Component 2

Component 2

Nicole Amusa-eke

CONTENTS

• BRIEF+SPECIFICATI ON

• LOCATION

• TRANSPORT

• SECONDARY RESEARCH

• DEVELOPMENTS

• SECONDARY RESEARCH

• DESIGN RESEARCH SKETCH IDEAS

BRIEF+ SPECIFICATION

OVERVIEW

Google's new London headquarters building/King’s Cross Campus development KGX1 site sits between King's Cross Station and the King's Boulevard in London N1.

The purpose-built 11-storey building comprises more than 1m square feet of space The building, designed by Heatherwick Studio and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) will feature a natural theme where all materials are sourced through Google’s healthy materials program.

The office floors will accommodate 4,500 employees, gym and pool, a multi-use games area, an Events Centre and staff training facilities. At roof level, landscaped terraces and a walking 'Trim Track' will provide outdoor amenity and recreation space for office workers and their visitors

The Events Centre will be on the first and second floors, and Town Halls, four smaller event spaces on the ground floor. These spaces, along with foyers, pre-function and support spaces, are all connected by stairs and a lift so that they can operate independently, or together to host a single event.

The Zone A Building will include two levels of basement. The basement areas, which include disabled car parking (4 bays) for the office functions (no on-site parking is provided for retail use) and loading areas for servicing the office and retail space will be accessed via an existing vehicular access ramp from Goods Way, which connects to the existing Shared Service Yard, which services King’s Cross Station

My aim is to create a building that was inspired and created by sustainable materials during the whole process such as:

• Straws

• Plastic cups

• Boxes etc.

• I chose this location because it was where the current google UK building is currently at, so I thought this was a good starting point. The location is close to Kings Cross station, so it was convenient as well.

KING'S CROSSKGXI

King's Cross is a big rail station where trains from all over the UK and Europe stop. The area around King's Cross is filled with squares and gardens, and there are lots of shops and restaurants here The Coal Drops Yard complex is where some of London's most expensive stores and restaurants are located The station is also home to many offices of big companies from all over the world. King's Cross got its name from a statue of King George IV that was erected at the crossroads outside the train station. The statue was short-lived, however, and was quickly demolished nine years after it was erected. This is because it is hard to change old habits

As a result, the area near King's Cross retained the name

SITE : The area that I've chosen is a site near King’s Cross station as well as near local shopping districts and Universities

ORIGIN :

The area where the London Underground stations of St Pancras and Kings Cross are located used to be a part of a large parish called Battle Bridge. The name comes from an ancient bridge that crossed the River Fleet The original parish church, St Pancras Old Church, is located behind the stations

• I have marked are where I would be placing my building using the yellow highlight

1830-1840 DEVELOPMENT

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• The name "Euston" is derived from a monument that was built in the 1800s at the "king's crossroads" where New Road (later Euston Road), Gray's Inn Road, and Pentonville Road met.

• The architect was Stephen Geary exhibited a model of "the Kings Cross" at the Royal Academy in 1830

• The unpopular building was demolished in 1845, though the area kept the name of Kings Cross

• The King's Cross St Pancras transport hub links six London Underground lines with two national mainline rail stations and international high-speed rail. This means that you can easily get to the UK's major cities.

• I tried to focus on the efficient movement of people around the area. I also wanted to touches all aspects of city life such as economic development, quality of life, social equity and public health.

Transport Map

Humanitarian

Open Map

Standard

DESIGNBRIEF

PARAMETRIC ARCHITECTURE

My chosen style is parametric architecture. Parametric architecture helps define the features of a building, such as blending complexity and variety. This rejects the idea of a utilitarian building where all the features are the same. Parametric architecture shares features with other types of architecture, such as urbanism, interior design, and an architectural wonder The idea is that all design elements are interdependent and adaptable.

Gallery of golden moon

Using the layering of the shapes I used the idea to create a new idea for a model

DESIGNRESEARCH SKETCHIDEAS

METROSOL PARASOL

The idea is to represent solid shapes as linear as a linear approximation to that shape. It is like when mathematicians use are to approximate the area of a

The structure consists of six parasols in the form of giant mushrooms, whose design is inspired by the vaults of the Cathedral of Seville and the fiscus trees in the nearby Plaza de Cristo de Burgos. The Seta's are organized in four levels. The underground level (Level 0) houses the Antiquarian, where Roman and Moorish remains discovered on site are displayed in a museum. Level 1 (street level) is the Central Market. The roof of Level 1 is the surfaceof the open-air public plaza, shaded by the wooden parasols above and designed for public events. Levels 2 and 3 are the two stages of the panoramic terraces (including a restaurant), offering a view of the city centre.

I like how the parasol looks like it is made out of 2D sheets which are stacked and creating a 3D look. Also, what I like about this structure is that it has a lot of tourist attractions due to the complex architecture. It has a simplistic contour shape which I would like to explore.

National Museum of Qatar

The use of oscillation designs can be seen throughout the design plan of the Qatar museum. The use of the design gives the illusion of the room being bigger than it actually is, which also sets the theme building design.

A contour line is a line drawn on a topographic map to indicate ground elevation or depression. A contour interval is the vertical distance or difference in elevation between contour lines. Index contours are bold or thicker lines that appear at every fifth contour line.

I drew a sketch of several contour lines that would give an approximation of what the shape would look like then I tried to make it 3d to create a parametric frame.

I started of with a basic sine wave to give an approximation of what it would look like. Then I filled in the gaps and created the sine wave as a parametric feature.

I wanted this feature to be used a wall or roof design in an in interior or exterior spaceof a building. I have seen this sort of design on walls and spaces of a building.

Using the previous slide, I chose to study the Walt Disney Concert Hall because it has a lot of curving and free flowing forms that work together well. The Architects inspiration for this building was the sail that flows in the wind on boats.

My purpose of studying this was due to the free-flowing forms that the building has making it a site that has a lot of organic design through the buildingsstructure.

The Marques de rascal has a lot of inspiration due to the blending of the elements that curve together to create the entrance The Architect refers to the colours of the building as colours of wine due to the titanium pink panels and the gold in the building emphasis the Marques bottles.

Furthermore the overlapping element of the design creates a building that stands out by itself in the environment My reason for studying this building was for the flowing and curved forms of the architecture.

Anthony Gibbon uses sustainable materials arranged in simple and geometrical shapes to bring his astonishing visions to life, challenging what we thought we knew about architecture. His ability to innovate while marrying nature, individuality and function is truly what makes his work one of a kind.

BASIC FORM SKETCHES

I want to develop my understandingof this buildingand similar structure and be able to learn and develop them into my ideas.

• Using my previous idea I used a paper model to highlighted the contemporary part that I found that I could expand with and used it to a rough sketch of my ideas using random papers and wires.

Side view 2

Side view 4

Side view 3

Side view 1

Paper model 2 :

• Using cardboard and foam I created my sketch u model on a smaller scale to be able to see to understand the people to buildingratio. I use little plastic mannequin to be able to size my buildingproperly.