Protest Study: Crowd Movement Women’s March - 21st January 2017 - Washington DC, USA & London, UK
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Protest between one elevation and open space
Crowd has can spread out and lter through landscape
Bond Street Station
Protest between two elevations
Charing Cross Station
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Crowd contained in narrow space
National Mall: Protest Route through green space
Barack Obama’s Re-Inaugratioion 2009
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National Air & Space Museum
Protest in open space Crowd has can spread out in both directions and do different activities
S Protest outside Trump Hotel, Washington DC
Martin Luther King’s Speech
(Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/live/2017/jan/21/womens-march-on-washington-and-o ther-anti-trump-protests-around-the-world-live-coverage)
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Senedd: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners The National Assembly of Wales
Oscillating Timber Roof Structure
Outer Sking Glazing Envelope
Structural Members Holding Roof
Timber Architectural Element Enclosing Chamber
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Program Study:
The building has a large, complex roof with a dropped circular element which encloses the debating chamber for political leaders. this roof is made from a Wester red cedar timber, a high quality material.
The building is cheaper and smaller than the Scottish Parliament, with a huge ethos on designing and constructing in a sustainable manner.
The building tries to push openess through its transparent elements. The public spaces are elevated on a plinth and cut away to allow daylight to penetrate through the glazing to light up the administrative spaces.
Similar to the Riechstag in Berlin, Germany, there is an opportunity to view from higher levels down to the chamber with the use of glass. The material is perhaps the most suitable to represent democratic values, with the use of glass able to represent openess and transparency within an organisation. This material is used across the building, used in balustrades and even the overall envelope of the building, meaning views are made in and out of the building at all times.
The strategy is dependant on the demands of the various internal spaces; mechanical ventilation is used in the debating chamber, where as the public lobby is naturally ventilated. Heat exchangers are used as a way of using the ground as a way to cool the building, as well as thermal mass of the public plinth can control the temperature of the internal environment.
Even though the main debating chamber is so central and important to the building, the program also includes exhibition and educational spaces, a cafe, committee and meeting rooms. There are also press facilities, offices for principal officers of the council, as well as a member’s lounge.
In these ways, the servicing of the building costs a lot less to control its heating costs, as well as natural daylighting able to light up the spaces.
One of the aspects which made this building controversial was that most of the office spaces are not in this building, instead at one next door.
Glazed roof over Chamber
Debating Chamber
Exploded Diagram of Senedd
Riechstag: Foster + Partners Germany’s Government: New Parliament
Outer Skin Glazing Facade The glazing system that allows a strong visual connection between the inside and outside
Section of Reichstag: Attempting to understand the architecture successes
Rotary Shading System A parametric shade prevents a greenhouse eect occuring inside, protecting people walking on the ramp from direct sunlight
Ramp The shallow ramp taking people around the periphery of the dome to the top
Mirrors A series of mirrors cover the central core, reeecting the activity going on in the boardroom as well as the movement of people on the ramp
Glazed Flooring People are forced to not get close to the central core with a glazed ooring surrounding the centre which allows people to look below into the boardroom, allowing the mirror function to work too
Parliament Congress: Bundestag
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The boardroom where politics are discussed between politicians
Light Study: The two panoramic
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Exploded Diagram of the Reichstag
Riechstag: New German Parliament at Night
(Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Berlin_-_Reichstag_building_at_night_-_2013.jpg)
State The District: Bird’s Eye View
State The District: Site Plan
State The District: Street Perspective
State The District: Entrance Perspective
State The Distrct: Site Section
Public Viewing Platform
Members Lounge Offices
Exhibition Space
Public Forum
Public Circulation
Exhibition Space
Exhibition Space
Offices
Senate
State The District Section AA 1:200
Public Forum
Cafe