Fig (i) - Photo House

Fig (ii) - Photo House

Fig (iii) - Photo House

Preliminary drawings for a residential property designed with the specification of a dark room.

The dark room is one level within a dark cement/stone central column that simultaneously acts as a holding core for the glass structure.

The bottom half of the core fits a bathroom (small deep bath - notion of 'standing bath').

The stair case wraps around the central column - a square play on a spiral stair case, leading up to the solar panels an porch (see fig. one).

Porch details: same stone as the central column, flat sun beds/futons - no railing.

Internal divisions are made using individual panel partition (see CE Omega 110) for light play.

Still very much getting to grips with SketchUp.

The cement backing of Keiji Ashizawa's 2 Courts House gives an idea of the core material (potentially a shade darker/bluer - still searching for a material).

Gives an idea of the 'solar pool' on the roof.