The double house is for an art collector and her father. The requirement that the double house also has to have a public area which serves as Gallery. The design goal is to create an living space that can provide a living space that can encourage the communication between the two occupants, a public space that celebrates the present of art works but at the same time doesn't violate the privacy aspect of the house. I also found two opposite aspects of the site that were interesting. The wide city view when looking straight west and the view of an massive, ruinous looking brick arches when looking down low at Rowen Place. It is the desire to keep provide as much contact with this more quite view that I decide to drop the building levels.
Therefore, in the initial design, I made two houses separate by a small courtyard. The bigger one for the art collector incorporate gallery space for the public. the smaller one at the back of the site, dropped down two level is for the father.
The problem with this scheme is in the circulation and program planning. Another issue is as the site is sandwiched between two high building, the courtyard, designed as it was then would always in shading and virtually never get any sunlight.
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Therefore, in the initial design, I made two houses separate by a small courtyard. The bigger one for the art collector incorporate gallery space for the public. the smaller one at the back of the site, dropped down two level is for the father.
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Level 0
Long Section
Physical model
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