Manifesto
Architectural approach of DMS DESIGNS
Architecture allows pure creation of our imagination to become tangible structures. In order to achieve a tangible structure, a series of design aspects must carefully be considered.
Client Brief: A strong communicative relationship between the client and the architect is crucial in the success of any design. The final design solution should be influenced as a result of an attentive interpretation of the client’s character, lifestyle and personality, which should then be incorporated into the design and combined with the proposed desires of the client.
Context: Context of the site should be analysed at both small and large scale, from buildings adjacent to the site, neighbouring towns, landscape and the distant horizon depending on the environment; all in which will determine structures relationship in its surrounding concept.
Concepts: A concept is a strong driving force behind any architectural design. I perceive concepts to be an inspirational response derived from specific occurrences or instances, formed of pure imagination, a scheme or notion that is the heart of a buildings structure. A strong concept should have strong relevance to the site and relationship to the clients desires outlined in the brief.
Site: Efficient site planning should be derived from the client brief in terms of needs and a hierarchy of spaces. Site planning should be site specific and influenced by contour and nature of the site. A plan should be generated where the form of the structure will make to most what the site has to offer resulting in the creation of spaces that serve their purpose.
Plan: The plan is the generator. The floor plan should be derived as a result influenced the site characteristics, requirements of the client brief, and the architect’s pure creation of spirit and design intent. A well thought out plan should have strong relationship to the site, be functional, and have efficient circulation in and around the dwelling.
Sections: A sectional building drawing should be derived from a buildings floor plan. The building section and floor plan should go hand in hand in determining the successful relationships between rooms, circulation patterns, interior and exterior environments, as well as how well a building will function in terms of the access of sunlight.
Elevations: The building envelope separates the interior from the external environment of a structure. A visual appearance of a building envelope is determined by:
- Location of fenestrations
- And materials that perform for performance objectives including structural integrity, temperature control, moisture control and air pressure controls.
Surrounding context of the site should also be influential on the envelope of a structure.
Materials: Material selection should be determined by site characteristics and its surrounding environment. They should not be chosen on aesthetics along, but be specific for a structures survival in its environment. Materials should compliment a structures form and work with the environment rather than a force antagonistic to it.
Sun Control: The sun is of prime consideration behind architectural design. The amount of sun within a dwelling is crucial in determining how well the building passively functions thus creating a comfortable internal environment for its users. A sustainable approach to sun control should be carried out in order to reduce the use of lighting and heating thus having lesser environmental impacts.
Elevations: In some cases, openings for fenestrations such as doors and windows can cause destruction of form. Thus each opening, whether it be access for natural light or the passage of human activity, it is vitally important that openings must compliment both a buildings envelope and interior, being an accentuation of form.