Gaia Delepine Architectural Design semester 5

BLOCK GaĂŻa Delepine AD5

Schindler // Fessler

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Introduction

Preliminary Research

Concept

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Design Proposal

Development History

Final Report

Introduction

Hidden Lines and Hidden Spaces require projecting possible, yet indefinite, definitions.

Considering the two forms of ‘reality’:

Building in the hidden lines

the visible and the invisible.

‘Building’ is imagined as both an object and an action.

As a reference:

‘Hidden lines’ are

<> Le tracé régulateur

absent figures and

est un moyen ;

forces, which are

il n’est pas une

nevertheless present

recette. Son choix

within form.

et ses modalités d’expression font partie intégrante de la création architecturale.. <> -Vers une architecture… <> The regulating line is a mean; it is not a recipe. Its choosing and its modes of expression form the integral part of the making of architecture. <>

Project brief A public and communal program: Affordable housing in the city centre.

Affordable living Combined with complementary functions to the adjacent school.

80% RESIDENTIAL 20 % CULTURAL/OTHER

Preliminary Research

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Co lo rs

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How to read the site?

How to communicate with the site?

The city ; as a spatial infrastructure ; is abstracted into a composition of elements and fabrics.

The tram promenade, Introduces to the public space.

Long.

Drag and open.

< operating barriers

overlayed urban data ; planar gravitation >

Concept

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A Push Motion

A Tap Opens

A Block Breaks Like a Piece of Wood:

On The Side Opposed To The Force Applied

Fibers Keep It Together.

< Concept diagrams

<Excerpt from the video study “Break” (00:01:12)

Placing a theoretical volume in the missing end of the block, you will wonder: what is the purpose of finishing a city block?

Every corner of every street leads to a space, a space defined by the tension of a block.

When I placed my theoretical volume in this space - the corner and the street - , I broke its end, with the idea of both inviting users to the public space at south and proposing a journey rather than a simple itinerary.

Design proposal

Site Plan with proposal, 1:1000

Break - Interrupt (a continuity, sequence, or course)

The breach created by the action of the blockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gravity and the energy of the street allows a breathing block: Porous, but not exposed To understand the surrounding verticality within the design, the longitudinal axis is framed by two (2) towers: Bringing a recessive element to the main street facade.

South Elevation

East Elevation

North Elevation

In an effort to connect the building to the public plaza, two (2) commercial ground floors are opened, to bring to the surrounding a much needed active center.

Along this decision was made another one, to redirect the circulation - away from the plaza clearing it from car traffic and parking.

3 floors of parking are planned to replace the open air congestion, with 100 public parking places and 50 private ones.

Underground parking (-1; -2; -3)

Ground floor 1 (North)

Ground floor 2 (South)

Typical floor 1

Typical floor 2

For the residential floors, emphasis is given to offering a connection to the exterior on the East-West axis for the middle bodies and North-South to the towers.

Circulation spaces are envisaged as both for movement and rest : Wide, it is visually connected to the surroundings and windows sills may be used as sitting devices.

Roof

The thirty-six (36) proposed apartments are divided in three (3) categories: 30 sqm studio - one (1) floor ; 1-2 people 60 sqm duplex - two (2) floors ; 3-4 people.

90 sqm duplex - two (2) floors ; 5-6 people.

The plans were developed after a study on living typologies, and are suitable for singles, families and co-living.

30 sqm apartment plan 1+KK

60 sqm apartment plan 3+KK

90 sqm apartment plan 4+ KK

Cross section looking North

Longitudinal section looking West

The different building typologies are reflected in the choice of materials: contained stone towers contrast with light meshed elongated bodies.

As shown in the color study - page 10 - a variaty of tones are present on site. However, warm earthy hues are privileged.

Development history

Study Models materials : paper/ foam.

Task 1: How to sub-devide the site?

Task 2: What are the critical elements in the surrounding fabric?

Task 3: Define spatial re-organisation.

Section model

Main spaces

Main volumes

Main negatives

Main Typologies

Concept presentation: Reading the longitudinal properties of the site.

Leave passage?

Flow?

Gravity?

Abstract forces?

Final Report

Massive stone

Sandstone

was chosen as the main material

Parquet

for structure and rendering.

Concrete screed

A 400 mm thick

Hard-wood floor

wall bears the load of the building and

Insulation (mineral

reduces the need for

wool)

additional rendered surfaces. The facade

Doka Mono mesh

is left as is.

with backed layer

Floors are made of

Coated steel

hard wood, a choice possible due to the

Glass

narrow foot print of the building.

Elevation and Section Detail 1:20 >

Ultimately, we can understand this project as a visual research on our living methods.

How does society evolve?

Does our housing evolve with it?

What influence can we have on our surroundings when designing?

Redefining the public space through the stepping back of the front facade into the block, inviting users behind the scene of the site; decisions are made to inrease the relation between the construction and the human, perforing the strict urban fabric of the city.

We question the role of architecture in this, a case by case situation. Due to the difficult given site, this design is an oportunity to research and grasp the essence of, not only the emotional understanding of the surroundings, but a solution that will respond to the needs of both its environment, and its users.

Buildingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; relations to the public and dwelling typologies need to change in unison with the development of our society, a design canon we should not forget about.

New methods of living call for new designs, adapted designs.

GAIA DELE PINE

BLOCK

AD5 winter semester 18/19 Studio Schindler // Fessler Studio leader Ing. arch. Jan Schindler Ing. arch. Elan Fessler

Bi rth :

Ad d r e ss :

15-06-1999

Puskinovo namesti 2, 16000

Essey-les-Nancy, France

Praha, Ceska Republika

Educa t ion:

Work ex p e ri en ce:

From September 2016 to June 2019 (expected)

November 2017-March 2018, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Claire is...â&#x20AC;?, PragueFS

Bachelor in Architecture

Art director

Architectural Institute in Prague

October 2017, CityMakers Workshop II, IPR Praha From Septembre 2012 to June 2016

P2Gcreatives association

European Bachaloreate in Arts and Sciences

Design, time management, budgeting, communication

European School of Luxembourg II

November 2014, Atelier A4 architects Internship

Languages: French: English: Italian: Spanish:

Computer skills: Autocad Sketchup, Rhinoceros, Archicad Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel

G A I A

D E L E P I N E

+ 352 661 289 970 gaia.delepine@gmail.com