Week 2

Understanding of  "home"

"At the same time the idea of home became the focal point for a form of ‘domestic morality’ aimed at safeguarding familial property, including estates, women and children."

In the past, the concept of home was to promote patriotism and to demonstrate your wealth and possessions whereas nowadays, it is more shaped based on the experience of the residents throughout time. A 'home' will always demonstrate, to some extent, the personalities of the residents. 

Research on client

• The residents around Victoria were affected by the severe bushfire and their houses have been burnt down. They require a temporary house to cater basic needs and to shelter themselves.
• Location: both urban and rural
• The structures that got caught up in the fire initially are close to plantations and the source of the disaster. They are mostly residential buildings. From here on, the fire spread to other parts.

The Guardian, Melbourne: Black Saturday's fires could be all too easily forgotten, photographs, viewed 7 March 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/06/melbourne-black-saturday-fires-bushfires-2009-anniversary

• Climatic condition: hot and dry
• Compared to developing countries, Australia has a high standard of living and cleanliness. Hence, the temporary house has to be built on a clean site that is big enough to provide each container house with sufficient space to restrict privacy.

Principles of universal design

Simple and intuitive use: I'm planning to design a container house where the residents can pull down the beds when they are needed and push it up when not needed to create more space. This is quite a simple idea and everyone would be able to follow through.