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
- Master bedroom (with walk in robe and ensuite)
- Two guest rooms
- a bathroom associated with these two bedrooms (Does not connect)
- must include a bath and seperate shower
- a studio / workshop (Placed away from the building, not interrupting the living room view.)
- for drawing and art projects, music, etc
- Formal living room
- Fireplace
- Connected to the outside, in relation (balcony for privacy.
- General living room (Small for TV viewing)
- Formal dining room (Adjacent to kitchen
- Study room/Retreat (Can be turned into an extremely small bedroom. Needs sun room)
- WC
- Kitchen
- double wall oven
- 2 bowl sink
- island benchtop with free standing range hood
- walk-in pantry if possible
- Laundry (sufficient to do washing, ironing, etc inside the room)
- 2 car garage (with additional storage space)
- 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)
A large laundry room is needed ( 2.5X 2 = 5m^2 or higher)
