1. Laban Dance Centre, Herzog & de Meuron
I chose this reference not only because Laban is the largest school for contemporary dance in the world, and one of Europe's leading, and largest, institutions for contemporary dance artist training, but also for your unique design and concepts.
MAIN ELEMENTS
+This building is surrounded by decaying blocks of council flats, scrap yards and derelict industrial warehouse.
+The curving facade (i) is clad in transparent or translucent glass panels - depending on whether the spaces behind then require a view.
This flexibility of views - from outside to the inside - is a reference that I want to take in my design as well.
+The interior (ii) is designed as a urban streetscape, with a series of corridors, interior courtyards and meeting places around the main theater.
The auditorium is the heart of the project which dictad all the other spaces. This ideia to have a central point is corresponded in my project with the curtain piercing the building right in the middle.
+ Surface more opaque but you can still see through (iii).
+Use of selective colors.
My project will respond to this as it also is going to have the color of the curtain (red) as a important characteristic.
+All activities are intermixed and distributed on two main levels, promoting communication with the entire building.
I chose this reference not only because Laban is the largest school for contemporary dance in the world, and one of Europe's leading, and largest, institutions for contemporary dance artist training, but also for your unique design and concepts.
MAIN ELEMENTS
+This building is surrounded by decaying blocks of council flats, scrap yards and derelict industrial warehouse.
+The curving facade (i) is clad in transparent or translucent glass panels - depending on whether the spaces behind then require a view.
This flexibility of views - from outside to the inside - is a reference that I want to take in my design as well.
+The interior (ii) is designed as a urban streetscape, with a series of corridors, interior courtyards and meeting places around the main theater.
The auditorium is the heart of the project which dictad all the other spaces. This ideia to have a central point is corresponded in my project with the curtain piercing the building right in the middle.
+ Surface more opaque but you can still see through (iii).
+Use of selective colors.
My project will respond to this as it also is going to have the color of the curtain (red) as a important characteristic.
+All activities are intermixed and distributed on two main levels, promoting communication with the entire building.
Technical Drawings:
2. Granoff Center Creative Arts, Diller Scofidio & Renfro
«In creating the design for the Granoff Center, we needed structural elements that would stimulate the creative process from virtually every aspect of the building. The Granoff Center is a merger of architectural gesture and academic pedagogy. Our strategy was to encourage and illustrate collaboration across every level».
Charles Renfro
SPACES
More than a reference of design, this building is also a reference of spaces. The levels and sublevels makes this project unique and incredible.
This idea of transparency - in the inside and outside - is shown in the development of my project as well (i & iii).
The sublevels (intervals) corresponds to my design too (iii).
+ Performance space;
+exhibitions;
+installations;
+outdoor amphitheater;
+recital hall;
+ studios for individual work;
+ studios for collective work;
+ labs;
+ gallery;
+ smart classroom;
+ offices
There is three mais aspects that made me take this project as a reference:
+long structural spans,
+high ceilings and
+large floor plates, what makes all this places a collaborative environment and in flexible.
For this analysis I focused on how this spaces is distributed on the plan and how they are organized.
+ Transparency inside and outside;
+ Flexibility of spaces
«In creating the design for the Granoff Center, we needed structural elements that would stimulate the creative process from virtually every aspect of the building. The Granoff Center is a merger of architectural gesture and academic pedagogy. Our strategy was to encourage and illustrate collaboration across every level».
Charles Renfro
SPACES
More than a reference of design, this building is also a reference of spaces. The levels and sublevels makes this project unique and incredible.
This idea of transparency - in the inside and outside - is shown in the development of my project as well (i & iii).
The sublevels (intervals) corresponds to my design too (iii).
+ Performance space;
+exhibitions;
+installations;
+outdoor amphitheater;
+recital hall;
+ studios for individual work;
+ studios for collective work;
+ labs;
+ gallery;
+ smart classroom;
+ offices
There is three mais aspects that made me take this project as a reference:
+long structural spans,
+high ceilings and
+large floor plates, what makes all this places a collaborative environment and in flexible.
For this analysis I focused on how this spaces is distributed on the plan and how they are organized.
+ Transparency inside and outside;
+ Flexibility of spaces
3. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Le Corbusier
When doing the analysis of Le Corbusier’s building I focused on the spaces, how is the distribution? How does it organizes? How one space connects to each other? This was what I was looking for i=to answer in the next draws.
+ circulation concentrated in two specific points;
+ spaces are mostly connected by lobbies;
+ toilets concentrated in one specific point;
+ most of the spaces are very generic, what makes it more flexible.
When doing the analysis of Le Corbusier’s building I focused on the spaces, how is the distribution? How does it organizes? How one space connects to each other? This was what I was looking for i=to answer in the next draws.
+ circulation concentrated in two specific points;
+ spaces are mostly connected by lobbies;
+ toilets concentrated in one specific point;
+ most of the spaces are very generic, what makes it more flexible.