FINAL SUBMISSION 2

geometry.

ROOF HEIGHTS & CIRCULATION (longitudinal)





(lateral)

convergence.

MOMENT ONE (children's bedroom to outdoors)

internal viewpoints

MOMENT TWO (entry to children's bedrooms)

intenal viewpoints

MOMENT THREE (kitchen bay window)

internal viewpoints

MOMENT FOUR (entry to master bedroom)

internal viewpoints

Final Submission

plans and sections.



circulation and viewpoints.



axonometrics.

Modelling

construction.

Initial Research

group poster.

analysis.

circulation

The house is split into 2 main section on either side of its 'U' shape; public and private. In the 'public' side circluation is quite straightforward. There are no branches into various rooms or areas only accessible through certain paths. Instead the homeowner would walk left from the front door, straight through the dining room, kitchen and finally maid's quarters. This can be seen through the bottom half of the drawing below. The 'private' side, on the other hand, has a much less straightforward path. After walking straight from the front door the circulation path branches separately into each individual room. This very quickly gives the north-east side of the house a feel of internal privacy and a sense of closure, again seen in the image below in the top half.



viewpoints
The image below represents the extended viewpoints through the house at various 'hotspots' through our proposed section cut. Due to the restriction on construction through the terrain and small size of the land Siza made use of skilyfully position windows to extend the views throughout the house, especially the courtyard, creating a larger sense of space.

As seen in the image below the views extend from the bedrooms, across the courtyard and to the dining room; horizontally though the entire 'public' space; from the courtyard to the garden and visa versa; from the living room through the bay window and out to the street; etc.



section cut
Our proposed section cuts lengthways throught the house including the main bay window, courtyard and living room. We believe that this is the best and most informative cut for a number of key reasons. Firstly it accentuates the amount of viewpoints through the house and allows the observer to see some of these viewpoints in a way that wouldn't otherwise be possible, i.e. through the courtyard. Secondly, by cutting it lengthways and angling the cut in line with the terrain, we believe will emphasise the similarily of shape between the courtyard and garden whilst also creating a better understanding of the overall terrain. Lastly, this particular division splits the 'public' and 'private' areas very distinctly. This separation allows the viewer to see how different the internal structure and circulation of these two sections really is.