Contextual Fit

Analysis & Design of Adding on

For this Project, we were tasked with designing a new expansion to the Smith House, designed by a famous well known architect Richard Meier. It is required that the existing system and patterns were analyzed and incorporated into the expansion in order to preserve the original design.

When designing this project we must use conceptual analogies and we must also have meta/Idea and narrative so that the requirements of the new owners are met. In doing so this will create new systems/patterns that were not originally found in the house.

Narrative

The Smith family has asked for an expansion to their new home. The family loves watching superhero movies together(particularly ones starring Hugh Jackman) so they have requested a nice big family room to watch movies together in. However the smiths spend a little too much time indulging in cinema, so they have also requested a space for a home gym in their expansion to detox(But they really want to look like Hugh Jackman when he plays “The Wolverine”). Mr and Mrs Smith had also stated that they wanted a master suite with a master bathroom to get away from the kids, as they tend to dial the volume up on the TV to 11(The volume cant be loud enough when Hugh is on screen). Finally, the smiths love to host barbeques at their home but currently don't have a great spot to have everyone over. To resolve this, they have asked for a nice big deck to host their family barbecues on.

Hierarchy: Family Room
Meta Idea: Super Hero

Public:
Gym
Deck
Family room

Private:
Master bedroom
Master bathroom

Loud:
Gym
Deck
Family room

Group:
Deck
Family room

Quite:
Master bedroom
Master bathroom

Individual:
Master bedroom
Master bathroom
Gym

Contextual Analysis

Existing Floor Plans

Existing Building Systems and Patterns

Conceptual Ideas:

Circulation

Structure

Hierarchy

Enclosure

Inside:

Outside:

Conceptual Meta-Idea

Existing Systems brought into the new addition

Columns & Girders

Bearing Walls

Window Openings

Half Walls

Railings

New Systems/Patterns used in new expansion

Preliminary Designs

These are the three designs I came up with which I based off of how certain masses would work with different circulation plans I came up with. I decided to go with Design 3 because it has the simplest circulation and therefor the most probable chance of being a sufficient design.