Final Assignment 2- Piranesi

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Assignment 2: The Brief

Piranesi Design Brief:

Room List:

•   Master Bedroom

o   En suite

o   Personal study nook

• One or two guest rooms

o   Must have bathroom,

o   Shower and a large bath

• WC/ Toilets separated from the bathrooms

• A library

o   For reference for studies and artworks

o   Could also have a small nook for recreation and relaxation

• A studio/ workshop

o   For study and for large projects

• Dining room

o   Really nice long table

o   Renaissance decor

•  Kitchen area

o   2 bowl sink

o   Freestanding kitchen counter

o   Large oven

o   Gas cooker

•  Large living room

o   Entertain guests and should be really nicely decorated

o   Could also work as a gallery area

•  Gallery

o   Or a space where artworks can be displayed for visitors to walk in, or for Piranesi himself to place artworks. Other works of art so he can appreciate them himself

•  Large laundry room

o   Be able to have a dryer and a washing machine

Relationships:

• The large studio/workshop and one of the guest rooms should be connected together or in close proximity to each other, as a helper of Piranesi can come and help him in the workshop and can stay over. It shouldn’t be near the master bedroom to ensure privacy of the master bedroom. This specific guest room is grouped in the “pubic area” due to this fact

• The other guest bedroom can be closer to the master bedroom, for a private atmosphere. It will have a separated bathroom and toilet near it, whereas the master bedroom will have its own en-suite. The private study will be inside the bedroom, so you have to enter the bedroom to get to the study, so that no one can walk past and disturb the privacy of the study

•  The dining room and the kitchen should be next to each other for convenience regarding food preparation and transport of food to and from the spaces

• The lounge room should be connected to the dining room, for convenience of circulation of guests in and out of the different public spaces for the guests. It is to be a spacious area, to have a lot of guests and a lot of

• The laundry room is attached to the side of the kitchen, so the piping and plumbing is continuous and connected in a linear form

• The public spaces should be on the first floor and the private spaces should be on the second floor, so that it doesn’t ruin circulation between private and public spaces

• The library could be on the second or first floor (will have to see spaces once other rooms have been rationalised

Some design points:

•  Even though in Piranesi’s drawings and his style, high ceilings are not allowed in the Mosman area, (max building height is 8.5m, wall heights are 7.2m), but it till be two storeys, ceiling heights shall be 3.6m

•  The spaces are wide and open, and thus large windows would be used to allows natural lighting or penetrate the various spaces. This would very much compensate for the building’s height restriction as it would allow an opened space feel without using too tall ceiling heights.

• the doorways through the public spaces such as the dining room, lounge room and kitchens should be  connected through large archways due to the nature of Piranesi’s designs and his drawings

• The studio/ workshop should be semi detached from the main building, so that its noise levels don’t interrupt anyone else. It should be a large space, and it should be big enough to house large projects and equipment for such projects.

• The lounge room should be big and welcoming, and should introduce the style of the building. Since Piranesi liked Romanesque buildings and the renaissance period, this lounge room can have such decorations in the room.

• The kitchen area can be spacious so that there is more room to organise the pantry and prepare food much easier. There should be a bench area as well, so that Piranesi can quickly eat when he is on a rush or if he is by himself for convenience the sink should also be double sink and should also be spacious.

• The dining area should also be spacious and have a large table for a lot of guests to commute on.

• The Master bedroom would have a large king sized bed, and is connected to a large en-suite area, as well as a small study area.

• The small study space should also be connected inside the master bedroom, reachable only by traversing through the master bedroom, to maintain privacy. it would be  a small nook that would allow one to quickly jot down ideas and transfer them to the main studio area for artworks

•  The first guest room shouldn’t be too big, and is connected to the studio/workshop for if anyone comes and helps Piranesi with his works. It should have a useable bathroom and toilet, but his is outside, so that guests can also use it, even if they aren’t staying over.

•  The second guest room could be on the second floor near the master bedroom, so a level of privacy can be maintained. A separated bathroom and toilet could be on the second floor as well, for that guest, or the guest would go downstairs and use that bathroom that is near the second guest room.

Assignment 2: Stage 1 Submission (´･ω･`)

1.Site Analysis: #5 Wyagrine Street, Balmoral, Mosman

Project: Two storey House, with a semi detached studio

Site: #5 Wyagrine Street, Balmoral, Mosman

Client: Sally Nguyen (Piranesi inspired house)

Notes:

• Dimensions of the house as follows:

o   15.24m, 49.075m, 15.91m, 44.505m

• Two existing two storey brick rendered houses are on either side of the house

•  Behind the house is an adjacent home which bounds the back of the house in line with neighbouring houses 
• There is a shared stone wall lined with the footpath at the front of the house

•  A recreational area, Edwards Beach, Hunter’s Bay is to the east of the site, a few km away
•  Sea breezes blow from the beach area, from the east across the site
• Sun rises from the east of the site, i.e. from the street facing side of the building, so trees at the front of the building block intense sunlight hitting the house
•  It is situated in a R2 zone, a medium density suburban neighbourhood and design of the house should not exceed 2/ 3 storeys, as amenities of neighbouring homes could be compromised i.e. views, privacy
• There is the possibility of salt attack on the building due to close proximity with surf waters (Marine environment, within 10km of body of water) i.e. Hunter’s bay to the east

2. Planning Controls

Planning controls

Site analysis:

•  It is lined up against a common wall, and bounded by two sites on either side
•  It has a single street frontage, Wyargine Street
• It is a close distance to a recreational level, Edwards beach and Hunters bay- salt attack from a marine surf environment is possible
• It is mostly a medium density residential location that the site is situated in, so houses will be very small, ie. only 8.5m high, with a max wall height of 7.2m, with a possible acceptance of attic space if the council allows it

Site dimensions 49.075 m x 15.24m

• The max building height is only allowed to be 8.5m high, (in the R2 medium density housing it is currently situated in
•  max wall height will be 7.2m, max two storeys,
•  an attic could also be allowed if the council deems it allowable in existing and new buildings
• pitched roofs can also extend past the building height set out in the LEP, if it is an important character to the building
• Max floor space ratio is 0.5:1
• Low density Residential Zone R2, near a beach, near a public recreation zone RE1
• Lined against Wyargine Street
• Minimum Side setbacks for a house with two storeys- 1.5m, 900m for the first floor
• Minimum side boundaries:
• Low density residential area R2
• Landscaping percentage 42.39515%, 
• Site area= 747.903m^2

Subdivision points:

• Will have to subdivide the site with a shared street frontage, sits in between two other building sites, as well as behind the building there is another site for another building to be placed behind it, ie shared back boundary 

Setbacks

•  Should be at equal widths and have similar distance away from the street
• Single storey setback =900mm, double storey, setback= 1.5m

Landscaping

• No voids under the house is allowed
• Attics are as advised

Fences:

• Side and rear fences no more than 1.8m high
• Sidewalk fences are 1.2m high only
• Depending on the type of house, there are certain types of fences permitted: For Piranesi, it will be of a late Victorian type house, so Cast iron palisades will be used 

Week_07- Studio Exercise

Part 1: Piranesi Research

Background information and notes

Personal:

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He is a person who seems to like being by himself- he sojourn travelled around Venice sketching any buildings he came across.

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Baptised in Venice

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Father was a stonemason

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Influenced by his brother for a love of roman history

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He also made his own workshop in Via Del Corso, so a studio could be included in his house

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He is an academic, so a studio or a study seems appropriate

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He doesn’t have a family= bachelor house

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He has an Italian background so he would be influenced by intricate design and traditional and decorative facades on his building/ home

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Loved Roman ruins and the city of Rome

Studies:

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Studied under his uncle, craftsmanship

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Loved the works from Palladio

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Studied with an eccentric architect Giovanni AntonioScalfarotto

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Learned the art of etching from Giuseppe Vasi

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Befriended many contemporary architects ie. NicolaSalvi and Luigi Vanvitelli

In his artworks:

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He has very large and spacious rooms and designs in his prison drawings, as well as lots of diverging paths to different areas. They overlap and lead to many different spaces. They are large and grandiose

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He uses very large entrances, such as large curved archways to indicate a change in spaces

 

Piranesi has an Italian background, and from a young age he fell in love with architecture and Roman Ruins. He is a very artistic individual, who incorporates architectural ideas and synthesises it with his artistic etchings and drawings. Hebefriended many contemporary architects of his time, and it would be a possibility that he would incorporate their ideas into his etchings. There were many intricate pieces of architecture emerging from that time, and with his initial sketches of Rome, he had a very knowledgeable idea of real and unreal. His early drawings were of Rome Ruins, but he redrew the ruins as what they were when they were whole building. Piranesi thus, seems to be an architectural drafter rather than an artist, but his occupation is still under the banner of artist because of this imaginative element within his works.

He has a concise understanding of architecture, and would most definitely have a house that invokes both the key elements of an architecturally sound house/ building, but also a house that pushed the boundaries OF architectural traditions. In his Prison etchings, there are many paths and manyarchways that define a change in spaces and many different rooms and locations smattered all around the framed view in his drawings. They are not real, but they seem very architecturally possible to make. With analysis of architectural works from his Rome etchings and influence from hisarchitectural friends, he creates a convincing fantasy and grandiose space, but detailing in regards to structural support and space usage make them very convincing as architectural etchings of an existing building.

Some requirements he may need:

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I have yet to find anything about his family, so he would be residing in a bachelor apartment.

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Looking at his artworks, they are mostly grandiose and very large/spacious, so his home woud also be large and spacious.

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He has many diverging paths that cut through the spaces, which leads to different rooms and area, so in the design, maybe there would be a huge single roof and the spaces underneath the single large roof could be cut up and divided by diverging paths and floors/ landings.

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Being an artistic person, he would need a studio or a study (or both) in which he could do his etchings.

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An element of roman architecture could also be incorporated into the space, ie. the abundance of columns or whatever that reflect the roman style of architecture

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Intricate facades are also considered due to his interests in ancient roman architecture

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Large archways that divide the rooms and spaces are also evident in his artworks, so then the doorways should be framed with large arches

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There are many hanging elements in the etchings as well, so rooms could also be hanging

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Initial thoughts for the shape of the house are still in the air for me, but it should me a house that builds upwards rather than outwards

Part 2- Piranesi Brief

Some ideas synthesised during this lesson would be the style of the building. Piranesi does not have a recoded immediate family, so he would live in a bachelor’s apartment. His home would reflect his artistic personality, but retain a large and grandiose style of detailed architecture and contain many architectural elements. The house would be built upwards towards the sky, rather than outwards as Piranesi utilised a large and sublime space with a single roof. In his home, I alsobelieve that there should be a very high ceiling that containsmany smaller spaces that are divided up with diverging paths, stairs and bridges, elements which are also evident in his prison etchings.

 

A curious thing would be, even though his etchings are under the banner of “prison” etchings, they are very open and spacious, not what one would associate with a prison (usually that of confinement, gloom and dark) Thus, the rooms will be large and spacious, linking with the style shown through Piranesi’s artworks.

 

Light would be debatable, as in Piranesi’s etchings, they are huge, high ceiling spaces that contain lamps and other artificial lighting, but despite the definition of ‘prison’, there is much natural light penetrating the spaces, illuminating theprisons. The archways also direct the lights through particular spots and cast many shadows through the spaces. Glass would be used for the facades, and an abundance of windows wouldexist in the design.

 

Because of his love for the grandiose and the diverging paths, the house would be built upwards and all the rooms and spaces would be above each other. The various pathways would circulate the person up and around the spaces, and with the high, single roof, then the spaces would be very open and public. However, rooms such as the bathroom, his bedroom. The guest room and the study/studio rooms would be enclosed and private. Because he is living as a bachelor, many of his spaces would be very open and the room relationships would be very open as Piranesi would live by himself.

 

Room list:

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Lounge room

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Dining room

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Kitchen

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Guest room and guest bathroom

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One master bedroom and ensuite

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Library

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Study/ studio

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Gallery

 

Reasons for rooms:

Gallery

The reason I included a gallery is that Piranesi is a very artistic person, and it would be good for him to display his works for his visitors to see or for him to meander around andlook at his artworks and designs. Most of his drawings are very grandiose and big, and it would not be a surprise if hehad his sketches as very large drawings and pinned them to large parts of the walls in the gallery area. It also would be a good place if he collected some design from his architecturalfriends or from other artists to look at them and appreciate them (ie because he befriended many contemporary architects, he could collect their models, and since he really loved the artworks of Palladio, he could pin them up.)

 

Studio/ Study

These two rooms could be merged together or placed next to each other. This is because in his life, he began his own artistic studio when he was in Venice, and a large work space would definitely be necessary for his creative line of work, ie.Contain easels, materials and other workshop equipment. Because he had his own studio, he would have had taken on a few apprentices, so a large studio would be required if there were many people frequenting the space. I think this space should be semi detached from the house due to the public nature of the building.

With this in mind, it would not be odd if there were tow studio rooms in his house: one right next to the studio, for him and his apprentices to use, and a more intimate one next to his room for his own personal use.

 

Guest Room

With the idea that an apprentice or a visitor would visit him, a guest room would be an appropriate room to add into the design of the house. It would be next somewhere near the studio and the study area, but it would not be right against each other due to noise regulation and noise pollution if anyone was working on anything in the studio if a guest was sleeping, apprentice or otherwise. It would also serve as a room for repose if the master bedroom wasn’t nearby and if Piranesi was working late nights (or whatever)

 

Library

Being a scholar, a library would not be a very odd room to add into his house. It would be both be a private library and a reference library for him to assist in his work. It would most likely go at the centre of the house, for easy access and one would not have to traverse too far or cut through any unnecessary rooms to reach the library.

I imagine the library to be within close proximity to the study of the master bedroom and the studio, so probably in the middle of the house and in between these two rooms would be  a very good location for the library.