PROJECT TWO: ABSTRACT CONCLUSION 

MY ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSITION 

After investigating Rem Koolhaas' Maison A Bordeaux I decided to make a model to show my research and understanding . Structure, light, materiality and the constrast of public and private space prevail through the ambiguous building. A heir-achy of space is portrayed, private rooms above, a public lookout on the second level and a semi-private area at the very bottom (restaurant/studio/gallery). There are various lines of passage and entrances as circulattion is open ended. The raised platform allows for unadulterated views with the enclosed container above opening on either end for oposing views. Structurally the container appear to float through the use of bulsa/mdf. The container sits on four legs however as you follow them down, only two are securing the structure to the ground. Light eneters through strategical places openings framing the distant landscape and city. Each level gives the occupant a different atmosphere. This ambitious model explores a relationship between public and private activity in an imagined landscape. 

Map the relationship of public to more provate spaces in the house, and the way in which these zones are distinguished and architecturally articulated. 

Study in detail the overall structural strategy for the building and map the ways in which this thought bears on the suggested life of the house. 

Drawings 

Model 

Examine the architectural attitude towards material the house; the material choices employed and the relationships between different materials. Search for connections between this attitude and the architectural patterns of domestic occupation.

ARCH1201: Architectural Design Studio Three 
Maison a Bordeaux by Rem Koolhaas 

PROJECT TWO: 
Chosen Analytical Studies 

• Map the relationship of public to more provate spaces in the house, and the way in which these zones are distinguished and architecturally articulated. 

• Study in detail the overall structural strategy for the building and map the ways in which this thought bears on the suggested life of the house. 

• Examine the architectural attitude towards material the house; the material choices employed and the relationships between different materials. Search for connections between this attitude and the architectural patterns of domestic occupation.