Assignment 3 Final Submission

Rhino File

Assignment 2 Final Submission

As my design is a response to hurricane affected areas I decided to develop a dynamic porous tent material that when stretched allows for ventilation. This maximises ventilation in a 'tent' structure that has no other means whilst still sealing off the inside from the world outside including bugs that carry diseases. These unwanted creatures are prevented from penetrating the tent as the holes are very small (however enlarged in the submission for demonstration purposes).

GH File

Assignment 2 Interim submission

Link to Grasshopper File

Assignment 1

Sketchup File

My design embodies my research of a temporary home that provides maximum living space that is flexible, personal and able to be easily transported and set up. This is done through the minimal alterations to the main shipping container so as to retain its rigidity and ability to stack and to keep enough space to fill with the supplied furniture and extension. The extension is make out of a light-weight steel structure and covered with a waterproof fabric that can be rolled up and stored for travel. This is then transformed into an enclosed space with a 'zip' function to the transparent plastic walls and plastic drop sheet. This space provides further entertaining/living/sleeping space that isn't constricted to any function. Finally the use of swiveling porthole skylights provide light and ventilation from above and the roof acts as a garden bed to grow food on with fertile soil, this doubles as insulation to the container.

Assignment 1

Shipping Plan

 Floor Plan

 Section

 Poster

The Client

Who has been affected?

The people that are affected in central US are mainly younger families.

How have they been affected?

They have been affected with the destruction of their homes and properties. Some people suffered injuries and even deaths due to flying structures and structures collapsing. They are affected emotionally with the loss of homes and memories as well as people close to them.

What are their needs and vulnerabilities?

Tornado, hurricane victims are in need for clean food, water and clothes as well as a shelter to meet their minimum needs depending on the circumstances of the disaster. Ensuring they get a container or a temporary home to live in until their home is fixed.

Are they in an urban or rural location?

They are located in small towns outside major US cities such as Oklahoma.

What houses existed before the natural disaster?

Most houses that survived were made of concrete and brick materials, however the roofs in most were taken out by the tornadoes. The houses that were destroyed beyond recognition were timber framed houses.

How did it deal with the division of spaces, privacy, security, climate control?

Classwork Week 2

·         How has the understanding of home changed over time?

o   Notions of the ‘nuclear’ home has transcended from familial use to one that mirrors the personality/use of the owner to accommodate for specific lifestyles. Resulting in many tailored residences creating multiple niches (ie: bachelor pad’s, family homes, professional apartments, student accommodation, etc…)

o   The home gives representation to the owner’s status, power and wealth as if to proclaim their involvement and success in life and society.

o   Modern society has developed a greed for space due to the desire to simultaneously occupy spaces, entertain and retreat. However the ideal of multiple spaces to fit one specific function has been restricted due to financial constraints and the growth of middle class.

o   Habitually the home is a sanctuary for its occupants, segregating the outside pressures and threats (physical and theoretical) from the calm and security within. This is the crux of the ideal home to which design just enhances, personalises and subsequently re-invents to suit a modern context.