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RED SQUARE. TOLERANCE PAVILION HMMD’s brief is to design an architectural vision, a temporary pavilion for the education of social, political and religious tolerance, to be erected in Russia’s Red Square, Moscow. This new pavilion is to be conceived as a structure incorporating educational spaces, with lecture and workshop rooms as well as exhibition spaces. Participants are also urged to consider other recreational and public spaces to support these educational programs.
Massing:
Final massing
The design of this pavilion has the concept of tolerance as:
COURSE:
- FREEDOM of expression, education, creativity and sharing of cultures - PLAYFULNESS and a driving force of the concept of FEELING GOOD
Minor Project
CLIENT GUM
We created an space that encourages interaction of crowds walking through the Red Square, using architectural forms to promote the exploration of the pavilion. The main components of the design are:
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Spatial blocks Spatial blocks:
- SOLID SPACES to show tolerance in both its dark and brighter aspects State Historical Museum - RIBBON: an architectural device encouraging movement across the different solid spaces and the square
The design of this pavilion had the concept of ‘tolerance’ in all its aspects as its driving force. For us tolerance is not only accepting what is different from the mainstream culture, but it is also the promotion of a positive attitude to make people feel good, regardless of their religion, education or political and personal beliefs. Critical Sense of Welcoming Thinking freedom Hope for feeling Darkness the future Critical past a space that will For this reasonin wethe created encourage interaction, Thinking playfulness and curiosity in the crowds walking through the Red Square while being subtly led through it with the use of an architectural Rest device that will engage its users. The design can be divided into two main components: solid spaces and ribbon.
BRIEF: HMMD’s architecture competition is dedicated to ‘designing for tolerance’ to create a temporary pavilion for the education of social, political and religious tolerance, in Russia’s Red Square.
Office Open Space Reception
Exhibition Space
Conference Space
Workshop Exhibition Space
Workshop Lenin’s Monument
When creating solid spaces with specific functions we kept in mind the idea of ‘experience’. This pavilion, although temporary, is to leave MASSING DEVELOPMENT: a lasting footprint in the collective identity of the square. We strongly believe that more than forms and colours, people remember engaging experiences that made them feel good or which stimulated their daily lives.
Peak Point
Performance Space
Office
Ribbon Ribbon:
Cafe
Tolerance Pavilion
We divided the spatial experiences into “darkness in the past” and “light for the future“. Users are encouraged to go through a workshop and a gallery showing the dark past of tolerance throughout history. This is reflected by both the exhibitions themselves and the more frequent solidity of the ribbon on this side.
Kremlin’s Wall
Blocks and Ribbon Blocks and Ribbon:
A second set of spaces show tolerance in its brighter and more hopeful movements, encouraging action for a better future with the ribbon dipping down and opening up to sit on and walk through, interacting with the users. The paths within the pavilion are not fixed. Crowds can walk from darkness to light, light to darkness, or freely explore the area. This “square within a square” is also open as a space to rest and play and also offers a unique opportunity for a privileged view of the square from a peak point above the café that you can walk up to. The ribbon is a visual informing element to encourage certain paths and give unity to the pavilion. Its turquoise and red blocks represent playfulness, an unbiased political position and most importantly the di-Site plan 1:2000
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Kremlin’s Wall
Ribbon: Lenin’s Monument
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Tolerance Pavilion
St. Basil’s Cathedral
Kremlin’s Wall
Blocks and Ribbon:
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General plan and section not to scale St. Basil’s Cathedral
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Main vistas from pavilion
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south elevation 1:100
Prevailing horizontal lines of the pavilion to flow with the movement of crowds. Vertical context of the square (Kremlin, St Basil’s Cathedral, Historical Museum) appreciated from within the pavilion.
Pavilion in winter
south elevation 1:100
section AA’ 1:200
section BB’ 1:200
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section BB’ 1:200
Section AA’
section AA’ 1:200
Light blue polycarbonate ribbon representing the different faces of tolerance in a politically neutral colour. The ribbon functions as an architectural device enhancing movement and intersecting the different spaces.
section BB’ 1:200
Exhibition space
Sectionsection BB’ BB’ 1:200
Ribbon can be used as outside seating space, part of the furniture in the rooms and steps leading to the peak point on the cafe. Degree of freedom of interpretations to crowds walking in the space.
Performance area and cafe
View of pavilion from peak point
NUCLEAR REPOSITORY Rough open land
COURSE:
This project aims at using the sun as a constant at a specific time of the day as a powerful marker itself.
Design For Exhibitions & Display Edinburgh City Centre
Carving the volcanic rock on the side of Blackford Hill, the barrier that is created is designed to resist extremely long time spans and weather conditions. Information provided to deter from site are both VERBAL and GRAPHIC.
Allotments
A certain degree of FREEDOM is left to visitors to remark it, add a religious meaning to the site or leave it. The purpose of the design remain CONSTANT regardless of its use.
Blackford Hill
Volcanic rock
Corbie’s Craig
Light reflecting Barrier
BRIEF: The aim of this project is to create a marker for a nuclear repository visible enough to prevent human interference. The marker should inform about the nature of the area and last for at least 100,000 years given the high risks linked to nuclear waste.
Focal point for sunlight
Normal effect of sun on site
Development process of site
Enhanced deterrent effect of the sun
Main components of repository
Information Point
Main shaft to the repository, concealed by the barrier Stone barrier excavated in the mountain. Main marker
Information point
focal point
Section of main site components
Summer
Mid season
Winter
The light reflecting barrier is designed so that during midday, when the sunlight is at its peak throughout the whole year, sun rays can be redirected towards a specific point on the site. This effect works 365 days a year as the barrier is made of different layers of carved polished panels, orientated perpendicularly to both the surface and the sun beam normal vector.
Reflected sunlight during the year
Development process of barrier and information point
Development process geometry of barrier
REFLECTING BARRIER
CARVED SIDE OF THE HILL
FOCAL POINT INFORMATION POINT
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Reflected sunlight marking the ground
URBAN GREENHOUSE REMOVALS:
COURSE: Design For Commercial Spaces
Timber roof
Timber beams Plasterboard
Site Location
Spring Valley Gdns
Morningside Rd
EXISTING SITE:
Timber floor
BRIEF: Design of a small-scale architectural project suggesting a unique and insightful combination of functions and businesses. The design must deal with the combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly.
Timber cladding Pressed soil Cast iron posts
Considering the abundance public green space in Edinburgh but restricted access to private gardens the project aims at providing shelter and privacy in public parks. The result are pods which can be mounted both outdoors and indoors to break from the crowd. These installations are provided by a central business located in Morningside with a showroom displaying the different available pods.
Plan development
SPATIAL LAYOUT:
Restored timber facade
Partitions
Timber beams
Cast Iron beams Product display
Pod development
Office area
Staff room
The interiors of the showroom want to reflect the idea of a greenhouse. They are an open space keeping enclosed spaces at a minimum. An office and admin area created with see partitions allows visual contact between shop floor and visitors. The only enclosed area id a staff room and toilet facilities created with solid sliding panels fitting the curved lines of the other main spaces.
Roof development
Cross Sections, not to scale
Pod for interiors with bamboo plants
2 kinds of pods to suit better the needs of customers: The indoor pod has a lightweight structure that can be easily assembled. Pots and plants places inside will intertwine with the structure to shade from light and the crowd. The outdoor pod is a bigger scale structure. It would be fixed to the ground and ideally placed in public gardens. There are benches inside and place to position bamboo plants. The main material is laminated timber.
Pod for external spaces with bamboo plants
Portobello
Edinburgh Castle
Site Location
Site Location
Leith
Leith
Blackford
THE BOTHAN PROJECT
Fiorella Modolo Caitlin Bain
Fiorella Modolo Caitlin Bain
Portobello
Edinburgh Castle
Portobello
Edinburgh Castle
Blackford
Blackford
Area Characteristics
Leith and Portobello maintaining the main spaces constant but changing among the locals. dimensions to ship ports and shipbuilding. Leith today remains linked with industry as there are large amounts of warehouses Fiorella Modo depending on the location: and workshops.
Encouraging
Material Storage Office Sanitary Machinery Facilities Facilities
Workshop Massing
Workshop Massing Outdoor/ Open Area Workshop
Working Area
Basic structural engineering
Working Area
Working Tables
Basic structural engineering
Loss of hard skills
Caitlin Bain
Joinery and fastenings
Applying metal sheets and fastenings
Office Facilities
The Idea
Workshop Massing
Parking and Delivery
Enhancing sense of locality
Timber framing
Machinery
Increasing need for low cost housing
Teaching Programme
No chance of expression in domestic built Roofing and finishes environment Welding and riveting
Outdoor/ Open Area Workshop
Timber framing
Use of basic materials
Parking and Delivery
Enhancing and promoting a sense of heritage
Joinery and fastenings
Outdoor Open Area
Teaching Programme
RSA, Royal Scottish Academy Competition
Portobello is a popular walking destination facing the Area Characteristics Area Characteristics sea. It consists of a more touristic promenade as well Blackford is known for its allotments and as a more commercial side with warehouses and recreational culture. We would like to create Leith is now a part of Edinburgh but was once a separate a garden environment encouraging a sense different activities. Portobello beach would be a town with its own identity. of community. Blackford is now being Currently Leith is known for its vast amount of merging suitable location because of its unique landscape with Massing for 3 community workshops to manage the creation of huts in Blackford, Teaching Programme recognised as a potential site for residential cultures from different backgrounds. Roofing and finishes development, direct access to the sea. Leith is traditionally linked to industry with its historic ties causing strong discontent Roofing and finishes
Parking and Delivery
CLIENT:
Floor framing
BRIEF: Design a way for people and communities to better connect to and celebrate heritage.
Portobello Workshop
environment
Material Storage
Increasedskills on to future generations. This would encourage those Officea concern Working Floor framing The idea is to give a sense of heritage by passing forms of architecture which are not bound by major building restrictions and are mainly for architects, playing with the concept of micr Basic structural Micro architecture Facilities Tables Working Area engineering architecture and hand built spontaneousstandardised ‘bothy’s’. We want to create a locally based community, encouraging the architectural expression of individuals and passing on skills that have been lost in time. This will be possible thanks to central workshops wit with locally specific Floor framing Loss of specific local residential areas Sanitary Material Sanitary low-cost materials Working Tables Machinery function of regulating, teaching and encouraging community and the use of materials of their local identity. identity in built Facilities Walkway Facilities Storage
Joinery and fastenings
Leith
Roofing and finishes
Timber framing
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Edinburgh Castle
Blackford
Portobello
Basic structural engineering
Portobello is a popular sea destination. It consists of a promenade and a more commercial side with warehouses. It is a suitable location for locally managed and private huts because of its unique landscape with direct access to the sea. The teaching programme encouraging micro individually based micro architecture goes from basic structural notions to joinery and cladding ans it is heavily based on the construction of boat sheds.
Floor framing Teaching programme
Site Location
Leit
Edinburgh Castle
Blackford
Portobello Bothys
Area Characteristics
Roofing and finishes Timber framing
Leith
Edinburgh Castle
Portobello
Blackford
Joinery and fastenings
Basic structural engineering
Blackford is known for its allotments and recreational culture. The aim is to create a garden environment encouraging a sense of community. The area is now being recognised as a potential site for residential development, causing discontent among the locals. The teaching programme offered to the community encourages timber based micro architecture, easy to assemble and affordable.
Floor framing Teaching programme
Site Location Leith
Edinburgh Castle
Blackford
Area Characteristics Blackford Bothys
Teaching Programme
Blackford is known for its all recreational culture. We wo a garden environment enco of community. Blackford is n recognised as a potential sit
Roofing and finishes Leith
Portobello Edinburgh Castle
Blackford
Welding and riveting
Metal sheets , fastenings
Leith is an area know for its industrial activities and warehouses, keeping in mind these characterising traits, with the project encourages micro architecture using the use of steel and timber. The skills required to build the huts privately are taught in a communal workshop following a tailored teaching plan The huts integrate the existing residential areas in Leith, promote a sense of agency in citizens and encourages communal activities.
Basic structural engineering Floor framing Teaching programme
Site Location Leith
Edinburgh Castle
Blackford
Leith Bothys
Area Characteristics
Leith is now a part of Edinburgh town with its own identity.
CONTEMPORARY CRANNOG COURSE: Design for Living Spaces
Tigh Mor Trossachs Church Location of Crannogs
Loch Achray is a small loch situated in Perthshire, it is a popular hiking and kayaking and has historical sights on its North side. Locating the crannogs on the South side allows the creation of low key settlements balancing the historical buildings. The crannogs can be reached by car from the Duke’s pass or by boat. They are made entirely of insulated mdf panels and sits on Gabion walls, so that it can be dismounted completely if needed.
Ben A’an
Tigh Mor
Plan
BRIEF: The project re-investigates the Crannog typology creating dwellings that can be easily assembled, and maintained for the short-term accommodation of a family unit. The design considers appropriate materials, context and low impact design. The site is Loch Achray in Perthshire.
West elevation
South elevation
Crannogs
East and North elevation
Trossachs Church
Crannog as series of sequential sleeping units. Recreational space as generator.
Central area as circular space and gathering point for meeting and eating.
Night area and day area are separated, the central communal space can also be used at night to gather around the fire.
Canopies in the central areas extend over the sleeping units to create spatial continuity and shelter the otherwise exposed deck.
Spatial scheme and different components
Communal area
Shower room and play room
Sleeping bunks
Visualisation of potential use
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