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From the architect. The design for the new houses at No. 25-27 William St share a common platform, although these sites will form separate applications, they are conceived of as complimentary activities and are thus discussed together. The key ideas are expressed as follows.
1. The retention of the original “bach era” landscape.
The existing house at the beach at No 25 William St sits at the top of a lawn that is open to the Takapuna beachfront. This is now one of the few sections the opens so generously onto the public domain. This is seen as a positive gesture to the public space of the beach front and recalls an historic house type which is now rare in this region. This lawn or green space features a simple concrete path that extends to the beach from the house.
The intention is to retain and extend this green space and the axial path from the beach through to the William St address. This strategy involves opening the sites up to each other and linking them with a consistent landscape treatment.
There are two significant trees at each end of the combined site. These are to be retained as they are large scale plantings that will book mark the site. Similarly two traditional outbuildings are to remain at either end of the house on the front section.
2. Linking the buildings on the two sites.
An extended pathway from simple materials is to link the buildings on the two sites. The new buildings will be detailed to merge with the land form or , conversely, be strongly defined objects on the lawn and path. They are to be simply clad in robust, weathered hardwood panelling buildings with a concrete base. These materials are found from the existing “bach era” landscape as we’ll as the foreshore and neighbourhood.
The minor dwelling near William St at No.27 is to be clad in naturally weathering brass or copper metal panel it is intended to sit close to the retained large Puriri tree and form a detail on the site, a notional gate house or street elevation.
3. Respecting the local scale.
There are to be three discrete house forms. These have a combined plan area which is similar to the two existing dwellings to be removed.
The new from adjacent neighbours and occupies the approximately back third of it’s section. The House at No. 25 although significantly larger than the existing bach or cottage will be over 1200mm lower than the existing roof ridge. (At 8m wide it will be over 3m narrower when viewed from the beach than the existing house. It will however be 3m longer that the original house on the site. Relative to the neighbouring houses it is smaller in all dimensions from the neighbours either side.)
The house and minor dwelling at No. 27 are ancillary dwellings adjacent to the main house at No. 25. These are spaced at opposite diagonals on the site and appear as one room (5m) wide towers from the road. At their highest they are between 100-800mm higher than the existing house on the site but over a far smaller area.
The three houses will fit easily in the general pattern of the neighbourhood. They will rarely be seen all together and will appear as modestly scaled.
4. Packaging.
The new houses are notionally thought of as a small collection of containers or vessels. The content of these packages, set back behind robust claddings, are finely detailed and glazed.. The houses, or packages, have been placed and arranged so that the cladding conceals the content from the more public approaches and reveals the interiors as one accesses elevations that are interior to the site.
This subtle theme is developed further with the provision of folding and sliding able to be manipulated to suit the requirement of the inhabitants.
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Is anyone more productive than Santa Claus and his elves? Mythically located at the North Pole, surrounded by fields of ice, the team magically fills handwritten orders, always hitting their deadline of Christmas Day. No one has actually seen inside this mysterious, miraculously industrious factory, but through secondhand accounts it is possible to piece together an idea of the ethos driving this workspace. Remarkably, Santa’s workshop reflects the concerns of contemporary industry: creating fun, open work environments that foster employee satisfaction and productivity all through collaboration. “Santa’s Workshop,” by Wilfred Jackson, 1932. Remarkably, many of Santa’s concerns mirror those of contemporary industry. It seems Google, Facebook, and every other company is racing to create the most fun, most open working environments. The hope of the businesses is that this typology will foster employee satisfaction, increase productivity, and create chances for collaboration leading to innovation. Facebook HQ by Studio O+A, Palo Alto, California When Facebook created their headquarters in Palo Alto, California, the management asked employees what they wanted to see. They came up with a design brief that incorporated three main things: sustainable and ecological design, a program …
Building with brick is similar to walking. Placing one foot in front of the other eventually leads somewhere, just as putting one brick on top of the other ultimately leads to a built structure. Architects and builders have used brick as a building material for thousands of years. The modular simplicity and relative cost effectiveness are still appealing in contemporary architecture. Curved walls and sun shades, or brise soleil, are made possible with clever applications. Also unique to brick is the feeling that looking at a wall tells the story of the builder. Each brick placed and cemented by hand to form a useful whole brings a sense of craftsmanship to a building. Creativity and playfulness are rewarded in the presentation of this material, and even though it’s ancient, brick is still relevant to contemporary architecture. Here are projects inspired by and incorporating brick in fun and innovative ways. Meditation Pavilion by David Coleman Architecture, Montgomery, Alabama The small, modular nature of brick allows it to be plastic in its applications, as in the curved wall of this meditation pavilion. House on Mount Anville …
EVolo Magazine has made a name for itself with its annual skyscraper competition, which started in 2006. Since then there have been over 4,000 submissions arriving from across the planet, seemingly covering just about every imaginable design parameter when it comes to vertical construction. Their book, EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS, is a selection of 300 of the best projects spanning six chapters and a hefty 1,223 pages. If you’re an aficionado of futurism in building design, then this is the decisive book on one of the largest scale human interfaces with the environment — the skyscraper.
For the first time Kurt Schreckling’s Strahlturbine Book is now available in English. It explains how to build Kurt Schreckling’s turbojet motor, the FD3/64 containing full construction, photographs and working drawings.
