ARC 301 / Module 2 / Group 12

HUGHES, MCEWEN

MCEWEN,

PARTI DIAGRAMS

THESIS STATEMENT

When restricted to a non-traditional, confined environment there must be separation between private and public spaces, where the manipulation of sound, sunlight and eyesight is able to create a connection between this separation. The private spaces in our architectural intervention are intentionally confined in order to create a sense of privacy and darkness for the inhabitants, where the circulation into the open-concept, raised ceiling central gathering room with a skylight provides a welcoming sense of escape for the inhabitants to socialize and interact with each other and the intervention.

ADJACENCY MATRIX

BUBBLE DIAGRAM

AGGREGATE

NARRATIVE

The 10 inhabitants of our moon base are a mixture of agronomists and botanists. These 10 people were trained and prepared for their excluded base on the moon. Knowing they would be up there for a year at a time, these 10 inhabitants have gotten to know each other before they reached the moon base. With the 10 inhabitants being close they are able to rely on each other for support throughout the mission if they need.

5 of the inhabitants are soil scientists and their main purpose is to study the moon's surface minerals and see what crops they're able to grow. The other 5 inhabitants are botanists, and they study the different effects that the moons minerals have on the plants. These 10 scientists are meant to work cohesively and study different plant types such as flowers, crops and if possible long-term plants like trees. This is why they are up there for a year at a time, so they are able to use different soils from various locations on the moon and be able to test a crops full growth cycle with the expectation that they are very different from earths.

The inhabitants all work on the main floor of the base, so they are able to compare and discuss their work as it is being done. This allows for a more in depth and thorough process of their work. The inhabitants are able to go to their rooms for a more confined and private space if needed, but the open concept of the first floor is to allow for better interactions among the whole group.

M2B

When agronomists and botanists are restricted to a non-traditional, confined environment where they have no access to their surrounding landscape without protective measures, they must resort to carrying their research out indoors. An interior greenhouse hallway wrapping around the Western edge of our building manipulates the intervention of sunlight, eyesight and sound in order to provide a flow between all areas pertaining to food and vegetation, as well as to provide these scientists with ample space to grow, harvest, and conduct research on the plants that they are studying in an extreme environment.

1st Floor

2nd Floor

3rd Floor (ROOF ACCESS)

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First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

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