[JUSTIN CHONG]
RMIT COMMON GROUND
RMIT COMMON GROUND
JUSTIN CHONG
Docklands is currently an insignificant town. A site with infinite interpretations, rich in history and ambition, lacking in awareness. City campuses have also been constantly overlooked as just a space for academics to undergo their studies, not for the public or people that are not associated with RMIT itself. RMIT Common Ground is a proposal that tackles these issues. This is not just an institution for media, but also an act of resurgence for the city of Docklands. The built fabric is developed with the ideology of a spillage of boundaries as well as a gradation of publicness in mind. Common Ground’s vision is to become a transparent campus for people to experience a student’s dayto day life in a gradation of different ways, be it understanding what campus life here could be, or just indulging in the hands-on mentality that has driven rmit to become what it is as of today. Users are greeted by the spillage of civic steps that slowly creep upwards and inwards into the building, with different pockets of entries from all 4 sides of the design available for people to conjugate in one single space. One would be traversing through the building and realise that they have ended on the other side very swiftly due to the seamless transitioning of walls, steps and floors.The landscape is the architecture, the architecture is the landscape.
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PROJECT INTRODUCTION
The landscape is the architecture, the architecture is the landscape. The precinct prizes itself as not just a media institution, but also an open playing field for all, with different pockets of spaces situated throughout the building allowing for different opportunities to occur. One space, multiple functions. RMIT Common Ground also dwells into the ideology of merging with the existing context, with spaces such as the performance stage facing directly to docklands drive, allowing for moments of interaction between the public and the students, showcasing their talents and hard work for all to see, be it day or night, there is always going to be an event for the masses to come together for. In conclusion, the RMIT Common Ground can no longer be considered a singular object, but more so a singular entity with its surroundings, bounded by the suburb of Docklands as well as its history. The learning environment is a synergy between the interior and exterior, a blurred boundary between education and civic, from the surface of the envolope through to the entire fabric. This is a building with a mission, the goal is to not be separated from Docklands and its people, but to be one with Docklands, its students, its community, its future.
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Image. Axonometric View of RMIT Common Ground. Not just an institution for media, but also an act of resurgence for the city of Docklands.
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Image: Street view of RMIT Common Ground. A constant connection to site, no longer considered a singular object, but more so a singular entity with its surroundings, bounded by the suburb of Docklands as well as its history.
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PROJECT IMAGES
Image: Front Entrance of RMIT Common Ground, a visionary product to become a transparent campus for people to experience a student’s day-to day life in a gradation of different ways, be it understanding what campus life here could be, or just indulging in the hands-on mentality that has driven rmit to become what it is as of today.
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Image Top: RMIT Common Ground prizes itself as not just a media institution, but also an open playing field for all, with different pockets of spaces situated throughout the building allowing for different opportunities to occur.
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PROJECT IMAGES
Image Bottom: RMIT Common Ground’s civic roofscape consists of a series of staggered platforms and interconnected ramps that link all of them together at different heights, a sense of interlinked porosity is achieved through the ability to view everyone from different locations.
Image Top: RMIT Common Ground merging with the existing context, allowing for moments of interaction between the public and the students, , be it day or night, there is always going to be an event for the masses to come together for.
Image Bottom: RMIT Common Ground’s G.L.A.M Street, an exhibition space for students, collaboraters or work-intergrated associates to showcase their works for the public to witness.
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PROCEDURAL OUTCOME DIAGRAMS
Diagram 1 The seamless steps from Week 003 (appendix for ref.) provide opportunities for the seepage upwards and inwards into the building, a spillage of boundaries from the inside out, generating the idea of being one with the landscape.
Diagram 2 The gradually escalating mass from Week 004 (appendix for ref.) acts as steps of different scales, allowing for a series of different functions to form, be it used as a traversing mechanism, or more generating double height spaces to create a sense of grandeur within the precinct.
Diagram 3 The interconnection of masses from Week 004 (appendix for ref.) allow for the idea of a gradation of publicness to occur within the precinct, a sense of programmatic emergence is achieved through the overlapping of blocks generated from altering of heights and volume.
Diagram 4 The united platforms from Week 005 (appendix for ref.) are interconnected through a series of ramps and vertical circulations, generating informal civic spaces that further activate more urban spaces for users to dwell in.
Diagram 5 The staggered floor plates from Week 005 (appendix for ref.) provide a visual connection at different heights, a sense of interlinked porosity is achieved through the ability to view everyone from different locations.
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CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
Diagram 1 Lifts for disabled access & emergency staircases are spreaded within a 20m radius throughout the entire precinct to ensure the safety and convenience of all users.
Diagram 2 A staggered roof that not just provides shelter for users on the top floor, but also acts as a source of navigation through the civic roofscape with the utilisation of columnades.
Diagram 3 Level 2 of RMIT Common Ground. Here a series of ramps and staircases are utilised, allowing for ease of circulation of all directions through the precinct.
Diagram 4 Level 1 of RMIT Common Ground. Here the introduction of ramps as a mode of circulation , allowing for a seamless transition between floors to be achieved, a man-made landscape.
Diagram 5 Ground Level of RMIT Common Ground. A series of civic steps that slowly creep upwards and into the building are generated from the edge condition of the building, a man-made landscape that is generated on all 4 sides of the building, allowing for users to conjugate in one single space at the center.
Circulation Modes Stairs Ramps Lifts Emergency Staircases
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN
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PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS APPENDIX.
[RMIT COMMON GROUND]
APPENDIX The first 5 weeks of the studio were focused on generating ideas and forms from a variety of sources. We as a class dwelled into different readings, architectural precedents, typological identifications as well as exploring different processes that could lead to an architectural outcome that could only be developed through this design process. Every week, we had to focus on different design strategies within the realms of architecture, be it spatial strategies, facade design, formal qualities or the connection to site. These outcomes and design ideas were then put to use in our search for the future identity of the RMIT Media Precinct. Theres a step-by-step process that is continuous throughout the weeks to generate our design outcomes. We had to first identify the behaviour within an existing building type ( theater etc.), then extract it’s programmatic/spatial characteristics that could be amplified to re-evaluate the spatial qualities of contemporary learning environments. This will then lead to the creation of a Generic Operational Diagram (G.O.D) which would be an average quotation of a few different precedents of the same type. We then had to choreograph said G.O.D with a system, analyse data from it and then alter the G.O.D to become something speculative. We then had to judge the outcome andpropose for it to become a potentia llearning environment form.
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Image below. A summarative blueprint of all explorations within the first 5 weeks of the studio, understanding typological behaviours, extracting systems from typical events and then choreographing them into an architectural outcome.
TYPE
READING QUOTES
SYSTEM
PENDENCE OF FUNCTIONALISM TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY, NOTING THAT FUNCTION
RAW RESULT
CHANGES OVER
• TO CREATE A
WEEK 01
MODEL
MORAL IMITATION
COPY / FORMAL RESEMBLANCE
EARLY PROPHASE
REMIX
OUTCOMES
CONTROLLED MESS, A POROUS
GRID-LIKE MASS THAT SITS HORIZONTALLY OVER LEVEL
LATE PROPHASE
GROUND.
• POCKETS OF SPACES SPREADED THROUGHOUT
METAPHASE
THE ENTIRE DESIGN, BLURRING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE PUBLIC & THE PRIVATE.
ANAPHASE
HIGH & IDEAL ORDER
POST PROCESS
MESS
HIGH RISE BUILDING
TIME. TYPE
POSSIBILITIES
CELL MITOSIS
CONTROLLED
• PERMANENCE COUNTERS THE MODERNIST DE-
A UTILITARIAN DEVICE
• CANTILEVER SPACES THAT ACT AS AN OVERHANG TELOPHASE
AN IDEA (THE ORIGINAL REASON)
CYTOKINESIS
EARLY G1
ROOF AS WELL AS A WALKABLE ROOF.
THE COMPLETED DEVICE
• A DENSE INTERTWINING
TOKYO SUBWAY MAPPING
ACHIEVED, THE
• IT IS NECESSARY NOT ONLY TO CONSIDER GENERIC
WEEK 02
ASAKUSA
IKEBUKURO
INDIVIDUALITY AND CONTINUITY OF ITS
FOR A MORE COHESIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN TU-
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TORS, STUDENTS & THE PUBLIC.
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FORM, WHICH PERSISTS EVEN AFTER THE ORIGINAL
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USE CEASES.
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SHINJUKU 7
• THE ARTEFACT CONVERTS FROM AN OBJECT OF HISTORY TO A
SHOPPING MALL
OF PROGRAMS IS CRIS-CROSS OF FORMAL LEARN-
ING, INFORMAL LEARNING AND CIVIC SPACES ALLOW
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FUNCTION OR FORM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ITS
• A
OTEMACHI
BALANCE OF LEVELS AND EMERGENCE FROM
THE GROUND PLANE IS GENERATED.
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SHIBUYA
SUBJECT OF COLLECTIVE MEM-
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ORY.
PROGRAMMATIC
EMERGENCE
SHIMBASHI
•
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THE ROOFS COULD POTENTIALLY ACT AS PATHWAYS FROM ONE DESTINATION TO ANOTHER FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS CAN BE USED AS GATHERING SPACES.
PHOTOGRAPHY HISTOGRAM
• THE MOST INTENSE MOMENTS IN ARCHITECTURAL DE-
WEEK 03
VELOPMENT ARE THOSE WHEN
• A
• CLUSTERS OF
SETS OUT TO FORMULATE A NEW ONE. • THE ARCHITECTURAL OBJECT CAN NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED AS A SINGLE, ISOLATED EVENT BECAUSE
ME
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IT IS BOUNDED
ST AT IO
BOUNDARIES
NECTED TO BECOMING ONE GENERAL SPACE. ISO 100
F 2.8
1/4000 SEC
• THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS ACCESSIBLE, FROM THE
BY THE WORLD THAT SUR-
INNER CIVIC SPACES TO THE ROOFTOP PATHWAYS, THE
ROUNDS IT AS WELL AS ITS HISTORY.
BUILDING IS ALWAYS OPEN AND WORKS 24/7 WITHOUT FAIL. • THE DESIGN IS ONE
MELBOURNE TRAM SYSTEM CONFIGURATION, TILTED IN SECTION, NEW SPATIAL TYPE, USING MOVEMENT AND PROGRAM TO
LANDSCAPE.
WEEK 04
ALLOWS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
• THE OUTDOOR CIVIC SPACES ARE POROUS AND
ACTIVATE THE PASSAGE FROM ONE SIDE OF THE VAL-
SITUATED AROUND THE ENTIRETY OF THE DESIGN TO
LEY TO THE OTHER AND FROM THE TOP OF THE VALLEY
ALLOW FOR
TO THE BOTTOM. • THE JUXTAPOSITION
SPACES OF THE DESIGN AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
OF FUNCTION, SCALE
AND HISTORICAL TIME IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
• THE GRADATION
• THE ROLE OF ARCHITECTS NEED NO LONGER INVOLVE
OUT ONCE AGAIN AT A PERPENDICULAR ANGLE.
• THE POROUS
FACADE IS NOT JUST ORNAMEN-
TAL, BUT ALSO FUNCTIONAL AS IT ACTS AS THE
ADDRESS IN LESSER OR GREATER DEPTH THE SYN-
LINE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE USERS
ERGY BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR, FROM THE SURFACE OF THE ENVELOPE
OF THE BUILDING, ALLOWING FOR OUTSIDERS TO OBSERVE THE STUDENTS, BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO
THROUGH TO THE ENTIRE FABRIC.
PHYSICALLY ENGAGE WITH THEM. • THE INDIVIDUAL STAGGERED PLATFORMS ACT AS A
• ARCHITECTURE WAS NO LONGER SUPPOSED TO DIS-
SERIES OF INFORMAL
GUISE FUNCTIONS, BUT TO MAKE THEM VISIBLE AND TO RENDER
PUBLICNESS
HURRICANE SIMULATION
THE ENTIRE FABRIC OF BUILDINGS. IT CAN NOW
ON
OF PUBLICNESS STARTS
GRADATION OF
FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, AND ONCE AGAIN SPREADING
THE LOGIC OF A NEW URBAN SOCIETY.
IS PR
EASY ACCESSIBILITY TO THE PUB-
LIC, SLOWLY CREEPING INTO THE INFORMAL LEARNING
IS NOT A NEGATIVE PHENOMENON BUT BELONGS TO
THEATRE
WITH THE LANDSCAPE,
LANDSCAPE AS ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURE AS
• A STRIP
WEEK 05
SPACES INTERTWINE, CIRCU-
LATION, THE LEARNING AND CIVIC SPACES ALL CON-
N
OPEN LEARNING SPACES
FOR THE STUDENTS, POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE
THE CITY AND ITS BUILDINGS IMME-
BOUNDED POROSITY
WAYS A MEDIA PRECINCT IS USUALLY CARRIED OUT
DIATELY READABLE.
DOCKLANDS: MEDIA PRECINCT
OF
ALSO FROM A FLOOR TO FLOOR STANDPOINT.
WHEN HE GIVES UP A KNOWN TYPE AND CLEARLY
LIA
SPILLAGE
BETWEEN NOT JUST THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, BUT
PEARS. THE MOST DESERVING ADMIRATION IS MADE
PA R
SPILLAGE OF BOUNDARIES IS ACHIEVED, SENSE OF BLURRED LINES
CREATING A
A NEW TYPE AP-
INDOORS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
WK 005
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PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS APPENDIX.
[TYPOLOGICAL PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS 1]
CONTROLLED
MESS Typology Identification: This exploration looked into the controlled mess that can be found within the mullions of skyscraper buildings. The average dimensions of the curtain wall system, mullion and podium were derived. The procedural outcome was a grid system that didn’t fell “within the grid”. The idealogy was to break apart the rigidness of facade systems, extracting elements from high rise buildings that can be used for a lower contextual input.
Choreography System: The 4 phases that occur within the mitosis procedure - prophase, metaphase, anaphase and cytokinesis were recorded and analysed. Each of these phases have their own specific timeframe and occurances. These outcomes were then re-interpreted and reversed to fit within the architectural context. When chromosomes condense, the mullions thicken, when the nuclear envelope breaks down, the building mass halves in size.
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G.O.D
Raw Result
Image 1 Perspective view of the procedural outcome. Overhanging spaces and open atriums are generated and spreaded throughout the form.
Image 2 Indoor grids generated from the sky-rise mullions that could be used to segregate spaces internally.
Image 3 A double height undercroft that could be used for a series of different events at different times of day.
Image 4 Overall Axonometric View of the procedural outcome on site. A series of grids at different scales that define the programs within the form.
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PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS APPENDIX.
[TYPOLOGICAL PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS 2]
PROGRAMMATIC
EMERGENCE Typology Identification: This exploration looked into the idea of programmatic distribution within a shopping centre. A generic box with the dimensions of 80m x 80m x 33m (size of an average shopping centre) was generated. The box is split into 3 parts to distinguish the underground floor, ground floor and first floor, with a central void in the middle. The mall is then altered to generate a series of staggered spaces combining various programs. The large void in the middle would allow for outdoor learning spaces to come to life, while the cantilevered rooms situated around the mass act as private nodes for personal studying within the learning environment.
G.O.D
Choreography System: The 6 main subway stations in Tokyo were identified as destinations. The directory map is split into 3 segments, categorized into the civic, the formal & the informal, one for each floor from the G.O.D. The different pathways from one main station to another are identified for each invididual segment, the distance & angle of rotation between substations are recorded. theindividual segments will be scaled according to the number of increased distance from the table.
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Raw Result
Image 1 Perspective view of the procedural outcome. Overhanging spaces and open atriums are generated and spreaded throughout the form.
Image 2 The gradual increase in floors through the layering of floor plates.
Image 3 A sense of programmatic emergence is achieved through the overlapping of blocks generated from altering of heights and volume.
Image 4 Overall Axonometric View of the procedural outcome on site. Open fields are situated on the longitudinal end of the site, allowing for possibilities of civic spaces for multipurpose uses to be conjugated.
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PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS APPENDIX.
[TYPOLOGICAL PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS 3]
SPILLAGE OF
BOUNDARIES Typology Identification: This exploration looked into the spillage of boundaries that can be found within a typical parliament house, with it’s main entrance greeted by a large civic staircase that leads upwards into the building, providing a sense of grandeur and formality. The stairway and podium could potentially be used to create informal learning spaces as well as civic spaces for students and the public to roam. The unaccessible roof could be deemed accessible if the stairway leads upwards to it, acting as not just shelter for the masses, but also as a recreational dwelling too. The podium and plenary chambers could be turned into formal learning spaces or private learning spaces, generating a sense of privacy and seclusion from the public eye.
G.O.D
Choreography System: The theory behind photographic histograms were looked into for this experiment. 3 photos of the same location were taken with 3 different settings, under-exposed, properly exposed as well as the over-exposed. The histograms generated were used to show the distribution of certain values within the tones of a photo. Each colour on the histogram represents a different element in the G.O.D, utilising rotation and scaling to alter the generic form.
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Raw Result
Image 1 Perspective view on the junction of Pearl River Road & Dockland’s Drive
Image 2 Stairs seeping upwards and inwards into the building, a spillage of boundaries from the inside out, generating the idea of being one with the landscape.
Image 3 A roofscape that is interconnected directly from the ground condition all the way upwards, a seamless transition is achieved.
Image 4 Overall Axonometric View of the procedural outcome on site. Open fields are situated on all ends of the site, with the addition of civic steps adding to the blurring of site edge conditions.
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PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS APPENDIX.
[TYPOLOGICAL PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS 4]
GRADATION OF
PUBLICNESS Typology Identification: This exploration looked into the gradation of publicness and spatial arrangement present within a performance theater. A series of staggered spaces combining various programs is generated through the procedure. Different programmatic masses intersect with each other, creating new spaces within the mass. The steps from the theatre are enlarged and transformed to become the outdoor civic spaces, where else an indoor civic space is generated from the public circulation mass of the theatre on the ground floor, creating an open ground plan that is accessible to the public. The performance stage and seating areas were converted into civic spaces that are not just situated on the ground, but also within the mass as well as the roof. The more private spaces generated from the back of house and storage rooms of the theatre at the back could potentially become storage spaces or precincts for the tutors to rest after class.
G.O.D
Choreography System: The Melbourne tram line with it’s main stations and tram stops are analysed, all colour-coded according to the appropriation of the G.O.D. The tram stops act as nodes for the system, the distance and angle of rotation between substations are noted too.
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Raw Result
Image 1 Perspective view on the junction of Pearl River Road & Dockland’s Drive.
Image 2 A more distinctive sense of building mass is generated. Spaces that are distinctive and generated through the spatial organization of the theater experiment, defining the gradation of publicness within the precinct.
Image 3 Steps of different scales have the potential for a series of different functions, be it used as a traversing mechanism, or more so as an undercroft utility for the shelter of users.
Image 4 Overall Axonometric View of the procedural outcome on site. The form generated is not plonked on site, but more so an addition to it, starting from ground level on both longitudinal ends of the form,slowly increasing in heights and peaking in the middle.
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PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS APPENDIX.
[TYPOLOGICAL PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS 5]
BOUNDED
POROSITY Typology Identification: This exploration looked into the idea of transparency that is ironically present within a jail corridor. The jail bars within act as a sense of bounded porosity, providing a possibility of a segregation between the civic and the students. The goal of this experiment is to create a porous facade that allows for the precinct to be open to all at all times, but not every part of the building. There will be moments of seclusion for the priority of the students, but both the public and private will still be able to engage on a silver lining. The civic space could be situated on the ground floor as a central atrium that is connected through all 4 sides of the design, and the student facilities could be above ground, looking over the civic. There is limited accessibility upwards, for the priority of the users of the precinct.
G.O.D
Choreography System: The intensity of a hurricane simulation at it’s peak is analysed, with every colour depicting the intensity of the winds at a specific area,going from 50mph to 1mph. The points of contact for each colour are individually mapped and recorded, breaking up the G.O.D and creating something new.
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Raw Result
Image 1 Perspective view on the junction of Pearl River Road & Dockland’s Drive. The entire facade of the design is porous and allows for easy accessibility of the public into the civic space on the ground plane.
Image 2 An open courtyard sits in the middle of the outcome, insinuating the prison hallway, allowing for outsiders to observe the students, but not being able to physically engage with them.
Image 3 The open platforms are interconnected through the series of ramps and vertical circulations, generating informal and formal learning spaces, further activating more urban spaces for users to dwell in.
Image 4 Overall Axonometric View of the procedural outcome on site. The roofscape is linked to the programs at the bottom visually but not physically.
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[TYPOLOGICAL ECOLOGIES]
COMMON
GROUND The Superimposition: This exploration looked into the superimposition of 2 previous design outcomes, juxtapositioning them together to create a new identity. The works from Week 003 and Week 005 were used in this exploration because they both had qualities that had potential to transform the future of lerning environments. The seamless steps from Week 003 provide opportunities for the seepage upwards and inwards into the building, a spillage of boundaries from the inside out, generating the idea of being one with the landscape. The united platforms from Week 005 are interconnected through a series of ramps and vertical circulations, generating informal civic spaces that further activate more urban spaces for users to dwell in. The staggered floor plates from Week 005 provide a visual connection at different heights, a sense of interlinked porosity is achieved through the ability to view everyone from different locations. In conclusion, a common ground is generated, connecting the public, the students and the entirety of Docklands to the precinct.
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PROCEDURAL EXPLORATIONS APPENDIX.
Image 1 A series of staggered platforms overlooking the city, connected through a series of ramps as well as a gradual staircase that runs throughout the entire precinct.
Image 2 A sense of openness and exposure is achieved, with users being able to overlook each other at different times, conducting different activities and experiencing different moments, all in what seems to be just one singular space.
Image 3 The generation of pockets of spaces within pockets, nothing is hidden, all is beholded. Porosity is not just defined by a series of grids anymore, but also the incorporation of glass to create a visual connection, interacting visibly but not physically.
Image 4 A series of step-like indentations that allow users to traverse vertically seamlessly, blurring civic boundaries between the ground plane and the elevated floor.
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Image. Axonometric View of Common Ground.
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