Developing plans...

Initial elevations [autocad]

South west elevation looking from rear of my site, from existing housing [with neighbouring site to the left]

South east elevation [looking from neighbouring site]

North west elevation [looking from the workshop to this side of my site]

North east elevation [from street view of site]

trojan horse ideas...

Pushing the boundaries...

- what is exterior?

- what is interior?

- what is horizontal?

- what is vertical?

- above and below ground...

- conventionalities... breaking conventionalities.

"things are not always what they seem"

- ideas from http://www.archdaily.com/7680/house-2-eduardo-berlin-razmilic/

- open facades, changing floor levels, windows and openings...

- ideas from http://www.archdaily.com/7613/m-house-architecture-w/

- thick wall spaces, concealed cupboards, exterior to interior

Trojan horse [disguise] ideas...

Mortensrud Church, Norway [funkadelic wall ideas]

"Tolo House" [thoughts on stairs and facades intertwining, connecting etc]

The Vertical Gardens of Patrick Blanc

I have interpreted the 'wooden horse' theme in two ways: the idea of the unordinary placed among the ordinary and conventional; and the idea of something disguised as something else - things are not always what they seem.

The idea of the vertical garden, for me, goes against convention - it presents something new and unusual yet fits in with it's surroundings as it is just a garden - something of the everyday and ordinary [just plonked on a different surface].

Initial thoughts and ideas...

[Wooden horse] Site visit...

My site location is to the bottom left of the image:

Looking around the site, this is the design of the three red-tiled (roof) houses to the top (north):

The rear of these houses (to the south-east) a garage opens to the current site:

This is the north-west boundary that my site will sit against (of a car repairs workshop):

Further views of the north-west boundary wall and the residences further north of my site:

This is the fence of the south-west boundary of my site:

And views further south of my site (the continuation of the fencing above):

From these pics you can see my site will have views to (and over the fence of) the *ahem* ugly workshop next door and to the residence to the south-west. I'd like to block the noise from this workshop and set my residence back from the boundary to the south-west housing. I'd also like to make use of the north-east entrance to my site, making the most of all views to the central courtyard area (given to us in the brief/outline). 

Few more inside shots...