The Architectural Apprenticeship: 2010

Part C: Cabin Analysis

The Cabin

As an Environmental Filter

Sunlights and winds can come through the windows, makes the cabin have enough natural light and fine vetilation.

Most of the doors and windows can be adjusted to product from the heat of sun and having warm sunlight to come through.

Western side Wall having the less windows, and the north and east side having the most numbers of windows

Placing the west side of the cabin to the raod can aviod noise come into the house as the western site has less windows

As a Container of Human Activities

Ground level is the public area and the upper level is the private area

Stairs divide the area

Since bedroom is place on the min level, can sepreate the working area and public more widely, making people when on the office, can become more concentrate.

Many types of windows having different functions, making the public and private area can be divided as what the household like.

As the private areas place at the higher space, people at the public area (lower space) hard to see the private area, but when people in private area (high space), it is easy to see what's going on at the ground level

As a Delightful Experience

Concrete as the main matrial of cabin. using timber as a material of the bedroom, makes it feels more harmony and can gives a contract of to concrete.

A soft and hard feelings of concrete, while soft is inside; hard is outside

When come back to the cabin, the big enterence space can make people have a refreshing feeling, since people will take off shoes and other things there and then walk into the bathroom to washing hand, putting down all the outside things there.

When opened the doors and windows on east side, the cabin will become outdoor room

People in the carbin can see over the CBD views when being surban surroundings

Although kitchen is not placing to the east side, people can still eating breakfast on the pavilino outside the cabin, having the morning sunlight and the CBD views

Similarity of C House and Cabin

have outdoor room
using stairs to divide spaces
similar rooms arrangement
high roofing
adjustable doors and windows
using concrete and timber as the main material
got a good views of it

Differences of C House and Cabin

bathroom are not near the bedroom
bedroom are not totally sepreate to the public area
Have not following the landscape as the roof line

Part C: Cabin Design

Lower Level Floor Plan

Mid Level Floor Plan

Upper Level Floor Plan

Section A-A

Section B-B

South Side Elevation

East Side Elevation

Axonometric from North East side

Part C: Ideas of Cabin

As the restriction of the size (75m2 )of the cabin, I will create a high roofing for the cabin, making it have a larger feelings.

Diagram 1

Again with the restriction of the size, if i create a outdoor room like C HOUSE and make all the spaces place around it, space will become very small even if having a high roofing. Therefore, I will make the cabin itself becoming the outdoor room. Letting it have a outdoor room and have enough to live with.

Diagram 2

The Cabin as a outdoor room makes it become lots of windows around it, will have too much natural light and winds come through to the cabin. So, it have to make different kinds of windows and doors for it.

Diagram 3

Using wood shutter windows can solve the problems. It can reduce heat from the sun, and can adjust the angle of the wood to let the sunlight in or block it. On the other hand, limitation of winds also can come through it, make the cabin have a fine ventilation system.

Diagram 4

Frosted glasses is another good choice of window, it can bring the sunlight come through it slightly.

Diagram 5

Like shutter windows and adjust the angle of the windows, the different between them are type 1 let sun and winds come through as once

Diagram 6

Windows of the wood will twist if the winds come through it. It also can bring in little sunlight to the house. Since I do not want the west side sun light come into the house largely, and the ventilation better.

Diagram 7

Making the Cabin become a outdoor room, the idea is to have lots of windows and making a side of the wall have an adjustable doors/windows, that can be opening and closing.

Diagram8