Assignment 2 - Submission

House designed for Jeanne Gang

Taken from: Studio Gang Architects

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Site Analysis and Planning Controls

5 Wyagrine Street, Balmoral, Mosman

Client: Jeanne Gang

 

Legend:
Red: Site location

Blue: Possible vistas and views

Legend:
Red: Existing neighbour buildings
Green: Existing trees and other vegetation (Tree Spread/ Trunk Diameter/ Height)
Blue: Minimum boundary for a one story structure (900mm Setback)
Orange:Minimum boundary for a two story structure (1500mm Setback)
Black: Estimation of wind direction
Grey: Road
Yellow: Sun direction
Purple: Estimation of views from public and/or neighbors.

Notes
-The land slopes upwards
-The land has large amounts of ocean and bay views aswell as vistas. Sloping hills advantage the building.
-Community friendly environment:
     *Is close to near by shopping centers/public places
     *Has several places of worship in the area.
     *Closes schools are south.
-Small distance from beaches, large public recreational space.

Planning Controls

Letter of Notification (set by assessment officer)

-Letter to adjacent neighbours and any other neighbours that could be affected.

-Notice on site, on each façade towards street/public.

-Local newspaper.

-Council’s website.

Development Notifications

-Adjoining neighbours (build on neighbors house) have signed an agreement to development application.

-Minor landscaping works do not significantly alter the topography or drainage patterns.

-Notification required for removal/changement of vegetation.

Maximum Height

-7.2m for Walls

-8.5m Maximum height of building.

-2 Stories Max

-Additional stories inc. attic

Building Setbacks

-Of the building is to be developed in an already developed zone, the setbacks should be similar from the street. (front setbacks)

-Excavation within side setbacks are not allowed, except for the use of utility services (eg. Drainage, structural support, footings).

-Minimum side setback walls:

               *Single story (or < 3.6m wall length) = 900mm.

               *2 storey (or up to 7.2m wall length) = 1.5m.

               *3 storey (past 7.2m wall length) = 3m.

               *4 Storeys (up to 11m wall length) = 4m.

-Additional setbacks may be required to minimise sunlight loss. Counsel exceptions can apply to nil setback (maximum of one side).

-Excavation for works or structures not related to the main building must have a minimum side boundary setback of 2m.

-Backyards need to have areas to preserve vegetation and water courses.

View Sharing

-Building sites that compiles with building height control, should allows views from neighbouring properties to not be affected.

-View and vistas should be enhanced by the forms of the buildings surroundings.

-Minimise the loss of view.

Landscape

-R2 Low Density

-For minimum landscaped area of the site

               *713m^2

               *Landscape Area = [30 + (Site Area – 500)/20] %

                              = 40.65%

-Established trees are to be retained and incorporated into the landscape. (needs approval for removal)

-Planted trees should not obstruct views and minimise risks of damage (ie, powerlines)

-Refer to “5.9 Preservation of Trees or Vegetation of the LEP” for information on trees that are protected.

Site Planning and Design

-Avoid bulky appearances.

-Designed “from the ground up”.

-Should not dominate the other surrounding buildings.

-Pitched roofs and matching exteriors (encouraged), should be identical. Flat roofs can be built (details on wall/roof junction). Discouraged parapet walls.

-Encouraged deep eaves for solar control.

-The uses of single colour finishes on large areas of non-articulated walls is discouraged.

-Discourage if highly reflective materials/textures (excluding zinc and copper roof finish).

Carport and Garage design

-Must be within boundaries, some allowance allowed. Carports outside the design must be:

               *Not affecting the view

               *No more than 5.5m from the foundry

               *No roller/shutters.

                              %Example, a veranda is allowed.

-Cannot be at rear of dwelling, some exceptions applied.

-Must not exceed 3m or 20% width of the building (whichever is lesser).

-Located close to side of boundary.

-Cannot affect the landscape.

-No more than 1 story.

-Cannot exceed 40% of block frontage or up to 6m (whichever is lesser).

Fences and Walls

-Must be consistent with landscape.

-No barbed wired/electrified. Factory pre-coloured metal fences are discouraged.

-Front and side fences cannot be larger than 1.2m above footpath level (some exclusions allowd eg. High traffic).

-Picket fences

               *smaller than 1.2m: no greater than 25% of width of the pickets

               *larger than 1.2m: spacing no greater than 50% of pickets.

-Where public views are available from street, they should be preserved by open style fencing.

Privacy and Security

-Q1 – P1

-Balcony, verandahs, etc cannot directly overlook private open spaces.

-No rooftop terraces, unless there is proven no loss of privacy/view blockage.

-24sqm of private open space must be provided.

               *at least 4m wide.

               *at ground level.

               *Directly accessible and adjacent to a habitable room other than bedroom (eg. Living room).

Transport, access and parking

-Vehicular crossings should not be more than 3m wide.

Swimming pools, spa pools/baths and water features

-Water features must have a setback of 2m (setback must be appropriately landscaped).

-Pools and spas must be behind the main building and below ground level.

-Should keep natural features of the area.

Town landscape (Balmoral)

-Sloping east and north down.

-Vegetation includes Eucalyptus, acacia, casuarina and jacaranda.

-Roof pitch and building material similar to bungalow housing.

-Limit bulky housings with horizontal emphasis.

-Encourage low open front faces.

-Discourage excessive glazing

-Significant views heading towards Hunters Bay.

Brief DRAFT

Background / Relationship with architecture

Jeanne Gang is an American architect that created her own architecture firm called ‘Studio Gang Architects.’ She grew up in Belvidere and is married to her partner, Mark Schendel. Her firm is currently located in Chicago and she is rated as the 33th most powerful person in Chicago. It is currently unknown if they have children, due to their busy life spending the weekend working and working overtime.  A lot of her influence is from her experience with nature when she was growing up and her engineering background.

Structural architecture

Her designs are very different from normal industrial and metro architecture. The designs are based on natural elements of the environment that form the shape of the building. Gang’s influence of her father and her own engineering background has impacted in her designs. Her structural elements inside her designs have being twisted in different ways.  The house should challenge the vertical element and enclose any external structural elements that would seem excessive in a perfect physics world.

The building should show structural elements in the building, including steel trusts and structural frames. The building’s frame work will frame and limit the surrounding environments. Steel trusts on the glass windows will demolish the environment building pathway relationship, but will outline how the building’s structural features and elements.

The purpose of the frames is to show a relationship between structures within the environment. The environment has a large amount of structural elements that people use every day but don’t understand how they work.

Materials

Materials should be natural and have structural elements. The house should be based on the environment and the materials that the environment represents. Bricks would be considered because of their structural element, it is also made of clay a natural element. More materials can include: glass, cement, grass, etc.

The environment enclosing the building has an important job in giving a relationship with the building. A consistent cement floor in level with the ground should be able to enable a consistence flow. The environment should blend in with the cement floor.

large glass windows are an ideal solution to merge the environment with the building to give a continuous flow into and outside the structure. Glass windows will give a visual continuous path without blockage to the other side of the building. However not all walls can be glass due to utilities, etc. kitchen. Therefore it is important to consider different parts of the building to have glass walls and which walls are concrete. Bedrooms should have no more than two glass windows, to conserve privacy.

Rooms

1. Master bedroom (with walk in robe and ensuite)
2. Two guest rooms
1. a bathroom associated with these two bedrooms (Does not connect)
2. must include a bath and seperate shower
3. a studio / workshop (Placed away from the building, not interrupting the living room view.)
1. for drawing and art projects, music, etc
4. Formal living room
1. Fireplace
2. Connected to the outside, in relation (balcony for privacy.
5. General living room (Small for TV viewing)
6. Formal dining room (Adjacent to kitchen
7. Study room/Retreat (Can be turned into an extremely small bedroom. Needs sun room)
8. WC
9. Kitchen
1. double wall oven
2. 2 bowl sink
3. island benchtop with free standing range hood
4. walk-in pantry if possible
10. Laundry (sufficient to do washing, ironing, etc inside the room)
11. 2 car garage (with additional storage space)
12. Roof area for views/entertainment area

 

Using pathways between major components of the building can help distinguish the spaces. Each pathway should be unique and reveal a different aura. They must be a suitable length to experience the different area.

The master bedroom has an ensute connected along with the walk in wardrobe. The walk-in wardrobe serves as a connection towards the bathroom. It also serves the purpose of a locational service as you walk out of the bathroom to be serviced by your clothing. They cannot be normally accessed unless invited by guest. There is also a walk on balcony towards the front fasade.

There should be at least two guest rooms, both the same size, incase they have children in the future. Master bedroom must have an ensute and be placed in a privatised zone. The guest bedroom are located near the toilet (Includes separate shower and bath)

A retreat should also be considered to get inspiration/relaxation. The retreat can be a backyard but must be small and have relaxing elements.

The house must contain a studio and have at least two enclosed walls. The studio must be able to be enclosed and have the ability to limit light exposure. A minimum of 25m^2

The kitchen is used as the main hub of the building. Kitchen dining and living room should be enacting to provide a continuous flow between them. Show the relationship between the kitchen and the dining room, dining room and living.

The rooms for entertainment include the living room. These rooms need lighting through walls and must be able to be enclosed (possibly a large window reaching down to the floor).

A large laundry room is needed ( 2.5X 2 = 5m^2 or higher)

Week 6 Tut

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Assignment 1 Submition

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Draft - Assignment 1

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