Tuesday, 4 June 2013

PROJECT 3- Ideas and Development

IDEAS AND DEVELOPMENT. 

I'm finding it a bit hard to wrap my head around the brief and always seem to be forgetting certain aspects of it. As a result, I have decided to compile a list of requirements, a list of areas that need more development and a list of ideas that i have for the building and various spaces within it. I'm hoping that this will help me to clarify what is required and help me to further develop the project in a more structured manner. 

Requirements from the Brief:

  • A group of flexible spaces that will be for the community use of pop-up workshops, teaching, retail, exhibition and events. 

    1. THE WORKSHOP
    • 200 sqm  
    •  Room for hire for teaching/making workshops focused on hands on craft. 
    • Work benches
    • An inventive solution to supply services to the work spaces- power, water, lighting etc
    • Provision of natural light and ventilation.
    • Ability for a full black-out for presentations
    • Opening to the gallery that merges the two spaces together
    • Access to the loading dock
    • Access to bathrooms
         2. THE GALLERY
    • 200 sqm
    • Display of retail products or objects produced in workshops
    • Infill such as shelving, podiums and other inventive solutions
    • Large entry threshold that controls access to the whole building 
    • Access to bathrooms and storage
    • Opening to the workshop
         3. ANCILLARY SPACES
    • Bathrooms- as required
    • Storage- as required
    • Loading dock that may acts as overflow to the workshop
    • 30 sqm retail tenancy- Cafe 
      • Indoor and Outdoor seating
      • Ability to fully open and close securely when not in use
         4. MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS
    • A material for the skin
    • A material for the openings
    • A material for infill

    IDEAS FOR THE INTERACTION CENTRE. 
    • Easy access to all spaces
    • Sub-tropical, climatically sensitive design
      • Lots of natural ventilation
      • Correct orientation
      • Shading devices
    • Interesting and innovative use of different materials 
      • Natural and man-made
      • Traditional and modern
    • Make the most of the site
      • Views
      • River front
    • Connect the building to the site
      • Connection to proposed parkland
    • WORKSHOP
      • Traditional materials
      • Timber 
      • Concrete 
      • Corrugated iron
      • Outdoor courtyard deck space
    • GALLERY
      • Modern materials
      • Open plan
      • Concrete
      • Glass
      • Views out
      • Outdoor gallery space

    ASPECTS THAT NEED DEVELOPMENT.

    • Built form
      • Spatial layout and siting
      • Overall volumetric shape of the building
    • Materials
    • Openings
      • How will the workshop black out?
      • Will openings be habitable spaces?
      • Materials
    • Infill
      • Innovative solutions
      • Materials
      • How do they affect and shape the spaces
    • Access and Circulation
      • Stairs?
      • Main entry point
      • How do people move through the building?

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