Marcel and Alison here with you, thought we should put our input into our teams Domus blog report. We are looking at the other side of our domus design (the few things jonathan didn't mention).
Initial Ideas:
we began our group work by each developing initial sketches and ideas in regards to DOMUS.
we all had the same basic idea of lots of ventilation in order to reduce the humidity. We thought about screens as shown in the image above which would allow the wind or air to flow through creating cross ventilation. while also considering the lifting of the building above the ground to allow it to gain maximum effect of wind passing from the bottom.
We then played with the idea of a ridge cap idea, which allowed the hot air to rise and escape at the apex of the building.
Refinement Stage 1
In order to take our design to the next stage we decided to merge our ideas and suggest which ones were most effective.
through our research we also saw that the use of a variety of heights in humid areas allows for the greater flow of air in a building.
the design above was one of the next stage ideas which showed the use of a vented roof, while also varying the heights to allow for greater cross ventilation. we decided that the curved roof shape would possibly build up the air at the top, so it was scrapped and a new roof was required
Refinement STAGE 2
This stage saw much discussion about the roof, we went around in circles playing around with a rock look (see Jonathan's post) and the armadillo look, which would have allowed for broken roof sections allowing for ventilation and varied angles for the solar panelling. hence the louvred idea below:
we thought the water tank could be best used below ground as it would be cooled down by the thermal mass around the tank.
Our design developed further into a simple roof while we focused on our room planning and environmental systems (note Jonathan's post)
Marcel and Alison
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