Carolyn's Architecture Apprenticeship

Part B: Brookes Street House Site Analysis

LOCATION

BROOKES STREET HOUSE SPACE/ZONING ANALYSIS

SITE ANALYSIS OF BROOKES STREET HOUSE

OPPOSITE OF SITE:

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH OF FORTITUDE VALLEY
SCHOOL
CELESTIAL ART GALLERY

NOISE:

TREES RUSSLING
TRAFFIC
BUS
BIKES
BIRDS
LAUGHTER
AIRCONDITIONING (AT REAR)

SKETCHES OF SITE ANALYSIS

Part B: Brookes Street House Extrapolating Key Design Elements

The diagrams below are to identify and extrapolate the three Key Design Elements within my Exemplar House - Brookes Street House, which represent my Architect's Approach to 'Firmness', 'Commodity' and 'Delight' in design.

'Firmness' in Design, in Design, how the Brookes Street House acts as an 'Environmental Filter'.

'Commodity' in Design, how the Great Bamboo Wall acts as a 'Container of Human Activities'.

'Delight' in Design, how the Great Bamboo Wall acts as a 'Delightful Experience'.

Part B: Requirements + Outputs

Based on my research findings, brainstorming and contemplation, I decided on James Russell's BROOKES STREET House to be my precedence for further research, analysis and representation, over the other two exemplar buildings.

Furthermore the identification of discreet concepts in architecture; a house as an environmental filter; a house as a container of human activities; and a house as a delightful experience; all reveal themselves to be aspects essential to the understanding of architectural excellence that is argued to constants in the discourse of the discipline. As mentioned, I will focus on these three crucial and interrelated House Design Concepts in the remainder of the project.

Part C: Idea + Analysis

Part C: Site Analysis

SITE LOCATION

CLOSE-UP SITE LOCTION/DIMENSIONS

http://blackboard.qut.edu.au/ (accessed March 24, 2011)

EXISTING SITE FEATURES

BUBBLER
BBQ
SHELTER AREA
NEIGHBOURS
BIN/RECYCLEBIN
LIGHTPOLES

SOUNDS

TRAFFIC - MINIMAL SOUND NOISE GENERALLY FROM BUSES
CONSTRUCTION
CONVERSATION
SCHOOL KIDS
BIRDS
TREES RUSSLING

Part C: Requirements + Outputs

In Part C, I will design a Cabin for my Exemplar Architect - James Russell.

The Cabin is located at Kelvin Grove. Indeed, my Cabin proposal will have a futuristic approach within this location. The Cabin incorporates all the necessary studio and workplaces for my Exemplar Architect - James Russell, as well as living accommodation.

Moreover, the size and arrangement of the spaces is reflecting the lessons that I have learnt through studying my Exemplar Architect/Practice namely James Russell Architect (Brookes Street House), Gary Chang (Suitcase House), and Elizabeth Watson Brown (St. Lucia House) and their House Design .

Moreover, my cabin design will include the following spaces :

space for living;
space for working;
space for reflecting;
space for dining;
space for preparing meals;
space for sleeping; and
space for abluting.

My proposed Cabin is designed to accommodate my Exemplar Architect and his partner only - no additional accommodation for other members of the family or friends is to be provided.