Site visit

the smoke2as

panorama1asThese are my favourite images showing my site I visited last week. I selected them as I particularly like the smoke coming from the power plants behind the forest. The former coal mine buildings look absolutely amazing with such background. Generally industrial landscape is very common in Silesia and Jaworzno is one of these cities where almost every inhabitant is somehow connected with mining.

Revising programme

more programmesThe diagram shows the main spaces of the scheme plus the more specific activities.
There are 4 existing building I am thinking of using in the project. These are respectively:
1. Downcast shaft
2. Elevator machinery
3. Workers facilities
4. Upcast shaft

Scheme Activities

programme ideass

Following the previous idea of the Energy Awareness Centre being responsible for research on renewable energy, I am going for the BIOMASS. The decission is based on site-specific factors, mostly climate, however also on the tradition of using coal (fossilized Biomass) in the area.

The diagram shows roughly the main scheme activities.

Site Massing Model

I am about to begin a site massing model at 1.500 but wanted to explore the aesthetic in 3D beforehand. This is a render from the model I will be printing from – the emphasis will not only be on the existing roofscape and massing but also the invisible cartesian framework as well as representation of the city event programme. The latter may be augmented rather than modelled physically, which is something I am currently trying to figure out.

“SPATIAL IMPORTANCE DIAGRAM”

SPATIAL DIAGRAM-EXTERNAL FACTORSPretty bubbles in the air

this is a spatial diagram trying to show the importance of a space based on parameters that will give it, its 3D spatiality… Still under construction. the “web circle” that is outside the shape give the parameters and transforms the internal one based on the meaning of the space and on the importance of the factors that affect it. Next stage is to put all these bubbles-spheres together and create a spatial arragement.

M.M.M

I think it was mentioned last week but in-order to make the most out of tomorrows meeting shall we discuss our technical briefs? If we all bring our along our own individual reports then we can see what similarities there are which will hopefully lead towards potential themes for the studio. Any thoughts?
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City Feed Demo

To complement the city event ‘feed’ architecture I am preparing a hypothetical dataset of all major city fluctuations over a single year. The main graphical output will be that of a timeline with line displacement and moving average overlay.

Initial Sketch

The product of today’s environmental design lecture…

Site mapping

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Soldier’s Life

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