Site analysis
Following on from the research of Brooks St house in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, my task is to analyse a similarly thin and narrow site at the nearby Kelvin Grove Urban Village. This planned community sits in and around QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus, and is home to commercial, residential and education uses (see diagram). The future site of my cabin design is a small section of Kulgun Park, and sits between a 6 story apartment block (see photo below) and a golf course.From the analysis of the site, assumptions can be made that the client will enjoy views of Kulgun park to the North and the golf course to the East. The proposed high rise across the road to the North will be too far away to spoil views, and the same can be said for the large group of apartment to the Northwest. The residential houses to the South may not be undesirable to view, but the adjacent street is. Most importantly, the adjacent high-rise to the East is very tall and imposing and creates undesirable views. Thus, view to and from this building will need to be blocked.
Sunlight & wind
From analysis of wind roses, it can be seen that the strongest winds are blowing to the South and South-west in the morning, and to the East and North-east in the afternoon. The cabin will need to take this into consideration for ventilation.
There is direct sunlight on the site till 2pm, then the site is completely shaded by the adjacent high-rise. Thus, the cabin will need to be shaded most on the Eastern faces.
TrafficAnalysis has shown that there is very light pedestrian traffic immediately around the site, as shown in the following diagram.
Restrictions & Boundary Setbacks
The cabin is restricted to two stories.
Enclosed space of the cabin must be less than 75m^2.
There are setbacks from the boundaries also, which can be seen in this diagram.
