For this project we were asked to design a double house in relation to a carefully constructed landscape or garden. The building was to be lived in by two people. One being an art collector who runs a small gallery for contemporary art, the other an artist in residence. The challenge is to understand how the architectural relationships bear on the lived experience between the people sharing the building in multiple ways. We are to use the knowledge gathered in project one and two where we studied Rem Koolhaas Maison รก Bordeaux as a starting point.
For this first week, we are only given a simple plan and a brief run-through of the area around the site which sits on Victoria St in Potts Point, Sydney. What is fascinating with this site is that it sits just above a large cut in the landscape. Just below is a long cliff face that stretches in a north/south direction and actively divides Woolloomooloo with Kings Cross. This design plays with the idea of the landscape dropping down. The building is also divided up in to two and separated by a common meeting place. The art gallery is placed right up on Victoria Street to allow easy access. It is also constructed in such a way that the apartment above appears to be floating on top of the gallery’s glass construction. The lower part of the building has been set into the ground which creates a contrast to the upper part which appears to be floating. One problem that came up was the arrangement of the glazed areas which only let sun in in an east/westerly direction.
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