“I tell my students: you must put into your work first effort,

second love and third suffering”

MARIE SHORT HOUSE//GLENN MURCUTTPART B - SPACE

DBLAZOS

• Humanscale,needsofhumans-ventila-tion,light,connectiontooutside.

• ExperienceisimportanttoMurcutt-formdesignedintwoseparateelements(reducescale)toensureallareasareincontactwithitsnaturallandscape.

• Environmentalmachine-orchestrabuildingasaninstrument

• Livingandsleepinghavebeenseparat-edtogiveorder.

• Servicesputintocellstohelpenlargeorgiveemphasistotheopenspaces(Farnsworth)

MARIE SHORT

+ • Designedusinglocalmaterialsandtim-bers,raisedoffthegroundtohavemin-imalimpactbutalsotopreventsnakesenteringonhighrainfalldays.

• Theoccupanthasalevelofcontroloveramountoflightandventilationentering.

• Aconsiderationforcontextthroughlo-callysourcedmaterials

• Thicknessofwallimpliesanexternalcorri-dor.Throughtheopeningandorclosingofdoorsthespacescanchange.

• Designedtoaccomodateunbolting,pullingapartandrelocation

• Inthenewplan(1980’sversion)Murcuttextendedthehousetoaccomodateanextraloungeareaandmasterbedroom

“high degree of personal freedom to

orchestrate the building as an instrument”

KEMPSEY NSW

_• Privacy• Isolation• Accessissues-disabled• Masterbedroomadditionisnotapartof

theoriginalconceptofseparatinglivingfromsleeping-alsoapplestoadditionallivingspace

Classesthoughts?

HAMILTON ST

“Flawless designer style”

• Lossofdirectionfromentry,passagethroughhouseisambiguous

• Nodefinedorder• Oversizedbedroomswhichcreatecon-

finedcirculation,causingissuesaroundmealsareas.

• Inconvenientaccestobathroomvialaun-dry.Laundrysituatednexttofamilyroom

• Littletonoemphasisonexperience• Ventilation,lightandshadenotwell

thoughtout• Poorlypositionedmealsarea• Littletonoconnectiontothestreetalarge

emphasisontherearoftheproperty.

• Alotofhouseforacheaperprice• Relateivelyfastconstruction• Standardisedlayoutsmeansconstruction

issuesarerelativelyresolved

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