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This is a collage from Jacobs' book. The book promotes an almost volatile, effervescent city life of streets lined with mixed-uses that create activity at different times in the day which leads to a constant presence of users / inhabitants. All this makes for a diverse and vital city life where even though we are strangers we step out of our individuality and participate in the public life.
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This is a collage from Jacobs' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_American_Cities The Death and Life of Great American Cities] . The book promotes an almost volatile, effervescent city life of streets lined with mixed-uses that create activity at different times in the day which leads to a constant presence of users / inhabitants. All this makes for a diverse and vital city life where strangers step out of their individuality and participate in the public life.
  
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A website works 24/7 and is continuously evolving; e.g. a wiki page where the user is free to add content and to make it public worldwide. By taking the concept of hyperspace we propose a site which will permit a widespread and ever-changing spectrum of activities throughout the whole of the day. The site will be linked with an online website for booking activities, thus it will be continuously changing and allow the interweaving of human interaction (a lecture hall,  next to a performance space next to individual study-rooms, etc). This functionality will create a trace of human activity; a new user will have the option of seeing the previous activity and form. Just as time leaves a trace into a building’s physicality and identity,so will continuous activity leave a trace on the site. </div>
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A website works 24/7 and is continuously evolving (e.g. a wiki page where the user is free to add content and to make it public worldwide). By taking the concept of hyperspace and linking it with real space the site will permit a widespread and ever-changing spectrum of activities throughout the whole of the day. Thus it will be continuously changing and allow the interweaving of human interaction (a lecture hall,  next to a performance space next to individual study-rooms, etc). This functionality will create a trace of human activity; a new user will have the option of seeing the previous activity and form. Just as time leaves a trace into a building’s physicality and identity, so will continuous activity leave a trace on the site. </div>
  
  
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To extend the notion of an online social community by providing a user-customizable space that will enhance that community (through joining and participating in activities public or private). Thus the concept of [[project_C:Home| '''Spacebook''']]: (where) everybody can see the activities on the site, the users can join activities that are or will be taking place, create their new activities and (physically) link them with other activities. A new activity hive is born.
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For the '''first period''' we envision two major parties financing the building costs. One of them will be '''TU Delft''', the other party is the '''municipality of Delft'''. The interests of TU Delft are mainly focused on science, technology and innovation. Their ‘sponsorship’ can be done both with '''cash''' (paying for construction and materials) or '''investing in services''' (like providing knowledge and skills).
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Contents

"HOW CAN A SITE SUSTAIN ACTIVITY 24/7 ?"


THE SITE


Problems:

  • The site is devoid of human activity.
  • There is no landscaping or landscaping attributes (e.g. lamps, benches).
  • The lush green border around the site works like a fence during summer, it blocks the view inward and inhibits human presence.
  • The site is a vacuum in an area full of program.



CONCEPT STATEMENT


"...On successful city streets, people must appear at different times...or else parks will be used only sporadically...and this simplification of use - meaning fewer users, with fewer different purposes and destinations at hand - feeds upon itself...a kind of unbuilding, or running-down process is set in motion...the infusion would obviously have to result in the presence of maximum numbers of persons at the times when the district needs them most for time balance..."


This is a collage from Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities . The book promotes an almost volatile, effervescent city life of streets lined with mixed-uses that create activity at different times in the day which leads to a constant presence of users / inhabitants. All this makes for a diverse and vital city life where strangers step out of their individuality and participate in the public life.


The concept - proposal builds upon this.

A website works 24/7 and is continuously evolving (e.g. a wiki page where the user is free to add content and to make it public worldwide). By taking the concept of hyperspace and linking it with real space the site will permit a widespread and ever-changing spectrum of activities throughout the whole of the day. Thus it will be continuously changing and allow the interweaving of human interaction (a lecture hall, next to a performance space next to individual study-rooms, etc). This functionality will create a trace of human activity; a new user will have the option of seeing the previous activity and form. Just as time leaves a trace into a building’s physicality and identity, so will continuous activity leave a trace on the site.


See also:

Jane Jacobs

The Death and Life of Great American Cities



DESIGN CHALLENGE


To extend the notion of an online social community by providing a user-customizable space that will enhance that community (through joining and participating in activities public or private). Thus the concept of Spacebook: (where) everybody can see the activities on the site, the users can join activities that are or will be taking place, create their new activities and (physically) link them with other activities. A new activity hive is born.



01: ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE

Questionnaire results

An online questionnaire has been created. Its goal is to establish if there is user-demand on the site, what the users want and when they want to do it.

Having this information helps create an estimate on the spread of activities throughout the day.

Online questionnaire

Questionnaire results


02: INTERFACE FLOW CHART

The are future plans of making Spacebook a part of Facebook so to tap into the already gigantic user database.

'Interface Diagram'
Spacebook - Function - diagram



'User - Interface'

  • Spacebook - Interface, part of Facebook.

  • Spacebook - Interface, part of Facebook.

  • Scenario of user demands.

  • Spatial result of scenario.

See also:

E-booking

Computer reservations system


03: PHYSICAL SITE SYSTEM:

'Bubble System'

  • 1. A grid of points drive a network of inflatable "bubbles" linked together by a network of valves.

  • 2. The bubbles hold the roof & floor system.

  • 3. One of the point-bubble inflates. The local bubbles deflate.

  • 4. Roof has desired height. Roof structural nodes lock into place. Bubbles equalize and support the elastic floor.

  • 5. Possible section of created "site". Various open / closed spaces for activities.

  • 6. Axonometric result.


'Interaction of activities'

  • Site topography & interaction of activities.

  • Iteration 2.

  • The floor becomes the furniture.

  • Interior space result.

See also the progression on creating the site mechanism:

Guayamas Dome 2010

Industrial Dome

Memory Cloth (see min 6:00)

Shape-memory Flower

Variable Geometry Truss

04: ATOM SPECIALIZATION:

1. User Interfaces

2. Flexible / Kinetic Structures

3. Geometric Algorithm

STAKEHOLDERS

USERS

The users are anyone who has an internet connection and can physically access the site.

EXPERTS

Interfaces: Walter Aprile & Aadjan van der Helm

Structures: Michela Turrin & Andrew Borgart

Algorithms: Andrei Stoiculescu & Sven Hagemann

SUSTAINABILITY

We suspect the traffic around the site to be an untapped source for energy.

See also:

Mechanical energy

Energy of traffic flow

FINANCIAL PLAN

Spacebook Financial Plan

Contacts have been made with Karel Luyben, Dick van den Berg and Anja Stokkers to discuss the proposal and form a partnership with TU Delft.

Upon the discussion with Karel Luyben Wytze Patijin has been contacted.




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