I began by creating a model with the base, showing the change in levels over the whole site as there is a fall of about 1m:
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| Model showing the change in levels and the building along the top side of the site. |
The design context was to follow on from the previous weeks creation of forms from the geometric shapes and the materials to be used in the design were limited to just two hard landscape materials (I chose stone and timber), as well as a selection of shrubs, ground cover plants and lawn. The forms should be used to form paving, walls and roof to the structure and seating.
The forms I felt would work were the triangle and the hexagon (made up using 6 of the triangles) as I felt the could create quite an interesting effect and allow many design possibilities.
I have, in the past been really interested in the structure of geo-domes due to their simple design, yet very strong structures, and they are, of course made up of hexagons locked together. There is an eco-camp in patagonia that uses geo-domes in a very tasteful and effective way:
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| The use of geodomes at an eco-camp in patagonia http://tinyhouseswoon.com/category/geodesic-dome/aption |
There is something very special about this structure, that I think has something to do with it being made up of all straight lines, yet it appears almost spherical - quite satisfying really! I experimented with drawing a geodome as it seemed like it would be quite tricky to draw by hand, especially trying to capture what it would be like made from timber.
I'm not sure if I could make a geodome using just timber - or at least I could, it would just be very dark. For these sketches I cheated slightly and imagined the roof to be made of hemp or ome other plant-based material to count as timber!
When coming up with the design, I found the hexagon to be quite harsh on the eye, and therefore found it best to put the hexagons within circles.
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