THE CANOPY - MUSEUM OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
THE CA MUSEUM DISOBE
ANOPY OF CIVIL DIENCE
THE CANOPY - MUSEUM OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Jian Vern Ng, Thisura Kehelpannala The Museum of Civil Disobedience is an institute that seeks to build up and inspire future generations. Important protests, turmoil, and obstructions from the past should not be forgotten, and the idea of peaceful, yet forceful, disruption is needed to keep the government and law enforcement in check. This project brings four key ideas to the table. The first is to accommodate and provide a place for public amenity and occupation. The second is to educate about past and present cases of civil disobedience. Third, to provide a platform for people to motivate one another. Finally, fourth, to allow them to appropriate the building and site for events. The building is lifted off the ground to create an open plaza and allow for maximum public inhabitability. Bollards have been placed around the entire property to create a safe zone for protesting - an anti-law enforcement measure. The program layout of the building is split sectionally into four levels. The service and office areas are at the bottom, then the plaza, exhibition, and then a meditation garden above. Having all the service and office areas below ground frees the spaces above ground for public occupation and exhibition use. Fire-retardant treated pallets are embedded into the plaza on the ground level, heaped up into small hills. These pallets can be removed by the public and can be used as creatively as the public’s imagination. Civil disobedience is about taking a stand against systematic oppression and injustice. It allows people to rise up and breach through for the betterment of society. This idea inspired a building form of a solid mass punched through with vertical elements. The canopy above, which houses the exhibition spaces is highly adaptable and flexible, and promotes permeability of interior spaces. With movable partitions, lighting, and even ducting, it allows users to be the architect, planner and designer. Spaces can transform from informal setting to formal setting and formal setting to informal setting. The user can manipulate the exposed mechanical and lighting systems according to programmatic needs.
Parti: Breaching through the ceiling of systematic oppression and injustice.
Site Analysis: Historical and contemporary
acts of civil disobedience around the world.
Site Analysis: Calgary’s historical protests and riots - both violent and civil.
The Missing Balance: Calgary’s City Hall and the Museum of Civil Disobedience.
Massing Diagram: A solid box, punched through by ve
ertical and diagonal cores, extended to form a canopy.
Site Axonometric: The building, situated at th
he intersection of 11th Street and the C-Train.
Exterior View: A cloud-like canopy raised above the ground,
, providing cover while still allowing light to reach the plaza.
Plaza Design: An open, accessible public space
filled with fire-resistant pressure treated pallets.
Plaza Layouts: The wooden pallets embedded into the plaza can be reconfigured into a stage, seating, or playground.
Plaza View: Public appropriation of the plaza is welcomed and encouraged.
Site Plan: The plaza canopy stretches over the LRT station to the south, th
he plaza itself surrounded by bollards to protect against law enforcement.
Lower Plan: The lobby, administration, and service areas are located on the lower floor.
Ground Plan: The elevator and stair cores are the only structural elements holding up the building.
Upper Plan: Other than the columns and cores, the upper floor is an open, flexible space.
Roof Plan: The trees at the edges of the building block views down to the plaza.
South Elevation: The perforated metal facade covers all sides and bottom of the building.
East Elevation: The extreme cantilever of the building stretches over the LRT.
Long Section: The service and office areas at the bottom, then the plaza, exhibition, and garden at the top.
Short Section: A core supporting the building canopy and green roof above.
Interior View: Flexible meeting and resource areas with adjustable ducting and lighting above.
Interior View: Light tube and concrete cores punching through the exhibition space.
Wall Section: The ducting and lighting can be seen hanging from the exposed ceiling.
Wall Section: The wooden pallets are embedded into the roof system of the level below.
STEEL BEAM TRUSS SYSTEM CURTAIN WALL SUPPORT CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM INSULATION EXPOSED FASTENER PANEL TRIPLE GLAZING
STEEL GIRT SYSTEM METAL PERFORATED PANEL
Facade Assembly: Typical wall facade assembly.
SOLAR ROOF
ROOF SUPPORT
STEEL RAFTERS TRUSS SYSTEM
STEEL GIRTS
METAL PERFORATED PANELS
Facade Assembly: The roof canopy assembly.
Building Structure: Concrete cores hold up vierendeel trusses in both the X and Y axis.
Building Structure: The different layers within the structural system.
RAIN/SNOW COVER
SUN SHADING
SOUND/LIGHTING
Integrated Systems: The various integrated public re
GREEN ROOF
realm and sustainability systems within the building.
RAIN HARVESTING
PV SOLAR ARRAY