Dear All,
This is my 1st post here, after a lot of enjoybale reading in Pushpullbar 1.
So I dicided to start sharing my work with u.

Here is my entry for a competition's held by www.3dallusions.com), called My Dream House.

The project data:

Project: Competition

Location: anywhere in the world

Type: residential

Design parameters:

Create your ideal "Dream House" digitally in 3D. It should portray that which is inspirational about architecture and touches us on some subconscious level. The emphasis should be on the exterior design of the residence. The structure is to be a single family residence. It can range from a treehouse to a mansion on a hill. No multi-family dwellings will be allowed..........
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The final image should portray your design intent. It should be a visual treat that is in character with the methods of architectural visualization.

Contest Process:

This Contest will be a WIP (Work in Progress) Contest. Participating parties are required to submit WIP, from the initial concept sketch to wire frame models, texturing in progress all the way to the final Entry.........


Design Approch: I tried to devolp a house by moving horisantly & verticaly within the landscape, which will intract with the house.


So the competition contest didn't ask for any technical dwgs(plans,sections....ect.), but I'm going to post some just to give better image of my design.


Software used: Sketchup, Cinema 4d( for rendering), Piranasi.

It's just simple attemptation of mine, so any C&C will be wellcomed

The model in SU

1st View

Here is another

Generally I like your design and presentation, however I presume that is not for Kuwait area, with so many exposed areas and glazing areas...
Does the competition tells were to locate the house?...

Does the competition tells were to locate the house?...
he wrote...
"Location: anywhere in the world".

hey mounib...
i love the concept and it feels like dream but...
u exposed almost 90% of the house to the sun, unless u have an interior solution.
i also like the way that the swimming pool surrounding the house.
another thing, y dont i c any entrance...?
great

Thanks all, for ur nice comments.

Yes the location is any where, but of course when I designed it, I didn't consider to be built in Kuwait for the hot whether reason, and also the people here don't like the modern architecture.

There are 2 entrances, where are the ramps're going up, so I will post some more views & details to make it more clear.

Thanks again,

Some more explaination:

The house consists from 2 parts, connected each other by a glazed bridge over the pool.

- the first part there will be a garage in the ground level, and a ramp to get access to the first level where are the kitchen,living/dining & office.
and a stair to go up to the master bedroom.

-the second part will be seprated (cube like), which consists the guest house in the ground level, and the kids' bedroom in the 1st level which are connected by bridge over the pool to the living area.

some more details,

Finally, here are some sections.

Thanks for seeing & commenting

Hi Mounib, its great to have you in PPB!
Congratulations for a great presentation.
I believe the architecture of Arch. Matias Klotz might be a good reference for you. He also uses glassed surfaces, volumes and decks as you did here.

Check out these links:

http://www.mathiasklotz.com/folioReutter.htm

http://www.mathiasklotz.com/folioFaqra.htm

http://www.mathiasklotz.com/folioPonce.htm

Or all his projects for that matter: www.mathiasklotz.com (http://www.mathiasklotz.com)

Thanks Marcelo, for ur nice words. In fact I haven't heard about this great architect before.

Really thanks for this wonderful link, and u're right my design is look similar ,but of course I'm still nothing comparing with him

Mounib Sibai

I like it. The presentation is nice, renders are nice and building is exciting to look at–except for one thing. Seems the spiral staircase is inconsistent with the rest of the building. You have a nice horizontality going with all the building masses and ramp then the spiral stair stops everything. Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't seem to be a part of the rest of the building.

It it was somehow a more rectangular mass it would work better for me.

Very Nice design and the images are very compelling. My only criticism is that you may have over-baked the design a little. Your first Design concept images are very concise and clear and the design is still very subtle and serene. Your final design appears to have some much stuff going on that the scheme seems to be a little muddy. A great Guitar player once said "Good guitarist know when to solo and when to just play chords". There's nothing wrong with a little restraint. Mush like a painter (or guitarist) you need to know when you're begining to over-cook things. That said, the images do look great and you should be commended on the amazing amount of thought you put into your design.

Very Nice design and the images are very compelling. My only criticism is that you may have over-baked the design a little. Your first Design concept images are very concise and clear and the design is still very subtle and serene. Your final design appears to have some much stuff going on that the scheme seems to be a little muddy. A great Guitar player once said "Good guitarist know when to solo and when to just play chords". There's nothing wrong with a little restraint. Mush like a painter (or guitarist) you need to know when you're begining to over-cook things. That said, the images do look great and you should be commended on the amazing amount of thought you put into your design.

I agree. It seems to me that there are to many circulation paths. It would be nice to control the circulation more and create more outdoor space. Other than that I like the forms and think you did a great presentation. Your sketch model seemed to have more power with a concept that is really simple. Nice project!

I would agree to the over-baked comment. It's visually very busy. Pull back a little and simplify.

Hi Brian ,imasayer,jake, I agree with u about the over-baked comments.

This is exactly what I felt today when I was posting here . It seems you can't feel in the mistake when you're fully involve in the design and specially when u work in rush.

I was trying to make a kind of circulation to let the people to feel & intract with the volume of the masses,but I think I didn't sucssed and I should have kept my concept very nit & simple ( as Brian's Suggested).

Thanks a lot guys for very helpfull comments.

I agree with the previous coments, although I do like the multiple circulations throughout the house.

I see you use large glass surfaces in different orientations. This would prove impractical in a real location, and the sunny facades in warm climates will require protection.

Consider using different glass surfaces, for example, translucent glass, or even eliminating some glass surfaces in favour of a more intimate form of ilumination.

For example skylights, small horizontal windows on a massive wall, etc.
This would differentiate the inside spaces, making each one special.

Check this one by Klotz again for example. notice how the light comes in under a concrete wall and through the holes giving this corridor such a magic lighting efect.

http://www.usefulandagreeable.com/klotz.html

Check this one by Klotz again for example. notice how the light comes in under a concrete wall and through the holes giving this corridor such a magic lighting efect.


Sorry to interrupt the thread but i just love how this wall (by Klotz) hovers over the ground. Thanks for this post Primo. :clap:

It seems that there is a consensus...a little too much design, too much 'controled' circulation and a little busy (due to overbaking). I agree whole heartedly. The one item that is also agreed upon is that you have presented a nice design and compelling images. Don't overlook that while we verbally pound you.

The first , conceptual renderings are my very favorite. I think that you were finished then. The simplicity and clarity of that design may have been less developed programmatically, but was stronger in a design sense. Good luck on the comp.

It seems that there is a consensus...a little too much design, too much 'controled' circulation and a little busy (due to overbaking). I agree whole heartedly. The one item that is also agreed upon is that you have presented a nice design and compelling images. Don't overlook that while we verbally pound you.

Yes, I agree. Do not lose sight of the fact that you have done some nice work here.

Thanks all again, for ur good comments.
Primo, I'm really thanking u for posting the Klots' works which will be a good reference for me.

Here is I'm postin what's inspired me in my design, the Chicago Home of Tado Ando whom I admire.

Also this one, by Architect Steven Holl

Also this one, by Architect Steven Holl

i thought steven holl was in there somewhere. ;)

i thought steven holl was in there somewhere. ;)

I would look into your steven holl inspiration, and take out the simplicity of forms and the elegance of material expression. There is something very quiet about the overall holl scheme regardless of the scale of it. Your project seems to "loud" and over designed. Simplifying your project would greatly improve it...Your original drawings are more provoking then the "final" version in my oppinion.

Nice sketchup presentation, but I agree the none location from an architectural point of view dosent exist, have to be design for an specifics needs and location its important, kuwai or alaska will kill that house, or what about downtown mexico, changing clothes in front all those people, anyways I like overall the presentation but no the design./..

I agree with a lot of the comments so far...the circulation control is overdone. I could see you providing a path over the water, no choice but to provide one, but why provide one on the grassy areas? Let the user wander as he/she will.

The spiral staircase is definitely a distraction to the movement patterns you have so far.

Having said that, I do like the massing, the scale, and the programmatic layout. I think if you want to have all that glass, that's fine by me, but you do have to find a way to address the fact that it will allow quite a bit of the old sun in.

Also, I think you should simplify the entry procession a bit. Why not have 3 essential procession nodes:

1. The entry at the transition between grass and water.
2. Arrival at the living room/master bedroom/office volume.
3. The children's area/guest room volume.

The circulation could be reduce to a simple "L" which is much cleaner and detracts less from what your concept models clearly illustrated.

My 2 cents,

Great job!!

deesee

Hy/ Its my first post. and i want to say you my respect. this concept is great. water around house is good. i had the same idea several years ago, but i my professor told me, that o will cleen this poll every day from trash. may be he is wright, but poll is great for preson, who will live there. :) :) :)

Thanks everyone to spend some time for seeing and commenting about my job.

I agree with most of the comment, only when I decided to participate in this competition, I considered it like an exercise to try many ideas have come to my mind, more than a dream house or real project.

I really liked what Brian T has commented here : ( you need to know when you're begining to over-cook things......)

Thanks again for all.
Mounib

It's cool to finally decide to post somethin' on this lions arena :cheers:
Your courage has deserved good critics!

Here are mine:

A house is a place where you can rest, work, eat, sleep, meditate...
In your design, I can't find a place where you can retire yourself and say: well, I'm in the heart of my home, here...
Everything is about circulations, ramps, corridors, stairs, mezzanines, etc. I know this often the most exciting part of architecture (variations on the vertical dimension), but in the case of a house we need a place which is not a passage. In traditional japanese houses, we used to have a 'retired' place which was actually the core of the house, the most sacred and private place along the succession of public-towards-private progression from the street.
Of course this is perhaps a cultural divergency and shows perhaps the limits of globalization by the architecture...
Mobility is perhaps your main concern ('architecture as a promenade' alla Corbusier)... this house looks more like a museum (alla Ando, naturally) than a single-family house... At least, this is what I thought it was, before reading the concept text.
Anyway, as an architectosculptural exercise, it's very appealing!
Thanks for sharing this with us :clap:

Nice design. I am wondering what the external finish for your house is supposed to be.

i agree with ryo. house is a custle of family. but it is a competition. by this way i think you can use more glass than in real life))))
i think that we can use houses like a passage. especialy, if we are talking about houses in the field(no neifhbours at all).

but i want to say again, that i realy like this progect. respect :) :) :rock on:

Thanks Ryo, Zena..,Fynjy for your nice words and comments.

Yes Ryo, u're right, maybe because there was no program or client's requirments, and I just consetrated how to sclupt the house and develop the masses with many layers( that why I called it in the competition' contest
My dream house/object).
So I should have not forgotten the main aim and function of creatin/designing the House


For the material zenarcader, I thought to be mainly concrete, metal corrugated cladding where is the orange parts and glass.

Thanks all again,
Mounib

in the case of traditional japanese house (I can only talk about somethin' I'm supposed to know a littl'bit), the core of the house is supported by what we call a 'daikoku-bashira': litterally, the big-tree-post. it's funny that ancient japanese carpenters gave names to every structural beams and posts they used to build a house... in everyday life, we kept the name 'daikoku-bashira' to express the role of the father in the family, (the person who's supposed to support the whole family, physically and economically). There's no more spiritual attention given to structural elements nowadays (a brick is a brick, and concrete is concrete, after all)... Is it serious, doctor? :wondering

It has ramps and a water element, but to me its not reminiscent of Andos work.
Overall an intesting project, but it needs a heart, too much arteries and veins. ;)

Thanks for sharing.

Very nice presentation!

It's not easy to judge an almost 'context-free' design...but it's nice to see good (but over-baked on some parts) formal articulation. It's a great design practice opportunity. Probably it needs a more 'pure' formal character. Articulation of 'boxes'? or 'planes'? (I have the modern classic's Schroder House in mind). anyway ... just my 2 cents...

Keep up the good work!! :cheers:

~un~

I am happy for Mounib to get such great design input, it is something I would like to see more of at 3DAllusions, we have more visualization artist than Designers so to speak, so it is refreshing to see this kind of dialoguel. It was a nice entry, great work and a pleasure to have had you participate ;) I think some of the comments here reflect some of the dialogue during the final judging. I also think you have shown more imagery and expressed your design concept more thouroughly here, it was fun reading. :cheers:

...that I have taken one of your Image for illustrate my little test of How to create a free QTVr (http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1060)
I hope that you are not disagree with that!
I had not seen your posts before and believe that was a classic modern project! :o
Because I have not taken the time to read the subject :rolleyes:
Sorry for that!

nice pool :rock on: :cool:

i like it. very strong design.

The model in SU


I think the 15 degree incline is out of place, the glazing doesn't bother as much as that.

Mounib,

I haven't read all of this thread, but those I have read seem to be good suggestions.

Personally, I think it looks fantastic - I'd be quite happy to live there (if it was here in NZ mind ;) ).

Congratulations on a brilliant design and presentation. :craqueur: