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Revision as of 14:49, 3 October 2011
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Site quality's
In front of BK-City (Delft) lies the "De Vries van Heyplantsoen". In this park we are given the freedom to design an intervention to improve the given situation. By improving the (qualities of) site we try to let more people enjoy and experience the site. The goal of our proposal is to have more actors populate the site. In this way we make sure the qualities of the park won't get lost in time. By attracting people we add new/different qualities to the park -through an intervention which is able to adapt to the different needs of all the users. Simultaneously we will try to enrich ourselves with the Hyperbody way of thinking. The exact goals can be found under the Mission.
Pros and Cons of the Site
Positive factors:
1.It is a buffer zone (or bridge) connecting the BK City and Science Centre
2.Plants are are diverse and well maintained
3.It is a nice open space
4.Near the inner city
Negative factors:
1.Entrances are too inconspicuous to attract people's attention
2.Excess plants block the penetration of the vision and affect the accessibility
3.Lacking of hard pavement and plaza for people to stay
4.Benches are in very bad conditions
5.Most space are enclosed with plants,lack of open space
6.Lack of visual monitoring
7.Lacking of lamps
Diagrams on the Northern and Southern Boundaries
Actors
The site finds itself on the edge of the inner city as well as the border of University campus. Standing in the park and overlooking the tree's you are able to some impressing buildings holding the site in place. These buildings are the representation of the big institutional TU Delft. Being so highly profilated on site this is one of the main actors but ofcourse there are more parties which have relations to the site. In the scheme underneath the are made clear.
Connection Actors
Client
Who can benefit from the site? This was the question to start of the search for a client. After a brief research we found none (of the questioned) actors were interested in expanding to the site or using the site for their own benefits. As the interviews show they are however interested in a occasional use of the site. For this reason we did not define a specific client.
Interviews:
- Top Board technical meeting point delft
- Alumni office interview @TUDelft
- [Questionaire ] with science centre and stylos (done by atom 1).
Points of interest
We have assigned a few activities to the site - and linked them with colours.
Party - Red
Open Space/Sport - Green
Have lunch/snacks - Blue
Meeting Place - Yellow
Statue - Orange
Building - Purple
Part of our research is to ask members of public/academics/children to help us identify areas on the site which have these qualities. By giving each actor different coloured sticks, we will ask them to place the sticks on different parts of the site. For example, an actor might plant the blue stick (lunch area) close to a tree or bench and the orange stick (for a statue) in an open part of the park. By having many actors making their own decisions where they think the best activities might take place, we will have collective data from many sources which can help indicate the need or desire for specific programmes. We will use GPRS points to mark the positions of the sticks that are planted by actors. This will help us identify real time data from reliable sources, giving the site analysis a clear and accurate definition of the desired tasks and at the same time reducing the need for architects to make assumptions about the site.
Our research has given rise to an integrated network of structures that can move vertically as the programme of an user requires it.
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
