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Revision as of 16:40, 11 October 2011
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Site Qualities
The site is an enclave in the campus. With it's own identity and bad connections to other campus elements the park is unable to indulge in to the active life around it. Surrounded by roads and disconnected by a wall of greenery the park isn't a inviting place.
On the inside the park has some good quality's. It has diverse vegetation, a nice view of open space and surrounding buildings and a good solar entrance. However, the most disruptive influences are sound, poor maintenance and the empty feeling.
(we should put pictures here)
Additional Information on Site Qualities
GPRS tracking devices mapped three different activities on the site.
Input > Output Actors <
In brief, actors could input their own information and desires of different programs to our building, our building will output relevant data and possibilities to them to meet their demands. The actors will have the ability to give feedback to the building again.As a result,an active loop of information exchange and interactivity between building and actors will be generated in the design strategy.
Client
Our site analysis did not indicate a strong desire for investment from clients which we pursued. We propose to have our own start up business. The TU Delft career centre helps students with a business plan for multiple actors, we realised that there might be the need for multiple clients. That is why we decided to start our business, so that we can have a direct relationship with the actors on site.
Funding will be provided by Venture Capitalist wanting to invest in new and exciting projects. This will cover the initial start up capital needed for the project. Maintenance costs will be covered by income when the site is used for large functions by companies or individual who want to use the site as an exhibition space.
Following diagrams illustrate a process of exploring the definition of a client and the reason why we make relevant decisions.
Experts
Specialist will aid the design and construction process. We have identified 4 fields of specialization:
TU Delft Landscaping Department - Will assist in how to create a flourishing space &(Susanna Komossa - Public realm)
Gallery Owner - In de Kunst (Tijn Noordenbos), & additional individual artist
Ergonomics of Structure - Industrial Designer, Andre Taris
Hardware- Construction and fabrication methods
Software- Grasshopper + Rhino Support ; Roxana Palfi (still to confirm) ; Arduino + Firefly : Online Forums
Business Strategies- Yes Delft, Delft Design
Experts - An expert on the possibillities to let elements move. - An expert on the materials, how do people relate and interact with different materials - Landscape/public space expert, when do people enter and use a public space - Gallery owner to look in to the needs of a gallery - Artist,to look in to the needs of a gallery - Software experts - Students what do they need to be atracted - Locals what do they need to be atracted - Science centre, what do they need to use the intervention - YES Delft, about starting a business and writing a plan - TOP Delft, about how to attract people and make money out of it - Delft design, about how to attract people and make money out of it
Experiment
In this experiment we tried to see the interaction between an element and user. In the Orange Lecture hall we made several set ups which the users were able to adapt to the experiment to suite their demands.
The different set ups we tried were:
- The open set up like it always is. People can only sit next to each other.
- A diverse set up with different ways to group the benches, the different distances between the opposing benches were tested here. Testing intimate space.
- A complete random set up with all elements spread through the area.
- An obstructive set up, here people are not provided with a logical seating place.
- An uncomfortable set up, we only used the wooden blocks and moved the chairs to the side.
conclusions:
- People are willing to make a bigger effort to have a comfortable seat.
- It is nice to have a diverse arangement of spaces, caters for larger user group.
- People will sit close to their point of interest (lecture, other person, nearest bench on approach, etc).
- People will adapt their use to the given situation.
- People only change elements when it necessary.
- When a object seems heavy or when people feel exposed or embarrassed, they give up early in trying to adapt the seating arrangement.
Readings
Christopher Alexander, Pattern Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_language
Tchumi vs. OMA
http://architecturalassociation.ie/pdf/BM_13.pdf#page=53
Urban Landscapes
http://www.rali.boku.ac.at/fileadmin/_/H85/H852/X_LArch_3_2009_090531_xlarch_all.pdf#page=132