Design Brief for Hundertwasser

1. Master bedroom (with walk in robe and ensuite)
2. minimum two other general bedrooms
3. a bathroom associated with these two bedrooms
4. must include a bath and separate shower (shower as waterfall rose, simulating waterfall or custom made)
5. a study / guest bedroom
6. a studio / workshop (external workshop) for drawing and art projects, music, etc.
7. fireplace/ firepit (Natural use of landscape)
8. Formal dining room (Preference informal area for dining maybe in kitchen)
9. informal family area
10. (kids play room NA no children at a young age only child is an adult)
11. WC
12. Kitchen( doubles as small dining area) 
13. double wall oven
14. 2 bowl sink (Natural Materials, stone bowls and sinks)
15. island benchtop with free standing range hood
16. walk-in pantry if possible
17. Laundry (washing and drying done externally, can come inside as well, dryer and washer)
18. 1 car garage (with additional storage space)
19. Roof Garden (Keeping in touch with nature and not separated from family)
20. Private retreat for the outside  - Nudist
21. Interior Vegetation
22. Cannot be geometric in rooms and spaces
23. Organic form within building
24. No cemetery allowed in mosman
25. Uneven flooring (Floors aren't following a single straight line)
26. Alteration of the outside must be available (By hand or other method)
27. House materials built can be done through several different uses either a full on natural approach with dirt and clay building or standard house adjusted to be for a naturally inspired shapes and colours.
28. Stained glass windows

Next, relationships:

1. Bedrooms 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 of the master bedroom (stairs leading from masterbedroom to roof garden in order to keep the idea of privacy for Hundertwasser nudist needs.
4. kitchen to be the hub of the house
5. garage to have internal access from house

Commentary:

• The garage would only be for 1 car and storage as Hundertwasser would most likely use a bicycle or other form of transport in keeping with his philosophical views.
•  Floors must include small mid levels between when travelling through the house

Site Analysis

Urban Context/ Site Analysis Plans

Urban Context Plan

The site is approximately a 49m breadth and 15.9m wide parallelogram for lot 5 on Wyragine Street, Mosman. The site contains several plants and trees which cannot be removed due to environmental policy, the nearest public transport is 100 metres down the road. The lot is on a angle going down from right to left meaning allowances are to be taken for a sloping site. Its approximately 120m from Balmoral beach. The lot is a low density zone which means the maximum height of the house is 8.5m, Floor Space ratio is 0.5:1 or in this conext about 356.5m2 of the property is usable floor space in total. The housing must reflect the context of the surrounding environment being near the beach and in a residential area it cannot intrude on other residents views and maintain the protection of watercourses and vegetation. General dominance of building must be kept to a minimum. Set back from boundary is 900mm for one storey and 15 mm for a two storey.

Planning Controls

 

 

Plan and Section of the site with height boundaries and FSR for the lot (Left to Right)

 

 

Site Context Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local Context Plan photos