DAB810: October 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

110 Design: Building Floor Plans

1 Foyer

2 Information Desk

3 Cycle Centre

4 Workshop

5 Bathrooms

6 Locker Room

7 Restaurant

8 Waiting Area

9 Office

10 Staff Room

11 Security

12 First Aid

13 Control Room

14 Platform Entry

15 Shared Platform

16 Cafe

17 Kitchen

18 Bus Lane

19 Light Rail

20 Storage

Underground: Bus and Train Platforms

Underground Circulation: Connection space

Building 1: Cycle centre, cafe, bathrooms, offices, waiting and information

Building 2: Waiting, information and bathrooms

Building 3: Restaurants, Bathrooms, info and waiting

Thursday, October 27, 2011

108 Design: Facade Experimentation

The technology behind the facade:

The facade system will require a pattern that works like the above image - it needs to be able to completely close (to help block out the western sun) and completely open to allow sunlight entry throughout the day.

The form of the design should be reflected in the facade. Below are some experiments of patterns - the final image is the chose system as it is a completely enclosed and seamless pattern which compliments the buildings form and its clean nature

Sunday, October 23, 2011

107 Design: Forms within the Site

Aspects which still need to be looked into:

Landscaping - Capital hill
Facade experimentation
Model the underground and figure out the light access in more detail
Furniture within the roof
Bus entry design

106 Diagrams: Plan Development in Secondary Structures

Site Planning: Building 2

Space Planning: Building 2

Site Connection: All Buildings

Form Experimentation: Building 3

Form experimentation: Building 3

Planning in the Office Space: Building 1

105 Design: Form Development

104 Diagrams: Designing in Plan

Aspects to be considered in Micro Scale

Entry to Information and Waiting zone
Access to platforms to be at the South end of the building and must have light entry from above
Bathrooms to be accessible to all - Cycle Centre, staff and other users
Retail (food) to be easily accessible

103 Design: Experimental Forms

These forms were the basis that lead to the final design form - the idea behind these were to have a building that the users can walk on top of reminiscent of parliament house.

The first ones were going to connect via bridges but this was later decided to be changed to underground connections to reduce the visual impact of the site.

This is the decided form - the buildings roof is seen as one with a flexible nature (acts as a roof and circulation point - people will also be able to sit within the roof form)

102 Diagrams: Design Elements and Concepts

The main design ideas are reminiscent of WBG's master plan and Parliament House

Maintained views
Enhanced views
Triangle concept

101 Design: Experimental Idea

This idea was about using parts of the design to frame views of canberra when entering Civic or approaching Parliament house

100 Diagrams: Site access in Section and Plan

The next step was figuring out how the access points will work underground and how it will receive natural sunlight. Below the transit centres there will be a second layer which will be the main access points - with lifts and escalators - also secondary waiting points in which the users can look down and see the light rail and bus systems in use.

099 Diagrams: Site Planning

After discussing last week Natasha that the site was too spread out I have re-considered my site plan to try and keep everything together therefore reducing the circulation from one point to the other.

I first looked at putting the busway to the side using the entrance off vernon circle as the major entry - this complicated the paths in which the bus can turn to navigate the rest of Canberra. I then looked at the option of having everything in the piece of vacant land inbetween the two roads - this option again would be extremely difficult for access and unsafe for users as the roads either sides have 3 lanes. The final option was to have the buses underground aswell as the light rail - this option seemed to be the most logical aspect as it is less dangerous, less cluttered and allows for ease of access.

This diagram shows how the underground platform system will work within the site. Entry for the buses will be down lower in vernon circle. There will be 3 entry points - 1 either side of the road and one on vernon circle (this will help create a public space for the iconic capital hill) The buses will exit before the main cross road to allow for ease of turning and different bus routes. It should be noted that the existing bus system currently runs along this path also.

These diagrams show how the circulation within the site could work. The third diagram will be used as it allows for maximum use of the site reducing the need for angled platforms.

Friday, October 21, 2011

098 Exemplar: Railway Control Centre / Moreno del Valle Arquitectos

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Aspects to consider from this building:

Form - clean
Use of material for light entry - and light box at night time
Use of space

Architect: Moreno del Valle Arquitectos
Location: Albacete, Spain
Client: adif
Lead Architect: David Moreno del Valle
Project Team: Daniel Vazquez Míguez, Arquitecto; Borja Martin Melchor, Arquitecto; Antonio Pascual Ciudad, iccp; Jose Zamora Garcia, Aisin Simarro Levia
Quantity Surveyor: Mariano Oviedo Oviedo
Engineer: Javier Ruiz López, Jorge Alvarez Garcia, Francisco Garcia Fernandez, Carlos Díaz Palacios
Construction: Thales
Project Area: 2,031.13 sqm
Photographs: Fernando Alda

“…wise as the serpents, simple as the doves” (matthew 10:16)
The building is categorical on its implantation, an auxiliar plot nearby the albacete station railways. The proposal gets presence without stridencies, with discretion. The building has to solve a multiuse program, it also has to be a very symbolical landmark. This independent volume integration has allowed its distribution on the plot, in relation with its nearest surroundings; the highest block is situated in front of the railways, and now it’s been a referent from every point of view. the rest of the blocks, lower from the first, establish a relation with the rest of the technical buildings and help to reorder the area.

Text provided by Moreno del Valle Arquitectos.