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CASA PARASOL
BRIEF GIVEN : To design an ‘ideal’ villa with an internal volume of 9m x 9m x 9m through analysis of conceptually similar yet aesthetically different architectural precedents. The intellectual challenge for this project is set out in Mr Rowe’s essay, The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa, and the ideas must be substantiated based on this text.
DESIGN : The villa consists of the same spatial components as the two precedents (Le Corbusier's Villa Shodan and Andrea Palladio’s Villa Emo). The smallest component contains the stairs which run through all floors and are the first thing to greet you as you enter. It stays true to Corbusier's rules in his own modern villa; each floor has a free plan with the only common point being the stairs and the design is asymmetrical to exaggerate this idea. It has a free facade with the windows being created by the structure, shown on the ground floor.
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YEAR 2, SEMESTER 2, 2019
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The free facade is shown best on the south elevation, with its structural columns. Without these columns, neither the windows nor floating roof would not be possible.
The entire building is constructed from concrete, which has a large thermal mass and has the advantage of maintaining steady temperatures.
The roof acts as a parasol to shade the roof terrace from the sun and is planted because the terrace cannot be due to insufficient light. It has a small gap to allow the occupants to sit in the sun if they wish. It also has a window which lights the stairwell.
The villa contains a double height living space which connects the ground and first floor together as it can be looked into from a half wall on the first floor.
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