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Hi guys and girls...
I've decided to post my bachelor from the very beginning and continue to do so throughout the whole process. I was given the assignment today, and will translate it for you during the day.
I guess I hope to learn from all of you guys comments, and constantly be able to discuss my ideas with capable sparring partners. So I very much hope you're all willing to participate with good and bad critics.
The title with a description, and a few pictures will be posted later...
Thank you...
The description
The assignment is to design a building, which can house the Roskilde Festival administration and their functions, AND be a significant trademark for the Festival. The building is to be placed on the southern part of 'Unicon valley'and is to be connected to the other side of the highway through a cross-over bridge.
Unicon valley is projected to be developed over a longer period of time, where the earliest faces will consist of using some of the existing builiding for misc. events. As a part of the first development process you have to establish connection across the highway, så Unicon valley will communicate with the festival areas on the other side, and channel a lot of the pedestrian traffic between the festival and the center of Roskilde.
The new headquarters for the Roskilde Festival is part of the first face.Therefor the building vil work as a kinda pioneer building for the whole area, which means it has no finished context to relate to. It has to work as an architectural and structural statement, which the later stages will have to relate to. The only given contextual frame is the highway, and the cross over bridge you have to build...
We should be emphasizing:
The structures placement on and relations to the area, in regards of different movements an accessibility.
To make the headquarters a significant trademark for the festival and the whole area.
That the access areas in the building are clearly organized and create a significant space/room.
That the communication between the different functions are clear and reasonable.
Terms and data:
The headquarters expected area is approximately 2.500 m2 spread like the following:
Offices/workspaces for 45 full time employes, with implementation of flexible office spaces and meeting rooms. All in all appr. 500 m2
Additional areas/offices/meeting rooms for 20 employes who rent the rooms. This part should have its own entrance, but should also be able to house the festival administration if it groes bigger. All in all 200 m2
Meeting room for big crowds (minimum 200 people), with the purpose of seminars and preparation for the festival. The room should also be used for eksibits and different kind of performances. All in all 250 m2
2 meeting rooms, each with the capacity of 10 people. All in all appr. 50 m2
2 meeting rooms, each with the capacity of 250 people. All in all appr. 125 m2
Cantina and kitchen facilities, which will normally supply 60-100 people. All in all 300 m2
The remaining m2 are to cover the necessary rooms for technical stuff, wardrobes, small kitchens, bathrooms, space for additional staff and of course hallways...
please excuse my english! :bang head
A quick setup I made from an aerial photo...
A really interesting place with many meetings of different tempo's, I think!
A quick setup I made from an aerial photo...
A really interesting place with many meetings of different tempo's, I think!
got the google earth kmz file?
got the google earth kmz file?
I'm trying, but could it be that I can't get close enough to really see anything? It's so blurred it's useless...
woooops. :)
thank you, michel! :cheers:
I'm trying, but could it be that I can't get close enough to really see anything? It's so blurred it's useless...
Roskilde is low res unfortunately... just a few kilometers from high res... no luck :D
Okay guys!
We've been working on our bachelor for a week now, and I would like to share my inital conceptual work with you in order to get some good feedback and discussions with you guys...
I'm aware the images are "a bit out there", but hopefully you comments will consider, that this is merely a conceptual face. On the other hand, you should by all means feel free to comment however you like. I'm interested in your input, and that's why we post our stuff here, right?
A few diagrams, some pictures of my scale models and a skippy will follow - enjoy!
jparchitectus
13-04-2006, 14:44
Do any of the older pushpullbar members from PPB1 recall a project very similar to this done by another member?
It was a great project with a the same bridge concept...you could almost implant that exact building here and get an A!
As a reference it would be great. I just recall something very similar posted here once before....any one remember?
It was a great project with a the same bridge concept...you could almost implant that exact building here and get an A!
Wow, you're fast JP! Guess it wouldn't have much value for me as a student trying to learn?! :wondering
But I would like to see it though if any stumble across a link or some images? Maybe I can learn from the discussions there...
Sorry for the missing surroundings! I know it's important to understand a project, but as a conceptual stage of the design, there hasn't been much to relate to besides the highway and it's dynamic.
The location is a huge old concrete development site, so there really isn't many buildings to relate to.
There is a technical gymnasium a litte vest though, but i haven't really linked it to my design yet...
imasayer
13-04-2006, 16:37
I would like to hear your ideas for addressing this problem, and maybe some discriptions of drawings before I comment. You are not giving us enough to go on here.
I would like to hear your ideas for addressing this problem, and maybe some discriptions of drawings before I comment. You are not giving us enough to go on here.
...okay
As of this moment We're developing the concept, and it's based on a few perceptions from the site.
The highway is the all-dominating reference from the site. It gives you a strong sense of direction and speed.
I want the site to have a building wich pulls this direction in and gathers it in a central point, which will distribute pedestrians and bicyclists across the highway and to the north, the east and the west of the building...
A kinda central nerval system, with passages running through the whole composition.
The whole thing is very absract, and preliminary as in terms of architectural value at the moment, since I've only just now begun studies of placing functions in different areas of the structure. Therefor I understand it's difficult to comment as a design.
I guess my idea was to post it in the "pre-design" forum, because it would be more interesting to look at it's "process" and "work method" at this point.
But I'll try to contribute with all of the ideas and thoughts that can be hard to express in images alone...
jparchitectus
13-04-2006, 17:48
Wow, you're fast JP! Guess it wouldn't have much value for me as a student trying to learn?! :wondering
But I would like to see it though if any stumble across a link or some images? Maybe I can learn from the discussions there...
That is exactly what I was meaning!
Maybe a better overview of some of the diagrams, that are dictating the directions in the structure. Basicly just very very simple transformations of lines laid out onto the location...
...and some very quick ideas of functions laid out in spaces generated from working with the volume scale model
Hmmm...I'm a little torn here thus far. The posting of your last diagram makes me think you might be on the right track but the previous images appear only to be sculptural exercises. While I understand you are trying to create an iconic structure you must also create iconic spaces. If you spend all of you time thinking about the form of your building you will miss the boat, so to speak. I would take a step back and really evaluate your interior environment at this point. After all you don't want the wonderful form of your building to be a series of undefined unusable interior spaces do you? Spend some time looking at your structure from the inside out. Not just gazing at it from a distance and giving the interior minimal thought. Great architecture is not only about iconic structure but, also about spaces that invoke emotion and are unforgettable. You've done a great job thus far, I would suggest just shifting to your interior environment.
@Brian T
Thank you for your comment... :)
You make a good point, and the next phase will definately be to section my way through each and every room and space to really understand what's at stake on the inside, and reevaluate the komposition from these studies.
I think the sculptural approach clearly derives from the methods and habits we've learned and adapted from our teachers the first 2 years. Working abstractly with plaster, clay and steel has been the approach of every project except our last (different teacher and urban planning)...
The difficult task is the translation from abstract form to architecture, but I guess the idea is to end up with interesting compositions and spaces, that aren't TOO planned. (If I understood my departments philosophy correctly?!)
...and yes! I'll have to work from the inside out the next period. This was merely the material for the first presentation, where we were to focus on placement and general composition.
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