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Final for assignment 3

My final contains 2 seperate areas for my factory worker, the front of the house being the main living areas and the back being his office and workspace with a relaxing garden inbetween.

concepts for assignment3

concept

continuing this design through to the final assignment there may not be many changes to the design...
I am going to explore the ideas of intergration to surroundings and neighbouring buildings by exploring the idea of being part of the landscape/horizon by making the 3 squares step down at a slower pace and enter into the surrounding land.

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Inspiration...

I am inspired by Kengo kuma's ability to create a calming space using open spaces that frame nature, patterns and light add interest to these spaces so they are notbeing held up by the background alone and also making them simple but visually stimulating without the surroundings to draw you in...
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Bamboo house by Kengo Kuma

Lotus house by Kengo Kuma

model concept 2

I feel i have not reached the end of my concept exploration...

My final design outcome is of an older modernist style with lots more room than originally intended for the client he is happy with the style being this way and the use of an aArchitectural steel Latice along the side, i will continue to explore in hope that i will convince my character of a more simple yet more elegant design.

model concept1

I continued to explore the concept of the pipe or latice travelling through the building and continuing to the outside skin. In becoming more modernist i explored the idea of boxing all the units in to one overall unit that contains each seperate element but is seen as one to the outside viewer with a seemingly simplier design than the first one.

sketch up concept 2

I completed what seems a very basic first concept, There was not to much to the design but the client loved the path that the roof gutter traveled in, even though not seen by many outsiders i decided to explore this further, with the twisting and turning of pipe like features. The ideas seemed to be going in a very modernist direction with the units or blocks becoming very dominant, the introduction of some curves seemed to eliminate some of this but then seemed to add an element of Art Deco/ Modern Art Deco, the client seemed to like this movement as he was always inspired from these periods in time as they highly influenced his Architectural elements through the years growing up in the 50's and 60's where modernism was the great Architecture of the time.

sketch up concept 1

My first ideas saw the 'factory man' being of a very simple lifestyle, tying this in with Hejduk's 12 units house idea, i started to create a series of boxes (or units) and continued to add, push and pull these boxes off of one another to create a simple, livable space.

Philip Schulze - the factory man

My client is a 56 year old male named Philip Shulze. Philip was born in New York to German born parents Arna and Janek Schulz who moved to America to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930’s. He grew up in the suburbs of New York and at the age of 15 joined his father in the local steel factory.
His father had been working there since the day he arrived in America and there for life in the factory was made quite easy for Philip, he learnt all the background knowledge of the steel plant very quickly and like his father quickly grew to be a cherished employee.
Opportunities arose for Philip to undergo an apprenticeship with one of the local blacksmiths who also owned the factory which meant he was still able to use the facilities at the factory while learning more artistic and desirable steel skills.
After his apprenticeship finished in 1967, Philip continued to learn new things, quickly learning more about other metals, glass and even wood and furnishings. He starting selling his work at the local furniture shops, his work quickly gained recognition around New York as being modern and desirable, his name also started to become recognized by local entrepreneur and wealthy folk and as the demand became greater he had to open a small workshop to complete and sell his work and after only one month he also needed to take on a couple of young apprentices.
While still producing modern furnishings he was commissioned by a couple of local architects to complete some architectural iron work and found himself breaking into another field of demand as other local Architects were told of his ability to accommodate the most fussiest of Architectural demands his work in this area began to grow and grow. Slowly his work began to change again and he began to specialize in modern Architectural elements such as original and ornate door handles and bath rails, always trying to use the most up to date methods he found it easier to opened a factory based workshop and take on a hundred more workers to accommodate the demand requirements there he experimented with new tools and equipment, and different materials.
He has been making furniture for hospitals, schools and offices, with close relationships with the local architects for 30 years now. He had one of his closest friends design him a space to live in on the site where the factory is and when he first met Jeanne she was more than happy living on this site with him and it was spacious enough to raise 2 boys in, but now they have been married for 20 years there kids have grown up and the youngest son pretty much runs the factory for Philip, Jeanne now asks Philip if they can move to a quieter neighborhood where they can relax, spend more time together and live a lovely semi-retired life, where he can still pop down to the factory, being the workaholic that he is, but where it won’t run their lives.