As I am struggling to incorporate something more from the circulation studies into my design... Thinking about Corbusier, ramps, articulating levels, but no breakthroughs so far...
I have started to look at the massing which I have in mind for the building. These SketchUp drawings are not nearly complete but they have given me a better idea of what this "mass and glass" building might look like. I know that the floor plates on the second and third floor need to be pulled away from the envelope in order to release the space.
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Rick,
The master of Organic Architecture Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright, claims that he never drew a single line until the whole building was thoughtout in his head. I think it was the fallingwater that he started to put it on paper the morning before the clients meeting. I know how your building circulates, but I don't see the motive for the shopper to stop the continous circulation.
Maybe a sketch of what the interior would look like if we were in the retail area, or how we enter the store, what would I see from the inside. Does the experience of seeing change as you go up? The building skin could become solid as it reaches ground, grounding the building. The "plant libre" uses the building skin as a white canvas and the plan inside become compartments. Is this something that are you considering?
On your original design we talked about monitors reflecting images from the facade, since you are thinking slabs, could these slabs actually communicate something? Perhaps these slabs also make the passerby turn their heads up and therefore the mystical invites you in. Testing these silly ideas might assist.
Rick,
I don't understand why your building breaks onto the corner and occupies it. Isn't this in conflict with free flowing space? if the building is directly placed in the pedestrians way, is there any choice but to move around it? Inviting someone in is one thing - the ramp at the carpenter center invites. Forcing a building on the public is quite another.
Show us a site plan and how you envision the circulation in and around the building.
I am also quite concerned about the bulk of this proposal. It has floor slabs and some idea of structure, but is that what makes it a building?
Finally, I'd like to know how you understand the difference between a building and a piece of architecture.
Consider the site plan and the buildings impact on the city. Consider vertical circulation as a single, flowing, continuous floor. As Amr observes, maybe add a skylight to allow the space to continue vertically, if only as an idea.
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