Initially I thought that the best way to create an environment similar to the one my client was used to in Tahiti would be an interior garden. But the space wouldn't have allowed a proper garden. By cutting the container in two pieces and separating them, a little garden is created between them and the view from the bathroom and the living room improves.
The entrance for the main building will be through glass doors. Even though a glass wall may seem a bad idea considering Gauguin lived in the 19th Century, I think that he would have enjoyed that, since he was an eccentric man and hated the conventional. The small building has view over the small garden and a carved stone bathtub. The privacy will be provided by trees on the west side of the house. The traditional stove in the main building has aesthetic role, heating the whole building as well. The small building is South oriented and the water will be heated by sunlight during the day. A small space for conversation with view over the garden and heat from the stove is provided in the main building. Contrast: glass vs dark timber vs white walls
The studio occupies the largest area of the one storey building since the client is a painter. The studio is north-facing and has a large window for constant light. The west and east sides as well as the roof need to provide privacy .
The Station is situated on Curzon Street, near City Centre. Across the road are The Woodman Pub (West) and Millennium Point which is a building housing the Think Tank museum and part of Birmingham City University (North).
The area around Curzon Station is hardly occupied and there are few pedestrians at any time of day. More on http://curzontodayresearchp3.weebly.com/research/curzon-throughout-the-day The container is part of a "container city" in Birmingham, UK. It shares the site with Curzon Street Station.
The surviving Grade I listed entrance building was designed by Philip Hardwick. It was built in 1838 and it is now the world’s oldest surviving piece of monumental railway architecture, Roman inspired.It has tall pillars running up the front of the building, made out of a series of huge blocks of stone. The design mirrored the Euston Arch at the London end of the L&BR. In the original design the building was to be flanked by two arches leading into the station: excavations have revealed that these were never built. More about its history on http://curzonstreetstation.weebly.com/context.html |
AuthorMy name is Roxana Cislariu and I am an Architecture student at Birmingham City University. This is my response to the third brief of the first year. |