Saturday, September 22, 2012

WEEK NINE LECTURE: ARCHITECTURE AS AN ASSISTIVE DEVICE



Mvrdv., 2005. KM3: Excursions on Capacities. Barcelona: Actar. pp36-45


Architecture is a device

Architecture provides protections (means to defend) and opportunities (means to progress)

Protection from natural environment, other people and their intentions, social obligations (weather, conflict, privacy)

Provide opportunities for making, using, thinking, reflecting, learning, selling, buying, presenting, watching, sharing, collaborating


Sunday, September 16, 2012

WEEK EIGHT: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT



Research into the types of spaces the user community might need in my scenarios. Taken from the book "A Pattern Language" 





WEEK EIGHT: SITE PLAN 1:500- 1:1000






WEEK EIGHT: EXEMPLAR

Busan Opera House Winning Proposal/ Snohatta
Maximising community space... utilising and creating a rooftop environment