YOUR INHABITANTS, THE COOPERATIVE AND YOUR BRIEF
You will work in groups of maximum 3 within your tutorial group on a shared site - this group is your ‘cooperative’. Each cooperative group will, therefore, consist of 3 houses. Each of the other houses will be designed by a fellow student who will have their own inhabitants. As part of the ‘sharing economy’, the group, and therefore houses, will share a number of facilities, which could include workspace or workshops, external leisure space, growing space, laundry,
storage, transport, and more.
USER PROFILES - During studio week 1, you will pick the Profile of your user/client from a list provided by the tutor. In essence, the profiles are a ‘picture’ of your inhabitants based on the following criteria:
− Client (age, gender, etc)
− Family (+ pets and animals)
− Lifestyle
− Job
− Desires, requirements, and aspirations
Within the cooperative group, you will define the COOPERATIVE SHARED ASPIRATIONS and pick a THEME (motto) for their cooperative. Within the cooperative group, you will then select minimum 2 COOPERATIVE SHARED
AMENITIES, which are used by all 3 members of your cooperative. (A list will be provided by the tutor) These could include:
• Workspace
• Laundry
• ‘Hall’ (A flexible shared space?)
• Storage (for what?)
• Workshop
• Electric Car (other modes of transport?)
• Communal kitchen
• External space, e.g., a courtyard, garden, growing space, space for animals, etc.
You are required to represent and explore the client and cooperative profile graphically and through sketches. and diagrams. Be imaginative and creative in how you consider and describe activities. Challenge yourself (and your cooperative group) to think beyond conventions such as bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom and think perhaps of a place to sleep, a place to cook, and a place to bathe. Consider what activities take place within and outside the home. Consider daily and other patterns and routines. You may also consider how the home may change or be adapted in the future (FLEXIBILITY).
As a rough guideline, the cooperative plot dimensions are 35x50 m., while the individual dwelling you will design should be around 120 sq.., plus external space and shared amenities (the shared amenities will vary depending on individual inhabitants).
Note: your projects must be designed to exploit passive solar gain for heating in winter but ensure that this will not cause overheating in the summer.
-CLIENT INFORMATIONIvan:
. In his seventies.
. He has been widowed for ten years.
. Likes the company from the neighbourhood as it reminds him of his childhood.
. He has family that visit him.
. He is an army veteran.
. His day-to-day activities are mainly helping the refugee family with their day-to-day activities. Figure 19
Figure 20
. Has his own car.
. He likes going on hikes/walks.
Refugee family:
. The family is from Palestine escaping the conflict.
. The mother has a job as waiter at a restaurant.
. She is in her early thirties.
. She lost her husband from the conflict.
. She likes to paint in her free time.
. She has two children, one boy and girl.
. The children like to play at the park.
Figure 21
Figure 22
NOTES/IDEAS
. Ivan and the refugee family have their own spaces/houses.
. Two separate spaces/houses but will have a connector/communal space in between to get together.
. Connector/communal space is a large dinning space for the refugee family to invite Ivan for dinner.
. Connector/communal space is a large living room for movie nights.
. Ivan helps the refugee mother with errands, for example, dropping the kids off to school, shopping, and jobs around the house.
. Create walking attractions for Ivan.
. Create a space for the mother to paint.
. Create a play area for the kids.
Figure 23
Figure 24
-RESEARCH INTO PROPERTY HOUSESSky House / COA Arquitectos: Mexico
Figure 1
Figure 2
. Located in a natural forested area.
. The living room and dining room has a view out to the forest.
. The master bedroom and bathroom share the same view out to the forest, they came up with a concept of ‘bring the forest inside’.
. The house adopts a triangular shape.
. Transitions courtyards between the interior and exterior.
. It is built from one material, looking for a calm integration with the landscape.
NOTES/IDEAS
. The site I am building on has heavy vegetation as well as the surrounding land. I can create links between the materials with my design and the vegetation on the site and on the surrounding land.
. I can create views to the outdoors as the site consists of trees.
. I can create natural shapes and forms for my house as I don’t want to create a box. These shapes and forms can be linked to natural shapes and forms and inspired by nature.
Dong Baek Wooden House / mlnp architects: South Korea
Figure 3
Figure 4
. Located in a residential area.
. Developed under the concept of a townhouse.
. Located in a natural green area.
NOTES/IDEAS
. I can use materials to respond to the typography/surroundings of the site
to hold a connection between the house and the typography/surroundings.
. I can make structural parts of the house very raw and less polished. I can
do this to allow people to understand the houses structural and backbone
purpose and functionality.
. I can design this house the way nature would design it.
Figure 5
Figure 6
. It has a timber structure.
. The interior skeleton has been exposed a lot to achieve the wooden aesthetic.
. They have used wood as an exterior material too.
. They have used pine patterns on the concrete to inhabit wooden characteristics on the outside as well the indoors. The house is made to fully feel the characteristics of a wooden house on the inside
and outside. Every corner of the house permeates the daily lives of the family.
House on the Slope / Chaoffice: China
Figure 7
Figure 8
. This house hosts three generations.
. It’s a very lively space on the weekends, festivals and during the summer.
. The house serves the old and young.
. Serves as a place for solace to anybody that visits.
. They aimed to create a realm where diverse forms, scales, and the interplay of light and shadow bring forth a rich tapestry of life.
. They have created a variation of rooms at different scales and depths to create a tapestry of spaces.
. Each space has a different character and connect to daily life.
NOTES/IDEAS
. My clients have a range of age groups, I can create spaces for the individual age groups.
. I can create spaces that are unique to each other. Each room doesn’t have to be the same shape or size. The house can have different elements to it.
Figure 9
RU House / Juan Carlos Sabbagh Arquitectos: Chile
Figure 10
Figure 11
. The land has a steep slope facing the north.
. Detached from the ground to the north to see the best views.
. Public spaces are located facing the views of the valley.
. The kitchen and service areas are to the west to be protected from the sun.
. Bathrooms and bedrooms have good but controlled sunlight as they only need sunlight in the morning.
NOTES/IDEAS
. I can incorporate openings to spaces to allow for a good view. I need to think about the activity of the sun to protect it from glare with certain spaces. I need to think about what spaces
need the best sunlight and less sunlight for the activities that will take place within.
Figure 12
Peter Barber Architects revamps and densifies London social housing estate: UK
Figure 13
Figure 14
. Peter didn’t want to destroy the structures rather update them.
. Peter disliked the idea of destroying structures, he wanted to upgrade them.
. He wanted to protect social infrastructures and communities.
. The creation of new streets to create more social action.
. This project is an example to not demolish buildings rather adapt to an existing one.
NOTES/IDEAS
.
Figure 15
. I can create spaces that bring people together. I can create spaces that create communities.
-SUMMARY OF NOTES/IDEAS-
. Ivan and the refugee family have their own spaces/houses.
. Two separate spaces/houses but will have a connector/communal space in between to get together.
. Connector/communal space is a large dinning space for the refugee family to invite Ivan for dinner.
. Connector/communal space is a large living room for movie nights.
. Ivan helps the refugee mother with errands, for example, dropping the kids off to school, shopping, and jobs around the house.
. Create walking attractions for Ivan.
. Create a space for the mother to paint.
. Create a play area for the kids.
. The site I am building on has heavy vegetation as well as the surrounding land. I can create links between the materials with my design and the vegetation on the site and on the surrounding land.
. I can create views to the outdoors as the site consists of trees.
. I can create natural shapes and forms for my house as I don’t want to create a box. These shapes and forms can be linked to natural shapes and forms and inspired by nature.
. I can use materials to respond to the typography/surroundings of the site to hold a connection between the house and the typography/surroundings.
. I can make structural parts of the house very raw and less polished. I can do this to allow people to understand the houses structural and backbone purpose and functionality.
. My clients have a range of age groups, I can create spaces for the individual age groups.
. I can create spaces that are unique to each other.
. Each room doesn’t have to be the same shape or size. The house can have different elements to it.
. I can incorporate openings to spaces to allow for a good view.
. I need to think about the activity of the sun to protect it from glare with certain spaces.
. I need to think about what spaces need the best sunlight and less sunlight for the activities that will take place within.
. I can create spaces that bring people together.
. I can create spaces that create communities.
. The pathway is cobbled and covered in greenery.
. Site is sloped.
. Has a view of the landscape towards the South.
. Sloped down to the South.
. The main road at the top of the site.
. Towards the North of the site.
. Includes an entry point of a pathway.
. Bottom access point/pathway of the width of the site.
. The site is surrounded by three buildings. One to its South, Southwest and West.
. The third image shows a road that consist of one more entry point for cars and people.
. The South building will block views to anything level with that building.
Figures list
Figure 1 and 2 - Sky House / COA Arquitectos, (ArchDaily, 2023), (Benjamin Zapico, Sky House / COA Arquitectos)
https://www.archdaily.com/1011329/sky-house-coa-arquitectos
Figure 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Dong Baek Wooden House / mlnp architects, (ArchDaily, 2024), (Hana Abdel, Dong Baek Wooden House / mlnp architects)
https://www.archdaily.com/1012158/dong-baek-wooden-house-mlnp-architects?ad_source=search&ad_medium=projects_tab
Figure 7, 8 and 9 - House on the Slope / Chaoffice, (ArchDaily, 2023), (Han Shuangyu, House on the Slope / Chaoffice)
https://www.archdaily.com/1009524/house-on-the-slope-chaoffice?ad_source=search&ad_medium=projects_tab
Figure 10, 11 and 12 - RU House / Juan Carlos Sabbagh Arquitectos, (ArchDaily, 2024), (Clara Ott, RU House / Juan Carlos Sabbagh Arquitectos)
https://www.archdaily.com/1012170/ru-house-juan-carlos-sabbagh-arquitectos?ad_source=search&ad_medium=projects_tab
Figure 13, 14 and 15 - Peter Barber Architects revamps and densifies London social housing estate, (Dezeen, 2021), (Net Barker, Peter Barber Architects revamps and densifies London social housing
estate)
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/12/23/peter-barber-london-kiln-place/
Figure 16, 17 and 18 - Lilac Co-Housing, (Towards New Spitalfields, 2013), (Samira, Lilac Co-Housing)
https://newspitalfields.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/lilac/
Figure 19 - Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Invites UK Applications to New Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund, (Grant Finder, 2023), (no publisher, Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Invites UK
Applications to New Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund)
https://www.grantfinder.co.uk/armed-forces-covenant-fund-trust-invites-uk-applications-to-new-veterans-capital-housing-fund/
Figure 20 – How to get better at hiking before you hit the trail, (Healthline, 2020), (Frank Crookes, how to get better at hiking before you hit the trail)
https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness-nutrition/no-weight-workout#3-Yoga-Poses-to-Build-Strength
Figure 21 – 101 tips how to be a good restaurant waiter, (helenic hotels, 2022), (helenic hotels team, 101 tips how to be a good restaurant waiter)
https://www.hellenic-hotels.com/2020/01/101-tips-how-to-be-good-restaurant.html
Figure 22 – The art of landscape painting: Techniques and tips, (Kunstloft, 2023), (Ian, The art of landscape painting: Techniques and tips)
https://www.kunstloft.co.uk/magazine/the-art-of-landscape-painting/
Figure 23 - The risk-taking activity that ‘helicopter parents’ should allow their kids to experience., (Life but better, Relationships, 2023), (Tonia Gray, Jaydene Barnes and Marion Sturges, Western Sydney University, the risk-taking activity that ‘helicopter parents’ should allow their kids to experience.)
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/13/health/children-risks-outdoor-play-wellness-partner/index.html
Figure 24 – Syrian refugees in the US explained in graphics., (BBC News, 2015), (Paul Blake, Syrian refugees in the US explained in graphics.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34872382