3 dwellings-3-clarissa yee
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3 DWELLINGS-3-CLARISSA YEETRANSCRIPT
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
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01 View of house and barn owned by lovers and the gardens and farm land they own 02 View of modest house owned by lovers03 Apple orchard 3 years after planting.04 Location amongst other rural villages in France. 05 Speculation of the height of trees over the years
Tree Dwelling-- Apple Lovers’ Dwelling, Apple Orchard, Mesnil-Clinchamps, France
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
I throw the apple at you, and if you are willing to love me, take it and share your girlhood with me; but if your thoughts are what I pray they are not, even then take it, and consider how short-lived is beauty.--Plato
Tree Dwelling-- Apple Lovers’ Dwelling, Apple Orchard, Mesnil-Clinchamps, France
Sketch diagram showing movement of couple picking apples and sharing a kiss.
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Tree Dwelling-- Apple Lovers’ Dwelling, Apple Orchard, Mesnil-Clinchamps, FranceSketch evolution of design with apple lovers’ and their lives in mind
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Early inedible apples taken off saplings to help them grow and given to animals on the farm.
Edible apples stored in dark and ventilated space
Apple lovers ritual to the space and get an intimacy away from the house.
Tree Dwelling-- Apple Lovers’ Dwelling, Apple Orchard, Mesnil-Clinchamps, France
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Possible ways to have a woven timber facade using modular timber panels
01 K-I-S-S-I-N-G room
02 Viewing platform over rural countryside
03 Spiral rope staircase evoking playful movement and adventure
04 Apple storage
05 Bird, insect and donkey feed.
Wooden-Block-House-by-Ta-dashi-Yoshimura-Architects
Tree Dwelling-- Apple Lovers’ Dwelling, Apple Orchard, Mesnil-Clinchamps, France
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Tree Dwelling-- Apple Lovers’ Dwelling, Apple Orchard, Mesnil-Clinchamps, FranceComponents and making
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Chocolate Dwelling- Community Reading Rooms for Children, Liverpool,UK
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L COMMUNITY BUILDINGS UNDER THREAT
02 Village Club- under threat 03 Swimming Baths- Closed 2011
Site: next to original library that will be closing its doors later on in the year
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01 Library- Closure Late 2012
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Chocolate Dwelling- Community Reading Rooms for Children
“box” opens up on the backside to reveal view to trees
Individual reading spaces within the larger dwelling
Storage of books separate the spaces within
meeting space for story time
“box” on street side respects the form and nature of the street aesthetic, while promsing something unique on the inside.
keeps passageway open and uses columns to cantilever dwelling
Connect the library with the Children’s Park.
reading roomschildrens’ park passage
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Chocolate Dwelling- Community Reading Rooms for ChildrenOriginal Blacksmiths at site between park and libraryThe idea of the Park gates as an invitation to the park and welcoming childrens’ play in a fun way. It Is a dwelling that is both indoor and outdoor
Entrance to the Park- Welcoming and signifying the beginning of playtime
Traditional ironmongery makes the most of decorative shapes for strength and interest
Ironmongery is great for hanging baskets and the like the shapes and strength allows a variety of objects to be hung.
ENTRANCE DECORATION HANGING OBJECTS
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Chocolate Dwelling- Community Reading Rooms for Children
ALLOWS FOR TRANSPARENCY
Allows for transparency from the existing library building by not blocking light and views from the building and also allows transparency from interior reading rooms and the exterior garden patio.
The timber forms organic curved shapes mimicing the ironmongery style, and taking decorative approach to forming solutions so that the frills
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
GATE TO CHILDRENS’ REALM
Chocolate Dwelling- Community Reading Rooms for Children
COLLAGE SHOWING USE OF THE BUILDING
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Chocolate Dwelling- Community Reading Rooms for Children
Details of timber construction
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Chimney dwelling - Volcano Trekking Retreat, Saint Flour, France.
Auvergne Volanoes
Trekker in the landscape
This area gets long cold winters and short hot summers
CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Chimney dwelling - Volcano Trekking Retreat, Chaîne des Puys, France.
Wood used in a way to withstand cold and weather yet joints are to be reversible so that it could be opened up in the summer.
Hand made using the skills of the local area
Distinct in the landscape for trekkers to see from a distance
Wood used to mimic lava colomns to echo the history of the area. 01
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CLARISSA YEE UNIT 22 YEAR 5
Chimney dwelling - Volcano Trekking Retreat, Chaîne des Puys, France.
Programs arranged by proximity to the fire- using the warmth of the fire to heat meeting area first and sleeping spaces second.
LAYOUT ACCORDING TO FIRE
meeting gathering space for most warmth
WCs with fireplaces
Bedrooms heated from below from the fire
Primary heat spaces
Secondary heat spaces