In order to open up the architectural investigation further I decided to do 1.20 model studies. I chose two buildings, the Barn on the north of the site and the Cob House on the east, housing the bedrooms. The aim of these studies was to do a more detailed exploration of the facade and roof, in order to investigate depth and openness that would feed back into the sections and elevations.
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Barn |
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In the barn, I was interested in opening up the facade to be inhabited by birds, insects and other small animals. I then began to explore the roof space and how that could accommodate human activity, acting as an informal sleeping area, and non-human, providing space for bat roosts or birds nests. The adjacency of these two functions addresses the research question. From the model I was able to make images in Photoshop showing the various levels of inhabitation provided by the architecture.
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Cob House |
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The Cob House faces onto the Walled Garden which has seasonal shrubs (i.e. Rowan, Hawthorn) and planting for birds and small creatures as well as rainwater fed wildlife pond. In this respect, I was interested in the butterfly roof opening out towards these habitats and inviting some of the wildlife in. I began to play with different structures and levels of openness and enclosure to provide different habitats, places to perch, places to roost. The roof also collects water for the wildlife pond. With more time and detailing, I think this dual act of opening up to wildlife and collecting water could be refined to further push the research objectives of creating architecture that accommodates both human and non-human. Below you can see the contrasting renders of the interior space for the humans and the 'interior' roof space for the non-human, as well as the elevation opening out towards the thickets and hedgerows.
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1.50 Model |
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