Topic > The Connected Plan - 1961

Sean Godsell's career as an architect was inspired by his interest in Asian architecture and its geographical proximity to Australia, particularly the use of spatial devices within a structure. He talks about the "connected plane", an interior that can be divided, crossed or opened at will. (REF INTEXT) This topic is discussed in detail throughout the essay. When studying localized and regionalist approaches to planning, it is clear that Godsell has embraced all areas of this topic and his extensive work represents this. There is an evident focus on a localized approach to architecture, with his projects an observable response to their surroundings in the landscape. In particular Godsell's Glenburn house and the Carter Tucker House. Regionally, as already mentioned, it is evident in almost all of Godsell's works that he reflects and draws inspiration from neighboring Asian countries, drawing key elements and applying them to his localized approach respectively. Some prime examples of Godsell's regionalist approach are his house on the peninsula and also the St Andrews Beach House. Godsell; meanwhile, responding to local and regionalist influences has spent a lot of time creating fully flexible public housing, emergency housing, which can be adapted and improved whatever condition it finds itself in. This paper will draw examples of emergency shelter from Future Shack, Park Bench House and also Bus Shelter House. Godsell's Glenburn House found its context in two different landscapes, located among the hills in rural Glenburn, the house was placed submerged on a hill at the level of its highest point, flattening the space creating a horizontal emphasis gaining a s...... middle of paper ......The Iconic House, p.332-335, Thames & Hudson, London, UK.(Carter Tucker House)Broadhurst, R 2009, Next Houses - Architecture for the Twenty-First Century, p.96-105, Abrams, New York, USA.(St. Andrews Beach House)ox, M / Stogfregen, H 2009, Living in the New Millenium, p. 106-109, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, United Kingdom.(St Andrews Beach House), 2010, St Andrews Beach House',ecoms, vol. 31, September 2010, pp.21-22Hyun, Y 2009, 'Meaning of regionalism, Glenburn House', C3, September, no. 301, p. 50-57.(Glenburn House)"Future Shack | SGA: Sean Godsell Architects." home page | SGA: Sean Godsell Architects. Np, nd Web. 27 September 2011. .• http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/6360• http://seangodsell.com/future-shack• http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/dlygad2_futureshack