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Perspective Images and Diagrams

Final perspective images with labelling/numbering

Section drawings at two scales, and showing where structures sit relative to the hillside

Water re use system drawn diagram

Final Renders and Views

Final bare renders of the space

Final Main Building Design

Final space visualisation, spaces will need labels to avoid confusion – hopefully not too much space to navigate

Section drawing of the space from a section view 5m in from East Side

 

 

Test Renders and Material rendering

First few renders of the house structure, playing with lights and testing how the space worked at different orientations, as the building is obviously multiplied by eight and I wanted to be conscious of those various views

Really like how the framing works as a shadow over the space + would blend with tree shaped shadow

Bathroom very dark, but may rearrange anyway – unsure about facing the toilet

 

 

Revit work and Processes

Working in Revit was something I struggled with, but something I really enjoyed and look forward to doing more of.

Revit vs Drawing

Other three Revit – Floor Plan, Front Elevation, Side Elevation

Fake Revit – to replace missing diagram as best I can. Probably a Copyright issue in there somewhere

 

1:1 Material Test

1:1 material test of Rammed Earth Technology. Created accurately to the best of my ability on such a small scale, and using earth from the area off-site. I created a mould of thick plywood, (to replicate a formwork used in rammed earth creation) and collected three types of soil from the Mt Vic site I had chosen

• Topsoil around the base of a tree – low concentrate clay to earth (darkest)
• 10cm underneath grassed clearing – mid concentrate clay to earth
• 5cm deep earth bank – high concentrate clay to earth (palest)

The formwork itself was incredibly heavy and with nearly 8kg of earth laid into it was near impossible to lift, but the formwork was a success, if poorly executed by me haha

Layers are visible much how they would look in an earth wall of the kind featured in my design, though the wall you see here is a much darker version due to a wall needing to dry fully to reach its full strength and colouration.

Orientation should be taken as the thin side of the block as the inside wall, with the thicker side being the thickness of a real life earth wall. The measurements are to scale, and this block is essentially a tiny slice of what an earth wall would really look and feel like.

You can see in these images how the colour and layer separation really starts to show up and solidify as the wall dries and settles in. I think it looks really cool and I’m stoked that it supported how i had wanted it to look while designing around it.

I really enjoyed making this block as well, as it really solidified to me the process and how it would connect the person and therefore hopefully, a space, to the earth used.

Continued Design – Main Structure

Main structure moving from being quite a monolithic, heavy structure, to better represent the native and temporary nature central to the program

Needs to be:

• terraced up the hill for least excavation/effect on the land
• communal and useful for all aspects
• e.g- greenhouse/bathroom/shower/ kitchen/lounge/outdoor space
• accessible from multiple angles on the hillside

Section View – multiple entrances and living/kitchen on the upper level. Greenhouse/laundry/workshop at the base

 

 

Adapted Design/ Focus Shift

Due to feedback from Jen/Meg, along with a need for a general restart of issue

Wanting to focus more onto the use of root structure theme and a more intimate connection to the rammed earth aspect. Keeping it inside the dwelling space instead of the communal

Bigger focus on the living space as per the brief rather than getting caught up into the space shared.

Shift in focus from creating the hub to creating the dwelling space itself + building from there.

Various sketches deciding layout and feel of the space, and how I want windows/doors/flow

Final Choice and placement of Rammed earth

• Rammed earth wall acts as thermal mass and structural support for height of roofing
• Wall of window/sliding doors acts as entrance/exit/ventilation/immersive window into the nature surrounding
• Two timber structure walls with one rammed earth- will have to look at joinery.
• Double glazed glass, curtains?
• Small floor space
• Bathroom open? Only one resident per block so no need for intense privacy/enclosure

Layout/mapping of buildings/dwellings

Supposed to represent root systems – scattered up the side of the hill behind the main communal building to represent the system of buildings settling into the site, much like a root system.