DOMUS PRESENTATION:
This is our presentation of our domus idea, including our model and our posters.
Well a very stressful week for us and I am sure for many other groups also. Let's see a lot of work and not enough hours in the day to do it all!!! One thing that made things a lot easier for us in this final week was that our model was already built (we were very organized I think and completed it the week before!!) and also that we had started the layout, and our cad drawings were well underway. Well no matter how prepared you think you are there are always a million and one things to do at the end which we found and that meant that we had to literally run to Cavalier before closing time to get our posters printed. It was a tough decision as to what to include into the posters and what not to, it was really all about how can we explain our scheme but also address the brief at the same time?


Anyway all worked out well in the end as we had a really good review, (something that we weren't overly confident about once we turned up on Friday for pin-up as the standard was so incredibly high!)























































Our review:

Went really well considering our non-existent confidence. We did our presentation by each talking about a poster each, and any questions that were asked regarding our poster specifically we would answer it or if one of us had a mental blank one of us would jump in. Overall the reviewers thought it was a really great concept and that we addressed all aspects of the brief in-depth. Things that need to be improved on in the future are our poster presentation (which is understandable as there were so many fantastic posters!!), as well as our model making skills could be improved, using the laser cutter instead of hand next time to have a really polished model.


This is the overall gist of our design:
A 'pod' house ideal for the hot-humid environment. The main design features that are carried through all aspects of the design are passive cooling and opening the house to t he surrounding environment.


Poster 1:
Shows our design on the 12x36 metre site, the floor plan which clearly shows the pod idea with a rectangular plan, to minimize east and west glazing and walls and maximize south and north facing windows and walls. The floor plan also shows that there really aren't a lot of solid walls rather bi-fold doors, showing that the house is very minimal in construction. Also shown are some of the development work for domus and also the services discussed. In the end we devised a system that would work well in the environment and also incorporates water re-use. Firstly there are 3 water tanks, one rainwater which is located under the house to keep cool. The second tank is rainwater again but is located outside for solar heat gain, for hot water use. The final tank is treated grey water for re-use for the toilet and washing. There is a composting toilet system employed, the treated water then gets distributed for outdoor use. For power and hot water we chose solar panels located on the roof with batteries under the house for storage of electricity.

















Poster 2:
On this poster we included our inspiration such as other hot-humid houses and two sections and four elevations were also included on this poster. The sections and elevations really depict the use of timber louvers for all the pods and large expanses of glass. The elevations and sections also show how the pods all connect, but are all individual, distinguished by the different roof heights.


































Poster 3:
Shows the surrounding environment, the pictures really show why we wanted our design to be like, we wanted to be in the environment as it is so picturesque. Also depicted is the dissecting of the building as it is quite hard to understand what rooms are and what are not. Also included are three dimensional pictures of the domus in the environment which give a better understanding of the overall design than sections, elevations and plan can. The other drawings included are a wall section, showing the lightweight construction as well as a diagram showing the cross ventilation that occurs in our design.