Week 9 - Design Tutorial

Imagine yourself as one of future users of your proposed architectural entity. Identify all aspects of spaces and services and imagine how you would use and navigate between and through them. Draw sketches, make photo montage  etc. to begin considering these spaces in relation to your own body. In a typical architectural scale, you would be working with 1:5 - 1:10

The drawings I have included on this page are not at a scale of 1:5 or 1:10, but are mainly aimed at indicating some of the main ideas I would like to include in my design.

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Image 1 shows the reflecting and transference of light into the underground space. The section is no indication of the actual layout of the spaces underground but looks more at getting the light into those spaces. These areas underground will be large and open for community activities. There will also be other light shafts protruding off the main shafts to allow light into all areas of the underground spaces including peoples apartment spaces and the corridors.

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Image 2 looks closer at one of the community areas underground. The light will be reflected and transferred into the underground spaces and in those areas will be mirrored around the room to give the natural daylight feel underground. These reflectors will also be equipped with technology that will store some of the u.v. power and use it for lighting at night time. Allowing this light in will allow the vegetation to grow within the space and make it more like an outside environment.

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The image above looks at the possible layout of the residential apartments over the few floors. Lynches theory on adaptability states that different uses should be kept in different places. Being to specialized doesn't allow for change when it is necessary, therefore different housing types (singles, couples, families) should be kept separate from each other. As the walls will be interchangeable so they can suit different family typologies, it is important that the different sized walls and pieces should be grouped so that the don't put the rest of the pieces out. Like in the image below the smaller apartment should be kept together whilst the bigger family ones are kept together too. This also means that families can live with families and couples or singles live in areas where it is quieter with other couples or singles. 

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Image 4 shows the grouping of smaller apartments together and bigger family apartments together for better adaptability. This image also shows the transference of light through the corridors for natural lighting and vegetation, and the ventilation movement through the apartment spaces. The aim will be to ventilate and light the underground community like it would be above ground.

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Image above shows an indicative layout of apartments. The walls between apartments and the inter apartment walls can all be moved depending on the needs of the family, if the family moves and for new residents to move into. All the main furniture like benches can be moved around too, and a family may choose to bring their own furniture or use the general furniture.

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Image 6 shows an indicative sectional layout of possible apartments. People will learn to live in smaller spaces and as stated above, all walls between apartments and inter apartment walls, fittings and furniture can be moved, changed and customised. The lighting in the apartments and outside are powered from solar power.