The aim is to design an esports arena for the Academy of Arts University to host esports competitions, along with providing gaming stations. The arena should be open to the public along with Academy students.
The goal is to attract the SF public and promote esports!
SITE LOCATION- SoMa, or South of Market.
It is a vast, warehouse-filled district. It encompasses Mission Bay and South Beach, where the Giants play baseball at waterfront AT&T Park. Surrounding Yerba Buena Gardens is an arts center, the sleek convention complex Moscone Center and several museums, including the acclaimed SFMOMA. The area is dotted with upscale dining options and high-energy nightclubs. Area: 406 acres
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and the south facades would have to on artificial lighting.
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My design concept for the esports arena is ‘A walk through the enchanted woods. ’
We see a lot of fascinating and magical settings in video games, I am bringing these surroundings to life through my design. I want the guests to experience a magical world in real life before they enter the world of video games. They will feel like they are taking a walk through the woods that are under spell.
The esports arena will have a mystical and mysterious environment that will give its visitors a scope for exploration at every corner. To achieve this feeling, I have incorporated dark but subtle colors, wood finishes, organic & parametric forms, fancy lighting, and lots of plants!
PUBLIC AREA
SEMI PRIVATE- STAFF & VIP
AREA FOR PLAYERS
PRIVATE- ONLY STAFF EXISTING AREAS
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1. MAIN ENTRANCE
2. RECEPTION
3. MERCH & AWARD SECTION
4. LOBBY LOUNGE AREA
5. CONSOLE STATIONS
6. PC STATIONS
7. SEATING AROUND TREES
8. CAFÉ SEATING
9. BAR & KITCHEN
10. VIP LOUNGE AND VIEWING AREA
11. COMPETITION STAGE
12. SPECTATOR VIEWING AREA
13. RESTROOMS
14. STUDIO 1
15. STUDIO 2
16. MECHANICAL ROOM
17. CONFERENCE ROOM
18. PRODUCTION ROOM
19. BROADCAST ROOM
20. OFFICE
21. ENTRANCE TO THE TEAM LOUNGE/ ROOMS
22. PRIVATE RESTROOMS (GENDER-NEUTRAL)
23. TEAM LOUNGE
24. KITCHENETTE & SEATING
25. SILENCE ROOM
26. TEAM- CONFERENCE
27. TEAM- WARMUP STATIONS
28. TEAM- LOCKERS
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ENTRANCE
MERCH DISPLAY
CONSOLE STATIONS
CAFE BOOTH SEATINGS
ELEVATION A
BACK PASSAGE BAR
ELEVATION B
PASSAGE TO COMPETETION ARENA
LOBBY SEATING RECEPTION
PARAMETRIC WALL
GREEN
GLASS SPHERES @ CEILING
PENDANT LIGHTING
CEILING TILES
WOOD FINISH @ PARTITION WALLS
FINISH
LOUNG CHAIRS @ CONSOLE STATIONS
CARPET
CONSOLE STATIONS
WOOD FLOORING
@ COLUMN GRID
@
PAINT @ COLUMNS
WALL
WOOD PLANKS @ WALLS
MARBLE @ WALLS
FABRIC @ SEATING
CEILING TILES
FINISH @ COLUMN GRID
MARBLE @ WALLS
WOOD PLANKS @ WALLS
PAINT @ COLUMNS
PAINT FINISH @ BANQUETTE
BOOTH SEATING AT NIGHT
New York City’s rail and bus system is run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and is known as MTA New York City Transit. It’s inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and a great way to see sights throughout the five boroughs—and it operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All public transit buses are accessible to passengers with visual, hearing, and mobility disabilities, and some portions of the subway system.
Citi Bike is New York City’s bike-sharing system. There are around 24,000 bikes at some 1,500 stations, available 24/7 every day of the year. Biking in the NYC is good for the environment and can often be faster and cheaper than fuel-powered transportation. There are bike paths along the Hudson and East Rivers and on many bridges.
The easiest and quickest way to travel around NYC is by the subway. Subway trains operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Public buses are a scenic way to see the City and reach destinations not convenient to a subway stop. Mass transit is central to New York City’s efforts to become more environmentally friendly, and a growing number of NYC’s buses are hybrid-electric and electric models.
As a waterfront city, New York is home to an extensive ferry system that can get you uptown or downtown in Manhattan and across the rivers to Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, and New Jersey. The Staten Island Ferry, operated by the City since 1905, is a staple of many morning and evening commutes.
The idea is to get away from the stress of work and enjoy your life. Creating a culture of less things equals greater happiness will also apply to the design aesthetics of minimalism and pure material. Technology has altered our environment and everyday lives throughout the years. Multi-functional design features have been made possible by modern technologies. Our lives have also been easier, faster, better, and more enjoyable as a result of it. Including technologies that can assist in making life easier. Rather of focusing on materialistic possessions, we should concentrate on developing a deeper connection with ourselves, our environment, and nature. Our design should encourage people to do so. The incorporation of nature into the area gives a sense of calm and promotes mindful living.
Contextual architecture refers to architecture that reflects the forms, details, and regional qualities of a building’s surrounding landscape. It means relying on that setting to create a home that fits into its environment. At the COMMUNITY RIPPLES, we have blended our design with the Hudson River and continued its rhythm by abstracting the water ripples. The rhythm of the water is further translated into the skyscrapers by giving it a twisted form. This twisted form of the skyscrapers maintains visual connectivity with the River and the surrounding Manhattan.
• The main advantage of the site is the view of the adjacent Hudson River. Thus, the buildings are oriented in such a way that every part gets an adequate view of the river.
• Plenty of recreational spaces and open areas on the ground level create biophilic spaces with connectivity to the environment
• On-site energy is generated through solar panel terraces and wind trees.
• Green roofs and greenhouses work as warm places to go in the middle of gray winters in New York.
GREEN HOUSE
AND OBSERVATION DECK
APARTMENTS
SOLAR TERRACES
RESTAURANT, CAFÉ WITH GREEN ROOFS
PARKING
FITNESS AND WELLNESS
CENTER
RECREATIONAL DOMES
YOGA STUDIOS
AMPHITHEATER
SECONDARY ENTRANCE
PRIMARY ENTRANCE
TO THE SITE
SPORTS GROUND
EXTERIOR PINE CLADDING BY THERMORY
SunPower® SOLAR PANELS BY MAXEON PANELS
ADVANCED VEGETATIVE ROOF SYSTEM TRAY BY COLUMBIA GREEN TECHNOLOGIES
WasteBasedBricks®
BLACKPEPPER BY STONECYCLING
The Wind Tree is an asset that produces green energy while respecting aesthetics and urban development strategies.
1 Wind Tree with 36 turbines = 864 of coal/year = 41 fifteen-liter jerry cans of fuel/year
The Wind Tree is composed of 3 steel trunks that stem into tinier branches on which the 36 leaf-shaped wind turbines are attached. It can exploit all types of wind, from gentle breezes to powerful gusts of wind in both urban and rural environments.
Plant a Wind Tree amounts to saving the equivalent of 864 kg of coal or 41 fifteen-liter jerry cans of fuel per year
• Open to sky areas are in shade
• Covered spaces get enough sunlight throughout the year
• Glass structures absorb sunlight keeping the interiors warm
Connectivity to the outdoor environment
Organic shapes and forms
Plants in the interior space
Openness to the sky
Soothing, down-to-earth interior colors and materials
Abundant natural light
CONCEPTS FOR A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT
Green roofs
SKYLIGHT GREEN ROOF
WOOD CLADDING
BAMBOO
TEXTURE
STONE FINISH
CUSTOM DESIGN WALLPAPER FROM SPOONFLOWER
ANTHOLOGY WOODSREDISCOVERED REDWOOD
ALPEN HIGH-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
ZENITH SERIES FIBERGLASS
ATLAS CONCORDEPORCELAIN TILE
AURA CORK
YOGA MAT + PLANT FOAM
VIEW FROM THE ENTRANCE (MORNING)
VIEW FROM THE ENTRANCE (EVENING)
The intention is to make this café a
as the customers coming in will be from diverse settings and everyone should feel like they are at a place where they belong. The color palette is yellow, beige, and dark green. Yellows are warm, happy, enthusiastic, and lively, while beige tones are neutral and calming, and to have bold focusing spaces I have integrated dark green into the palette. Yellow is also used to stimulate appetite. A combination of all these colors will create a balance to the café and it will look inviting.
The color palette is yellow, beige, and dark green. Yellows
are warm, happy, enthusiastic, and lively, while beige tones
are neutral and calming, and to have bold focusing spaces
I have integrated dark green into the palette. Yellow is also used to stimulate appetite. A combination of all these colors will create a balance to the café and it will look inviting.
Wall paints are from Benjamin Moore’s interior grade with a VOC level of 1.7.
The banquette is upholstered with white fabric and the dining chairs are light green to have subtlety and make the dark wooden tables with golden base stand out.
The barstools are white so that, the countertop with dark green laminate with matte finish will be prominently seen.
I have used yellow and sand-colored wallpapers with patterns, wall paints, and yellow porcelain tiles for the kitchen backsplash. The wallpapers are eco-friendly, type II wallcovering, have class A fire-rated, PVC-free, and Forest Stewardship Council certified.
VIEW - BAR AREA
ceilings which and made with wood. They come system, trim, signed and tested Cell panels.
The window trims I have used commercial solar shades with ed on them. These flooring color, they as they have 4 types are not too bright
The sink faucet and dles have a shiny ing the ones with In the same way, mirrors have gold-painted
Waterborne ceilingPANELS are from Armstrong are easily accessible FSC certified Poplar come with a Suspension and accessories detested to work with Open is Benjamin Moore’s ceiling paint which has
trims are dark green, and commercial grade roller with the café logo printThese shades match the they block harsh glare types of opacities and bright on the eyes. and cabinet door hanshiny golden finish matchwith the dining table base. way, the hexagon-shaped gold-painted edges.
PERSPECTIVE VIEW - DINING AREA
AREA : 550 sq. m.
The project was to design a villa that adapts to a certain given climatic zone in India. The concept arises from the principle of FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION . The form development of the structure evolved from the aim of providing a joint family a house that caters to their daily needs and sustains them in the cold dry weather of Ladakh.
A joint family living in the cold and dry weather of Ladakh, India wants a house with comfortable indoor and outdoor spaces
To provide warm and comfortable interior spaces with using minimum electrical appliances.
The building is oriented in such a way that two faces of the façade are facing north and two are facing south. Typically a south-facing home gets sun for most of the day, and is therefore usually brighter and warmer.
Rammed earth is non-toxic, non-polluting and it ‘breathes’.
Method
Construction involves compacting the moist soil in a strong and sturdy formwork. Generally, the form-work is made using a wooden or steel frame with wood or plywood, or steel panels over it. Sufficient bracing and ties are given. Cow dung, lime, cement, etc. can be added for increasing the binding property. Different oxides can be used as color pigments. Pebbles and stones of different sizes can be used to provide a different texture to the walls.
Openings on the southward facing façade are wider so that warmer light can enter the house, and the openings on the northern façades are smaller so that cooler sunlight is prevented from entering the house.
A greenhouse stays warm inside, even during the winter. In the daytime, sunlight shines into the greenhouse and warms the plants and air inside. The glass walls of the greenhouse trap the Sun’s heat.
The mixture of soil is poured into the form-work unto a depth of 15 cm and it is compacted using the wooden rammer till the layer is reduced to 7.5 cm in depth. Then the next layer is poured, and the process continues till desired height is achieved. The form-work is opened immediately after the wall is complete and cured with water.
An airlock is a transitional space that has two doors in series to separate a controlled environment from a other room. The two doors should be interlocked to avoid being opened at the same time. The airlock room is provided as the main entrance to avoid the cold air from entering the living room.
• Airlock room to maintain the temperature in the living rooms
• Greenhouse
• Site surrounded by trees
• Thick walls of rammed earth
• Orientation of the buildings such that two facades get direct south light
SPACES INCLUDE
• Living room
• Dining area
• Kitchen
• Dry room
• Worship room
• 4 bedrooms
• Study room
LOCATION : Foot of a mountain range (Hypothetical)
AREA : 140 sq. m.
The café is designed using 9 shipping containers. The site being hypothetical is near the foot of a mountain range with a stream flowing in front. The containers are placed in such a way that they create a courtyard. Color scheme used is red and white, as a result it will stand out in the natural settings of the foothills.
• Using shipping containers to design a café.
• To provide proper spaces café, furniture that can comfortably accommodate in the containers, so that users have enough room to move about.
• To ensure light ventilation.
• Containers are small in width, so it is important to provide outdoor spaces around the café.
• There should be enough openings, so that light can enter and the users should not feel claustrophobic.
A courtyard is formed, which can be visible from the first level, and accessible from the ground level.
The vertical container is arranged diagonally to form a staircase block.
The final stages of execution include the following spaces to humanize the experience within the given space.
• Open space around the café
• Courtyard
• External staircase
• Bar counter
• Kitchen
• Washrooms
1. Entrance
2. Billing counter and Waiting
3. Entrance to the courtyard
4. Dining area
5. Staff entrance
6. Bar counter
7. Kitchen
The aim of the workshop is to integrate the digital design and fabrication methodologies and apply them to a public space in Hong Kong.
Public spaces as expression of human endeavor and artifacts of the social world are the physical and metaphysical heart of the cities, thus providing channels for movement, nodes of communication and common ground for cultural activities.
Urban spaces should be Equitable and Inclusive
The parameters of circulation and seating spaces majorly allow the zones to be subdivided
THE ZONES ARE OBSERVED FOR DIFFERENT TIME ZONES TO UNDERSTAND THE MOST USED SPACES
The tensile structure is designed in such a way that most crowded areas of the place are shaded during the day, while no view is blocked
• S ocial awareness should be created by looking at the proportion of spaces for different user groups
• Understanding how urban spaces can act as event spaces for community.
• Exploring how social activity can help in making it better for the livability
• Material and fabrication process
• Improvement in form finding and interlinking to the material testing