Living and Working Between Habit and Regulation
MA(Hons) year four design project
MA(Hons) year four design project
University of Edinburgh
An investigation into how building regulations and their resulting gestures shape architectural design and interaction with space. This project was focused on the intimate relationship between the hand and the handrail, and produced three flats above a pottery studio on a site in Edinburgh's New Town.
What is the habitual routine of a potter?
How does this routine interact with regulation space?
In looking at tracing the tactile and the use of plasticine to explore the language of regulation, the haptic and tactile process of making a clay pot became of interest. How are these pots made and how does this mould the space of habitation?
The central focus of the programme is the wheel used by the potter to make the pot. As this wheel rotates it impacts on the surrounding space.
From the small scale interactions (the 1:1) of the kitchen, dining room and bathroom to the larger implications of the gestural habit (the route around the central point and the points of contact this creates, like ripples on a pond).
How does this routine interact with regulation space?
In looking at tracing the tactile and the use of plasticine to explore the language of regulation, the haptic and tactile process of making a clay pot became of interest. How are these pots made and how does this mould the space of habitation?
The central focus of the programme is the wheel used by the potter to make the pot. As this wheel rotates it impacts on the surrounding space.
From the small scale interactions (the 1:1) of the kitchen, dining room and bathroom to the larger implications of the gestural habit (the route around the central point and the points of contact this creates, like ripples on a pond).
Programs:
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, Word, PowerPoint.
Skills:
ARB/RIBA Part I level skills in the interpretation and translation of complex ideas, briefs, instructions and stakeholder requirements into practical visual and spatial solutions. ARB/RIBA Part II level in the formation of considered design proposals. ARB/RIBA Part I level knowledge of the principles of structure and environmental design. ARB/RIBA Part I level understanding of construction methodologies and materials. ARB/RIBA Part I level knowledge of building standards, regulations, planning laws and other statutory requirements. CAD. Graphics. Production of models and maquettes. Presenting ideas in informal and formal settings in an effective oral and visual manner. Communication of designs and ideas for scrutiny and review by colleagues.
RIBA Plan of Work (2013) Stages:
0 thru 4
0 thru 4
Safety and Stairs (4.3.14, 4.3.15, 4.3.16 and 4.4.2 mapped), 1:10 @ A1
Repeating Regulation, 1:10, 1:5 and 1:1 @ A1
Within the Limits of Scale, 1:5, 1:1 and 2:1 @ A1
Holding Scale (One Hour Hand)
Experiments and the parti
Exploded axonometric, 1:200 @ A3
