Studio 3 Water & Art Instructor Graham Livesey Fall 2020
ABIR BIRANI
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIBRIUM 1.0 Equilibrium is a multi-functional structure located along 17th AVE SW in Calgary, Alberta. The structure contains therapeutic pools, therapy spaces, and indoor and outdoor art galleries that are submerged into garden spaces throughout. Relative to art, wellness, and water, the program of the building provides spaces for social interaction and personal reflection. Using vegetation and gardens throughout the building acts as a barrier to reveal and conceal private spaces (pools) from public spaces (galleries/exhibits). Nature is incorporated into the building to provide stress relief and submerge users into surroundings that contrasts the built environment.
rooftop green space + outdoor gallery
multi-media gallery washrooms gardens + open space classrooms
change rooms
sauna interconnection + gallery
warm pool cold pool
garden + open space
therapy rooms aromatherapy + sound bath washrooms
office + staffroom garden + open space washrooms cafe office garden + open space juice bar exhibit
cad-block.com
cad-block.com
cad-block.com
cad-block.com
BATHS ART GALLERY MIXED GARDENS
water treatment plant
SHARED
shipping + receiving office art storage
walk through gallery therapy garden roof top
room
therapy
classroom
art storage
open garden
art storageopen
cafe
baths walk through gallery garden
garden cafe
(washrooms behind)
open garden
open office garden
cafe
open garden
NOOR NOOR (Arabic): light/glow Noor is a contrast to the typical organic form of nature. The first inspiration for the design comes from Arabian light fixtures that cast geometric patterned shadows on surfaces. The second being, sunlight patterns that shine through natural elements such as trees that create more-free form patterns.
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PROGRAM + CONCEPT EXPLORATION The architectural program consists of elements such as, materiality, wellness, creativity, and gardens/green spaces. The design offers various spaces, such as art workshops for paint, fiber, pottery, galleries and exhibits, and community-based resources. The gardens will wrap around these spaces allowing for an immersive experience that encourages social interactions, mobility, discovery and exploration. Painting explorations of these components help connect the form and program to one another. In an attempt to understand these spaces, light and level explores where voids and openings can allow for minimal or maximum sun exposure to the gardens, as well as where the materiality of wood, glass, and vegetation can be used to offer different experiences and various space conditions.
social interaction
natural elements (gardens)
management (reception + offices)
community (therapy + education)
mobility exploration
concept
OUTDOOR
exhibitions + workshops (art + creativity) gallery
COMMUNITY
EXHIBITION
GREEN SPACE
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tropical garden juice bar (50sqm) juice bar (50sqm)
galleries (500 sqm)
shipping + receiving (100sqm)
office
subterranean garden
classrooms (300sqm)
administration/office suite (100sqm) office
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exhibit (500 sqm) reception
outdoor garden
reception
workshops (400sqm)
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cafe (100sqm) art storage (200sqm)
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indoor + private
collab
aroma therapy water floating
collab
collab body therapy
body therapy art therapy
art therapy
level + light
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EQUILIBRIUM 2.0 As an iteration, Equilibrium 2.0 aims to explore how users connect to their natural and built environments. By using material local to the ecology it encourages users to explore and discover elements of the building. The subterranean level houses therapeutic spaces such as massage rooms, sound baths and aromatherapy rooms. As the user passes through the main level they are able to interact with one another through the outdoor gathering spaces and gardens. Galleries, gardens, workshops and classrooms are designed on the above ground floors to create immersive experiences as public user exploring or as a private user taking a workshop or class. Through elements of materiality, wellness, gardens, and art, Equilibrium’s purpose is to aid in the wellness of the Calgarian users by having a building that is friendly, encouraging, and exposes us to natural elements that aid in our wellbeing.
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CALEB DERKSEN
THE ACROPHOBIC PLAYGROUND
CANDICE CHEAH
A DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF OMNISCIENCE
A /SITE/SIGHT/ ANALYSIS
Project Summary Through the examination of work by Richard Diebenkorn and Larissa Fassler, a series of paintings were created as a means of analyzing the site given for this studio - a set of parking lots situated along 17th avenue in downtown Calgary between 15th and 7th street. Theoretical aspects of this studio were largely informed by Alex Wall’s essay ‘Programming the Urban Surface’, which raises a number of urban themes such as mobility and access, the inhabitable surface, and waiting for appropriation. In the following paintings, three lots located between 11th and 10th street were analyzed. Mobility & Access examined networks and nodes of intensities. An Inhabitable Surface examined dynamism within the space. And finally, Waiting for Appropriation looked into past and potential future uses.
MOBILITY + ACCESS
AN INHABITABLE SURFACE
WAITING FOR APPROPRIATION
IN SPACE Project Summary ‘Delicate Bodies’ is a hanging light fixture that takes inspiration from ‘kintsugi’, a Japanese form of art that involves repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer. As a philosophy, ‘kintsugi’ treats the process of breakage and repair as significant in an object’s history, a notion that resonates with my previous research for this studio, in that vulnerability, flaws, and imperfections should be embraced. This idea of ‘kintsugi’ is translated by patching cellophane paper wrap onto tissue paper, thereby emphasizing its delicate and fragile qualities.
DELICATE BODIES
12th st 16th ave
12th st
16th ave
SITE PLAN
17th ave
17th ave
Project Summary ‘A Drink from the Fountain of Omniscience’ is a multi-use building that houses therapeutic baths, various art galleries, and both indoor and outdoor gardens. Taking inspiration from courtyard typography and buildings that are simple, pure, and monolithic in form, all of which are characteristics found in several contemplative and meditative spaces, ‘A Drink from the Fountain of Omniscience’ speculates on the journey to wellness and explores how architecture can act as a multi-sensory vehicle for change. By beginning their journeys with the descent into the subterranean, users are forced into spaces of vulnerability. However, they are also encouraged to reflect upon their experiences and to delve deep inside themselves to uncover these aspects of vulnerability and ‘un-wellness’ as they traverse through the building and before ultimately, ascending up to ground level.
A DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF OMNISCIENCE Wellness as a Journey
Acceptance Clarity
Descension
The Unwell (Vulnerability)
Management
The Well (Transformation)
Exposure Discomfort
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Contentment
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Support Fear Introspection
Anxiety
Humiliation
CONCEPT
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
SECTION
SECTION
PHYSICAL MODEL
ELEVATION
SUBTERRANEAN LEVEL
GROUND LEVEL
DANIELE ORSINI
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Wellness: Biophila & Exercise
MEN'S CHANGE ROOM
OFFICE 1
WOMEN'S CHANGE ROOM
OPEN TO BELOW
SECOND FLOOR ABOVE (SHOWN DOTTED)
FITNESS CENTRE
SECOND FLOOR PLAN 5m
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10 m
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION BUILDING SECTION 'A'
Wellness: Biophila & Exercise
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10 m
YOGA STUDIO
Wellness: Biophila & Exercise
Wellness: Biophila & Exercise
INIOLUWA ADEDAPO
TR(I)MMERSION
Painting on Flow and Surface
Model on Phalanges Project
Title Model Study on Thickening
Title Model Study on Movement
Title Model Study on Impermanence
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Light Fixture: Exploring Art and Mood Therapy Through Light
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InteriorRender RenderofofSubterranean Nature AtriumBaths Interior
3D Model of Tr(i)mmersion Building
Tectonic Section Showing Atrium and Bath Relationship
Exterior Render of Tr(i)mmersion
Maria Grygoryeva
Creating Sanctuary Creating Sanctuary
Subterranean Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
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1. Water Treatment 2. Change Rooms 3. Change Rooms
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4. Cold Pool 5. Sauna/Aromatherapy 6. Hot Pool 7. Warm Pool
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1. Shipping 2. Washrooms 3. Lobby 4. Spa Reception
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3. Open to Above
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Open to Above
Open to Above
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5. Box Office 6. Washrooms 7. Bar B.O.H 8. Juice Bar
1. Classroom 2. Washrooms 3. Gallery 4. Therapy Room
5. Therapy Room 6. Therapy Room
Plans
Meander The first iteration of the wellness center design focused on mental well being and drew inspiration from the movement of water, especially the way water can carve away and erode natural landscapes to form canyons. This project will attempt to create a sanctuary for the modern city dweller to encourage a sense of mental well being. By creating spaces that are immersive and introspective, inhabitants will be encouraged to look inwards and to take the time to prioritize their emotional needs.
Longitudinal Section
Baths Render
Scandare The second iteration of the wellness center re-imagined how the programme and structure could accommodate a new concept of spirituality and transcendence. Traditional notions of sacred geometry were used to create pleasing proportions throughout the design of the building. The interior organization of the structure uses the Fibonacci series to create a gridded system that focuses on proportionality and zoning of spaces. A processional framework is also considered in the making of the plans to create a ritualistic passage which takes the visitors through each of the facilities.
Upper Gallery Render
1. Outdoor Garden 2. Entry/Reception 3. Drinking Fountain 4. Water Treatment 5. Storage 6. Indoor Garden 7. Indoor Garden 8. Galleries 9. Butterfly Garden 10. Meditation Chambers 11. Offices 12. Shipping and Receiving
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Procession Diagram
Ground Floor Plan
or Plan
N 0 5m
Sections
10m
20m
Galleries Services
Garden
Services
Baths Exterior Render
South Elevation
Zoning Diagram
MAUREEN CARRIGY
a space outside of reality
a jux taposition in form that collides the stereotyped office structure [reality] with the unbounded + undefined form of the cr yst al [surreal]. as one progresses upwards, reality dissipates + becomes increasingly unstable until the boundary between reality + surreal is completely lost. t h e u s e r w i l l a r r i v e a t a f a m i l i a r p l a z a + l o b b y, r e m a i n i n g in realit y until check-in. realit y begins to blur as they trade their clothes for a blank canvas + they begin their ascent into the blurred garden: a vertical maze of experimental flora conceptualizations. the route the user takes through the garden is unique, perhaps finding a direct route through, or perhaps exploring all the variations. a cafe + lounge offers a moment of rest at the pinnacle of the blurred garden, allowing the user to reset their mind + body before fully submerging themself into the surreal. within the immersive dreamscape galleries the user ’s unconscious mind can be quietly opened and the dormancies within the self can be discovered + embraced as the first step in ones journeys to wellness.
a space outside of reality
[ u n ] w e l l n e s the journey towards wellness requires achieving a state of harmony between the mind body + soul in its entirety. it requires the courage to expose oneself through determination to reach + identify the dormant potentials, the unknown somethings that reside within the soul. the subconscious mind quietly influences and informs one’s personal philosophy + identity throughout the lifetime, but a person might not understand what these ‘somethings’ are. to be well, one must reveal the unknowns within, the dormant ‘somethings’ that lay beyond the reaches of the conscious psyche - deep within the subconscious mind + embrace them so that the unconscious mind + conscious mind can become synchronized + achieve a state of harmony as one. but how does one reach these unknown + inaccessible places of the psyche?
surrealism provides the vessel for exploration into the unconscious mind. the surrealist approach allows for a unmediated + nonsensicle manifestation of the unconscious thought + interpretation. the distortion + anti-reality constructs of surrealism allows the soul to let go of bias, expectation, + perceived answers to reality so that the soul can quietly open + make sense of the world through irrational form. surrealism allows for the exploration of the soul without the plague of rationality, sensibility, or the burden of straight forward, concrete, or explainable answers one might think are required. surrealism provides access to a blurred dimension creating the opportunity for the unconscious mind to reveal the dormant properties + allow for new discussions to arise.
Miriam Navarrete Herrera
Level 8- Event Rooftop Level 7- Multimedia Gallery
Level 6- Gallery 4
Level 5- Gallery 3
Level 4 - Gallery 2
Level 3- Gallery 1 Level 2-Administration / Washrooms
Level 1- Garden/ Gallery Lobby / Clasrooms
Level 0- Café / Juice Bar / Access
Level -1- Baths reception/ Office Area Level -2- Therapy Rooms / Washrooms Level -3- Bath Area and Steam Rooms
Front View - Section Front View – Section 1
Sketches Front View – Section 1
Front View – Section 2
Program Diagram
Interior View- Pedestrian Access Front View – Section 1
Model Studies Front View – Section 1
Surface Illustrations
Miriam Navarrete Herrera Intermediate Architectural Design Studio
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Street View
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Main Floor
Site Analysis
Roof Floor 1.
Lobby Access
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Access to Exhibition Area
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Exhibition Room Access
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Delivery Access
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Exhibition Room Exit
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Roof Garden Exit
View- Exhibition Rooms
View- Bath Area
Section 1
Section 2
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Plans
OBINNA EKEZIE
AQUEOUS ARCHITECTURE
Aqueous Monolith culminates my research on wellness, the therapeutic qualities of water and how water can influence architecture. It intersects water and design to provide a phenomenological experience by exploring the idea of water and the garden. The formal qualities of the architecture was partly driven by the idea of the Chora. It poses the question- how can a piece of architecture in serving as a host and receptacle for water allow itself get deformed willingly? The site strategically borders 11th street, 16th and 17th avenue, I responded with what I believe is a unique piece of architecture that offers spaces for play, renewal and relaxation. The floor plans were designed to ease vertical circulation between dry and wet areas. Stages of Development
The formal explorations considered transparency, void spaces, deformations on the building skin as inspired by water and the various water activities. The circulation plan recognizes the traffic incidence on 17th avenue. The problem was solved by routing vehicular pathways to the 16th avenue facing side of the building while maintaining pedestrian access through all sides of the building.
Roof Terrace/Garden/Observatory Sky Gardens Water Slides Lazy River
Underwater Restaurant/Rain Room/Aquarium Service Floor On Level 13 Botanical Garden Water Playground Swimming Pool Baths and Changing Rooms Restaurant and Cafe Exit Podium
Entrance and Ticketing
Exploded Axo Showing Program Composition
Title Longitudinal Section
Title Cross Section
Axonometric View (Facing 17th Avenue)
The Baths on 17th, the first stage of the studio investigates wellness architecture by creating a unique bathing experience. The program attempts to blend the existing buildings, services and adjacencies with the new program by posing and answering the questions ; how does a building effectively blend with its landscape in an inseparable marriage? how do buildings positively transform their pre-existing context as they extend into their surroundings? and how do we design today looking to the future while still responding to the specificity of the site/programme? The subterranean baths were designed to evoke transcendency, an asylum space, tranquility, and a place of refuge. In being located below the city surface, the spaces are buffered from the 17th Avenue noise and traffic incidence.
Longitudinal Section
Cross Section
longitudinal section
Public Yard for Seasonal Public Yard for Seasonal Markets/Parking Spaces Markets/ Parking Spaces
Model in Context, facing 17th Avenue
Exploded Axo showing the Public Yard
Amara, a light fixture, was built from recycled parts. It is about re-imagining and re-adapting existing conditions to read new meanings. Some of the design considerations in its conceptualization were ease of assembly, weight, ease of installation, scalability, interoperability and translucency.
Design Logic and Construction Process
4.2cm
Vellum Wrapper Foam core board Stiffeners
Design Considerations
42cm + Bottom Horizontal Stiffener to be removed after form setting
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Ease of Assembly Weight Ease of Installation Scalability Interoperability Translucency
IKEA E26 600 Lumen 5W LED Bulb
Structure
Void Geometry to create functional space for lamp holder and for bulb fixing
Structure + Electrical Components
Proposed Object
17cm Design Logic
Construction
Hanging in a Space
Title
Ligthing Effects/Affects
RICA MIGRINO
REGEN
PHASE 1 - KICKOFF The objective of this mini-project is to design a space that is representative of our personal definition of wellness. KICKOFF is an architecture that explores the balance between the emotional, physical, and mental dimensions of wellness by providing spaces that allow activities under these dimensions to flourish. The final iteration of models demonstrate the fluidity and lightweight elements that the work intends to achieve through the development of the final project.
FLOOR PLANS
PAINTINGS
FINAL MODELS
PHASE 2 - FLORA The lighting fixture is a project that embodies the research presented in Phase II of our studio course. My reearch entails the switch from personal explorations of wellness to the communal level instead. With this, I explore the neighbourhood of Sunalta to which I learn that their community garden is a space that brings their community together.
PLAY
LIVE
SUNALTA
LEARN
RESEARCH - COMMUNAL WELLNESS
CONCEPT DEVELOPTMENT
FLORA SUPPLEMENTARY WORKS
PHASE 3 - REGEN The research question in the previous section is: how can the role of water foster healthy relationships at the community level? REGEN is a response to this as the architecture uses the theme of water to drive concepts such as live, learn, and play and will inform the projects’ programmatic conditions. It aims to address the current challenges faced by the community of Sunalta such as food insecurity and lonliness by providing a space for food generation and community gathering.
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REGEN is a set of four vertical towers where vegetable gardens occupy the top half while aquariums occupy the bottom half. The design is driven by the technical process of aquaponics. Aquaponics is a cycle process in which the waste of aquatic animals like fish is used as fertilizer to supply nutrients into the plants and in turn the plants provide purification and oxygen to the fish.
Robin Vindum Whitteker
SESNSORY ARCHITECUTRE
Urban Rhythems
Urban Patterns
Cracking Surface
Illumination
Apature and Curvature
GALLERY
HUB
Project 1: Upper Level
CAFE
GIFT SHOP
HUB
GALLERY SECONDARY SPA FACILITIES ACCESS YOGA SUANA (GENERAL) SUANA (WOMEN ONLY)
Project 1: Ground Floor
HOT AND COLD POOLS GYM
Sectional Model
CAFE & GALLERY ACCESS GALLERY
HUB
HUB
ENTRY
COOL POOL
ADMIN
ENTRY
WATER TREATMENT POOL MECH
SECONDARY SPA FACILITIES ACCESS
SUANA (GENERAL) SUANA (WOMEN ONLY)
Project 1: Lower Level
Project 1: Rooftop Render
Project 1: Circulation
SPA FACILITIES ACCESS
OUTDOOR GARDEN
OUTDOOR GARDEN
HANGING GARDEN
Massing Study
Sensory Program Design
Upper Level Ceiling Plan
Adjaceny Conncetions
Section Looking East
SAM BARIL
RESTORE
VERSION 01: RE-CONNECTION
REFLECT
MOVEMENT
F6
F4
VERSION 02: - RESTORING THE NATURAL
F2
PERMEATE
ASCENT
CULTIVATE
ENGAGE
MULTI-SENSORY
STEVIA HATZIKIRIAKOS
A SENSORY SPACE
Street view
Section
Ground Floor Plan “Entry & Maintenance”
Roof Plan
Floor Four “Auditory Gallery”
Floor Seven “Feel Garden”
Model Study
Model Study
Sectional Model
Model Study
“Bioluminescence”
“Bioluminescence” Macro View
Process
YUANYUAN GUAN
THE ROCK
About the Rock The Rock is rehabilitation center with the integration of water and art therapy. With the high complexity of our nowadays society, personal wellness is inseparable to city wellness. It is believed that individuals will make healthy choices by creating a healthy community. Having common goals in being wellness, the community should be inclusive and try its best to provide equal access to resources for every member. Moreover, with the ongoing pandemic situation, our various daily-life spaces are facing an inevitable change. It is now the worldwide interest to re-think of our ways of being social in a public space. This project took the current pandemic crisis into account. The project tried to address the current interest in post-pandemic design through the implication of one-way circulation. Moreover, the form of this building’s exterior and interior are made to reinforce the local cultural identity. Interesting space are made through the exploration of this form.
Sectional Model
Forming Diagram
Water Community Green Other
Programing Diagram
Interior Render
5th Floor
4th Floor
Exterior Render 3rd Floor
2nd Floor
1st Floor
Basement