London Center for Music

LONDON CENTER FOR MUSIC

Geometrical Morphologies of Spaces for Performance S t r u c t u r e M o r p h o g e n e s i s

..About Architectur.. it is ”fighting against gravit”.

Renzo Piano

Krassimi Krastev l lecturer Amro Hamead Hossam Badr Shazwan Mazlan

Base concept

A building without a dream is just a building.

Focal point A focal point is a design feature that makes an architectural experience

meaningful. As an architectural element, it provides a goal for our explorations.

It acts as a reason for our investigation of form and space. It anchors

architectural composition. A focal point may incorporate symbolism, as with an altar in a religion places or a fireplace that attracts the company of friends and family. Or it may simply be an

abstract emphasis within the total spatial experience.

A building with a dream is architecture.

The contents of the

‘Experience’

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Design Vision

Keep Existing Connections High walk The option creates potential to connect the Highwalk to the Centre for Music and also to connect the Highwalk to

street level. The Highwalk can connect to the upper levels of the Centre for Music

and the public spaces of the Core, which

also provides the opportunity to bring the Highwalk to street level.

Introduce The Core Plaza and Boulevard The main plaza aims to integrate the new components of music centre. It acts

as a node, promoting a smooth flow of internal circulation as well as external

circulation. To further improve mobility

within the site, a drop-off to the plaza is

acting as the main drop-off for the whole building. It also acts as a buffer between the spaces. Ground level activities are

introduced such as alfresco dining and

retail to cater to the guests and visitors

Heart of Music Centre Auditorium The new Centre for Music hall, with its

The option of lowering the stage to

for excellent acoustic music-making,

different kind of informal engagement

focus on providing the right environment with a significant number of choir

and audience seats behind the stage,

there will be scope for a different kind of intimacy and a more immersive

audience experience. This will allow the

performance of major, large scale works.

Income Generation Commercial area Income generation is a key aspect of the next phase will look at the overall

income potential of the organisations, particularly in relation to commercial potential. As previously stated, the Barbican has successfully built a

professional, sales driven commercial

function successfully growing its income streams. With the Centre for Music and a significant increase in potential, the

next phase can examine how assets can

be used to grow current income streams and build new activities delivering additional income.

the same level as the stalls will allow a between stage and audience, in an

intimate and transparent relationship.

Rheotomic Surfaces

The concept Rheotomic surface’s

vertical points of the helicoid. Finally

involves the mathematical generation

a separate algorithm is necessary

was developed by Daniel Piker and

of ‘walkable’ interconnected surfaces.

With ‘Rheo’ from the Greek for flow

and ‘Tomos’ meaning cut or section

these surfaces make an equivalence

between the geometry of the helicoid surface ad the vortex in Laplace’s

equation. Through plotting clockwise and counter-clockwise helical points

in x and y on a mesh plane, a chain of real and imaginary components from

complex numbers can be generated, in turn making it possible to then plot the

to allow the surface to be connected to remove the unnecessary surface excess.

Rheotomic vector test

Form Finding Development

refine the curve of surface

the cube is divided into 4

make the surface accordingly

segments for each side

to the axes

mirror the surface around the axes

duplicate the surface

Structure analysis structure line

surface density

surface analysis

Form Finding Development

refine the curve of surface

the cube is divided into 3

make the surface accordingly

segments for each side

to the axes

duplicate the surface

mirror the surface around the axes

Structure analysis structure line

surface density

surface analysis

Space Zoning

front of house

auditorium

commercial - restaurant

commercial - office

back of house

outdoor auditorium/boulevard

public facilities

Ground Floor Plan

Retail area

1

Restaurant

2

Services entrance

3

Services drop-off 4 Services room

5

Outdoor auditorium 6 Boulevard

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Verhicular entrance 8 Verhicular exit 9

First Floor Plan

Forum hall

1

Restaurant

2

Club/Exhibition area

3

Services room 4 Performer suite Makeup room Dressing room Toilet

Second Floor Plan

Digital learning hall

1

Main drop-off area

2

Lobby

3

Tikecting area 4 Cloakroom Toilet Information center Stage

5

Control room 6 Rehersal room Green room Storage Toilet Restaurant

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Third Floor Plan

Plaza

1

Cloakroom

2

Toilet Chorus rehersal

3

Administration office Toilet Office tower lobby 4

Fourth Floor Plan

Vip/Function room

1

Founder room

2

Office Digital creation room

3

Rehersal room Pantry Toilet Office 4

Circulation

boulevard at ground level

vertical circulation for tower

main plaza at level 2

Circulation

high walk path

building access

verhicular path

4th floor plan

VIP & function room Rehersal room Founder room Digital creation Office Services Offifice tower

3rd floor plan

Cloakroom Auditorium Rehersal room Services Administration office Office tower lobby

2nd floor plan Main drop-off area Main plaza Ticketing arrea Cloakroom Information center Auditorium Green area Control room Rehersal room Services Digital Learning Restaurant

1st floor plan

Club/Exhibition space Restaurant Forum hall Performer suite Dressing area Makeup room

ground floor plan Restaurant Retail area Services drop-off outdoor auditorium storage boulevard

Office tower 17 storey office 1100 m2 / storey

Tower Core 5 passenger lift 1 goods lift

Building Skin

Triangulation Pattern using composite aluminum cladding

Theater

2 tier 1700 seating

Structure

Steel Shell structure triangulation grid

Restaurant 3 storey : 1 fine dining 2 casual dining

Podium

Main circulation Connection between existing high walk with the building.

Main Plaza Boulevard

Structure Optimization

structure beam line 808 element

structure support point 70m x 70m x 70m

load react toward the structure

structure deformation

structure beam line rhs 500 x 300 x 20’

Utilization analysis

displacement analysis max displacement : 0.552 m

Structural Optimization

Structural Optimization

Facade Pattern

Triangulation In this project, the application is

superficial as a building skin and does not have a responsibility to perform

environmentally as a passive or active

system. This being the case, the project purposefully and specifically reflects on the affective potential of contemporary building facades.

Operable Glazing Panels

shadow box metal clading

Steel diagrid structure

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