presentation Reflection

Presentation Board

Final Presentation

My goal was to design a flexible, multi-purpose space, which is seamlessly integrated and caters to all needs. It was not just a building to facilitates effective different functions in the urban fabric but also creates a park where nature and architecture become one

The concept was transforming the steep landscape to a building for leisure, art, communal activities and living. It unfolded nature and art along the entire landscape as independent component.

concept growing stages

It is designed upon a desire to be a part of this city, its country, its culture and its people and use in the favor of public activity more rather than commercial and residential building.

The entire complex provides programmed spaces for the foreseeable future

Circulation: The building has multiple entrance ways allowing easy circulation for the people coming in. The visibility to the retail and food court has been enhanced by the use of a large passageway space which also serves as a mufti function area for other associated activities. Vertical circulation is organized with escalators increasing accessibility to all levels of the building.

section A-A

  

SECTION C-C

SECTION B-B

Temporary and permanent structure

The project’s structural elements extend from landscaping principles and integrate seamlessly into the surrounding environment which has permanent and temporary components. This feature allows the building to both adapt with social, functional and technological change and also be able to accommodate human needs. It is a dynamic adaptable building which could act as a residential space today and the next week would be a back packer hostel, exhibition or commercial center in the Paddington face.

Identity

This permanent structure gives an unforgettable identity to the building in Paddington while the temporary structure changes as a result of the ever-changing times. This is an important feature in the building as buildings house more than people and furniture, they contain memories, and when a building is demolished, these memories pass out of time, like the time my primary school was demolished..

HOSTEL 2025

EXHIBITION 2027

This permanent structure consists of retail space, a food court, a bar, car park, a dance floor and social activities in the ground floor and lower levels, serves the various temporary functions

It is a comfortable place in each level to sit protected from the mid-day sun and strong winds, or having BBQ.

Auditorium

Auditorium was located at a point lower than the rest of the building. The plan shares the passageway with a space to be able to adapt to changing conditions of use. It become the symbol for large and small cultural events and concerts in the Paddington area which offered its beautiful surroundings. The position was ideal because the Auditorium was at the end of the building and then all the people come together in this .

It was a great place for the outdoor activities for a variety of events, even the weekend markets with the retractable roofs which provide a shade that is similar to cloud cover.

AUDITORIUM

The passage way occupies between two parts of the building, it is the liveliest space. It is open a large way which has strong relationship with the city but also preserved from the traffic

An atmosphere with all the social activity and movement create a fluid and evolutionary area. People could have profile in social activity area on the digital wall or could use a gift wall for selling their ideas. They could use this profile to do the online shopping and have an identity in paddington central.

While people are dancing on the floor, pressure is converted into energy by the sensors on the floor and the converted energy can be displayed on an interactive screen.

Totally, it is an area you could spend hours and hours there without being tired or board. They could do the shopping easily while having drink or meal, dance or make a sculpture.

WK 11 - Tutorial

Transferring a concept to a Physical Model

Concept is inspired by counters which is followed by the mass

Concept

Planning

I was planning is based on the natural topography of the land.

The overall plan is very sensitive to the site`s topography, respecting natural  ridges.


Green Arrows show the views.

Red Arrows and hatches show the people movement path.

Ground Level

Level one ( Official and Educational Area)

Level two ( Residential Area)

Visual issue

Cameron was advised that the building is not visually in contact with people scale in facade.

For finding the solution he offered a sunroof, balcony or designing something (Refer to below Sketch) to disconnect the vision of building hight to make the inspire visually comfort.

The below picture is illustrating the pathway under the brigh which connect the retail to the food 
court in under ground level.

Exercising the Morphology

WK 11 - Lecture Reflection

In this lecture I found the architecture art from very small scale to the very big scale.

It was several points which were very important in this lecture.

Community

It was interesting to me the responding of architecture design to the particular community and how it was affected by various elements like political, social and ... elements. Maybe the most important part of this lecture was this expression "social motion of community engage". It takes me to consider how people would feel about the communal area that I am designing in my project.

Then He presented the Greece Pavilion which had the same function of my mixed used building. it shows the brilliant integrated of different kind of building: educational, retail, Dwelling which gave me some ideas to how blend the activities and beside that, some ideas of matching the scale of the dwelling area and retail to simultaneously work properly.

Interpreting the Past

I found out that my design should be connected to the past and future like a sequential hierarchy. It means I should deal with history of the Paddington Area and consider to somehow be relevant to the future of that area.

The sense

The Senes???  The entire sensational elements of the building like: light, sound, temperature should be under the consideration of the designer. In presentation ,It was showed the photo (below) that how a designer could connected the people sensation together.

Process

It was showing how the physical model can help to the exploration of the physical space which gave me the idea to make the physical model which would be attached later.

WK 10 - Tutorial

In this tutorial I realized that I missed some of important points in my design procedure which I am going to expand them below .

Point One: Unorganized space connection 

Cameron advised me to list area of the required spaces, then put them in the organized arrangement  in order to catch the best spatial relation and connection as a diagram. That would be convert to volume of the building in the next several steps.

Drawing by Cameron - Tutorial week 10  5/10/2012

Point tow: Missed educational space the week 9 spatial diagram and expand parking area

I was wondering to set the library in the last level , however Cameron recommended it would .... with residential area which is not a correct circulation.

Point Three: Sun direction consideration

In residential part I was facing with the direct light from north side which would be annoying during the summer when sun is in the highest position. In order to solve this problem we find the solution which illustrated in the black circle below.

Research on sun position at site

http://www.sunearthtools.com/dp/tools/pos_sun.php

Look at the sun position in Summer and Winter (10th of June)

Sun Declination in Summer (10th of December) and Winter (10th of June)

Shadow Study

Point Four: Missed the building Volume 

I was Advised by Cameron to start make a simple physical model, could be a peace of paper which fold or curve to provide better understanding of the shapes,volume and connection of the building.
Probably I will make the topography model for having the levels first, , then I will go through on shapes and connections.

WK 10 - Lecture Reflection

This Lecture has four Key words which should significantly implied in architectural design sequence:

Engaging, applying, exercising and realizing 

I could extract some points from her slides and presentation which take my attention on the procedure of  creating a concept and then convert it to the reality.

• How she analyzed the site and illustrated in the different aspects: environmentally, economically and ... .

• Being creative in  planning, diagramming and listing the spatial needs and details. ( Look at the different diagram below)

Creative diagram of Light, ornament, views and site

Specific Detailing

Diagram of views and people movement

• Various elements which could help a building to cooperate with the society successfully

• Implied various architectural software to present her concept comprehensively and give a good understanding of that to the client.

• Zoomed out and in while she was working in a project.

Zooming out and in & Exercising

• Documentation of the project procedure.