Battersea 7 - Test & Refine

The Test & Refine stage of this semester proved to be rather challenging. As a group we were unsure how much to change and also what to change.
It was agreed that using some of the tools taught to us in SRT257, we could justify reasons for minor changes to our design.
Reducing area as well as increasing ventilation seemed to be the way to go with our design. The permanent residents wing took most of the 'cuts' as the bedrooms were seen to be too big. Private areas were swung around from the back of the building to the front and area increased to allow residents to enjoy the view down the hill. Our roof has also been changed to have a 10 degree pitch rather than flat to cope with the onslaught of rain that will occur in the monsoon periods of the year in Kakadu.
We as a group still believe that our design is functional and through its simplicity it is beautiful if only due to the fact that it is a building that can easily be envisioned on a site.
In hindsight there are always ways that the design could have been improved but it would take a great deal of foresight to know how and what.
Also next time we will actually find the time to undertake fluid mapping rather than be 'creative' about it.




....and once again some of the images have uploaded with a negative effect...it really 'grinds my gears'

Water ripple screen in the Kitchen

Elevations

Test+Refine Banner

DOMUS POSTER

Test + Refine Model.

Battersea 6 Blog Marking

Battersea six has decided to be marked as a group in consideration to blog posts as the design of domus and all process work preceding was a collaborative effort of the whole group.

Battersea 6 Test & Refine (Banner)

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Battersea 6 Domus Test and Refine Sketches

Domus Model.

Battersea 6 Domus (Banner)

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Battersea 6 Domus Test and Refine Fluid Mapping

Battersea 6 Test & Refine (Report)

Battersea 6 Domus Sketches

Domus Presentation Posters

GROUP 2.5 BATTERSEA

KAKADU NATIONAL PARK

Final Domus Presentation

Site Plan with 3D images




Sections


And there was another page with development and rendered images, but I don't have it!


From our review, we got the following feedback:
• Re-arrange use of spaces i.e. bigger shower in guest bathroom, utilise all the space or push beds further to one wall so that space can be used during day.
• Explain the water catchment and tank usage furnishings
• Draw better sections, showing room layouts, floor level changes and give a sense of how it is to be in that room
• Change floor plan- openings in bedroom from fluid mapping
• Show how the cantilever is supported and internal ‘leaf’ structure
• Add glazing to allow light in during monsoonal season
• Put micro-station model into Photoshop and show the view
• Dictate how you get from the car to the house on site plan
• Form model of how the roof is supported
• Make the presentation pages more unified in terms of page layout and types of drawings (add butterflies to the layout) A3 landscape
• Composting toilets- add to drawing and explain how it is used
• Show the internal ‘leaf’ structure of roof
• Lift roof slope up on model to resemble a butterfly

Domus Layout Banner

Due to technical difficulties this Banner could not be uploaded- further attempts will be made in the future.

Tested and Refined-Battersea 6

Domus Tested and Refined!!!

Domus has now been tested and Refined and is in its final stages of presentation layout.
Key elements that were tested were as follows

- Ventilation via Fluid Mapping- found to be more then satisfactory- no changes made.
- Shading- tested via shadow diagrams... needed more- eves were extended
- Water catchment- potential for more... extended eves catered for this
- Water system-refined by way of use of Grey water storage onto garden- also redesign of guttering to make water a feature of the overall design.
- Permercutlure- more indepth look at food sources and places suitable to grow various food varieties
- Site plan and layout, look at how Domus responds to site and how Gardern area reacts with natural surrounding's.
- Materiality- look at EE of materials, what needs to be brought onto site.

All in all we aimed to make our presentation: clear, concise and simple to best illustrate the small changes to the Domus design.

... Erin Torn-Broers 700170631

Domus Test & Refine Fluid Mapping

For the re-design of our Domus, we looked closely at Fluid Mapping to predict ventilation paths through the private rooms of our design. The winds from the south east penetrate through the private rooms and into the central courtyard when all windows and doors are open