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No.8 Wire 2010The
Concept: No.8 Wire is a paper architecture exploratory analysis of what
constitutes the form and idea of a home relative to the landscape of
Central Otago NZ. Three types of spatial devices create and inform the
architecture, that of solid, transparency and void. The two gabled
volumes sit mirrored, off-set and self referential, bared to all, lost
within the expanse of the landscape. The aesthetic is a bold foray of
form placed in conversant to its surroundings. Its use is a signifier of
the NZ concept of resourcefulness and creativity; best described as a
kiwi’s ingenuity and adaptability.
The upper most volume is transparent, containing living dining and
kitchen; publically expressed and opened to the surroundings. The next
volume is solid, containing bedding and ablutions; privatised to the
individuals of the house. Externalised decks are formed with the shift
of the volumes longitudinally with a main deck formed with cantilevered
and wire supported structure for use from the living spaces. The
assembly is placed on repeating pilasters, separating the whole from the
ground plain also serving to extradite the building from its earthly
foundation. The overall combination of these spaces is then wrapped in
No.8 wire, forming a glistening web of constant threads combining all as
one whole. The project is placed to a boundary edge of an ebbing and
flowing golden field of wheat, with the direct site below the raised
building lowered to the same height as the boundary road, cutting into
the body of the landscape. To sustain this intrusion (retaining the
land) rough cast concrete sidings, cast on-site are placed. These funnel
the insertion and declare the house to the landscape. The end of the
funnelling allows for the site to flow into the lowered land, now tamed
as lawn.
The No.8 Wire House may stand alone, but is informed by many.
“Not I, some child, born in a marvellous year, Will learn the trick
of standing upright here”. Curnow, Allan: The Skeleton of the Great Moa,
in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, circa 1943.
Awards: 2010-: 2010-2011: A’ Design Award & Competition – Runner Up Award
Design & 3D Imagery: © Jonathan Gibb 2010
Concept: No.8 Wire is a paper architecture exploratory analysis of what
constitutes the form and idea of a home relative to the landscape of
Central Otago NZ. Three types of spatial devices create and inform the
architecture, that of solid, transparency and void. The two gabled
volumes sit mirrored, off-set and self referential, bared to all, lost
within the expanse of the landscape. The aesthetic is a bold foray of
form placed in conversant to its surroundings. Its use is a signifier of
the NZ concept of resourcefulness and creativity; best described as a
kiwi’s ingenuity and adaptability.
The upper most volume is transparent, containing living dining and
kitchen; publically expressed and opened to the surroundings. The next
volume is solid, containing bedding and ablutions; privatised to the
individuals of the house. Externalised decks are formed with the shift
of the volumes longitudinally with a main deck formed with cantilevered
and wire supported structure for use from the living spaces. The
assembly is placed on repeating pilasters, separating the whole from the
ground plain also serving to extradite the building from its earthly
foundation. The overall combination of these spaces is then wrapped in
No.8 wire, forming a glistening web of constant threads combining all as
one whole. The project is placed to a boundary edge of an ebbing and
flowing golden field of wheat, with the direct site below the raised
building lowered to the same height as the boundary road, cutting into
the body of the landscape. To sustain this intrusion (retaining the
land) rough cast concrete sidings, cast on-site are placed. These funnel
the insertion and declare the house to the landscape. The end of the
funnelling allows for the site to flow into the lowered land, now tamed
as lawn.
The No.8 Wire House may stand alone, but is informed by many.
“Not I, some child, born in a marvellous year, Will learn the trick
of standing upright here”. Curnow, Allan: The Skeleton of the Great Moa,
in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, circa 1943.
Awards: 2010-: 2010-2011: A’ Design Award & Competition – Runner Up Award
Design & 3D Imagery: © Jonathan Gibb 2010
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