I began to look at how to create a more dynamic, more integrated floor plan that is not simply plonked on the site but is derived from something important. Views are essential to this design, the important views and vistas were located in the week 1 site analysis. 

I drew lines to th various view points and generated a  form based on angles to capture views and size requirements so I would not exceed 500m2. 

Views include:  Kangaroo Point Suburb, Cliff, Mangroves/Turning point of river, Meriton, City, Sandbank, Cliff/escapment and the Bridge. 

Looking at root systems and how a plant keeps itself  upright I decided to continue with a majr vertical component but will use smaller horizontal elements for access and stability, mimicing the root system. 

The floor plan may be comprised of compartments like this, mimicing the inside of a plant cell, so that not only the form and structure take ques from the plant cell but so does the layout. 

Initially I thought about a long floor plan with major walls through the centre that the pods would cling onto.

I realised the floor plan needed to utilise the corner space better and also needed to address the site and not simply work with what looks good. 

Here I am still looking at having 3 separate elements. I soon begin to combine these, keeping the verticality of the bamboo but integrating the form into one form/model that are better connected. 

Too detached. 

Connecting these would simply mean adding pathways at many different levels, which would look like little bridges and would really be a quick fix, not a design solution, it would be an obvious and boring way to connect spaces, it would not heigten experience. 

how water may be integated. 

Interior views, how views may be captured. Second drawing is the inside of a pod, one side is clad in bamboo, the rest is opaque perspex, this still allows for a silhouette and shadows but also allows for privacy and will stop some heat. The floor is bamboo and on the corner is glass, people have the option of relaxing, mediating ect on either area.