Environmental Scottish Sub-Urban Design to blend in and still stand out.
The house is built for a 5-person family with two kids and a grandparent living with them on the ground floor. This is the reason for keeping all essential rooms, like kitchen, living room and bathrooms on the same floor, while the first floor under the roof is only designed for the parents with access to a green roof terrace.
The Building is located in North-East Scotland in a suburb of Aberdeen. It sits on a gap site between two houses from the 70s and so the design must adapt to that.
This is achived by closing of the front site of the timber frame structure with a hip roof similar to all the other buildings in the area, while the back opens up to let sunlight pass through the long structure.
Throughout the design and planning process various techniques were used to better understand the building, its features and its requirements.
It started with a site visit and the creation of a physical and virtual 3D Site Model which then was used to aid the design throughout time.
Then I used a few hand sketches to get an idea of the shapes needed on site which I quickly translated to 3D Models using SketchUp and FormIt.
I used SketchUp to be able to change smaller details in the overall design and then compared them to each other to find the most visually but also functional fitting design which then was re-modelled in Revit.
Revit was used to create an accurate model with the integration of all objects used and then also test the building functions with the help of the Autodesk InSight feature. It also was used to experience the created space in 3D with the help of a Virtual Reality Headset.
Furthermore an external environmental analysis was made with the UK accredited tool JPA to calculate the Energy Efficiency and the Environmental Impact of the building.
Later a Physical and Structural Model was made to better understand the way the building works and fits to the site.
The last step before finishing the project was to detail the whole structure to not just have a design but also test its buildability and adapt it to be compliant to the local building regulations. In this step the used building components had to be specified to research for the best components was needed.
The end presentation was created with the use of AutoCad, Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher and Revit Renders.
