Site Qualities

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

Research Validation

GPRS Analysis

Overlapping Mesh from GPRS

GPRS tracking devices mapped three different activities on the site.

Input > Output Actors <

As a result of input from different actors on site,an active loop of information exchange and interactivity between building and actors will be generated in the design strategy - creating additional programmes

List of Actors

Client

Pattern Language

Funding will be provided by .....

This will cover the initial start up capital needed for the project. Maintenance of site - income from renting space.

Experts

TU Delft Landscaping Department - Susanna Komossa - Public realm Studio

Gallery Owner - In de Kunst Tijn Noordenbos

Ergonomics of Structure - Industrial Designer, Andre Taris

Hardware-

Software- Roxana Palfi (still to confirm) + Online Forums

Business Strategies- Yes Delft, Delft Design

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. Additional Information

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).

Challenging Anthropometrics

- 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

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