EnterProjects: November 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Kenneth Street Condominiums

Kenneth Street [South Montage]

Kenneth Street [Light Gills Perspective]

Kenneth Street [Unit Three Living Room]

Kenneth Street [Roof Plan]

Kenneth Street [Precast Concrete Shell Studies]

Concept

Kenneth Street Condominiums is a forth-coming project located along the ocean walk in Tamarama, Sydney. With a prominent site next to the water, we focused our design to open the building up for the view. A system of 1 meter concrete panels were draped over the buildings form. These panels then rotate at 45 degree angles to expose view and introduce light to the interiors. The flexibility of the system allows the shell of the building to reflect the interior spaces.

Kenneth Street Condominiums: Drawing Set

Kenneth Street [Unit Three Level One]

Kenneth Street [Unit Three Level Two]

Kenneth Street [East Elevation]

The Aldrich Residence: COMPLETE!

Located in Perth, Western Australia, the Aldrich Residence was derived as an extension of the landscape; a landscape that opens onto the waterfront. Evoked by this view, the residence is shaped out of the supple form of the natural terrain to embrace the water. It nestles itself between the landscape and under the uidity of a single gesture, the roof.

The Aldrich Residence: Photos

Aldrich Residence [Roof Detail]

Aldrich Residence [Living Room]

Aldrich Residence [ Facade]

Aldrich Residence [Stair to Roof Deck]

Aldrich Residence [Inteior]

Concept

Utilizing computer-aided terrain modeling, the roof is a non-parallel extension of the landscape below. It has been digitally enhanced to provide a unique porous stratum in which the volume of the house exists. These volumes, in turn, act as extensions of the ground which gracefully oat out across the site. The digitally conceived roof above allows space within the house to compress and expand as it collects light and exposes views. The light is encouraged to wash over the concrete surface exposing the subtlety, elegance and delicate nature of the curves. Like a jigsaw, the roof and landscape interlock so as one moves through the house there is an ever-shifting viewpoint between solid and void. It is the juxtaposition between natural and digital through which patterns and rhythm’s become activated by the property’s natural setting.

The Aldrich House: The Roof

Aldrich Residence [Bird's Eye Perspective]

Aldrich Residence [Site Context]

Aldrich Residence [Roof Detail]

Aldrich Residence [Roof Deck]

Aldrich Residence [Roof Deck]

Program

The three bedroom, two bathroom, two living room house branches out across the site as if the residence was a swathe of earth in the site from which it emerged. Two separate interior living areas inhabit the extremities of the residence's arms and are united only by the uid concrete roof above. Toward the west side of the house are the bedrooms and bathrooms. Here, the private program is implanted onto the ground, acting less as a spectacle, establishing the residence's primary attachment to its site. As one moves through the space they encounter the continuous concrete roof, oering a lens through which you can read the volumes as they unfold across the land. On top of the roof is a viewing deck. An expansive view is framed and complimented by the graceful undulation of the roof's surface, simulating the surroundings in which it resides.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Aldrich Residence: Interiors

Conclusion

The Aldrich residence exposes the beauty and lyrical nature of its context. The elegance of one uid gesture, the roof, animates the inhabitable volumes below. Light collects between the graceful branching extensions of the residence creating a symbiotic dance between the interior and exterior. It is the roof that guides the project; it provides volume, movement, and continuity throughout. It is the roof that unies the Aldrich Residence to the earth.