Circular Theme

The building to the left is known as the "black chapel" and is a very simple pavilion design I felt I could use as the base template for my building's structure. The circular design easily suits my brief as I must create a building that fits the roundabout's circle shape.

I feel that the black chapel's design could easily be duplicated and placed on top of each other in a variety of ways. This is what I experimented through the designs showcased on the slide. I plan to have 3 floors with my building hence the decision to have 3 floors on every design. I quite like the idea of having windows and may expand on the different shapes I could use for them in future experiments.

I quite like the connecting bridge idea that the kinder garden holds. It would work well with my building as the top floor could connect to a bridge that goes to the pavement or to another close by building.

The top section of the Sunflower Kinder Garden is something I feel is perfect as a roof for the top floor. It would act as small protection for the garden I would place at the top floor. I also like the use of pillars to support the roofs and stairs.

The building to the right is the Sunflower Kinder garden which I believe holds an interesting design, the way it spirals up around the centre. This is something I would incorporate into my building as having a spiralling staircase of some sort is an innovative way of going from one floor to another.

The use of glass and different materials is an interesting way to not only provide light to the inside of the building but also to create a sleek modern appearance for the outside of the building. I plan to use glass in my design and future experiments.

The building below utilises wood to create a very appealing and modern striped design that enhances the look of the glass panelling placed in between.

The abstract pattern placed in front of the glass window panels makes an interesting shape that divides the building neatly.

This building also contains a very unique and abstract window design. The glass windows pop out of the building more, curving and increasing the overall depth of the building

I implemented the window design of the building onto a roof floor. The birds eye view perspective above contains an interesting pattern of glass which would also be another way of letting light into the building’s top floor.

The piece of furniture above served as inspiration for the spiralling staircase I wanted to include in the centre of my building. I liked the spiral of the stairs as well as the doughnut shape of the table. In the middle of the staircase, I decided to implement a pillar which would contain a circular platform on the top. This space I felt could provide a unique area to place any greenery such as trees/bushes. The only downside to this is accessibility to the garden which would have to be solved using an elevator or another connected staircase/

Below is one example of how I would like to do a spiralling staircase in my building. Implementing the shape of the furniture to the left, I felt having platformed stairs is a great way of rectangular shapes to the building's design. I would like to combine circular and rectangular shapes to add depth as well as interest to the whole building.

Designs have 3 floors

All the designs below suit the circular theme I am looking for. They contain a circular-shaped base and top.

Using the utensils above, I decided to create varying shapes for the building's exterior. My favourite out of the 4 presented to the left would be the bottom left shape as it's not too complex and adds emphasis to the first floor. I do however like the designs which extend outwards in the top as it gives more space for the rooftop garden I plan to create.