This past week Unit2 engaged in a design workshop to explore
the spatial intentions behind our individual design intervention. Through
various short exercises we go to explore and express the spatial possibilities
within our sites.
The task(s)
Sketch Sections
The first task was to explore, in section, a key space
within our interventions and explore the spatial possibilities. This involved
looking at the relationships between the various spaces, the (vertical and
horizontal) planes and points that define that core space. The exercises were
very short to get us to make quick, intuitive decisions based on our findings
from site analysis.
Initial Sections through core spaces of intervention.
The task was quite helpful in pushing me to intentionally
consider, spatially, what my intentions are (in relation to the overall themes
I am dealing with.) Although at the
beginning of the task I wasn’t quite settled on what the functions should be, but
I considered the exercise as a tool to assist in that direction.
Open Recreational Spaces - Internal workshop and "making space" - Route and Interface between structure and outdoor workshop.
The core space I considered was a portion through what would
be workshops, related to other spaces of less activity (internally), as well as a route
through the intervention connecting various parts of the site, the building
thus acting as a gateway through the site.
Getting this idea across in section was a slight challenge, explored the spatial intentions in perspectives, making intuitive decisions as i go. These also furhther informed
the sections.
Sketch Models  |
| Initial Sections through core spaces of intervention. |
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| Open Recreational Spaces - Internal workshop and "making space" - Route and Interface between structure and outdoor workshop. |
From the sections, we were also tasked to explore the
spatial intentions through models informed by the sketches through a core
space.
Model 1
Exploration sketch model 1. Considering the intervention within its relation to the existing buildings, and the urban fabric.
In the beginning of the exercises, I found that I was considering the models more as massing, rather than expressing the spatial experience and the intentions behind them.
Model 2
To further explore the spatial intentions, I decided to consider the model at a larger scale.
Personally, considering the spatial experience in perspective was a helpful tool in exploring the possibilities.
Here I consider the spatial relationship between the intervention and the public realm, and what positive spaces are created.
The idea is that of a route through the intervention, the spatial experience being as of a gateway through the demolished sites.
Model 3
Further explorations began getting a bit more character after sketching over the previous models.
These models better express a sense of lightness, structure, and the relationship with the street edge and the public spaces on the previously demolished sites.
The intention is to have an increased scale in the intervention, while still being contextually relevant. With the sites location at the entrance into Fietas, the architectural intervention defines the threshold into Fietas.
While making these models, a slight challenge was to express the same spatial expression that I expressed in the sketches. This
challenge was better resolved through Part2 of the design workshop later in the week.
Personal reflections from the
exercise
I really enjoyed the push to consider the spatial intentions of my individual projects intentions. This exercise forced me to test the abstract ideas spatially, relative to the actual site.
I found myself going back and forth with the various
exercises. Considering the intervention from various perspectives, was helpful.
Allowing oneself to make the intuitive decisions
(without necessarily discarding the more rational ones) made me consider the
whole intervention with more creativity.
Model 1
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| Exploration sketch model 1. Considering the intervention within its relation to the existing buildings, and the urban fabric. |
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| In the beginning of the exercises, I found that I was considering the models more as massing, rather than expressing the spatial experience and the intentions behind them. |
Model 2
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| To further explore the spatial intentions, I decided to consider the model at a larger scale. |
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| Personally, considering the spatial experience in perspective was a helpful tool in exploring the possibilities. Here I consider the spatial relationship between the intervention and the public realm, and what positive spaces are created. |
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| The idea is that of a route through the intervention, the spatial experience being as of a gateway through the demolished sites. |
Model 3
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| Further explorations began getting a bit more character after sketching over the previous models. These models better express a sense of lightness, structure, and the relationship with the street edge and the public spaces on the previously demolished sites. |
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| The intention is to have an increased scale in the intervention, while still being contextually relevant. With the sites location at the entrance into Fietas, the architectural intervention defines the threshold into Fietas. |
While making these models, a slight challenge was to express the same spatial expression that I expressed in the sketches. This
challenge was better resolved through Part2 of the design workshop later in the week.
Personal reflections from the exercise
Although during the process I felt as though I had not settled on the spatial intentions, the exercises assisted me to consider what I really mean with some of my intentions.
In retrospect,I find that my intentions (spatially) seem to focus on:
- The idea of filling the spatial gaps made by the demolitions
- Spatial for connectivity and legibility through the intervention and adjacent spaces
- Giving Fietas a presence spatially as a part of the city, rather than a gap within the city.
From the exercise, I think I need to take a bit of a step back to consider what my overall urban drivers are.
These short exercises were followed by another short exercise with Tuliza Sindi
These short exercises were followed by another short exercise with Tuliza Sindi
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