involvement and success in life
and society.
o
Modern society has developed a greed for space
due to the desire to simultaneously occupy spaces, entertain and retreat. However
the ideal of multiple spaces to fit one specific function has been restricted
due to financial constraints and the growth of middle class.
o
Habitually the home is a sanctuary for its
occupants, segregating the outside pressures and threats (physical and
theoretical) from the calm and security within. This is the crux of the ideal
home to which design just enhances, personalises and subsequently re-invents to
suit a modern context.
Homework week one
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“Here in this imaginary terrain painful memories
are leached of their power. I feel comfortable and secure. I am at home. Sleep comes
quickly.”
o
Mallet has an idealised perception of ‘home’
rather than ‘house’ that encompasses safety, peace and love, formed by memory.
o
His view extends beyond a house and is inclusive
of neighbourhood and community.
· ·
“The concept of homeland was appropriated by the
ruling classes to promote a form of nationalism and patriotism aimed at
protecting and preserving their land, wealth and power”
o
This positions home as claim to state and a physical
declaration of commitment to a nation. The tone subtly eludes to class hierarchy
and land as a symbol of wealth dangling from the lapel of those who are deemed true
supporters/investors of the state.
· ·
“home is a ‘socio-spatial system’ that
represents the fusion of the physical unit or house and the social unit or
household”…”the physical aspects of the home, including the location, design,
and size of the home, ‘both enable and constrain’ different relationships and
patterns of action’”
o
Here Mallet draws parallel to the contemporaneous
use of space as private and public as divulgence to what was conceived as only
private. For eg:
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The casual and formal entertaining of friends, family
and even as a chip for economic furtherance.
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Use of space as a home office, as a result of
the hybridity of social and familial standards found in contemporary life.
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Even the un-intimate hosting of intimate
relations (aka casual sex)which has deescalated
the privacy of the bedroom.
o
Thus he draws conclusion “Within households,
gender and age are the ‘key dimensions’ that differentiate household members’
perception of the meaning of home. Geographical factors, especially residential
location, together with issues such as class, ethnicity and housing tenure,
explain some of the variations in the meaning of home that exists between
households.”
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Class 1 work
Comparison of Features and Design Approach
- Both are container focused designs
- Both consider an idea of self sufficiency (use of planter box to grow food and use of kitchen space on truck)
- first image can be used to provide occupation or self supported relief of food. Which is easily portable to and from disaster relief "villages". this can be beneficial as it provides food to multiple areas with less facilities.
- second structure is more 'permanent' and constricted to one function (in this case living). however the intelligent use of space gives opportunity for multiple use (eg: food production, energy generation and multiple residency) which is all dependent on variety and number of containers that are linked ie: towns.
- one issue is that neither make use of 'additional' design that can be transported inside the container but either added on or used separately to the container so as to capitalise on space and transportation costs.
Design Features to Include in my Design
- some sort of area to grow sustenance (like the image, on the roof) which can also provide insulation and filtration for water.
- I'm also considering to include a socialistic communal design where each member has a job, shelter and communal amenities.
http://blogs.artinfo.com/objectlessons/2012/06/28/the-shipping-container-goes-mobile-oh-and-theres-pizza/
http://inthralld.com/2012/02/shipping-container-guest-house-by-poteet-architects/
Site Nomination
I've chosen to design a response for displaced persons of hurricanes with focus on Hurricane Katrina.
About this Image
A still from a visualization created by a team of researchers from the Advanced Visualization Laboratory (AVL) showing the dramatic evolution of Hurricane Katrina. The visualization is part of a full-length planetarium film called "Dynamic Earth," that explores the inner workings of the Earth's climate engine. The film includes visualizations based on satellite monitoring data and advanced supercomputing simulations that explore the workings of Earth's climate, following a trail of energy that flows from the sun into the atmosphere, oceans and the biosphere. Both the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are supported by the National Science Foundation.
Credit: Advanced Visualization Laboratory, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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