Resolving the Floor Plan

The following diagram is my quick sketch to show what we have come up with so far.

The sketch below is our initial concept for the floor plan. It is hoped that the non-program space can be used to expand the general program space(the space below the foyer) as well as helping as acting as seating for the aerial silks area or even as additional space for the life drawing classes. 

This is our further dishevelment of the design. We feel that the foyer/admin must have a higher room which looks into the general performance space to act as a sound and lighting room for performances. We have also tried to allow for outdoor seating for the aerial silks and having a cafe near the front to draw people in. 

The following sketch then is my 3D interpretation of how the spaces might look together. We thought it could be quite interesting if the wall of the aerial silks could be lifted during a performance so that the people in the cafe can watch and that the people walking past the space can view the performance and get drawn into the building.

The sketches below demonstrate how we took the concept of folding down and sliding from the original folie in order to help us create an adaptable space within this building. Also the top diagram shows a concept for how to expand the life drawing classes through the borrowing of space within the aerial silks by the use of a room sliding out of a slightly larger room. The bottom diagram demonstrates how I have imagined our general performance space to be. I came up with this concept and the group liked it so we have decided to incorporate it as we feel that this will allow us to successfully create a highly adaptable general performance space. We have set it out on a grid and each square within the grid can be set to varying heights, allowing the space to be flat, flat with a stage, have a stage and seating on risers. We have also considered either portable seating being used within the space, or cushions being kept in a cupboard in the floor and set out when the grid is set out like stairs in order to create seats.

From feedback with the tutor we need to further investigate the space and fit our building into the site instead of letting site positioning become an after thought.

Inspirational Video

This is a video which we found as a group which encapsulates what we are currently picturing our design to be like. We would like the building to be adaptable and have numerous openings and ways in which the building changes.

Kafka Centrum, Kinetic Architecture by Jorge Fontan. Accessed 29th May, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCMoLWVEe44.

Working with Models

For the next activity our group had to work on models to help us come up with a form for our building. Within the group we decided that we would each come up with seperate models and then compare those and chose the better one's to develope.

With my draft models I thought as the folie was quite cubish and geometric, our form for our building should be the same. Here is a diagram of my initial idea about the form and arrangement of spaces.

Idea 1

In this model I have arranged all of the spaces around the non-programmed public space so that the non-program public space can use the other areas at different times. In this way the non-program space can incorporate numerous sections of the building. The class spaces are seperate so that two seperate classes ac be on at same time, or they can open onto the non-program public space and became a larger class space. I was also thinking that the two outer walls of the aerial performance space could open so that pedestrians walking past the space can view the aerial performance or other performance which is happening. In this way pedestrians are drawn to the building from the paths in order to continue to watch a performance. 

Below I have included two additional views of this model:

Below is my second idea for our building form:

Idea 2

This building model features a similar arrangement to my first model but includes an entry foyer and the shape of each of the spaces in the building has changed. 

Idea 3

My third idea was base on the geometric forms used in Leonardo Da' Vinci's drawings of the study of the human form. I used the square in a circle and then took the diagonals of the square in order to accurately position another square and circle up on the right of the first. Each of the spaces created by these intersecting lines was then pulled up at varying heights to create what I feel is an interesting form. 

 

The above image shows the base of my building. The images below show the building form from varying angles.

 

Inspiration for Final Assessment

One of the concepts our group looked to as inspiration is the suitcase house and how in this building Gary Chang makes the most of space with his innovative design. Below are some pictures of the suitcase house.

I like how different parts of the house such as the bed fold out and then the space on top of the bed can be used when the users of the space are no longer in bed. 

Google Images. 'The Suitcase House'. Accessed 15th May, 2012.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbnid=UH76vKpVCZsIDM:&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/14613819%40N00/favorites/page4/%3Fview%3Dlg&docid=aZeJ6gAymih7ZM&imgurl=http://farm1.staticflickr.com/60/183217129_0f4c78156e_z.jpg%253Fzz%253D1&w=640&h=480&ei=VLaxT9rzH4jzmAW3uN2RCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=288&vpy=170&dur=599&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=144&ty=87&sig=107497021095081221256&page=1&tbnh=149&tbnw=197&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0,i:100

I like how he doesn't waste space, he only uses what space he needs for each particular activity.

Google Images. 'The Suitcase House'. Accessed 15th May, 2012. 

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbnid=DHhSb3GEbWRD9M:&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/12581780%40N04/2360573879&docid=gdCYaFdUh8LILM&imgurl=http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2311/2360573879_a55807a109_z.jpg&w=480&h=640&ei=VLaxT9rzH4jzmAW3uN2RCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=498&sig=107497021095081221256&page=2&tbnh=145&tbnw=137&start=18&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:20,s:18,i:156&tx=46&ty=92

Google Images. 'The Suitcase House'. Accessed 15th May, 2012.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbnid=OHqkIZ9BhTCHKM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ballofdirt.com/media/11959/167222/782337.html&docid=8Rb1xUNIGepfcM&imgurl=http://ims1.ballofdirt.com/view/e3c06725ec767688ca2276b616505b21d9a717cacb40e9d6e7db0ea94104409afb6b40c7e44f042657423e0fd357e11fdbbe0ff1219acd66&w=533&h=400&ei=VLaxT9rzH4jzmAW3uN2RCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=477&vpy=47&dur=4100&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=139&ty=148&sig=107497021095081221256&page=3&tbnh=141&tbnw=187&start=43&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:43,i:198

Another inspirational building which my group investigated was the Wyly Theatre by REX. This building is a performance theatre and was inspirational in the way that the performance space adapted to suit numerous types of performances with varying amounts and set out of seating.

Google Images. 'Wyly Theatre'. Accessed 15th May, 2012.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?um=1&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=610&tbm=isch&tbnid=F6QVrBeeTfhZbM:&imgrefurl=http://architectbaron.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/flexibility-invention-and-artistic-freedom-wyly-theater-by-oma/&docid=ZpCEGhrQ3k0nFM&imgurl=http://architectbaron.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dzn_the-dee-and-charles-wyly-theatre-by-rex-and-oma-5.gif&w=1000&h=800&ei=UbmxT4GSCsbGmQXyw9mqCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=490&vpy=139&dur=1075&hovh=201&hovw=251&tx=182&ty=104&sig=107497021095081221256&page=1&tbnh=121&tbnw=151&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:74

Google Images. 'Wyly Theatre'. Accessed 15th of March.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?start=232&um=1&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=610&tbm=isch&tbnid=4j3tTTPJwh3_pM:&imgrefurl=http://andyzheng.net/projects/wyly-theater/&docid=yQ1CuIB0siG44M&imgurl=http://andyzheng.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Wyly-Theatre_2.jpg&w=880&h=570&ei=cbqxT6L4LbHzmAW-iYGtCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=265&vpy=285&dur=1211&hovh=181&hovw=279&tx=139&ty=114&sig=107497021095081221256&page=10&tbnh=109&tbnw=169&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:232,i:159

Google Images. 'Wyly Theatre'. Accessed 15th May, 2012.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?um=1&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=610&tbm=isch&tbnid=87DZfIO6nss2vM:&imgrefurl=http://www.architectmagazine.com/cultural-projects/dee-and-charles-wyly-theatre--at-t-performing-arts-center--dallas.aspx&docid=eQGK8d9QGEc15M&imgurl=http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/DeeAndCharlesWylyTheatre1_tcm20-778854.jpg&w=339&h=375&ei=UbmxT4GSCsbGmQXyw9mqCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=112&vpy=244&dur=1457&hovh=236&hovw=213&tx=129&ty=149&sig=107497021095081221256&page=1&tbnh=130&tbnw=116&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0,i:98

The Wyly Theatre places the administration parts of the building below the performance area and all four sides of the performance space can be opened as well as various seating positions explored hence allowing numerous performances to occur within the one adaptive space. This enables them to rent out the space when it is free and earn more money for the building. 

Final Assessment for the Interim Report

Once I had compiled our drawings and animations within a powerpoint and prezi file, our group met up in order to go through and finalise the final preseintation. One or two slides were changed in the powerpoint, and some of the ordering in the prezi was changed in order to more clearly demonstrate our ideas in the preseintation. Below are the edited slides:
On the following slide section lines and labels have been added.

On the following slide titles have been added:

On the following slide the pictures have been changed. 

On the following slide an animation has been added:

The reworked final prezi has been included below: