This concept was developed for the for the 2010 competition “Boral design Award”.
As a tribute to the history of traditional construction, we established for the site
to have pre-existing, or artificial, brick-wall ruins. These walls slide across the
site and form unidentifiable structures. They are not human spaces but elements in
their own right, expressions of a form of art. The scattered components are identified
as architectural only at a second stage, when the spaces in between them are developed
into areas of a human habitat, the house. As a response to the steep site, the dwelling
is established across various levels with the main pedestrian and vehicular access
to the site on the lower level. On the ground floor, the courtyard, the entry and
the living spaces are defined by the “brick-walls ruins”. These also act as structural
support to the two prefabricated modules containing the bedrooms on the upper levels.The
present day challenge of limited resources and renewable energy was also addressed
through the installation of a water tank and photovoltaic roof tiles. The smart space
distribution maximises solar access and natural ventilation, and minimises the use
of air-conditioning.
