ARCH 1202-PROJECT2 [CONCEPT DESIGN]

I started this project with thinking about the merit of coal loader. I believe that the merit of coal loader is not only the structure and scale of the space, but also the environmental role as a habitat for natural fauna that had lived in residential areas. Especially, the third and fourth tunnels have been known as significant habit for more than 200 bats. So, I tried to avoid the big change of internal space. However, the long length of tunnel, 180M, would be a boring journey for visitors, and I decided to place the exhibition areas in centre parts of the space.

 

At the first time, the wet and dark atmosphere of the site reminded me to think about Piranesi’s work, THE PRISON. The Prison is the series of the drawings that explains going through each related huge spaces. It might be sometimes dreamlike or confusing. From this idea, I wanted to make the internal space like the prison which is not only for the appearance, but also for the way of leading experiences. Firstly, I chose timber and concrete materials to create heavy and gloomy sense of spaces. After that, through using bridges and narrow pathways, I created a series of spaces in second level which will provide the series of experiences in order. Furthermore, the small openings will create the dramatic sense of space through providing narrow and dim light into the ground level.

 

The strong characteristic of platform is contrasting view of both sides- urban view of west side and domestic view of east side. Firstly, I wanted to create several separated spaces to provide various experiences into the site. For this idea, I employed the various levels into the space which will provide natural separation of the space as well as allowing circulation in every direction. Then I placed below pathways going through all parts of platform, and it will help to people to move around the spaces such as the artificial garden area in left above side of platform, natural bushland spaces in right above side of platform and external experimental art space in below centre area of platform. Furthermore, I tried to make the site disability friendly. So I employed the ramp to connect platform and tunnel.   

 

 

 

 

PROJECT 2 [DOUBLE HOUSE]

[PARTB] PRESENTATION

[PARTB-1] VERTICAL CIRCULATION

The main point of Bordeaux house's circulation is vertical movement. There are 4 kinds of vertical circulation which are mother, father children and guest's circulation (left stair: mother, lift: fathat, center stair: guest, spiral stair: children). The main reason why I chose this topic is that the vertical movement has the strong relationship with koolhaas's basic concept of this house. Basically, this house is designed for a husband of the couple who is not able to move around without wheelchair, so Koolhaas wanted to design this house for him to access every part of the spaces. Therefore, through these 4 elements of the house, he provided the possibility of movement. Furthermore, the interesting part of an architectural element is the lift. In this house, the lift plays a important role such as an elevator, a part of spaces (living room, office, bed room) and a step for taking the books from bookshelves.

[PARTB-2] OPENINGS

The circular openings on 3rd floor of Bordeaux house have the 4 levels with different angles. Basically these 4 different positions and angles are provided according to the program of the room. These various angles with the heights allow the possibility to see the diverse and panoramic outside view from one position. For example, if a man lying on the bed, there are 4 windows in an angle that allows the man to see outside. Furthermore, these extraordinary windows provides a dreamlike sense of the space on third floor. I tried to show the lighting work of the spaces of Bordeaux house through this model.

[PARTB-3] PRIVATE & PUBLIC SPACES

Basically, I divided the building as 3 parts which are void spaces, private spaces and public spaces. At the beginning of the research about public and private spaces of bordeaux house, I recognized that these spaces are strongly related with the use of materials. For example, first and third floors which show the strong and heavy material such as concrete. Furthermore, cavelike spaces on the first floor protects the views from the outside. Especially, the thickness of the concrete walls on the third floor provides the impossibility to look the inside from the outside. Through this model making I tried to shows that the heaviness and thickness of materials as well as helping to readily understand the position of private and public spaces.

 

BORDEAUX HOUSE [1:50 MODEL]