School of Architecture: The Structure

Parallel Processing and Movement 

Moving Part 1: The Ring 

Rotational movement appears throughout nature and the ring is a means of travelling in ways elevators cannot. From the ground, students access the various pavillions and platforms via The Ring (stops highlighted in brown). The glass covering allows views and orientation to be taken in while travelling. Inside, Platforms inside provide a more open and social transit between viewpoints. 

The Ring was inspired by the idea of rotational oscillators, like those of computer CPUs or clocks. The design is that the humans of the university are moved as a resourse into the building and bring animation to the rooms and spaces, in the same way electricity is moved through a machine.

Moving Part 2: The Slope

The Slope raises from the lower floor of the garden area, connecting the user to the higher level and related lookouts/ spaces. The movement of The Slope unites people to a higher perspective of the structure they are in, and thus allows for a living interaction between structure and user.

Tutorial Spaces 

The tutorial spaces have been integrated into the open spaces for students to circulate/ meet, seamless movement is integral to the design and so open plan substructures are reccurring. 

Below and on the left is a hanging body of water, into which sunlight pours, evaporating molecules of water and warming/ humidifying air, thus countering the possible cold from the opening beneath. There is a symbiotic interaction between built environment, user, and position withing the circulatory space.  

Staff Spaces

 Each staff space adheres to a unique theme and utilizaion of horizontal, vertical and context-dependent movement. The academic staff offices (middle) exnted beyond the facade into a glass extrusion on the back of the structure, connecting the movement of light to the contextual environment of the office.

The research space (top) has a large glass roof the collects sunlight from the larger sturcture skylight. naturally heating the concrete platforms (thermal mass).

3D Warehouse: The Model 

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/a0fab952-c918-41ea-82c5-75ae1dedf27a/Ethan-Comerford-ARCH1101-EXP3-2018