3 DWELLINGS-3-CLARISSA YEE

CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5

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01 View of house and barn owned by lovers and the gardens and farm land they own 02 View of modest house owned by lovers03 Apple orchard 3 years after planting.04 Location amongst other rural villages in France. 05 Speculation of the height of trees over the years

Tree Dwelling-- Apple Lovers’ Dwelling, Apple Orchard, Mesnil-Clinchamps, France


I throw the apple at you, and if you are willing to love me, take it and share your girlhood with me; but if your thoughts are what I pray they are not, even then take it, and consider how short-lived is beauty.--Plato


Sketch diagram showing movement of couple picking apples and sharing a kiss.


Tree Dwelling-- Apple Lovers’ Dwelling, Apple Orchard, Mesnil-Clinchamps, FranceSketch evolution of design with apple lovers’ and their lives in mind


Early inedible apples taken off saplings to help them grow and given to animals on the farm.

Edible apples stored in dark and ventilated space

Apple lovers ritual to the space and get an intimacy away from the house.



Possible ways to have a woven timber facade using modular timber panels

01 K-I-S-S-I-N-G room

02 Viewing platform over rural countryside

03 Spiral rope staircase evoking playful movement and adventure

04 Apple storage

05 Bird, insect and donkey feed.

Wooden-Block-House-by-Ta-dashi-Yoshimura-Architects



Tree Dwelling-- Apple Lovers’ Dwelling, Apple Orchard, Mesnil-Clinchamps, FranceComponents and making


Chocolate Dwelling- Community Reading Rooms for Children, Liverpool,UK

LOCA

L COMMUNITY BUILDINGS UNDER THREAT

02 Village Club- under threat 03 Swimming Baths- Closed 2011

Site: next to original library that will be closing its doors later on in the year

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Chocolate Dwelling- Community Reading Rooms for Children

“box” opens up on the backside to reveal view to trees

Individual reading spaces within the larger dwelling

Storage of books separate the spaces within

meeting space for story time

“box” on street side respects the form and nature of the street aesthetic, while promsing something unique on the inside.

keeps passageway open and uses columns to cantilever dwelling

Connect the library with the Children’s Park.

reading roomschildrens’ park passage


Chocolate Dwelling- Community Reading Rooms for ChildrenOriginal Blacksmiths at site between park and libraryThe idea of the Park gates as an invitation to the park and welcoming childrens’ play in a fun way. It Is a dwelling that is both indoor and outdoor

Entrance to the Park- Welcoming and signifying the beginning of playtime

Traditional ironmongery makes the most of decorative shapes for strength and interest

Ironmongery is great for hanging baskets and the like the shapes and strength allows a variety of objects to be hung.

ENTRANCE DECORATION HANGING OBJECTS



ALLOWS FOR TRANSPARENCY

Allows for transparency from the existing library building by not blocking light and views from the building and also allows transparency from interior reading rooms and the exterior garden patio.

The timber forms organic curved shapes mimicing the ironmongery style, and taking decorative approach to forming solutions so that the frills


GATE TO CHILDRENS’ REALM


COLLAGE SHOWING USE OF THE BUILDING



Details of timber construction


Chimney dwelling - Volcano Trekking Retreat, Saint Flour, France.

Auvergne Volanoes

Trekker in the landscape

This area gets long cold winters and short hot summers


Chimney dwelling - Volcano Trekking Retreat, Chaîne des Puys, France.

Wood used in a way to withstand cold and weather yet joints are to be reversible so that it could be opened up in the summer.

Hand made using the skills of the local area

Distinct in the landscape for trekkers to see from a distance

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Programs arranged by proximity to the fire- using the warmth of the fire to heat meeting area first and sleeping spaces second.

LAYOUT ACCORDING TO FIRE

meeting gathering space for most warmth

WCs with fireplaces

Bedrooms heated from below from the fire

Primary heat spaces

Secondary heat spaces



WOVEN FACADE WITH VARYING TRNASPARENCY

Like the opinel knife, the component of this dwelling consist of little components and give two options for sumer and winter.

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