Week 10 STUDIO EXERCISE 

              Client Brief 

Brief:
To Design a house for client Santiago Calatrava and his family that meets the needs and wants by the client and other members of the house.

Design Control:
A number of site controls concerning the context of the property that limits the design parameters, and must be considered whilst designing. Please refer to previous blog post for details on restriction. 

Room list:
· Master bedroom (with walk in robe and ensuite)

·  minimum two other general bedrooms

1.      A bathroom associated with these two bedroom

2.      Must include a bath and separate shower

·  a study / guest bedroom

·  a studio / workshop 

1.      For drawing and art project, music, sculptural works etc

·  Formal living room

1.      fireplace

·  Formal dining room

·  informal family area

· Library in study for architectural textbooks and other miscellaneous books. 

·  kids play room

· Kids rooms

·  WC: toilet with a sink (placed in public area near kitchen and living spaces). 

·  Kitchen

1.      double wall open

2.      2 bowl sink

3.      Island bench top with free standing range with free standing range hood

4.      Walk in pantry if possible

·  Laundry (sufficient to do washing, ironing, etc inside the room)

·  2 car garage (with additional storage space

Next, relationship;

1. Bedroom should be grouped together, although the study / guest bedroom should be associated with the public areas of the house rather than the other bedrooms. Nevertheless, ensure that this room is also able to maintain some degree of privacy when in use by guests. 

2. the walk in robe should be used as a buffer between the bedroom and ensuite. Can also be used as an entrance into bedroom suite, but then must have doors on robes to make it look better. 

3. would like a small balcony off the master bedroom

4. kitchen to be the hub of the house

5. garage to have internal access from the house.

6. Kids play room to be associated with bedrooms 2+3

7. garage to have internal access from house. 

Over all feeling of the house 

1. Must have a WOW! reaction when visitors enter our home

2. lots of natural light- big windows, skylights etc.

3. want a house that is warm in winter and cool in summer, and inexpensive to run

11. high ceilings, as high as you can above 2.4 - 3 meters

12. exterior of house should be rendered 
13. Design elements
Calatrava's work demonstrates a sense of animalistic character and can be described as 'alien', 'spacelike', 'futuristic',' structurally dominant'. Calatrava gathers inspiration from nature and the animal world to create structures that are visually opposite, but are intrinsically reflective of these observations of nature. The house should reflect these similar ideals and Calatrava should be able to relate able the design process of 'his' own home and his work. 

Master Bedroom with ensuite and WIR

4. Ensuite does not need a bath tub, but should have a large shower, with a waterfall rose and an adjustable rose. Although if you can fit it, have tub and waterfall rose( considered have spa bath).

5. would like a minimum of 8 linear meters of hanging in the Walk in wardrobe

6. Master bedroom should have a view 

7. King sized bed in the master bedroom with enough room to move around easily.

Kitchen:

8. Kitchen should be big enough for visitors to hang out in when entertaining

9. Kitchen should also have a breakfast bar for the children to eat breakfast in the mornings and for informal dinners.

10. Kitchen should have plenty of benchtop area to prepare food.

Laundry:

9. laundry should be big enough to work in effectively 

and should be close clothes line. 

10. Must have 1-2 windows to allow a cross breeze. 

Children bedroom

12. Bedrooms must be larger then >9 square meters 
one of the dimensions must be > 3 m. 

13. all with a window to allow cross breeze

14. Must be large enough for WIR, small desk and single bed.

landscaping:

1. Backyard should have a seat for Husband and wife to sit on and enjoy a view or garden 

2. Must have a grassy area for children to play on.

3. Must have a designated area for Calatrava's sculptures and a path that leads and exhibits the sculptures. 

Additional rooms

10. Would love a home theatre if you can make it fit

11. would love a pool, however do not sacrifice the other elements of the house to fit one.