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The site
Site plan.
Panorama view, position 01-South.
Panorama view, position 02-North.
People don’t use the site, because there is no reason created to use it. Since people don’t use the site it is deserted, giving people passing by an ‘unsafe’ feeling (there is nobody there to control or watch over)Analysis gave us the following reasons why people hardly visit the site: - The site has no program - There is no landscaping or landscaping attributes (e.g. lamps, benches) - The lush green border around the site works like a fence during summer - Very diverse programming around site, site is leftover space.
Concept
Our design exploration started with a question:
How can a site sustain activity 24/7?
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.
Thus the site will be continuously changing and allowing 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. Just as time leaves a trace into a building’s physicality and identity, so will continuous activity leave a trace on the site.
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Why
The site is hardly visited by people. This is our thesis. By using stop-motion animation gathered from the BK-city tower to capture the crucial moments of the week we will confirm our suspicion and analyze the level of usage in the site and traffic intensity.
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User
The user is the client. He has the options of choosing his desired activity and size of the space required by a system of online booking. Therefore the site will continuously "pay for itself" and generate profit.
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Interaction of activities
The following charts show possible interaction-scenarios during weekdays and weekends.
For proofing this scenarios, it is planned to create a questionary, which shows a scheduling demand of activities on the site.
A possible time schedule, during the week.
Interaction of activities, during the week.
A possible time schedule, during the weekend.
Interaction of activities, during the weekend.
Overlay of both weekdays and weekend.
An online questionnaire is being developed. This will allow continuous feedback on the various activities and their spread throughout the day.
User scenarios
Possible user scenarios:
The artist:
The mother:
The business-man:
The biker:
Design challenge
When there is no activity going on there is no building. In music silence is just as effective as sound; one might say that the absence of silence implies the absence of dynamics.
Site mechanism concept:
The site will be mapped as a grid of points which drive a network of inflatable "bubbles" linked together by a network of valves so as one bubble inflate its neighbors deflate.
Default state; the bubbles hold the roof & floor system.
One of the point-bubble inflates, the neighboring bubbles deflate; sum of air volume remains constant.
Roof system reaches desired height. Roof structure locks into place. Bubble air volumes equalize. Elastic floor becomes flat and is supported by the bubbles.
Possible section of created "site";various closed and open spaces for activities.
Axonometric result.
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Sponsor
The sponsor will be TU Delft. We believe that with the expertise and general know-how provided by the various departments inside the Faculty (Mechanical Engineering, Materials, Computer Science, Structural Engineering) and its financial resources we can achieve a desired result. Moreover this project will cement the Faculty's position as a world-leading research institute.
Sustainability
We suspect the traffic to be an untapped source for energy.
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