THE COMMON HOUSE

from Architectural Portfolio

by Andy Leung

THE EDGE OF A CITY

TYPE: ACADEMIC PROJECT SITE SIZE: 54METER X 24 METER

SOFTWARES USED:

BACKGROUND

THIS RURAL SITE IS SITUATED AT THE INTERVAL PART OF THE VILLAGES WHERE FARMERS, TOURISTS, LOCAL RESIDENTS, HIKERS CROSS PATH. BY PROVIDING A HYBRID OF MARKET, PLANTING AND HOSTEL, THE PROJECT AIMS TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR ALL THE STALKHOLDERS TO EXCHANGE CULTURE.

OBSERVATION

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF LIVING CONDITION; HOUSES BY THE SHORE HAVE MORE PRIVACY COMPARING TO THE HOUSES AT THE HILL WHERE TOILET ARE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.

LIFE CYCLE OF “THE COMMON”

GROWING: YOU CAN OBTAIN SEEDS FROM THE MARKET @GF AND GROW YOUR PLANT ACCORDING TO “LOCATION MAP”

HARVESTING:TAKE REFERENCE OF THE “HARVESTING TABLE”@UPPER THIS PAGE FOR SPECIFIC PLANT GROWING PERIOD

STORING: AFTER HARVESTING, YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER SELL IT IN THE MARKET@GF OR STORE IT AT THE STORAGE@1F

COOKING: IT IS PART OF THE RULES TO SHARE A PORTIAL OF YOUR HARVEST TO THE COMMUNITY @GF

COMPOSING: ALL THE LEFT OVER WASTE SHOULD DISPOSE TO THE COMPOST BIN TO COMPLETE A FULL CYCLE @GF

THE LOCATION MAP PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO WHERE TO GROW SPECIFIC PLANT @2F. THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF LOCATION: THEY ARE VARIED IN LOCATION AND SIZES. THE FACADE TYPE IS IDEAL FOR 400mm1000mm GROWING SPACE; THE FLOOR PLANTER BOX IS IDEAL FOR 50mm - 100mm GROWING SPACE; THE HANGING BOX IS IDEAL FOR 15mm - 30mm GROWING SPACE.

THE FACADE IS A FRAME BY TIMBER STRIPS. APART FROM ALL THE BEDROOMS CONSISTED OF ENCLOSED GLAZED WINDOW FOR PRIVACY ISSUE, THE REST OF THE FACDE, NAMELY THE SLAB PLANTING SPACE AND THE FACADE CLIMBER PLANTING SPACE, ARE WITHOUT AN ENCLOSURE, ALLOWING MAXIMUM AIR CIRCULATION.

AND

APART FROM PLANTING SPACES, WHERE SKYLIGHT IS PROVIDED, TO BE COVERED WITH SOLAR PAN-

LOWER FLOOR

FOR THE LOWER FLOOR, THE IDEA IS TO MERGE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. BEING SO CLOSE TO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LAYOUT SHALL NOT BE INTRUSIVE, SUCH AS HAVING SO MANY WALLS, INSTEAD IT SHOULD BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WHILE ENHANCING AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING PLAZA, WORKSHOP, SEATS.

UPPER FLOOR

FOR THE UPPER FLOOR, HEAT IS A BIG PROBLEM SINCE THERE ARE BEDROOMS AND PLANTS TOGETHER. THE IDEA OF HAVING A OPEN UPPER FLOOR IS IMPORTANT, WITH CORRIDOR LIKE SPACE WHERE AIR AND WIND CAN TRAVEL FREELY THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.