Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Week 7. Making It Function

These are the components I have identified that could enable the building to actually function. The study spaces are paramount, but without an income or attraction for the everyday person I don't believe it would ever be built. I have introduced a Book Shop and Cafe to bring revenue and the general public to the space. The lookout and detailed site integration would would allow the building to relate to the environment and feature the historic buildings surrounding. The site would also help produce electricity for the buildings function. Because the site is flood prone it has been decided that the building would be raised.



Bringing these components together allowed my building to begin to form. The cafe is a meeting space for the public, a bookshop links the public and private spaces and the lookout ties it all together with a sheer drop of clean glass facade.

Plan view highlights the site integration.

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