Week 2 Exercise and Reflection

The dimensions for each of my spaces are as follows: Based on Stephen Peter's guidelines. It was extremely helpful in guiding me to create the basic spaces. Although I may not use them in my final project, I thought it would be appropriate in familiarising myself with the spaces. Ultimately I will end up changing the respective dimensions to fit into my geometric envelope.

3 bedrooms: 8x4 + 2x3, 3x4, 3x4


Study / guest room: 3x4


Kitchen: 4.5x4


Living Room: 6x4


Separate dining room: 3x4


Childrens bathroom: 2x3

Guest toilet: 2x3


Laundry: 2x3


Parking for 2 cars: 6.1x6.2


Arrangement of spaces: I thought that this arrangement would be appropriate in recreating Piranesi's Prison Etchings. They feature stair-like patterns, however I will have to try and figure out a way of incorporating something arch-y. I haven't yet considered public and private spaces, but rather composed the spaces in a way I deemed appropriate (for example, the children's bedrooms separated by the shared bathroom).

Prism "Envelope": SketchUp didn't really work out for me regarding the movement and rotation of the prisms. I coloured them differently to make the orientation clearer. It is based upon the organisation above. Box (red), Pyramid (blue), and cone (yellow). The pyramid on the top should really be much larger in order to engulf the private rooms shown in the arrangement above. The cone should also be rotated much further so when facing the house, all that will be seen is its circle base. 

I can't say I'm too happy with my prisms. I think I was focusing too much on Piranesi's spaces and the arrangement of spaces I had previously constructed. For my assignment, I think by focusing on different prisms (to the ones I have already used) and spaces I can increase my envelopes volume to work within and, in doing so, construct a far more interesting house.

Based on Cone, Box and Pyramid (from main course blog) below