One week to go until the sketch design presentations. My progress up to date includes a lot of diagrams, sketches, plans, sections, analytical diagrams and exemplar research. All of these drawings are compiled in my sketch journal which I will soon scan, and upload the key sketches from it.
However, over the past few weeks I have developed the general form and arrangement of my 'theatre'. I have also explored various interactive opportunities inside and outside the structure itself. To describe it for the moment without the help of diagrams - my scheme was to have a suspended theatre (with restaurant, bar, gallery, ticketing facilities) however, due to servicing and also access requirements and practicalities, I decided that some part of the centre/facility needed to be located on the ground level of the wharves. And so I have two wings/parts to my theatre which are one pavillion on the ground between the archway, and the other suspended from the bridge, on the river side of the arch. A slanting elevator (see image below of the eiffel tower elevator):
will connect the two pavillions.
The reason for the slanting elevator is the same as the reason for the angle in the structure/design of the suspended pavillion - it follows and incorporates into the structure and angles of the story bridge.
This morning after the design tute, the things which I will continue to develop and reason out are:- finalising and prioritising the planning (i.e. ensuring heirachy of spaces is reflected in plans with important spaces getting larger areas and prominant placement)
-creating a subtle connection between bridge and pavillion - physically they are connected but making the architectural connection more sublte (i.e up until now, the pavillion was suspended with angles steel beams which were incorporated into the structure of the pavillion but this appears a mimic of the bridge's structure and so I need to find a balance between a subtle gap as if the pavillion is floating and also linking in some way to the bridge - which I will maintain by keeping the angles in the design, whether it be in the cladding, edges of the form or some other element.)
- Though the suspended pavillion was more organic and the ground pavillion more rectangulinear, I must ensure they are still obviously related/share some basic similarities whether they be organisationally, or materials or by form. It is to be one piece of architecture.
The sketches I am currently working on are finalising the form of each pavillion and hence finalising the floor plans. Uploaded sketches coming soon!
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