Precedents

Adolf Loos

Michaelerplatz

This building is one of the most famous of Adolf Loos and the first made with mixed uses, such as building housing plurifamiliar, and shop. The project was commissioned by the firm Goldman & Salatsch tailors who were once again the "patron" of Loos and occupy the lower three floors of the building with one of its largest stores.

This concept was a very interesting one which I wanted to bring forward to my project because my clients insisted on having a meeting room. Which meant I should find a way of clearly separating the buildings by the use of different materials.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Barcelona Pavilion

Mies's response to the proposal by von Schnitzler was radical. After rejecting the original site because of aesthetic reasons, Mies agreed to a quiet site at the narrow side of a wide, diagonal axis, where the pavilion would still offer viewpoints and a route leading to one of the exhibition's main attractions, the "Spanish Village" . The pavilion was going to be bare—no trade exhibits—just the structure, a single sculpture and purpose-designed furniture.

The main idea of this building was the extending walls, which i eagerly brought forward to my final design of my habitat building. I used these extending walls to easily show 3 segregated areas in my site. The commercial, parking and residential. The overhang is an aspect I used on my two building to give the clients an area to stand under when outdoors.

Initial idea

This was my initial idea for the site at Kenmore but was quickly scrapped due to being impractical. It was designed in a pyrimidical style wih the main living area being downstairs and all the sleeping quarters on the rest. It had a very large glass walled living/dining room but as you walked towards it, you felt very constricted. It was not open plan enough. The entrance was meant to be grand but it was a big anti-climax because, as soon as you entered, you were greated by a utility room.

3rd floor plan

The master bedroom area is situated on the 3rd floor with a grand master bedroom and a huge ensuite bathroom. The clients already work in a hierarchical system and it would not be fair for them to live in one. So the idea of Hoyt having a much grander bedroom than the rest was scrapped.

2nd Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan