Architecture : January 2015

PRECEDENTS IN ARCHITECTURE

Precedents mean something done or said that may serve as an example orrule to authorize.One of our main purposes in this task is to study historic examples of spatial design with the intention of determining what can be applied appropriately to current design projects in contemporary circumstances.

TASK 1

Analyse and understand 1 modernist architect and a house
Fulfill the requirements using diagrams

For example:

THE ARCHITECT
DESIGN ELEMENTS
CIRCULATION
ZONING/SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
MATERIALS

Express and communicate the analysis on A1 board

Creativity for the technique of diagramming

Title of the board

Eames House
Charles and Ray Eames
Pacific Palisades neighborhood, Los Angeles, California, 1949
2550 square feet

In this task , we choose Eames House as our case study house throughout the project . The house was originally built with a hybrid concept of living and working space.The house was designed to a married couple who work in design and graphic arts and who wanted a home and would serve as a background for " life in work ", with nature as a " shock absorber " .They emphasized on maintaining the meadow in which the house is built on.

The Architect

Design Concept

Design Intention

Design Consideration

Materials

This house served as both their home and studio , is made with a prefabricated steel frame with an array of glass windows. There is also a long concrete retaining wall set up against the high cliff that overlook the Pacific Ocean.

2 Dimensional drawing showing the materials used for the whole building

Grid Organization

Ordering Principles : Symmetry and Hierarchy

Formal Collision of Geometry: Rectangle
Transformation of Form : Substraction

Qualities of Architectural Space : Window

Space Planning

There are two considerations which we think very special. The sliding partitions are installed at the bedrooms for maximum flexibility and there is some windows around the dark room only to enable filmaking can taken place.

Design Program for all the spaces

Spatial Relationship : Spaces Linked by a Common Space

The two buildings which is residence and studio are separated by a courtyard.

Linear Circulation

Horizontal and Vertical Circulation

Outdoor and Indoor Space

Oblique Approach

Presentation Board

For the design of this presentation board , we extract the colour of the windows and panels from the Eames House and add together into this board as a sliding window .

We also extract the steel frame which is act as the main structure in the house and put into this board for support purpose.

Design Development Drawing