PART C: SITE ANALYSIS

After analysis of the given site and of St Lucia house, I decided that my exemplar houses and cabin would be located in Generic Gardens. This decision was made after considering a number of factors (which are shown in the map below), one of which being the orientation of St Luica house, as it was vital for all rooms to have an orientation of due north. I chose to place all three exemplars in the Generic Gardens because the relationship of St. Lucia House with the natural surroundings is one of the most important concepts in the design. This location also had advantages for the other exemplar houses, with Chicken Point Cabin being able to have a view across to Specific Stream and Parti Peak and C House having views to Parti Peak, the Falls and the Lookouts.

With a chosen location, the next step was to position the exemplar and cabin sites in Generic Gardens so that each house still retained its original landscape qualities. The first plan of the site arrangement is shown below. This plan was used more to show the size of the sites in relation to each other rather than the actual position, as in the first plan, C House and Chicken Point Cabin are not facing the correct orientation.

With the information provided from the site plan above, a second site plan was produced, as shown below. After analysis of the position of each house and how it relates to the surroundings and immediate neighbours, it was decided that the Exemplar houses would be placed on the North tip of Generic Gardens, and would be condensed together to replicate the original location of St Lucia House in Brisbane. This can be seen in the map below.

Below is a close up of the Exemplar house sites in Generic Gardens, which contains an analysis of the site. Factors highlighted in the below map include: views from the chosen sites, entries into the sites, the slope of the land and the orientation of the houses. From this, an experimental section of the gradient of the land (Section A-A) was able to be produced which gives a better understanding of the relationships between the immediate neighbours.

The next step was to place the Exemplar plans into the site, to show the relationships between the natural and built environment. This is shown in the site plan below. Simple views and access points was added to the map to explain the advantages of the chosen positions of the houses.

These plans were then used to create a scale slope of the land (Section A-A), which can be seen in the images below. The first image was produced straight off the original site plan provided, and was then redrawn to a larger scale for clarity. An original concept of the contours of the site is also included, however it was only drawn to show the gradient of the slope from the north to the south.

 To gain a better understanding of the slope from North to South, a variety of sections were drawn through the Exemplar houses and the Cabin site, and these can be seen below.

Shown below is the final contours of the chosen site.

After all of this analysis was completed, a diagram was then drawn to analyse the relationship between the proposed Cabin site and the surroundings. This was used as a planning diagram to outline restictions and advantages to the proposed cabin design and factors that need to be considered in the design process.