Friday, 25 May 2012

Week 11/12 - Project 3 Requirements


510 Project 3 Brief

Your submission should include the following:
1. Detailed Site Plan including Entry / Exit Sequence
2. A Site Elevation
3. Complete Floor Plans showing appropriate development of every briefed area.
4. 2 elevations Showing Materiality of your Building
5. 2 Sections
6. Exterior Facades with Materials
7. Detailed Massing
8. 2 Detailed Spaced (Minimum 1 Exhibition Space – interior or exterior)
9. 2 Detailed Exhibits
10. 2 Rendered Views (Interior or exterior)
11. A Circulation diagram or facility map
12. A Narrative maximum 300 words capturing your core concepts and metaphor and relating them to your facility.

*you can combine elements above.

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Week 11 - Feedback and Exemplar

Feedback from Tutor

during the studio, tutor looked at my attempts at form and program spaces
his feedback:
- program spaces not really resolved, couldn't wrap mind around it, seemed a bit random

- problem with circulation spaces
- if it's so high up, how are kids going to get to the top? stairs may be tiring
- time to steer away from this "boxy forms" I've been using.
- it's not too late to start re-developing ideas



Therefore:
suggested to look at Guggenheim Museum and other exemplars
suggested alternate methods of accessing the top level, not just with stairs.


Exemplar
Guggenheim Museum 1959- NYC
by Frank Lloyd Wright






Guggenheim Museum New York (unknown)
The Guggenheim Museum is known for its unique and spectacular shape. This spiral structure was designed by the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1959. The spiraling building has become a NYC landmark. It consists of 6 floors, plus a tower of permanent galleries located at the rear of the building. 


Solomon (2012)
An escalator takes visitors to the top and they walk down the spiraling levels.
The building is a single continuous curved wall; inside the Guggenheim resembles a sloping spiral ramp with various elevators serving different levels. 


Solomon (2012)
NYT (2012)




Week 11 - Progress: Attempting Form + Detailed Brief

Scribbles - Attempting Form

Using the pre-existing draft of the spaces and a sketch of the building against the cliffs, it is clear that the boxy representations of rooms need to be pushed further. Building against the height is a good idea, one I want to retain but it doesn't need to be three levels and reach the top. Walking up the levels is a big design issue, you don't want to be walking so much. This is where Dan suggested looking at examplars and see how others have resolved this problem.

Image 1.
Image 2.

Image 2 explores the process of forming the building envelope. I think the analysis and process is good, but
perhaps looking at the form is pre-mature because the spatial arrangements are not yet fully resolved.


Detailed Brief for "The Space Place" 


- 10m x 25m 
- proposing 2/3 stopping areas in the space.
- include slight partitioning



Transitioning between the rooms

walkway or hallway, the transition between the space place and the rooftop garden is important because the rooftop garden is a predominantly outdoor space with living plants. I want to counterbalance this with an area where information is presented in an indoor setting -> info-mural.  Below are some exemplars.

Detailed Brief for: The Rooftop Garden

- 10m x 20m
- Clear walkways
- Places for rest and shelter
- Stair which connect existing site at New Farm  no longer needed.
This is only a draft up of the spaces. Further work is needed.

Week 11: Learning Center Exemplars

Exemplars of Learning Centers

Indian Springs Metropolitan Authority Program, Environmental Discovery Center by SmithGroup
(Maconochie, 2012)
Reviewed it because it was also situated on the lake. Not exactly the same condition but intersting to see how  examples with similar context.
Warren Skaaren Environmental Learning Center at Westcave Preserve by Kohn Peersen Fox Associate PC
(Bardagj, 2012)
Really well done in it's presence and integration with the site

Most of the center's educational exhibits stem from and are integrated into its design and a "sky map" embedded in the terrazzo floor of the main orientation room illustrates Earth's relationship to the sun. 
(Bardagj, 2012)
Learning Center The Core by Grimshaw and Partners
(Parker, 2012)
(Parker, 2012)


Week 10 - Working on Detailed Program

Refining the Program 



There are still several rooms where the programs needs to be refined and or changed entirely.
Below are images of scribbles of the 'refining' process. Existing exhibitions are elaborated on for further development, while children playspace and 'survival of the fittest needs to be re-analysed.
Critique from the presentation indicated the programes and spatial arrangements to be dis-jointed. Having appropriate exhibitions relating to the core concept is really important, as part of the synthesizing process.




I have the area's for each rooms, but with further changes, I think the square meterages and totals is something that can be easily solved.
Biggest mind-block is regarding the children's play space.
Taking the mobile railway outdoors is how I will proceed
 Re-analysis of spatial arrangement is needed.




















Site Masterplan - Entry Way/Access
How do people access the site? 

One entry point
Ferry -> stops at terminal-> develop pathway to building

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Week 10 - Narrative



Aims


To write up a narrative of a child's experience from start to finish through your facility. From arrival through till the end. It doesn't have to be long, but should be descriptive around what they see, hear, feel, touch and experience moving to and through your facility. 

Fabio (2010)


Narrative - first attempt

As the sway of the ferry comes to a stop at the pier, glimpses of an impressive structure can be seen peeking from  lush green trees. The slightly winding pathway leads to an building, it's big, and the front of it has a bendy wave tipping forward. Staring at the entryway, one can crane one's neck back as far as they can to look up, feeling like they're completely engulfed by the building. The wavy ceiling (roof?) looks like the waves in the water!. The entry facade seems like a wall of glass. Stepping inside the entrance room with double roof height, the first sight is the information desk. From here there are two options. to the left leads to the first exhibition room ("survival of the fittest" - [need to change/refine]), to the right leads to indoor screening space. The two rooms is ... conjoined?

To go to the second level there is a wide and slightly winding set of stairs, looking as if it's suspended from the air! Taking in the view of the Brisbane river through the glassed wall as they trek up the stairs one step at a time, they enter the second floor. Immediately one can see a dining area, encased in transparent glass. There is also an area for people to eat outside. To the left there is a brightly colored wall with painted arrows, spilling onto the floor, the arrows point to an entry way. where does this lead to? following the arrows one walks through a very small hallway with twists and turns... eventually opening up to a big room ~ a mini train circles around the room and makes pit stops for people to get off and play. (can change to outdoor, similar concepts). Leaving the playing room in the other end of the space though a simple portal (wording edit) leads them back to  central area of level two. Stairway to the third level is accessible to the ahead to the left or back to the dining area to the right.

At the top of the stairs which leads to the third floor, there's this huge open entryway. You can see that it's dark inside but there are lots of glowing and light emitted from big screens. Walking into the room one notices that the walls are slightly rough to the touch, a curve wall divide up the room ...

slowly notice the gradient lighting which gets brighter the further one travels down the room. From here,
an info-mural walkway (informational/informative mural) which slopes up leads an outside space! the whole area is filled with plants.. some [I] recognise, some are strange and unfamiliar. There is a  footpaths to guide throughout the area, stopping at particular areas where certain plants are emphasised with plarks of info... some lead to resting areas... we can even help water the plants using colorful water buckets.

Other people are also visitng this place walking down from the stairs which lead up to the park (Wilsons outlook reserve).

Week 10 - Feedback from Interim Presentation


Kamps (2009)


Feedback Straight After Presentation



- Unsure of spatial arrangements

- Some programs are not as strong, for example "survival of the fittest", can see the reasoning
but doesn't integrate with core parameters or metaphor. Something big in scale.. for example, mangroves... maybe an analysis of the mangroves

- Children's play space with the movable train, good idea with the different drop-offs offering different activities, but may want to move to an outdoor setting.

If outdoor, consider 
weather/shelter/shading for during the day, 
how are you going to keep the children in the specific area? Supervision?
     consider safety,

- Consider the spaces must serve a purpose, not just there for the sake of being there. ie, screening room.. what do the kids learn? how to integrate a learning experience?

- Mass model not effective (colors confusing, color association not strongly shown)

- Masterplan: ferry shouldn't extrude so far into the river.