PARK
urban
cathedral parador plaza
schooltower
N
The Tourmonastery D'encore The VErtical Maze Pia Grung hostel/auberge Olivier Bouvais Dan Dorocic
culturalcenter
PROCESS
frame!
tower !
Site
labyrinth
cut
October
Novembe
er
vertical labyrinth
tube!
hostel
Bath
december
tower !
October
Novembe
labyrinth !
October
Novembe
tube!
October
Novemb
er
december
er
december
ber
december
Riga Bergen
london stuttgart Vigo
santiago
Barcelona
leon
Lecture at the University of Vigo Location: Rua Oporto 1, Vigo, Spain Date of Constuction: 1999-2003
istanbul
Structure
Istanbul, Turkey Completed 2007
Meydan shopping square The Ground-Shed
Park Diagonal Mar Location: Barcelona, Spain Date of Constuction: 1997- 2000
Silahtara Bigli Powerplant
by Han T端mertekin Location: Istanbul, Turkey Date of Constuction: 2002- 2007
Program The gate as transition We propose to create a physical transition between the urban and the green landscape and a conceptual transition between the camino world and the real world. The traditional citygate is an inspiration for the project. In the existing site there is a number of layers progressing from the urban public space (the street, the park), the private(the house), into the semiprivate(the backyard) and finally into the semipublic(the square). This creates a new ”citywall” that cuts off the outer periphery where the camino runs from the countryside to the city. As there already exists an opening into the city adjacent ot our site, we hope to create more of a doorway, an alternative ”labyrinthine” connection with the urban fabric. The labyrinth as camino The maze which sits immediately in front of our site is a symbol of not just the fabric of the city of Santiago, but also a microcosm of the topography and circulation in the immediate context of our site. The labyrinth is an ancient symbol that is connected with the pagan galician mythology as well as with cristian symbolism as well as the camino as the universal labirynthine spiral. The camino is a place to be lost and found spiritually, although you always see the signs of the route, just as in a labirynth you see the walls, without knowing exactly where you are. In this way, the labyrinth is used both in social group rituals and in individual meditation. We want our albergue to play along the rules of the labirynth, not to get lost but to extend the experience of moving between its functions. Our intent is to do this vertically in the form of staircases.
“Some books (guidebooks in particular) suggest that mazes on cathedral floors originated in the medieval period as alternatives to pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but the earliest attested use of the phrase "chemin de Jerusalem" (path to Jerusalem) dates to the late 18th century when it was used to describe mazes at Reims and Saint-Omer.[30] The accompanying ritual, depicted in Romantic illustrations as involving pilgrims following the maze on their knees while praying, may have been practiced at Chartres during the 17th century. [30] ” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth
the approach from the camino labyrinth
the site
- Conclusion - Overview- elucidation- preparation for departure -
We want to use our intervention to introduce the user to Santiago, to both make her reflect on the journey, to slowly wind her through her experiences from the walk there and to open up a possibility for her to stay longer in Santiago de Compostela. Introducing her to the cityscape will increase the qualities of the experience in Santiago and the number of nights spent in the adjacent hostels.
Overview/ eLucidation
camino labyrinth city labyrinth
walled labyrinth
Garden labyrinth
going up
the site
city labyrinth
labyrinth of walls
the views
cathedral parador plaza
Garden labyrinth
schooltower
N
monastery
hostel/auberge
culturalcenter
behind the monastery : the eisenman cultural center
monastery + alberge park
SITE
monastery + alberge park Scale 1.500
The Cathedral:
final stop of the camino
TODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT AUTODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
Scale 1.1000
the school
the Cathedral
REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT AUTODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
SITE
REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT A
Tour D'Encore The concept for the vertical maze is not the design of a building but of an intervention that is in itself an event. The views on offer become stops, the void space becomes event.
Views
Exposed WALK
cathedral Orientation
Orientation cathedral
schooltower cathedral School
schooltower
cathedral
N
N
paradpr plaza
paradpr plaza
monastery
monastery
hostel/auberge
hostel/auberge
culturalcenter
culturalcenter
Monastery Darkbox
walkway
Orientation cathedral
Orientation schooltower
cathedral
N
paradpr plaza
schooltower
monastery
monastery
N
paradpr plaza
hostel/auberge
culturalcenter
monastery
park hostel/auberge
culturalcenter
Labyrinth motif
Facade
cathedral
N
schooltower
cathedral
N
paradpr plaza
monastery
W
hostel/auberge
culturalcenter
S
11/15/12
One version of the path through a "Cretan" type of labyrinth
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upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Cretan-labyrinth-square-path.svg
1/1
S
W
E
E
growing
starting small
to
not block the view
what happened to the bath and the hostel?
growing up why grow?
reroute camino activate park
to show the view attract + SHOW
magnet
first tower / traditional iteration plan view
elevation s
Section
elevation n
TOp
how to you finish the top?
Perspective from the park traditional iteration
the tower dominates the park the locals aren't happy
what if .... ?
Couldn't it be less overbearing? Couldn't it be less of an eyesore?
Couldn't it be more sculptural?
Couldn't it be more of a vertical labyrinth?
STRUCTURE + SKIN
Circulation 'maze'
Circulational Narrative
The program is nested in the walls of the building which are perforated with a labyrinthine motif, openings to let in light to invite inside, to create qualities in to the inside of the circulation. The building is the camino frozen in time and suspended in space.
Route 2
Circulational Narrative
ROUTE 1
ROUTE 1
PLAn
PLAn experience
experience CITY
PATH ‘CLOSES’
VIEW ONTO CITY CENTER (NW) WALKING ON THE ROOF
CITY
PATH ‘CLOSES’
VIEW ONTO CITY CENTER VIEW (NW)OF THE CATHEDRAL
WALKING ON THE ROOF
VIEW ONTO PARK (SE)
PARK OPENS !!!
VIEW OF THE REFLECTION CATHEDRAL ROOM
VIEW ONTO PARK (SE)
PARK
route1 Route 2 1 ROUTE
OPENS !!!
REFLECTION ROOM
PLAn
articulation in the context TOUR D’ENCORE The tower becomes the camino as embodied experience. The TOWER/TOUR becomes a vertical camino experience of reflection on the walk passed. It is both memory and present. Both reflection of the past and the reflection of the present surroundings.
This experience/ event does not offer fullCLOSURE but attests to its impossibility. ENCORE - insistent enjoyment that is never fully satisfied- always AGAIN. The Tour Encore subverts the traditional view of the tower as monumnetal/ monolithic/ totalizing edifice. The labyrinthine kink and disorienting circulation rather make it a manifestation of a walk in the sky.
The Encore Tour as tower, and tour as a second tour.
Why is the tower the dominating structure in the site?
Sun Study
Sunrise
Morning
Noon
Evening
Sunset
conclusion
frame !!
transparent iteration
transparent iteration
close tor open transparent iteration
See the cathedral
see the cultural center
see the camino
see the school tower
walking on the roof
connection to the plaza
main entry Plaza
the Boxes
vertical strata
sky strata
cathedral strata
tower strata
Roof strata frame Boxes Neighbouring Wall Interior mazes
street strata
park strata
throwing away the frame
cathedral
Orientation cathedral
schooltower
cathedral
N
paradpr plaza
monastery
hostel/auberge
culturalcenter
Exposed WALK Orientation schooltower cathedral School
N
paradpr plaza
monastery
hostel/auberge
culturalcenter
Monastery Darkbox Orientation cathedral
schooltower
N
paradpr plaza
monastery
monastery
hostel/auberge
culturalcenter
walkway Orientation cathedral
schooltower
N
paradpr plaza
monastery
park hostel/auberge
culturalcenter
keeping the viewpoints
Searching for the right stacking Principle s
a
double height
b
single height
antimonumental tower Finally the Tour Encore subverts the traditional view of the tower as monumnetal/ monolithic/ totalizing edifice. Rather, the labyrinthine kink and disorienting circulation make it a manifestation of a walk in the sky.
modules
easy stair
a
end panel
D
hard stair
b
c traverse
material
perforated steel
facade expression
easy transportation
prefab possibility
3 modules easily fit on a truck
construction process
modules
modularity = flexibility
sculpture in the park
load distribution
inside the circulation
under the circulation
inside the sculpture
View up from the center of the structure
The entrance onto the vertical maze is from the park and and into a network of steel tubes, which make up the DNA- the structure of the intervention. A steel lattice system with perforated metal plates is filled with stairs and ramps to articulate the circulation. The space is a squiggle in the landcape that creates a bridge from the park to the city. From the camino to the finale. It engage the user to transform her walk from the horizontal to the vertical. One does not just pass through, but rather one comes in one end, re-experiences the camino and comes out on the other side transformed.
SECTION 1.200 REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT AUTODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT AUTODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
tour d'encore iterationv
REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT AUTODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
negotiated item/ material
perspective
The entrance onto the vertical maze is from the park and and into a network of steel tubes, which make up the DNA- the structure of the intervention. A steel lattice system with perforated metal plates is filled with stairs and ramps to articulate the circulation. The space is a squiggle in the landcape that creates a bridge from the park to the city. From the camino to the finale. It engage the user to transform her walk from the horizontal to the vertical. One does not just pass through, but rather one comes in one end, re-experiences the camino and comes out on the other side transformed.