Final A1 Poster

Final Images of my design

Southern Facade

Western Facade

Northern Facade

Circulation Diagram showing movement through the main walkway

Section through the building

Final Model

I constructed a physical model at 1:100:

Walkway workings out

To make sure that my large curving ramp would be viable I used an online trigonometry program to see whether the ramp, having a rise of 10 metres and an overall distance of 66 metres, would be possible and would give an appropriate degree of rise/run. I concluded that my ramp would have an angle of degree of 8.62 so would therefore be an appropriate angle of incline up into the building:

Core 10 structural element

When designing the building I decided to change from using orange glass to core10 as it is much more structurally stable and also ages over time, giving an interest effect onto the facade of the building. The inclusion of this colour would hope to excite the children through the use of a gender neutral colour of orange, contrasting with the green seen in the outdoor spaces.

This is my final image of the site plan, using the roof plan of the building orientated onto an image of the actual site:

This image shows my testing of different window types for the design - I decided to use the narrower , more stylised windows rather than the whole wall being a glass window

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Interior Perspectives

Exhibition Hall - Endangered Animals

Lunch / Presentation Room

Green Roof / Cafe / Bar

Lobby / Entrance

3 Dimensionsal Floor Plans

3 dimensional floor plans showing circulation through the building

First floor

Second floor

Roof level (green roof)

Final Floor Plans

After completing my design on archicad I have been able to have a final look at all of my floor plans:

first floor including mid level

second floor plan

roof floor plan (green roof)

Archicad Modelling

After spending several hours over the weekend drawing up my design on archicad, the building has changed in several different ways. Seeing the spaces in 3D form gives me a clearer idea of the design and also seeing the materials in a real life perspective has helped me to decide on colours and appropriate textures. 

First stage of modelling

Model with cliff face situated directly behind 

Addition of the orange glass

Addition of the black timber cladding on exterior of the building

I have decided to incorporate a curving walkway that acts as a shading device over the interior courtyard and outdoor exhibition space and also connects directly onto the brisbane river as a city cat stop. The walkway will eventually lead up to the top level being the green roof over the entire building. This space could be perfect for a bar / cafe area as the views are optimal and with appropriate shading / wind protection it could be a great public space.

Orange Glass Option

At the moment my building is looking very cold and uninviting for young kids. A possible option to create a warmer, more exciting building would be to make the walkway using orange glass (orange chosen as it is a gender neutral colour). The following photo is a render from the Parnu Highway 126 - a 9 story building in Sweden: 

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=198090&page=96

Green Roof / Wall

The following product would be perfect to use for my green roof / wall

The bottom image is also a really good exemplar and unfortunately this type of roof would probably not suit my design at this stage but I am certain that I would like to make the roof green. This would work well for the site so that the views down onto the building blend in nicely and do not starkly contrast the area with a cold/harsh roof structure

Process Work

The following scans were taken from my journal and show my development from project 2 to 3. It is in order from most resolved to least resolved workings down the page:



Sketch showing process work for rough sketch of first floor plan - unfinished



Playing around with the idea of an overhanging wall that shades the entire building for the western sun

The above sketch shows a rough diagram for the sequence of spaces within the building on the first and second floor

Sequence of Spaces throughout the building

Spacial mapping

Process work for possible layouts

More process work for layouts in relation to key concepts

Mapping out of spaces

Rough process work

Rough sketching

Sectional views of process work

Defining spaces

Rough mapping of possible layout

Sizing of spaces