Horticultural Interpretation & Research Centre U2 Fall 2006 Six weeks group project with: Christine Djerrahian Baharan Khosravi
The driving idea behind the design of our Horticulture Research Center is the creation of a centralized open courtyard, a public space that is the locus of all the activity in the building. It is an area framed by different part of the building, in reverse it is an area designed to exhibit its buildings to the greatest advantage. The overriding quality of this type is a sense of enclosure. Layout focuses upon grouping public spaces together on the first floor and private or semi-private spaces together on the second floor.
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Ground Floor
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Second Floor
Entrance 9 Receiving & deliveries Hallways 10 Gardening workshop Exhibit hall 11 Greenhouse Wachrooms,cloakroom,telephones 12 Courtyard Kitchen 13 Library & research centre Cafe/bookshop 14 Administrative offices Exterior terrace & garden 15 Conference hall Mechanica & electrical room 16 Meeting room (future addition) 17 Library extension (future addition)
The geometry of the building is primarily based on a 1:1 grid of squares that was defined by the shape and size of the interior square courtyard. The structure of the building also goes according to the geometry of the squares of the grid. Furthermore, the northern outer wall of our building is angled to follow the direction of Notre-Dame Street, whereas the southern wall follows the linearity of Greene Avenue. The angle of the penetrating wall was designed to mirror the angle of the northern outer wall, hence promoting the penetration of the visitors into the building.
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Rue Notre-Dame O. elevation
Green St. elevation
Atwater Avu S. elevation
Atwater Avu W. elevation