CONTROLLED“CHAOS” 2050Suz houMus eum 2015
BETWEEN WATERAND LAND
Wet l andRes ear chandI nt er pr et at i onCent r e 2014
MATERI AL,CONSTRUCTI ON,STRUCTURE Ar chi t ect ur eandSt r uct ur eI nt egr at i on 2014
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Chapt er1 Br i ef -
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Chapt er2 Res ear ch -
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Chapt er3 Wet l andMas t er pl an -
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Chapt er4 Nonl i nearDes i gnThi nki ng -
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Chapt er5 Fi nalPr opos al-
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Chapt er6 ModelPhot o -
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Chapter 1 Brief ◆
Studio Brief
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Expended Brief
ARC305
Small and Medium Scale Buildings
BEng Architecture Level 3 2012/2013 2nd Semester Module Credit: Brief:
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Brief 1: Between Water and Land: Wetlands Research and Interpretation Centre Teaching team: Studio/coursework venues: Studio/coursework times: Studio/coursework times:
Dr Anuradha Chatterjee, Ganna Andrianova (module coordinator), Claudia Westermann, Nancy V.M. Diniz, Theodoros Dounas Room EB000, Tuesdays 2pm-5pm, Thursdays 2pm-5pm Tuesdays 2pm-5pm, Thursdays 2pm-5pm
1.1 Studio Brief
The aim of the brief is to design a Wetlands Research and Interpretation Centre, which will have spaces for Research and Teaching, Information Storage and Exchange, and Communal Use. The brief expects students to develop a clear stance on how the building can foster education, curiosity, awareness, through architectural legibility + circulation; incite emotional responses to the mythical and poetic qualities and perceptions of wetlands and water; and propose ways in which their building touches the ground or extends into the surroundings through a careful consideration of wetland ecology and construction methods. The design moves must be evidence based and driven by a demonstrable study and synthesis/application of ‘deep’ study of precedents. The building would be instrumental in connecting research (expert knowledge) and experience and education (democratization of knowledge). The project demands a clear and unambiguous solution to the functional programme, but it also expects an appropriate level of abstraction and translation of the context (wetlands/water) in architectural atmosphere through the manipulation of light and materials.
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Aims The aim of the brief is to design a Wetlands Research and Interpretation Centre. The typology is institutional, with some community functions. The centre should have spaces for 1) Research and Teaching Spaces (laboratories, workshops, seminar rooms, lecture theatres); 2) Information (Gallery, Archive, Resource Centre or Library) 3) Communal Use (Restaurant, Conference Room, Short Term Accommodation). It is not enough to fulfil the brief only. The theoretical position in this brief can be informed by a number of things, pertaining to awareness and experience of ecology and landscape: First, students can think of how the design of the building can foster education, curiosity, awareness, through architectural legibility + circulation (as journey or encounter) across the various spaces as well as the various activities made possible within/by the building and its function.
Second, the wetlands are not only beneficial and utilitarian, but also evoke an emotional response of openness, mystery, and fear. Hence, students can start to think of qualities of water他poetic, aesthetic and philosophical connotations of stillness, murkiness, dampness, fluidity, overflow, mystery, fear, and so on. Water and aquatic life is not merely the subject of research but it must also inform the experience of the researchers, and regular and casual visitors. Water nurtures and threatens. It protects but it also corrodes. It connects yet separates. It is surface and depth. Transparent and opaque. It is one and it is both. Think of Venice as the perfect example where water exists in a sympathetic yet paradoxical relationship with architecture. It cannot be the literal introduction of pools into your spaces. Qualities of water should be interpreted as qualities of spaces or materials in encounter with light, shade, air, and so on. The building has an educational purpose also and these experiences will work in concert with such aims. Third, students can think of how and to what extent the building touches the ground and extends into the surroundings, and whether the articulation of connection and/or disconnection can be articulated to inform the experience and understanding of the wetlands. In summary, students will be expected to Demonstrate a solid understand of the ecology of wetlands and construction systems appropriate to wetlands Demonstrate a very clear and unambiguous solution to the functional programme (clear parti and organization) Demonstrate sensitive uptake, abstraction, and translation of poetic/mythical qualities of water and wetlands Demonstrate a clear and consistent attitude to materials/materiality Design the main building but also design extensions that connect to the broader landscape Optimize on the built area to build less rather than more, by thinking of versatile and flexible spaces
Programmatic Requirements Total gross floor area: No more than 2000m2 Typology: Institutional Programme: Research and Teaching Spaces (laboratories, workshops, seminar rooms, lecture theatres); 2) Information (Gallery, Archive, Resource Centre or Library) 3) Communal Use (Restaurant, Conference Room, Short Term Accommodation). Number of target users, target market etc. Researchers, academics, visitors from research and industry; casual visitors
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1.2.1 User
1.2 Expanded Brief 1. If I am a casual visitor, I can only come through the western pathway. I have 3 optional routs to choose. ◆
Enter the building
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Keeping straight going through the outside boardwalk to the Semipublic under-cover space for events/
lectures, or directly leave through the eastern pathway ◆
Keep experiencing the natural wetland, lake and woodland
1.2.2 Program & Circulation
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1.2 Expanded Brief
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1.2.3 Program Analysis
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Chapter 3 Landscape Master Plan Design ◆ ◆
Wetland Masterplan Site Condition —— Montage as Designed
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Text Sitting Options
3.1 Wetland Masterplan
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3.2 Site Condition
Cross Section of Designed site
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Seen from West River Coast
3.2 Site Montage
Seen from East River Coast
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How to place the building on the site Option A Two functional zones Separate them into two buildings Create a courtyard as a bridge to connect these two Two main entrances to reach the courtyard as threshold space of outside environment and internal architecture
3.3 Sitting Options
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Option B
Actual site with hard ground where we can put the building on
Extended site with restored wetlands. Boardwalk for experiencing——Idea proximity of the wetland
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Another entry for the research center nearby the pathway Soil is already hard near to the existing constructions (pathways) To build as little as possible to control/ reduce the damage on the wetland NOT placing all the buildings horizontally, BUT combining vertical and horizontal circulation—-Building Becomes compact/tight
6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4
Working Model 1-500 Final Model 1-200 FinalModel 1-50 Tectonic Model
1-500 model showing basic massing
Chapter 6 6.1 Working Model 6.2 1-500 Final Model 6.3 1-200 Final Model 6.4 1-50 Tectonic Model
1-200 Fragment Model
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1-200 Fragment Model showing the interior
Chapter 6 6.1 Working Model 6.2 1-500 Final Model 6.3 1-200 Final Model 6.4 1-50 Tectonic Model
1-200 Fragment Model
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1-200 Structural Model
Chapter 6 6.1 Working Model 6.2 1-500 Final Model 6.3 1-200 Final Model 6.4 1-50 Tectonic Model
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1-200 Structural Model
Chapter 6 6.1 Working Model 6.2 1-500 Final Model 6.3 1-200 Final Model 6.4 1-50 Tectonic Model
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1-500 Final Model showing a split composition of the massing and angular and indirect approach
Chapter 6 6.1 Working Model 6.2 1-500 Final Model 6.3 1-200 Final Model 6.4 1-50 Tectonic Model
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1-200 Final Model showing cubic volumes, voids, constant movement and framed views
Chapter 6 6.1 Working Model 6.2 1-500 Final Model 6.3 1-200 Final Model 6.4 1-50 Tectonic Model
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1-50 Tectonic Model showing qualities of light and the skin and structure of the inclined gallery
Chapter 6 6.1 Working Model 6.2 1-500 Final Model 6.3 1-200 Final Model 6.4 1-50 Tectonic Model
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Rel evantReadi ngMat er i al
Material, Construction, Structure Architecture and Structure Integration ARC202 Structural Design BEng Architecture Level 2, 2013 / 2014 Tutor: Christiane Herr
Design Requirements: Based on the plan given below, make a schematic design proposal for a steel roof structure that covers and protects an archaeological site. The schematic proposal should focus on the structural layout of the steel roof structure, consisting of foundations, columns and/or walls and roof (beams, joists and decking etc.). Important: the structure should touch the ground ONLY in the GREY marked areas. Show your design proposal in plan and section drawn to scale and a schematic perspective. A central requirement in this exercise is to give approximate dimentions for all structural elements. Add text descriptions to explain the logic of and the structrual principles you employ in your proposal.
Structurl Design 1
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Structurl Design 1
Roof: Steel Decking Depth = Span / 35 = 6 / 35 = 0.17m [Use 0.2m] Beam: Steel “H”Beam / Girder Depth (Girder) = Span / 15 = 6 / 15 = 0.4m Depth (Beam) = Span / 20 = 6 / 20 = 0.3m Width (Girder) = Depth / 2 = 0.4 / 2 = 0.2m Width (Beam) = Depth / 2 = 0.3 / 2 = 0.15m [Use 0.2m] Column: Steel pipes putting together (Pipe Dimention: 150mm * 150mm)
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Design Requirements: Based on the field trip visit, make a schematic design proposal for a pedestrian bridge that spans between two buildings at SIP and across a road. The schematic proposal should focus on the structural layout of the bridge. You do not need to include external staircases but you should provide supports where necessary as the existing buildings cannot bear all the load from the bridge. Provide cross sections and an elevation, drawn to scale. Indicate materials and approximate sizes of structural elements. Explain your structural layout concept in diagrams and a schematic perspective. The bridge should work as a landmark for SIP Times Square.
Structurl Design 2
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Structurl Design 2
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