DESIGN CONCEPT Due to the nature of the large overhang - there’s potential to convert the space into sort of an ‘outdoor’ room - a intermediate space between the street and the building that can facilitate all types of movement/functions. Goal is to blur the harsh juxtaposition between the two types of spaces and create a more appealing
Transitional Spaces (The Outdoor Room) -Change in surfacing -Forms that can alter your pace -Level changes -Integration with building through materiality -Juxtaposition of materiality
Level change facilitates ergonomic flexibility - different ways of interacting with the space
Abrupt change in spatial experience due to the imposing cantilever - it immediately forms a very sudden sense of enclosure and one may feel reluctant to linger in the space for long.
-Open up the ‘outdoor room’ from feeling too enclosed (tucked away right under it) -instead use furniture and place it at the edge to draw people closer to the street
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