The Client
Client Consideration Budget: Good budget, the client asked for an environmentally friendly house with a very good system for long term occupancy.
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Comfort Requirement: The couple wants a well ventilated house in the summer, and well heating in the winter. However, they are very energy concscious and rarely use the active cooling and heating system.
Winter
John and Andy Ng are a couple that is planning to move to a site opposite the beach. The couple has no children, but does have two dogs. The dogs are relatively small and prefers to stay indoors.
Health Requirement: None in particular.
The couple commutes to work from 6am and usually returns home around 7pm. Then they both cook dinner together. On the weekend the couple prefer to stay in the house to relax. They often have guests stay, and like to throw fancy dinner parties. They both work for a solar power company.
Preparedness of occupant to operate the house: The client is fully commited to operate the house to achieve the best result.
They would like their house to feel natural with lots of daylight. They like the idea of having sea breezes coming through their house and would like a house with really good passive design strategies.
Buillding use intensity: The couple commutes to work from Monday to Friday and returns around 7pm. Usage intensity is higher on weekends. Guests stays monthly and usually for days.
The couple prefer to have a sheltered outdoor area nearby the kitchen so that they could do an outdoor dinner party. The couple also specified that they are planning to have a children. So the house needs to be designed to be as comfortable as possible for it being able to house children. The site is located on Point Cook, where the beach is on the East. The site will be close to various nature reserves, thus the couple wanted the house to be as environmentally friendly as possible.
Analysis roof line
Galah House
35.7 mm average Low Wind rose Sun path
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Legend
The couple cycles to work, but prefers to have an area for cars for visitors or guests.
Sewer line Water line Gas line Power line Stormwater line Gas metre Water metre Sewer pit Telecom pit Electrical pole w/street light Side entry pit Junction pit Legal Point of Discharge Tree Site Boundary Telecom Line Solar Panel
Point Cook Beach: 20 m
Summer
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Name: Girvan Christian Tenggono
Environmental Building Systems ABPL20036
Student Number: 917833
Assignment 1
Wendy Qin
Date: 31 Jul 2017
Scale: 1:200 @ A3
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1. Site Analysis