INFINITE PRESENT 3.2 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT CRISTINA MANTA
CRISTINA MANTA COEXISTENCE IN THEORY 3.2
CONTENTS
I. INFINITE PRESENT : CONNECTION WITH PAMPHLET II. SITE SELECTION III. SITE ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS EXPERIENTIAL QUALITIES OF THE SITE SITE ELEVATIONS IV. DEVELOPMENT SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND INITIAL PLAN HYBRID SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT CENTRAL VOID SITE INTEGRATION-INITIAL PLANS SUPERIMPOSITION MASTERPLAN V. PLANS AMNESIA CENTRE PLANS EXPERIENTIAL CENTRE VIADUCT INTERVENTION SECTIONS
VI. CONCLUSIONS AND DIRECTION BIBLIOGRAPHY
THESIS: PLACE. CONVERGING REALITIES
PLACE
PLACE
PLACE
PLACE
THE INTEREPRETATION OF THE CONCAVE FUNCTION
ANTITHESIS: NON-PLACE. DIVERGING REALITIES
THE INTEREPRETATION OF THE CONVEX FUNCTION
PLACE
PLACE
NON-PLACE
PLACE
PLACE
NON-PLACE NON-PLACE
PLACE
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NON-PLACE
LACE
INFINITE PRESENT PLACE ACTING AS AN OBJECTIVE REALITY PLANE
CONNECTION WITH PAMPHLET
PLACE
NON-PLACE ACTING AS A GAP REALITY PLANE
Viaducts as anchoring points
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NON-PLACE ACTING AS A PERCEIVED REALITY PLANE
The treatment of places and non-places according to the dialectic appproach of the agenda revealed the concave and convex function patterns which were then translated into spatial and conceptual studies. The chosen site thus emarged from the intepretation of converging points (anchoring points or focal points, according to the PLACE analysis) and diverging routes (fracture lines or 'gaps' according to the NON-PLACE study) and from the overlap of the three simultaneous reality planes which describe the entire project: objective reality, gap reality and perceived reality. All of the above create the premises for programmes which respond to the temporality or lack of temporality aspects: an amnesia research centre and an experiential centre .
SITE A
Sites A (Potato Wharf) and B (The Beach site) were considered given the 'non-place' qualities, the simultaneity of spatial and temporal planes which they convey, according to the agenda. Site A focused on the relationship between the familiar and the unfamiliar, the ruin of Potato Wharf presenting similarities to other modern ruins, such as a comunist civic centre in Romania. This juxtaposition of temporal and spatial planes create a gap in the continual line of memory and creates an opportunity the exploration of unfamiliar spaces in a familiar plane. However Site B, the Beach Site, proposed a convergence point between the viaducts, directing the circulation routes and creating a 'gap' in the continual flow of movement and through the territory, which created more connections and potential directions from the pamphlet. Inspiration is stil drawn from the qualities posessed by Potato Wharf, considering the conflicting relationship between familiar and unfamiliar. SITE B-CHOSE SITE
DIAGRAM OF THE SITE AS A CONVERGENCE POINT
DIAGRAM OF THE VIADUCTS DIRECTING THE CIRCULATION FLOW
DIAGRAM OF THE DISCONTINUITY BETWEEN DIFFERENT POINTS ON A CIRCULATION ROUTE
Chosen site key views
SITE SELECTION
TERRITORY MAP, 1:2000
A B
The study of people's usual paths through the teritorry reinforced the image of Castlefield as a space of transience , a non-place. The routes converge at the intersection between the viaducts, the canal and Potato Wharf. The pathways through Castlefield usually describe shortcuts from /to the city centre and present turning points, or points in which the routes change their uniform setting ( for exmple a turning point from MOSI to the roman ruins and further to the viaducts). These points thus create fragmented , heterogenous paths, which in turn generate a dispersed notion of the territory. When asked about their idea of landmarks /spaces of interest on the site, the interviewd people could not easily point them out. Consequently, the routes could be intepreted as "gaps" between two destination points, representing a blurred image for most of the people passing through Castlefield, an idea which could be extrapolated to other (non-)places in Manchester.
SITE ANALYSIS
SOIL CONDITION
DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
‘ORIENTATION COMPOENT...’ (N. Schulz, ‘Genius loci’)
VIADUCTS AS PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES
made soil gravel sand limestone
MAIN AREA USE
MAIN ACTIVITIES
CAR ROUTES
The study of the use of the area, the main pedestrian and car routes, the density flow reveals how the site represents a convergence point, however maintaining a certain level of isolation, created by the intersection of the viaducts, in contrast with the activities taking place in the surrounding areas surrounding areas. The viaducts become physical boundaries between the mainly laisure and residential areas, thus creating a sheltered space, the beach, with views to the canal on two sides, offering the opportunity for a conforting, relaxed environment.
PEDESTRIAN ROUTES
The condition of the soil reveals layers of made soil, followed by sand and soft soil to a depth of 6-8 m, which wil require the use of pile foundations.
SUMMER SOLSTICE
9:00am
12:00pm
4:00pm
EQUINOX
WINTER SOLSTICE
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS WIND DIAGRAM
The study of the sun path diagram shows how the building will receive a good amount of sunshine, especially during summer, which is relevant to the programme, which considers creating an environment of comfort and relaxation for the amnesia pacients.
NATURE-MAN-MADE DYNAMICS
The site presents a unique dynamics between natural and constructed, celebrating both and creating an intimate dialogue which wild further shape the entire proposal.
SEQUENCE OF EXPANSION AND COMPRESSION POINTS ON THE SITE
EXPERIENTIAL QUALITIES OF THE SITE CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE.EXPANSION/COMPRESSION. ‘IDENTIFICATION COMPOENT...’ (N. Schulz, ‘Genius loci’)
The site presents transitions between points of expansion and points of compression, which further creates convergence and divergence in one's movement.This antithetical relationships have future implications in the exploration of light and circulation through the building.
NORTH ELEVATION, 1:100
SOUTH ELEVATION, 1:100
SITE ELEVATIONS
The site elevations overlap the different materials present on the site , as well as the different scales and changes of levels.The site has access to the Canal and to all four viaducts, all of which create the basis for future plan development.
INFINITE PRESENT SIMULTANEOUS REALITIES ‘In the future it will always be Monday’ Garcia Marquez Drawings inspired by Escher's Relativity, to explain the atmosphere conveyed by the experiential centre, as well as by the presence of bridges, bringing together .superimposed spaces
Drawing explaining the one of the types of circulation, the LINEAR one, based on a column grid, in order to create easy accsible spaces and to divide the main public/private areas
Drawing conveying the use of the deatil to support the brick viaduct, thus creating achange in levels and creating a type of processional entrance
Drawing capturing the 'central void' in the building, which devides the main two types of circulation, with an emphasis on the LOOP circulation and the 'confusing' 'qualities created by the intersecting 'reality planes Drawing describing the landscape scheme, incorporating and developing around one of the columns of the viaducts, which runs along the proposed building
The project consists in nursing homes and treatment facilities for amnesia pacients, based on the Maggie’s Centre model, while also providing an experiential centre for family and visitors. The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of the instantaneous world we’re leaving in, which can be described by a certain “loss of temporality”. It attempts to do so through a setup of spaces which instill a sense of familiarity and comfort, proceeding then to expose people to the coexisting realities of an infinite, hallucinatory present
LAS ARENAS DETAIL AND 1:5 DETAIL EXPLORATION
SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT 1
LEVEL 0 PLAN
SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT 2
DETAIL INTEPRETATION
DETAIL INTEPRETATION
LEVEL 1 PLAN
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT REALITIES
LEVEL 2 PLAN
The diagrams illustrate the 3 spatial arrangements which inform the future building layout, describing the main layouts, the corresponding adjacency diagrams and circulation. Each of the three main diagrams are based on the Las Arenas detail interpretation, deconstruction and re-construction of the three four componets: the connection of the two concerete blocks comprassing the brick wall create interstitial spaces , as well as superimposed, intersecting areas. They also describe the three types of realites , as part of the individual agenda: the GAP reality, the PERCEIVED reality and OBJECTIVE reality.
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT REALITIES
DEVELOPMENT
SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND INITIAL PLANS LEVEL 0 PLAN
SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT 3
LEVEL 0 PLAN
DETAIL INTEPRETATION
LEVEL 1 PLAN
LEVEL 1 PLAN
LEVEL 2 PLAN
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT REALITIES
MAGGI’ES CENTRE PRECEDENT DIAGRAMS OF THE POTENTIAL LANDSCAPE SCHEME, AS SEEN AT MAGGIE'S CENTRES, USING THE STEEL VIADUCT.
The chosen spatial arrangement represents a hybrid between the proposed diagrams.It was chosen because of its circulation qualities, dictated a central void (inner courtyard), which responds to the layout reintepreted by all the Maggie's centres. Given this particular spatial arrangement, two circulation patterns, for the main user groups are revealed: LINEAR (for the amnesia pacients) and LOOP circulation (for the visitors). The hybrid spatial arrangement also conveys an emphasis on superimposed spaces, while also allowing the possibility of vertical expansion and connection with the disused viaduct, thus creating individual, but interconnected spaces. The circulation principles and the potential vertical expansion and connection with the disused viaduct have been tested through physical site model and conceptual model.
DIAGRAMS OF THE CENTRAL INNER COURTYARD OF MAGGIE'S CENTRES.
DIAGRAMS OF THE HYBRID SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT
HYBRID SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT
USE OF MODEL TO TEST THE CONNECTION WITH THE VIADUCT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VERTICAL EXPANSION
PHYSICAL MODEL TO TEST CIRCULATION PRINCIPLES
SEQUENCE OF DIAGRAMS EXPLAINING THE STAGES OF MATERIALISATION OF THE VOID
DIAGRAM OF THE CENTRAL VOID
MONTAGE OF THE INTERNAL COURTYARD
DEVELOPMENT
THE CENTRAL VOID
The void became a critical element to the entire scheme, as it defined the relationship of the building with the site, as well as the relationship between the different components of the building. The site itself was interpreted as a type of void between the volumes of the two viaducts and Potato Wharf, slowly materilising and thus becoming a volume as well, and potentially a mass, coordonating and shaping the levels of the building. At this stage, the levels of the building were treated as 'satelites', organised around the central void. The montage expresses the potential of the void to become an internal courtyard and to thus to bring together the natural (the canal) and the man-made (the viaducts) elements of the site.
1st draft plans
2nd draft plans
The first draft plans tested the relationship between the main spaces in the building and the central void. However, the spaces were kept too separate, and did not deal with the superimposition exercise, which was further explored through different arrangements of tracing paper sheets, corresponding to each room.
3rd draft plans
The second draft plans delt with the superimposed spaces and further explored the relationship between the different type of uses. However, it did not respond to the site layout, did not incorporate any of the viaduct elemnts, and did not present a hierarchy in the distribution of spaces. Also, the levels corresponding to the experiential centre required more circulation exploration. In section, the levels corresponding to different uses needed to be differentiated in height. At this stage, the potential of the upper levels to extend into the central void started to be explored.
AXONOMETRIC EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF 'SATELITE' SPACES AROUND THE CENTRAL VOID
The third draft plans delt started to respond to the site condition, explored the potential of visually connecting the scales of the two viaducts, as well as the connections old-new. The use of the detail to support the viaducts created the potential for the entrance to be accessed from underneath the arches, give the impact of the change in levels. One of the columns of the diused viaduct was incorporated into the building and created the opportunity to connect the two sides of the canal with the gap and a landscape scheme. The upper floors were further extended into the void. However, the circulation between the levels needed to be compressed. At this stage different types of experiential elements are included, as well as the terrace element, connecting the building with the disused viaduct.
SEQUENCE OF DIAGRAMS CONNECTING THE ELEMENTS OF THE SITE
SITE INTEGRATION
INITIAL PLANS
USE OF THE DETAIL TO SUPPORT THE VIADUCT
CONNECTING THE SCALES
The treatment of the initial plans describes a series of iterative processes, which attempt to create a more organic relationship between the scheme and the site, according to the organisation and circulation principles described previously.
SUPERIMPOSITION CONCEPT
‘The figures are endowed with transparency: that is, they are able to interpenetrate without an optical destruction of each other. Transparency however implies more than an optical characteristic, it implies a broader spatial order. Transparency means a simultaneous perception of different locations.’ C. Rowe, ‘Transparency-literal and phenomenal’
The montage explains the superimposition concept, which defines the organization of all the floors plans, allowing simultaneous views and experiences for the two programmes of the building .There is an emphasis on the conflict between figure and space, in an abstract, ambiguous context created by 'phenomenal transparency', similar to cubist paitings. The treatment of the plans refer to Braque's 'The portuguese'', an example of phenomenal transparency.
SITE INTEGRATION
MASTERPLAN 1:500 PRELIMINARY MASTERPLAN
The masterplan focuses on connecting the disused and the metrolink viaduct, while exposing the building to both sides of the canal surrounding the beach site . The disused viaduct creates the possibility of a landscpae and urbanism scheme, following the model of the High Line.
main access streets metrolink viaduct metrolink viaduct
disused viaduct integration in the scheme
landscape and urbanism intervention
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:100
SITE INTEGRATION
VIEWS AND INTERIOR PERSPECTIVES THE CANAL VIEW
NURSING HOMES PLANS
The main meeting spaces on the ground floor as well as the upper nursing rooms explore the potential of the canal view and the calming northwest light.
The ground floor plan responds to the layout of the site, being thus shaped by the direction of the two viaducts and the canal. The two viaducts and visually connected when approaching the building, as the the access is made from underneath the arches of the brick viaduct, suing the Las Arenas Detail. All the spaces on the level as well as the upper floors are organised around a central void/internal courtyard space, where all the elevators and starcases are placed, the space acting as a converging force , bringing all group user together and then creating divergent routes for each of these groups. Thus, the void becomes an 'anchoring point' in the circulation through the building. It also creates a dialogue between the two sides of the canal, the columns of the steel viaduct and a potential landscape scheme.
MAIN MEETING AREA The main meeting area proposes intimate, flexible spaces and a warm atmosphere, following the model of the Maggies's centre rooms, in order to create a confortable, FAMILIAR environment for the pacients.
ENTRANCE The entrance is announced by the Las Arenas detail, supporting the arches of the brick viaduct. The building is accessed from underneath the arches of the viaduct, thus visually connecting the two viaducts and creating sequential level changes.V-columns are maintained in a semi-outdoor, semi-indoor space leading to the main entrance, as an element of continuity and transition between the two spatial planes.
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM The circulation on the ground floor describes a clear divide line between the different functions of the building and , the private/public areas and the main groups of users.
THE CENTRAL VOID
LINEAR CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
The central void organises all the spaces in the building, and acts as an "anchoring point", a focal element, directing the circulation flow and the relationship between the different levels and functions.
The diagram describes the main type of circulation on the ground level, LINEAR, connecting to the individual agenda and the intepretation of a 'place' as a linear function in time.
LANDSCAPE SCHEME The building is shaped by the direction of the diused viaduct and consequentially, the entire structure 'wraps' itself around one of the columns, thus exploring the potential of creating a dialogue between the canal, the central void, a transitional 'landscape' space and again the canal. The landscape scheme was inspired by the Maggie's Centre precedent and its principles of creating natural, intimate environments for their pacients.
SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS DIAGRAM The diagram describes the plans following the interpretation of the three components of the detail.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1:100
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS The second floor plan continues the linear circulation approach, in order to create a clear navigation route for the amnsia pacients accessing the nursing rooms. Here, he emphasis is places in creating further intimate, common use spaces, indoor as well as outdoor (all the nursing rooms have access to balconies/ terrace). The terrace acts as an elevated garden area, where trees create a natural barrier from the view and noise of the metrolink, on the brick viaduct.
objective reality
‘gap’ reality
objective reality
VIEW OF THE TERRACE
SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1:100 SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
EXPERIENTIAL CENTRE PLANS SKETCH OF THE THREE POSSIBLE ROUTES ONCE CAN EXPERIENCE IN ROOM A
The floors three to five represent the experiential centre and describe the second type of circulation, the LOOP one. They act as 'satelite' spaces, graviting around the central void, alowing the building to develop as a pyramid on its y axis. These spaces are superimposed on the lower floor (the common nursing homes areas), thus creating a simultaneity of views and experiences, and stressing the conflict between the familar and the unfamiliar, in the spirit of the agenda. The experiential centre focuses on creating circulation routes, which test one's ability to re-construct one's memories. Also, at all points throughout this journey, elements such as gaps in walls allow one to see what is happening beyond the place they are in. However, each route designed is a unique one, and intersection points are not always placed in expected spots. Each route provides experiences of light and mirror installations, which distort one's image of the self and of the surrounding environment.
CONCEPTUAL REALITIES DIAGRAM
The experiential rooms were designed according to the study of the detail. The diagram explores the experiential relationship between the three types of reality discussed (objective, gap and perceived) and analyze the way in which a visitor can circulate through them and relate to them, by replacing one with another throughout his/her trajectory. For example, between two objectively real spaces (two corridor walls), the inbetween space describes a type of 'gap' reality in which the environment had been distorted. At this point the typical A to B process is suspended, as the previous knowledge of such spaces cannot be applied, and is instead replaced with the perceived/imagined reality (a new reality plane in which we create another approach to the environment than the one we are used to).
objective reality
‘gap’ reality
perceived reality
SKETCH OF TWISTED MIRRORS CREATING DISTORTED REFLECTION OF THE SPACE
THIRD FLOOR PLAN 1:100
The third floor plan conveys labyrinthian routes, accompanied 'infinite reflection' effects caused by facing mirrors. The experiential rooms are thus designed so that the ceiling appear to be missing, on order to allow views of simultaneous activity on the floors below.
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS
‘The Library is unlimited, but periodic.’ J.L.Borges, ‘The library of Babel’ DIAGRAM OF CONNECTED VIEWS
objective reality
‘gap’ reality
perceived reality
FOUTH FLOOR PLAN 1:100 SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
‘The same volumes are repeated in the same disorder, which, repeated, becomes Order.’
J.L.Borges, ‘The library of Babel’
‘Not only did they see the images of their own dreams, but some saw the images dreamed by others.’ Garcia Marquez, ‘One hundred years of solitude’
The upper floors were created as individual, unique spaces in terms of the experiences created, however maintaining a continuous dialogue, between each other, with the central void, and with the other constant elements of the building, such as the viaduct columns or the structural grid. All of these represent 'anchoring' points and describe converging and diverging spaces. The sine wave diagram identified in the agenda was used in order to establish the behaviour of added distorted elements (mirrors etc.), either in converging or diverging geometries.
SINE WAVE DIAGRAM USED IN ORDER TO PLACE DISTORTING ELEMENTS (MIRRORS)
ANCHORING POINTS, CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE DIAGRAM
OVERLAP DIAGRAM
EXPERIENTIAL CENTRE
FIFTH FLOOR PLAN VIADUCT LEVEL 1:100
The fifth level connects the building with the diused viaduct, which becomes a terrace, also accomodating a landscape scheme following the precedent of the HIGH LINE.
1:50 VIADUCT INTERVENTION
expansion joints precast concrete paving planks sleeper beams concrete slab steel frame
TERRACE/ VIADUCT LEVEL PLAN The intervention consists in replacing the base of the disused viaduct (as the imposed loads would not supported by the current condition) with a new steel frame, which accomodates the stars and elevators. The frame is covered with concrete and concrete planks with expansion joints, in order to allow movement and expansion from the drainage system for the plants.
LANDSCAPE INTERVENTION FOR THE DIUSED VIADUCT
SKECTHES EXPLORING THE CONNECTION AND MATERIALS USED BY THE HIGH LINE PRECEDENT
Expansion joints between concrete paving planks
Concrete paving planks on top of sleeper beams; movement allowed by the saw-tooth expansion joints
End of cut beams maintained, so as to preserve the riveted connections Use of box beams where the lattice was removes THE HIGH LINE, NEW YORK
Corner cut treatment to accomodate stairs: new steel frame, steel grating and glass sheet/wooden planks.
section BB, 1:100
section AA, !;100
SECTIONS
CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE DIAGRAMS The site is being excavated, the foundations of the brick walls are replaced with concrete blocks, the structure being suported through the steel beam and v columns.
1;20 NORTH VIADUCT EECTION
The use of the detail to support the brick viaduct creates a continual dialogue between the two viaducts, the different levels and the conceptual intepretation of the detail in the spatial arrangement.
LAS ARENAS DETAIL
SECTION AA, 1:50
The structure of the building consists in concrete columns placed in a grid of 6m, and varying in thickness form 300mm to 600mm, thus offering a sense of harmony and hierarchy. The structure also present two-way waffle slabs, as they can span for longer distances, are cost and energy efficient and can potentially integrate the servicesas well. The heights of the floors differ for the different user types, from 2.7m for the nursing homes, in order the create typical home/apartment atmosphere, while reaching 3.2 m for the upper floors, in order to intensify the experiential elements. Given the soil condition, pile foundations are required. The roof structure is starting to form, following the heights of the floors and creating a 'floating' canopy for the entire structure, as part of the void and connected views concept, while also allwoing a good amound of sunlight into the building.
SECTIONS Axonometric exploring the future roof structure
INITIAL MATERIALITY EXPLORATION
birch wood
aluminium panels
The initial materiality exploration is inspired by the materials on the site , while also maintaining a dialogue between concept and future aesthetics. The exposed concrete would articulate the main componets of the building , while the glass and the aluminium panels with reflective qualities would minimise the barrier between inside and outside and create an 'open' structure, expanding into a series of courtyards and landscape schemes. The wood would create a warm, relaxing atmosphere, as needed for the treatment of the amnesia pacients.
exposed concrete
clear glass
render/ brick
1:20 section through the experiential rooms on levels 3 and 4
REFLECTION AND FUTURE DIRECTION
The study of the place and non-place montages and the interpretationd of the convex and concave function described a temporal aspect to the project which informed the choice of the site. The qualities of the site combined with the further exploration of the detail pattern led to sequential plan testing and site integration elements. The project needs to be further detailed and explored, considering materiality and structural elements, roof structure and envelope, as well as experiential qualities of the spaces.
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