Final+Project

My project's name is Casa Curva which means Curved house. It is a simple house with two floors. The first floor are all the common areas and the second floor is the private area where the bedroom are.

The client wanted a small and simple vacation house to be used for vacation purposes and only for a maximum of 2 to 3 weeks.

The vacation house Casa Curva is near a beach and the curves in the design point to regions in the context. The bedroom points north to the beach, the sun light will not bother the client while they sleep. The curve where the stairs are have a pierced wall which lets the light in, which creates a very good atmosphere. The kitchen and dinning table also point at the beach but in a different angle. The dinning is put in that angle of that in the night when you are dinning will be able to use natural light for the room. Less energy will be used because there is no need for turning on lights.

Structure
The structure is simple. It has a foundation that keeps the building in place. It is on a hill, that means that the terrain is not flat. The design of the building reflects the terrain that its built on. There are of course columns and beams, the only really interesting structural part of the building is a curved beam that supports the pierced wall. I talked to my design teacher to see if this could be done and he said that it was not commonly used but that it would work to support that part of the structure.

Materials
I have read about brutalism and I really like the architects that use this style, especially Le Corbusier, The internal and exterior wall are left in pure cement. The floor is marble and the pierced wall is made out of brick.



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