Unique Sustainable Bach: A Design Brief

By William Van Zyl

Who is this book for?

For Design and Visual Communication teachers and students.  Students aged 16 to 18 years old. New Zealand context. Design and Visual Communication - NCEA Level 3. Spatial Design Brief.

Two design briefs are included:

BRIEF 1: Design a Unique Sustainable Bach

BRIEF 2: Design an exhibition for your unique sustainable bach (holiday home) in a room in the Waikato Museum, which will be provided by the museum. Include your portfolio, 3-d model, enlarged pictures of your model and design sketches/work drawings, etc. (Sketch-up). Use the computer, data projector & screen to loop parts of your presentation (choose a component like research, for instance). Show possible flyers and brochures of your design work (assume you are an architect marketing your work). Show the link to your website or blog.

EXCERPT:

For example, you could use the following building materials for your bach: Aluminium cladding for the exterior walls and roof.  Shuttered rammed earth sections for interior walls.  Coloured concrete floors.  A macrocarpa ceiling (sustainable timber). Large triple glazed windows in aluminium frames. Aluminium frames with large glass sections for interior /external doors.

Discuss and illustrate the following with regards to your design decision (Unique Bach Design):

• Weather and climate of the location (precipitation, sunny days during the year, wind speed and wind direction)
• The terrain of the location (screenshots Google Maps and Google Earth)
• Bio-mimetic influences (for example the shape of a dune could be considered for the unique bach). To make the building more aerodynamic it will channel the air flow effortlessly over the building when the wind blows, and you could perhaps trap some moving air into tubes which could spin smaller wind turbines (blades) in the tubes to generate electrical power (engineering).
• Sustainable architecture (e.g. Passive Solar Design – Sun, Passive Ventilation-Air Flow, and more). Apply what you know and explore additional and new sustainable features and functions. View this slideshow from slide share about passive solar design: http://www.slideshare.net/WilliamZyl/passive-solar-design-architecture-33264758
• Scientific concepts and ideas. For example, some engineering features you are thinking of. Discuss and collaborate with your friends in class-you could get some new ideas!
• Artistic inspired shapes/forms and ideas.
• Other

Book details:

Word count = 6078

Pages = 55 (size A4) including mane images, sketches, and links to websites and videos.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Five House Publishing
• Release date: Sep 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9780473452391

William Van Zyl

The author had an interesting and unique childhood. Not travelling abroad - as you would expect - but venturing into the fields, bushes, tools sheds and mysterious underground tunnels around his neighbourhood. His happy place was - and still is - tinkering with ideas, science, and new possibilities. Many times while cycling he will get new ideas; he brings the unexpected, the unique, the creative in a flurry on a page or in a sketch. To this day he dreams of vicious wars and sophisticated weaponry in an innocent child's scout cave. He loves diagrams, timelines, cross sections, sketches, and details of sinister and hidden concepts and ideas; always looking for a new mystery to decode and to encode. He investigates and explores extravagant thoughts which he includes in children's books, stories and articles; he loves to include philosopher’s perspectives, articles,  intriguing stories, and poetry in his writing. Academic and research work are also his forte. He always offers a simple but practical explanation within an engaging context. Not your ordinary thinker! A lifelong scholar and teacher. 

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Unique Sustainable Bach: A Design Brief

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Contents

Unique Bach Design Brief: DVC NCEA Level 3 (2016)

Situation 1:

BRIEF 1:

Suggested planning and layout for your design:

SECTION 1:  Choose a location. Investigate and research the area, terrain, environment, weather, climate and more.

SECTION 2:  Investigate sustainable baches, research and explore possible shapes and forms for your unique bach. Identify the style you prefer, for example, Modernism or Post Modernism.

DESIGN ERAS TIMELINE:

Minimalist or Minimalism style:

Minimalism Style Architects:

SECTION 3:  Identify the specifications for the batch (size of rooms, different rooms and possible layouts).  Use a bubble diagram to explore the possible layouts and configurations.

BUBBLE DIAGRAM (ARCHITECTURE):

SECTION 4:  Explore a vast range of components, influences, ideas, scientific/artistic /sustainable ideas for your unique bach.

SECTION 5:  Once you have done all the investigation, research and explored the possibilities it is time to do your ideation (generate design ideas).

‘How to think like an architect – The design process’.

‘How to Think Like An Architect: Designing From Organic Form’

SECTION 6:  Now only are you ready to make a freehand drawing of your 2 to 3-floor plans.  The challenge is to merge (mix everything you have done to this point) together to come up with a unique bach design.  You are encouraged to think differently, extend your boundaries, be adventurous, be creative and innovative and break the mould.

See YouTube video: How to draw a house floor plan like an Architect (freehand sketching & tracing)

The following sections (7, 8 &