A PROPOSED FOUR-LEVEL LOFT

ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY

A Research Proposal

Presented to

Architect Francis Ian Malone

In Partial Fulfillment of the

Architectural Design 3 – Creative Design in Architectural Interiors

Presented By

GAMALE, CHISTEIN ROGER D.

JULY 2020
Design Considerations:

A loft apartment has become a trend today and being adapted into living in urbanized
areas, as well as in rural ones. This type of design utilizes space in a different level, avoiding
the traditional walled space designs. The uniqueness of the loft apartment should lie in the
creation of four different levels that contain a space for each function without the use of walls
except for bath. Spaces ae interconnected, at least partially. The proposal should also consider
green building systems/innovation in developing a concept. Green building solutions shall
include but is not limited to:

 Energy efficient building skin/materials

Chosen site shall be from any existing structures and should be accessible via major
public transportation routes. The project design approach should provide users an
environment with distinct architecture, efficient space planning and functional space
distribution.

The proposed loft apartment design, which site comes form an existing establishment,
also considers the following:

 Energy-efficient and natural lighting

 Comfortable and easily accessible of spaces

 Proper air ventilation

 Safety and security

 Proper space design solutions

Receiving Bedroom

Entrance/Foyer Studio/ small office

Living Area (2) Bathroom T&B

Dining/ Nook/ Breakfast

I. DEFINITION OF TERMS

II. LATEST TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS/ ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS

III. DESIGN CONCEPT

IV. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

V. DRAWING SKETCHES

VI. BUBBLE DIAGRAM

VII.SPACE MATRICES

VIII. REFERENCES
I. DEFINITION OF TERMS

1. Receiving

The receiving area is the place where the guests wait, and or are being

entertained by the host.

2. Entrance/Foyer

The Foyer is the area situated at the entrance of the house or an

establishment building. It serves as a transition space that separates the

outside to the interior of the building.

3. Living Area

The Living Area is the space in the house wherein people interact or do

some hobbies.

4. Dining/ Nook/ Breakfast

The Dining/Nook/Breakfast area is the place in the house where

food preparation and consumption take place.

5. Bedroom

The Bedroom is the space where people sleep or rest in. This is

the area where private and personal things are kept. This area

may be semi-private or private and may contain private toilet

and bath. Bed size may vary depending on the type of bedroom.
 6. Studio/ small office

The Studio or Office is a private area where business and professional

affairs are held.

7. (2) Bathroom T&B

The Bathroom T&B is the private area where people do their hygienic

routine. It may contain at least the toilet, shower, and sink.

8. Kitchen

The Kitchen is the area where the cooking of foods happens. It may

contain at least the refrigerator, sink, oven/burners, and cabinets.

A. Green Energy Solutions

Green Roofs

Green roofs are the latest trends today and is spreading faster around the globe. It

has been used in private residences, schools, cultural and business institutions. This

innovation is getting used and integrated into architectural structures due to its many

environmental benefits. The Green roof accommodates variety of herbs, grasses, flowers

of any kinds, herbs, and many more. With its great benefits, this type of design solution

can bring natural beauty to urban buildings and rural structures to their surroundings. It

can absorb carbon dioxide, reduce stormwater runoff, insulate the interior of the building

by reducing heat absorption, and it can provide shelter and habitat for insects, birds, and

other exotic wildlife (as such habitat destruction of wildlife goes severe each decade).

Watermill Residence, Water Mill, New York

The Watermill Residence was design for summer and weekend retreat, by Architect
Andrew Berman. It consists of a single-story guest wing and garage, with a roof supporting

wildflowers and grasses by Goode Green.

Espace Bienvenüe, Marne-la-Vallée, France

Espace Bienvenüe was created and designed by Architect Jean-Philippe Pargade. It is an

expansive campus and a research and civil engineering center for the Pôle Scientifique et

Technique Paris-Est, in Marne-la-Vallée, in Paris. It is a 650-foot-long building with its accessible

terrace-garden co-designed and collaborated with Architect David Besson-Girard.

Solar Roofs

Energy and Architecture goes hand in hand. Architects design houses with considerations

that power and energy consumption be regulated at a slower rate.

Solar roofs are the latest trends today when it comes to self-supporting and self-

generating electrical energy for usage in the homes. With this design, the house can generate itself

electricity for all the appliances. With this, paying electricity bills will not be needed anymore.

Solar Energy is by far, the best renewable energy source of today. Once used only for

space stations, now it is integrated into different establishments and or laboratories. The sun emits
 an enormous amount of energy each day and is readily available every day. With this very

accessible energy source, electricity can be generated unlimitedly. It is sustainable, renewable,

inexhaustible source of electricity, and is far safer than power plants, which generate toxic

chemicals every day.

Powerhouse Brattørkaia / Snøhetta Solar Panels of Ateneo De Davao University

Bamboo Plywood

The rapid degradation of wild forests has been associated by the big demand of

hardwood, which is used for variety of architectural and structural needs. Resources of hardwood is
mainly the wood that comes from the trees of wild forests. To address this problem, designers has

been suggested to use Bamboo in replace of hardwood.

Bamboo is a readily available and fast renewable resource. It is very available as it is

abundant in most parts of a forest. It grows fast to its full maturity in four to six years while it takes

a tree decades or even hundreds of years. In a span of a few years, it can be already harvested, so

production can be fast.

Bamboo is strong and durable. Bamboo ply is stronger and harder than most hardwoods.

Its tensile strength goes up to 28 000 per square inch while steel tensile strength only reaches 23

000 per square inch. It is also 25 per cent harder than Red Oak, 12 per cent harder than North

American Maple, and has 50 per cent less expansion or contraction than Red Oak.

Bamboo is flexible in design. It can be cut, nailed, screwed and plugged using

woodworking equipment. Its color can also be altered to give a more satisfactory finish. Sydney-

based bamboo plywood specialists, Plywood & Plastics offer a natural coffee color finish and other

variety of grain types. This flexibility of bamboo in different areas of construction and design saves

or contributes in lessening the degradation of Wild Forests.

Water has become scarce in areas of the world, and its scarcity is affecting the world.

Though, the world is mostly covered in water, we rely on freshwater for our needs. Potable water

has become scarce and there is a need to conserve it. Using rainwater as means for other purposes,

like cleaning, reduces the usage of potable water.

Bilboa Arena, Bilboa, Spain

The Bilboa Arena, in Spain, was design by architects ACXT / Javier Pérez Uribarri y

Nicolás Espinosa Barrientos . This arena has a special design which collects and stores rainwater.

As described by Archdaily, “the cover sports is a vegetable, green, an indoor cistern that stores

rainwater, which retrieves the plant substrate by capillary action and makes irrigation

unnecessary. The pool water that the law requires waste, 5% per day, a lot of gallons for a pool of
 25 m and 7 streets, stored in the basement in a cistern, where trucks that clean the streets of

Bilbao refuel reused.”

Climate Tile Designed to Catch and Redirect Excess Rainwater from Climate Change

The Climate Tile is a pilot venture intended to get and divert 30% of the anticipated

additional water coming because of environmental change. Made by THIRD NATURE with IBF

and ACO Nordic, the task will be initiated on a 50m asphalt stretch at Nørrebro in Copenhagen.

The principal walkway was made as an imaginative atmosphere venture that uses the Climate Tile

to make a lovely and versatile cityscape. Focused on thickly populated urban areas, the tile handles

water through a specialized framework that treats water as a significant asset.

Filipino Modern Minimalist Loft

The design concept that is proposed is a Filipino Minimalist Modern Loft. The design

is a Filipino style. This is to make Filipino architectural art be the subject for modern architecture

instead of using foreign architectural design; to promote the Filipino Architecture. The Filipino

architecture design is integrated into modern minimalist style, which is to combine the two art and

create a new design suited for living in the Philippine setting.

The design concept aims for green building solutions. The modern architecture relies so

much on modern supplies, such as hardwood for floorings or other fixtures, tiles, etc., which are very

expensive and contributes highly to the degradation of the natural resources. The proposed design aims

to solve the problem using the approved indigenous resources, such as bamboo plywood. The Filipino

architecture is a way to reduce environmental degradation of wild forests, and a way to use fast

renewable local and indigenous resources.

The minimalist style of the design makes the loft apartment good to the eyes. The

lessening of the use of superfluous architectural concepts makes the establishment pleasing to the eyes,

and non-destructive. It gives it a comfortable feeling and cool effect to the person living.

IV. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

“Environmental Problems require Environmental Solutions”

a. Facade

b. Ground Floor (Receiving Area, T&B 1, Foyer, Kitchen and Dining)

d. Mezannine 2 (Bed, Office, and T&B 2)

a. Ground Floor

b. Mezzanine Level 1
c. Mezzanine Level 2
VII.SPACE MATRICES

Legend:

Adjacent

Nearby

Not Related

No
VIII. REFERENCES

 https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/green-roof-living-roof-designs
 https://www.archdaily.com/926255/how-does-photovoltaic-energy-work
 https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/plywood-plastics/3-reasons-
why-bamboo-plywood-is-better-than-hardwo
 https://www.archdaily.com/183721/bilbao-arena-acxt
 https://www.archdaily.com/tag/rainwater-collection