Week Two - Domus - Luc, Nat, Mitch

After we discussed our initial deas about how the house should respond to the site each member of the group worked separately throughout the week to generate a range of concepts. We shared our individual ideas and considered a few concepts to develop before deciding on a design that we all felt best suited the project. The concept we decided on is an insect/scorpion amour inspired design. The space is to be covered by a large roof which continues to the ground, acting as a protective shell from the harsh environmentis. It would be separated into thin strips of metal and placed at different levels to allow small amounts of light in. We discussed that the house could be lowered underground to provide natural insulation, deciding that we would work individually over the weekend, developing the intial concpet and meet on Monday night to compare ideas and further develop the concept. On Monday night we shared the new ideas and alterations to the original concept we had worked on over the weekend. We all liked the development of the floor plan done by Luciano with all the rooms centering around an internal courtyard, and te roof separated into four sections sloping at different angles. This development also defined the inetrnal space as being separate from the the roof. The group again considered whether the design should be dropped, but did not reach a desicion, and decided to individually develop the concpet throughout the week, before meeting on Friday.