COLLECTION OF SKETCHES AND MODELSBOOK 3 OF 3RETROFITTING HOUSES AND GARAGES

METHODS AND PATHS OF THINKING

KEEPING THE EXISTINGAs a crucial paramater from an sustainable point of view, I also wanted to respect the inhabitants at study site and build on the local experiences and preferences.

In addition to anchoring the change - the physical surroundings will be richer with a more chronological palette, not everything is new.

EXPANDING THE EXISTINGAlready thriving households are expanding the built footprint and the functional space into the garden or entrance area. In the mature suburbia we could all observe the small play huts for kids, the trampolines or the woodshed for daddies.

But how could this play out from a geriatric/senior citizen perspective? Could the garden be more adapted with walkways and stations in the garden, adapted for strollers and seated situations?

I identified 3 clear needs for the seniors living in a detached house. Firstly, there might be a need for bigger entrance doors and bigger floors to the toilets and most rooms. This leads to small add-ons on the existing house. Secondly, there will be a need for an elevator or some kind of vertical as-sistance. Most detached houses should cater for this on the gable walls. And the access to gardens will be easier with small walkways and plateaus that cater for strollers and relaxed situations.

ADDING TO THE EXISTINGIf not solely keeping or adding to the existing, I also tried the classic add-to-existing excercise, looking at how and where I could put in more housing units.

Early on, this led me to some key understanding pretty early, this was colliding with several important wished from the neighbourhood. Most of the neigh-bours I talked with and got to know, they stated that existing views, sunny places and maximum 2 households on each property was important.

So my aim was after this, add with quality - not with a predetermined set of numbers or aim. Then the locals also could enlist to a more dense Ganddal.

TRY-OUTS OF CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES

As mentioned in the previous collection of sketches and model photos, there are certain demographic/household push factors for transforming the house.

From a societal view, it makes sense to transform existing houses. The longer senior citizens live at home independently, less institutional services are required. This was the idea behind “Flatshare for Seniors”.

FLATSHARE FOR SENIORS

What if the detached house with garage was turned into something else? In a somewhat denser neighbourhood, the concept of living more dense should be reflected in more services in walking distance.

I got the idea of turning one of the houses into a combined hairdressers salon, bar and tech shop. Here how it turned out, in sketches and models:

HOUSE TO NON-HOUSE

At the Kvernelandsveien area I chose to develop the “add-apartment-on-garage” approach further. I initially set a scheme on turning all the roadside parts of properties into apartments - but later focused on one property, Kvernelandsveien number 11.

At first the scheme just suggested apartments stacked on top of each other along the road, but when looking closely into number 11 - I tried to merge a cafe with and apartment.

RETROFITTING AND ADDING 1

At the Kvernelandsveien area I chose to develop the “add-apartment-on-garage” approach further. I initially set a scheme on turning all the roadside parts of properties into apartments - but later focused on one property, Kvernelandsveien number 11.

At first the scheme just suggested apartments stacked on top of each other along the road, but when looking closely into number 11 - I tried to merge a cafe with and apartment.

At the Kvernelandsveien area I chose to develop the “add-apartment-on-garage” approach further. I initially set a scheme on turning all the roadside parts of properties into apartments - but later focused on one property, Kvernelandsveien number 11.

At first the scheme just suggested apartments stacked on top of each other along the road, but when looking closely into number 11 - I tried to merge a cafe with and apartment.

RETROFITTING AND ADDING 2