Photo galleries online again…

The last month I’ve had some problems with the internet connection to my server, making the photo galleries hosted on them unavailable. I got around to fixing it yesterday, which means the photo galleries are finally up and running again.

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Look at the size of that one!!!!

Humongous..

Collective efforts have finally made it possible to trace Michael Jackson’s white glove. My faith in mankind is restored. Ending world hunger next..

Space as Spacegenerator pt. 5: The Generated Space

The Generated Space

 
Circulation
The circulation plan was made from the volume model, and was inspired by the earlier sketches on an organic organisation of space. The circulation is linear in some places, looped in others. The main volume acts as a hub, with ramps that go from floor to floor.

 
Facades

 
Sections

 
Perspectives

 

Space as Spacegenerator pt. 4: Generating Space

Generating Shapes

The goal with the generated space is to show the potencial of the spacegenerator, by using it as a system to create a spacial structure, but also to show the possibilities of variation within this system.

 
Scale

The first step towards the generated space was to give the generator a sense of scale. The basic configuration of the light intake model was given physical dimensions, to see how the actual light transmission properties of the openings would be. Since the light has to travel through a tunnel-like shape that is quite narrow compared to the regular light openings in the structure, it was of priority to make the tunnels as large as possible. Since the height and depth of the intakes also affects their adjacent volumes, they could not be infinitely large, but a balance between light effect and structural efficiency had to be made.

My conclusion was that the light intakes should not be smaller than 0,8m in height, and that the depth shouldn’t exceed 5m. Otherwise they would become too insignificant in the structure.

 
Possibilities in the Section

A building structure that has its section divided in two, gives each room daylight from one side of the building. By displacing the rooms in elevation, the light intakes gives them light from two sides.

A building structure that has its section divided into three, will always have the middle room shielded from daylight. By displacing the other rooms in elevation, it becomes possible to send daylight into the middle room.

These variations of using light intakes that send daylight deep into the structure make it possible to design natural light-dependent buildings that have an increased horisontal dimension.

 
The Grid as Starting Point
Taking the previous findings into account, a grid of 3×6 volumes in 3 stories was the starting point for the generated space. Each volume was 6m x 4m x 3,2m.


 
The Hub
Some of the volumes were defined in an irregular pattern to act as the primary volume of the structure, where the vertical communication will be, and where all other volumes will be attached to.


 
Displacing Volumes
Volumes were moved/made smaller to accommodate the light openings, in a manner that assured that every volume had access to light from two sides. Some volumes were then removed to make outdoor areas.


 
Varying the Grid
The grid was pulled and pushed to vary the size of the volumes.


 
Joining Volumes
Volumes were added together to make larger volumes, and later scaled to further differentiate them.