design commentary

i have already written about what i believe my character wants for his house;
many different view points,
moments of observations,
views towards the sky, and,
a large range of view angles.

a heart to the house,
that is a hallway,
that is always used to move around the house,
and this is the empty unit that is reflected to the world out side,
and the rooms wrapped around it.

also the desire for a humble house,
that is small but not cramped,
with only the necessaries.


the house is only to be used by my character, oskars,
so it needed to be personal to his needs.

i believe i achieved this;


each of the four house share the same ideas;

i used triangular forms, throughout the floor and roof planes.
the points of these triangular forms where squared off for better views.
the nature of these forms is to have transition of the width of spaces,
this emphasises view points, and helps the direction of view.

the triangular forms are rotated around a central axis with each floor plan,
to give maximum views.

and the empty space, unit 7, is situated where these forms interlock.
this space is needed to be used a lot, as it is a hallway one needs to walk through to move from rooms.
the tower in each house is projected directly up from the empty unit,
i have kept the towers appearance minimal to keep with the humble feel of the house.

the rooms are all wrapped, or situated, around the centre of the house.

for the windows in each house, i used vertical strips of different sizes.
and at the 'tip' of the triangular forms the windows appear more like portals.

i have also kept nessesary units together with their related units; with separate kitchen, bathroom and sleeping areas. and the area of windows vary between these rooms with the different needs of privacy.