Steven Holl Stretto House

ORTHOGONAL Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Used classical music to inspire his design.
The building is formed into four sections
consisting of two modes:
1) Heavy orthogonal masonry
representing the percussion, and;
2) Light curvilinear metal roofing
representing the strings.

Tesselation of Apartments
CURVILINEAR Musician’s Hierarchy of Needs
The use of the home as a iiving space and
creative working space divides the apartment
The curvilinear spaces have a slight into two clear sections:
concave structure to focus the sound within
each room. Others are shaped to suit the
1) The orthogonal survival and circulation
space in the centre of the building, and;
“Architecture is Frozen Music”
inhabitant’s needs. 2) The curvilinear creative spaces for the Goethe
musician/creative to play, practise and write music.
Various shaped spaces are still being
determined.
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 2 major views:
1) front facades to
surrounding context and view
of Bondi Beach
2) SE direction through
opening towards sea
Views

The angles of the ceiling in the curvilinear

spaces have been chosen to reduce
parallelism between reflective walls,
resulting in a possible echo.

Boundary: minimum 3m to
neighbouring residential site
Frontage: must maintain closed
frontage and not exceed
3 storey height
Frontage and Boundary
W

Northern Aspect: optimal aspect S N

Eastern Aspect: reasonably
optimal aspect, good morning Simon Unger’s Cube House
sun (Essential House) Weichlbauer/Ortis’s Residential DNA, Austria
Southern Aspect: limited use E
recommended (increase windows)
Western Aspect: least desireable
Solar Access

Traffic noise affects front facades Mansilla & Tunon Arquitectos Concert Hall Leon
particularly ground floor
Noise

SITE CONSTRAINTS
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 Daniel Libeskind’s Studio Weil
Deconstructivist ceiling form of smaller building
inspiring for creative spaces in my design. Le Corbusier’s La Tourette Covenant

HOME or HOME/OFFICE ARCHITECTURE

Each apartment types allows for use as a

living or living+working spaces for creatives,
limiting “survival spaces” to the core, or
spine, of each apartment, and “creative”
spaces to outer rooms exposed to direct
sunlight and views.

The flexibility in the design of the outer

rooms allows for each apartment to func-
tion as a home or a home office.

In the final design phase, a number of pos-

sible outer room configurations will be pre-
sented. It is at the discretion of the inhab-
itants as to which configuration they will
choose.
Glenn Murcutt’s Arthur & Yvonne Boyd’s Education Centre, Bundanon
Cantilevered rooms and window coverings inspiring. As is use of concrete and wood.

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OUTER ROOM CONFIGURATIONS
3 rooms
2nd level - study or living room
3rd level - 2 bedrooms, or 2 studies, or bedroom and study
B All rooms determined on personal living/worling needs.

B
A

A
A

A A

B
A

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B
B

SECTION A SECTION B

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Restaurant contains lowered stage with dining above

A and kitchen at ground level. Site has been excavated
to be flat from lowest point of site.

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B

SECTION A SECTION B

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OUTER ROOM CONFIGURATIONS B

4 rooms
2nd level - study/living room and study/bedroom
3rd level - 2 studies, 2 bedrooms, or study and bedroom
All rooms determined on personal living/working needs.
A A

B
A A

B
B
FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR
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SECTION A SECTION B

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