Final: Light Studies and Final Model

Final: Design Plans, Section and Material

Final: Process Organization

Macro Sun Diagram

Filters Between People

Analyzing interaktion points and thresholds between people. I have reached an interesting observation where I'm thinking about a room where all bikes and prams should be stored just above the washing and drying room. The bike storage space will have a glass floor, this means that two of the most normal daily actions are set against each other—peoples washing (their skin during the day,) and their bikes (their transportation.) So these two quite normal things become filters for each other. It would quite a contrast to have snow and sand on a glass floor above your clean washing while the bikes themselves also filter the light that falls down into the washing room.

Centralizing Interaction

To create the contrast in interactions that I raised in the previous post I've been analyzing the effects of centralizing the key interaction points, borders and thresholds, this will create this constant awareness of people around you though I won't you'll be able to actually hear them while they can be seen.

Connecting Ground and Cellar Plan

There are two main ways of sorting the flow between apartments, bike room and cellar storage and washing rooms, either you connect the spaces in such a way that people will often bump into each other or making it possible for them to take each their separate ways. In this set of drawing you'll notice that I've tried cutting away the original back staircase, instead sorting the vertical flow around a center point. In order to preserve a connection to the cellar from the floor plan it'll be possible to create a direct visual connect through glass in the floor. This particular way of organizing the spaces will create an interesting contrast in people's interaction, from the higher levels where you can speak to each other to the cellar/ground plan where you can see each other. I'm attempting to create architecture that'll exhibit the people moving around the rooms to the inhabitants of the apartment thus preserving the privacy of the home.