#erangi

Our final design output required six images including a roof plan, floor plan, long section, short section, elevation and final summative overlay drawing/collage. I created these images from many initial sketches and photographs of the site we were provided with. I made some final decisions including materiality which was glulam timber that was able to be bent and manipulated into the curved forms my structure required. I also looked at different tower precedents and was particularly inspired by a seaside tower built on the Whangapoua beach by the Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects. This tower could also move - the entire structure was able to be relocated when necessary. The use of timber also helped me confirm my decisions on what material to use. 

“On an idyllic beach located in the Coromandel peninsula, north of New Zealand, a very unique building can be found—created by the Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects architecture studio.Built by the shore of a white-sanded beach—among the dunes—this particular shelter needed to be removable to adapt to the coastal erosion the region is constantly subjected to. For this very reason, the cabin stands on two, solid-wood sleighs so that it can be moved around more easily.”  -  Eric Vökel, Danish Architect

My ‘tower’ has a cosy, exciting atmosphere. The first floor, box space is a small cosy room which you are able to enter via stairs and a door. This little room is fitted with a bench and sink, small table, chairs and a space for bean bags and blankets. You can go inside, put the kettle on, make a cup of hot cocoa and then head up to the roof by climbing the ladder to the magical viewing cubby. This is a little get-away for a couple of friends to sit and relax and either watch the waves out to sea or the stars at night. The most exciting part about the cubby is that the whole structure is able to rotate. It rotates according to which ever way the wind pushes it so the wind never blows into it. The rotational mechanism is gradual for safety reasons. In my ‘long section’ I have detailed the rotating system design. 

FINAL DESIGN OUTPUT IMAGES

Roof Plan, Floor Plan, Long Section, Short Section and Elevation

Summative Overlay Drawing/Collage