Sangath 7 - Additional Research we looked at

LIVING BY DESIGN - Article titled 'Home Smart Home'

If it's not too late to post another final blog - attached is an article that was looked at by myself and the group throughout our design research.

It gave us a good indication that the path we were travelling on in terms of services for the house, was all good planning. This article was a prime example for us by FMSA Architect on a partially self-sustaining house, and pushing the boundaries for educational and community-focuses buildings.

Pictured first is: Redbank House, set on a 40-hectare remote site located 14km to the east of Mt Hotham Alpine Resort.

TEST & REFINE-SANGATH 7-C-WATER USAGE

DOMUS-SANGATH 7-B

Studying the climate and the weather patterns of the Kakadu, such as rainfall in the region, was essential to passive design and sustainable living.

DOMUS-SANGATH 7-A

At the beginning of this unit, I had very little experience with ArchiCAD, however with the help of my team-mates from Sangath 7, I am now quite proficient.

Our design was elevated off the ground and had high pitch ceilings with an opening at the top to create stack cooling. There is no glass and the walls are constructed of louvers that are used to control breezes and shade.

This is a detail of a bamboo connection construction technique. where timber and a steel plate are used to create a joint.

This is our bathroom design. Underneath the floor is where the composting toilet units are and a secondary water tank.

SANGATH 7

On reflection of SRD264, our group (Sangath 7) worked extremely hard all semester to achieve the objectives we published at the start of the unit. The project Domus gave us practical and invaluable experience and skills in designing sustainable architecture for a harsh climate, namely Kakadu. Working in a group also built our team working skills and gave each individual the opportunity to learn from one another. Whether it was computer, model making, designing or presentation skills, everyone developed and became better architects.

Sangath 4 conclusion

Sangath 4 (Kenny Chuong, Sinead Kirby & Jenny Tran) would also like the blogs to be assessed as a team as well.

Overall: knowing that all 3 have worked very well in the past made the transaction alot smoother. We all knew what our strength and weeaknesses before the first team workshop

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Sangath 3 - Conclusion

Sangath 3 would request to be assessed as a group for blogging.

Our posts can be identified by our Team Sangath 3 Banner.

Our team consists of: Nick Walters, Ross Del Gallo, Jacqui Zammit and Aaron Cody.

Conclusion on teamwork in SRD264 this semester:

Forming:
To begin with we were already friends and had a good basis on which to build a team. Being all from Geelong, it seemed efficient and we had some existing idea of how each other functioned as designers.

Storming:
There was a lot of this. We are all very strong headed with our own individualist ideas. However, debate was key to the success of our team. Over time we developed the ability to interact more smoothly and productively thanks to the previous storming.
It is clear to all members, the benefit of teamwork in creating a synergistic empowered design.

Norming:
We would have been unable to create such an interesting and elegant design without the input of all team members, as working as individuals, each of our designs would have been a great step away form our eventual final product. Through collaboration and much debate we were able to extract the good parts from our individual ideas and comprise them into a refined idea.

Performing:
Overall as a team we are pleased with the outcomes of our blood (and there was blood), sweat and tears…. And love (there was more love than blood)

As Oscar Wilde once said “Teamwork is like a supercharged automobile, it gets you places faster, yet you can be sure to crash spectacularly every now and then."