- Servant vs. Served Spaces - i.e. Task orientated and leisure orientated spaces
- Public vs. Private Spaces - i.e. Where visitors are encouraged or discouraged to go to
- Outside vs. Indoor Spaces
- Enclosed vs. Opened Spaces
- Wet vs. Dry Spaces
- Noisy vs. Quiet Spaces
The following are scans of my colour coded floor plan with the distinguishing of the contrasting spaces:
The next part of this exercise was to reconviene as a group and discuss the differences and similarities between our different floor plans:
Josh, Ethan and I had floor plans that were similar in the fact that the bedrooms were separated from one another. In the case of Josh's floor plan, we believe that it is a Victorian mansion that distinctly had servants working on the premises. Not only was the bedrooms but also the whole house was almost as if it were segregated down the middle where the servants and children where at one side of the house and the master bedrooms and main living rooms where at the other. This was then emphasised by what we believe are lower ceilings in the servant and child quarters.
Ethan's house was a elongated one storey building of which the master bedroom was at the far end of the house and the guest bedroom next to the study (which we believe may act as more of a sitting room with a fold-out bed) was at the other. I believe this is to give the owner of the house privacy from whom was to be a guest in their house.
Lastly my bedrooms are somewhat separated also. However I feel that it unlike Josh and Ethan's examples, I do not feel like this was intentional to avoid contact with children or slaves for example, it was more of a case of simply balancing the structure of the house. To make it symmetrical if you will. The dining room, kitchen and living room are central elements to a house and therefore are central to the house I was given.
Our floor plans contrasted with Finn and Rachel's of whom their houses had the bedrooms all in close proximity to one another. This infers a tighter, family orientated home in which the occupants (especially if there are young) can feel safe and secure knowing that one is close to others incase anything was to ever happen.
Because my house is aimed a holiday home, it has a greater sense of open floor living and a strong indoor / outdoor flow than the other examples of my group. My house is build on a large deck and has been opened up so that the house is in three sections unlike the norm. This is basic yet an interesting concept with regards to the spatial generator word Kotikoti. I have this generator word, so I will use this example as a precedent to possibly influence my designs throughout this project.
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