Minima Model

Domus Drawings

Here are some of our completed Domus drawings.

Is this the future?

Solar panels envelope the high rise structure, not only creating enough power for the building, but feeding unused power back into the grid.

ref: http://www.solarcentury.co.uk/projects/commercial/cis_solar_tower

The Final design of the entire landscape ith our building on it. We have tried to keep everything elevated and used local materials only.

Final Design for Living Area

Our final Living Pod design.

The Final design for the landscape.

Materials used in construction of Domus

We have specified basic materials for our Domus which are cost effective and locally produced. Domus incorporates galvanised steel RHS columns for vertical support. These have a flat steel plate welded onto the base to resist lift from some spasmodic high winds. The excavation for the footings are slightly bell shaped again to resist lift from winds. These columns extend from sub-ground through to the roof where they are tied to the rafters using galvanised hoop iron. The flooring system specified uses a combination of Cooktown Ironwood as a frame of long span bearers and joists with Cypress pine floor boards for flooring. These are both cost effective and locally grown timbers which have a high resistance to termites. Ironwood and Cypress Pine is grown in plantation conditions and is native to the Northern Territory. These timber species are also specified for the roof beams, rafters and battens. External cladding for Domus is locally stocked galvanised Colorbond steel in Oxide Red with a standard corrugated profile. Other items such as rainwater tanks and black and grey water systems are to be transported in kit form from Darwin.

Attached is a link to information on locally grown timbers and issues in relation to termite damage in the area.

http://www.daffa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/37618/Ironwood_in_NT.pdf


http://www.termite.com.au/termites/nt.html

Battersea Team 4 Model - Tropical

Solar power information for Domus

We intend on using photovoltaic cells to harness solar power for our Domus project. Attached is a link which calculates details of panels required for use. Our system will cater for 3 people living and working in the Kakadu region.

http://www.rpc.com.au/products/services/faq-info/calc/calculator.html

Minutes for Review 18/05/07

• Presented revised site plan (Sketch up)
• Presented Plans and elevations of both communal area and individual pods.
• Work needed on capability of solar collection panels.
• Presented further details of floor plans and elevations in relation to the modules, new roof shape and context of water catchment etc.
• Need to assign tasks to each team member and work out a system for final tasks and preparation of posters.

• Final Domus presentation should follow these guidelines;

1. Show how we have responded to site related issues such as climate.
2. Detail concept, what is the stand out aspect of our design.
3. Detail process, how we arrived at our final design .
4. Teamwork- Each team member will present for mins, should prepare presentation beforehand.

• Use diagrams and graphs to show climatic details etc and try to incorporate eye level perspectives and photos or images of the model into a site image.

Service specification for Domus

Specifications of basic services for Domus

Here are our specifications for services such as power, water storage and sewerage treatment for Domus.

• Water storage for communal area
  

1800 litre Rectangular Under-House Water Tank

Capacity (litres): 1800 Capacity (gals.): 400 Height: 700 mm. Width x Length: 1200 mm. x 2400mm. Weight: 90 kg. Inlet: 300mm Outlet: 25 mm Overflow: 90 mm. Features: Ideal under-house/under-deck

• Water Storage for Modules
  

Tankmasta TA1402 10000 litre Squat Water Tank

Capacity (litres): 10000 Capacity (gals.): 2200 Diameter: 3.10 m. Height: 1.64 m. Weight: 195 kg.

• Solar Power and Hot water supply.

The second design is the heat pump water heater, represented in the above list by the best-of-breed, the Quantum Heat Pump Solar Hot Water System.

These units act like a reverse-cycle air conditioner does in winter, extracting warmth from the air, and pumping it into your home. It's not a new idea- your refrigerator does the same thing, but in reverse, and the result is hot water from thin air!

Both systems reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, whether it be gas, or any fossil fuel used to produce electricity. Any flat plate solar hot water system should save in excess of 3.5 tonnes of greenhouse emissions a year, not to mention a healthy saving on your energy bill (calculated at close to $400 in the ACT).

With their extra efficiency, and NO need for boosting, the heat pump water heaters save even more greenhouse gas emissions (over 4 tonnes), and even more money on your energy bill.

Whether you choose to get your free hot water from the sun (roof mounted units) or from thin air (heat pump units), you'll save yourself a packet each and every year on your energy bills, and make an important contribution to the environment by drastically reducing your greenhouse gas emissions. Below is a graph showing a comparison of the energy consumption to make hot water for a typical family of four over a one year period, using different technologies.

Tube design hot water heater

This wide range of solar water heater brands and styles includes two fundamentally different designs, that draw their heat from two different sources.

The majority are the traditional flat plate systems, with collector panels on your roof that collect the radiant heat of the sun during the day to heat the water. They are more economical than electric or gas water heaters, and have electric or gas boosters for when there is insufficient sun. The latest development in this field is the breakthrough Evacuated TubeEndless Solar evacuated tube solar hot water systems to our customers.
technology, which maintains a higher efficiency for a greater period of the day, and puts little weight on the roof. We are proud to offer the exciting range of

Stylish 1.5 Kw Grid Connect Installation Yass May 2006. $4000 PVRP Rebate.

• SEWERAGE TREATMENT
  

Domestic - Waterboy HSTP-10 Home On-Site Sewerage Treatment Plants

General Information Advantages Specifications Flow Diagram Installation Examples Effluent Quality Downloads
Specifications

Tanks are manufactured from tough rotomoulded polyethylene plastic.

Outer tank wall thickness 15mm Inner tank walls thickness 10mm Diameter OD 2,040mm Side wall Height 2,345mm Total Height 2,865mm Control Panel 400mm X 400mm X 200mm deep With Blue alarm strobe on top Weight Approximate 550kg

Natural cooling!

Here is another alternative system of natural cooling, utilising the earths mass and natural draft to circulate the air

Minutes for Battersea 4 11/5/07

• Presented mock-up site plan and living space designs
• Decided upon size for main living space, including deck sizes
• Looking at maybe extending front deck out to emphasize view
• Flyscreens to either roll up or crease
• Decided upon horseshoe shape to aid in privacy with different heights of pods

Was discussed that horseshoe was maybe not entirely necessary, should try to break up landscape a little

• Instructed to work on finer details, as design is rather simple
• Need to figure out placement of tanks, could be underneath
• Need to figure out how to channel water effectively, without the use of downpipes
• Eaves need to be much wider to cover sunlight, can roof shape maybe be changed to give a more dynamic look, and express the roofs function, ie. Water catchment
• Can overflow of tanks be used in some way?
• Individual pods need to be more expressive, have some form of presence
• Shape of water tanks?
• How can water tanks be used as some form of expression?

Possible site for Domus

These photos are from a lookout in the N.E corner of Kakadu, Could we site our buildings within one of these site images as if they are looking out over the grassland below? Detailed close up images of terrain in Kakadu are hard to come by, most take in the landscape from a distance and would dwarf our buildings. What do you think?

Possible Site 2

Possible Site 1

We are going with a horseshoe shaped site, where the main building is sunk into the centre of the site and individual living pods are placed randomly around the central building

STUDIO NOTES (battersea 4)

Some notes and considerations for our design derrived from studio, 4th may:

- consider wind. hot breeze from S/E, cool breeze from N/W
- Troppo: Rozak house our main inspiration
- Unubsracted view of lake from pods
- The idea of experiencing a camping experince and feeling like your part of the land
- Seperate building from shower and w/c?
- Spalyed shape open out to view
- Build a detailed site model and play with formation of buildings on site
- Water-catchment off each individual pod
- Local materials used: jarra, steel, iron
- North facing site: major need of eve overhang on front and side verandas

By next week we will aim to have a completed site modal with a maquette model and our group will look into how our buildings will form together with close consideration to site model.

Minutes for tutorial 27/04/07 Battersea 4

Battersea Team 4 Principles (tom, rohan & paul)

After todays tute rohan,paul and i have come up with key principles which are to be present in our domas design, they consist of:

1. A central living area with seperate, independent pods.
2. The idea of water catchment
3. Building is to be risen on stilts
4. Framed view from living area
5. Cross ventilation
6. Minimal use of space - idea of every element having 2 functions
7. Pitched/steep roof
8. Use of eves
9. Solar power
10. Use of local materials
11. Verandas used as external rooms

Annual Rainfall for Jabiru, Kakadu

The hotel we spoke about is the Gagudju Crocodile Hotel in Jabiru (East of Kakadu)

Appropriate metaphor or gimmicky tourist attraction?

Here's a few images of the Kakadu area and a couple of links for further info such as history, landscape and weather pattens and conditions.

http://walkabout.com.au/locations/NTKakaduNationalPark.shtml#Hotels

http://www.australiawidetravelonline.com/inbound/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=MainFrame&id=Kakadu

This should give us a better idea of the proposed site for Domus.