Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Further development - how to work further with my fascination of the repetition of the building - working with the structural grid

Inspiration;




Sketches;




Conclusion of investigation; final distribution of the activities


After the systematically investigation of the distribution of activities do to different parameters; light, access, exposure etc. 
I have been able to decide where to place the different activities within the building.
Having the exhibition room in the low part of the building and in the left side to make it easy to access from outside and as well be exposed to the public as you will be able to look inside the room from the courtyard.
Having this placement of the exhibition room will also mean that there will be less natural light coming into the room which opens up to the possibility of having independently artificial light due to the different exhibition. 

Having the housing unit on 3rd. - 5th. floor in the right side of the building makes it very private as there both won't be any circulation of intruders and the space won't be exposed to the public. 

And having the more common room; the seminar rooms and the kitchen below makes it both accessible for the artists as well as the visitors for the two users of the building to meet.

At last I have decided to place the workshop on the top to make it possible to open to the roof and get an evenly natural light inside the room to create a good working environment.

And as this possible will be the place the artist will be using the most there both get privacy and the view towards the sea. 

Mapping the historical transformation of Prora



Friday, March 14, 2014

Visiting the atelier at Kunstakadamiet Aarhus

Double-high room in the atelier - common spaces; kitchen, seminar room and living-room

 One common room for all the painters but with individually small niches for each painter. 

Program - modelling


Different program of rooms on the different floors - from closed small spaces to a open space.
A transparent model to show relations between the floors etc. and with cuts to slide walls within to test different configuration of spaces. 

Intertwining - structural model 1:20

A model to investigate the possibilities of intertwining different floors and how this structurally and spatially will affect the building 
Program sheet - axonometric


A 4.5 km long building complex - transformation of block 5 - an abandoned building
A structure consisting of colums in a grid which I would like to have as my basis for my transformation
A transformation which both enhance the architects idea of the buildings with some very small cellars and the very significant repetition both in the small and large scale but also a transformation which dissolve this and create more open spaces. 
On the program sheet this is shown; closed, small cellars using the existing grid of the building, then a more open space with single walls which will create spaces for individually workshops/ateliers and at last a very open room for exhibition.