Space in Practice Stage 01 part A

RESEARCH  

The Stage 01 part A consist of 3 parts

1. GENERAL ANALYSIS (ALL GROUP)
2. INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS PER OFFICE (URBAN, SITE, ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS ANALYSIS )

Deadline place and time: check the timetable

1. GENERAL ANALYSIS (each team will create one part)

This task will be perform as a group work (each team will perform one part of the research) and the analysis will be put together as a pdf presentation, so each group will have one pdf copy and all the plans in dwg format.

between 2 groups you have to do each building. you have to coordinate with the other team

From each building you have to do the following:

Lehtovuorenkatu 4  (TEAM 01 AND 02)

Lehtovuorenkatu 6  (TEAM 03 AND 04)

1. FLATS TYPES

Measure the floor of the type flat (or types) draw it and check surface materials, electric plugs etc..

·        double check the general plans, measure the flats

·        floor plan type (scale 1:100 or that fits in A3) (if there are 2 or 3 types, those ones as well) the floor plan should include:

§  try to identify which wall is structural and which not

§  surface materials, (floor plans)

§  levels and general dimensions

§  areas m2 and functions,

§  height of ceilings

§  fixed furniture (closets, cabinets etc.. )

§  kitchen drawing

§  toilets

§  structure (light walls and structural elements (walls or pillars)

·        schematic electrical plan (marking plugs and switches)

·        ceiling plans that includes lights and ceiling materials (In the ceiling plans, include, material of ceilings, lighting, structural beams, etc...)

2. Elevations, Sections, and interior elevations,

·        sections (2), the section should include:

§  surface materials,

§  levels and general dimensions

§  functions,

§  height of ceilings

§  fixed furniture (closets, cabinets etc.. )

§  structure (light walls and structural elements (walls or pillars)

·        Interior elevations (Kitchen and wc)

3. COMMON SPACES

(in case there are few common spaces, you have to help the TEAM 01 AND 02)

Measure the floor of the common spaces (or types) and check surface materials, electric plugs etc..

·        double check the general plans, measure the flats

·        floor plan type floor (scale 1:100 or that fits in A3) (if there are 2 or 3 types, those ones as well) the floor plan includes:

§  surface materials, (floor plans)

§  levels and general dimensions

§  areas m2 and functions,

§  height of ceilings

§  fixed furniture (closets, cabinets etc.. )

§  structure (light walls and structural elements (walls or pillars)

·        Sections and elevations of the common spaces,

·        schematic electrical plan (marking plugs and switches)

·        ceiling plans that includes lights and ceiling materials (In the ceiling plans, include, material of ceilings, lighting, structural beams, etc...)

4. OUTSIDE SPACES AND GENERAL DRAWINGS (all teams)

You have to put together all the general drawings and the outside areas.

·        Site plan 1:1000 or 1:500 (has to fit in one A3)

·        Site plan with the interior floor plans (entrance level) (scale has to fit in A3)

·        Landscape site plan (plan with the exteriors, paths materials, furniture etc..)

·        Details of exterior plans

·        NOTE: you have to put together the plans of the flats (scale 1:50 or 1:100, as log it fits in an A3)

2. INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS PER OFFICE (URBAN, SITE, ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS ANALYSIS)

PLEASE NOTE: you can share the work by teams so you don’t have to work all groups in the same plan, but you have to organize that between teams.

URBAN AND SITE

You have to do an analysis and presented in pdf and printed version of the following you will have to focus on the area the big scale, the neibourhood and surroundings, so all the scales of the plan have to fit in A3 so consider the scale that suits better for the purpose,

URBAN (THE AREA)

·        Site plan, sun and topography of the neighbourhood

·        Location of the site to intervene

·        Density (figure and ground of the neighbourhood)

·        Green areas of the area

·        Circulation and different types of transportation

·        Water bodies?

·        Infrastructure of the area

·        Different types of land use

·        Any other?

ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS

you have to analyze, the architecture and the relation with the site and interiors so you will focus in the architecture, middle scale

SITE

·        Site plan, architecture of the site (plot, limits,

·        Green areas in the plot

·        Photographic study of the site (place in the plan where you took the photo (max 2-3 pages)

·        Site plan, sun study buildings (floor plan or axo)

·        Wind?

·        Composition of the existing buildings architecture

·        Access to the site and to the buildings (Circulation and different types of circulation of the site

·        Access to buildings

·        Building analysis,

§  brief history (year, architects )

§  materials

INTERIORS

·        Photographic study of the common places and flat type (place in the plan where you took the photo (max 2-3 pages)

·        How many people live?

3. INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS PER OFFICE

Analysis, problematics and conclusions of the actual state of the space

After the group analysis, each team will have to do an “Analysis of conclusions”, what does this mean? the general other analysis were approached as a group and they were measurable and physical analysis, like: square meters, plans, entrances, etc...

Now use your criteria as a team, and present team analysis of the office:

Make some conclusions, how is the space? According to what you heard from client and what you have seen…is it a good solution? What is happening there? Do a team brief about the space. Start from the general to particular, what functions, location of the place (how it is?),  How the flats are? Are they ok? Analyze the space and make some conclusions about them, how many people live? Whats the average resident? What kind of common activities have (in case they are)?

Do an analysis about everything that involves the architecture and interior design. Does the common spaces are clean? Do they work? How the spaces are organized (who is organizing them?)

You will work as a team, the criteria is open! What to research about the housing complex?, you must find your own criteria of analysis, and how you approach the analysis.

Use your own criteria; you don’t have to produce tons of plans to analyze the things, but make it understandable. Make it practical and clear.

Create storyboard for your presentation so you know what you have to produce.

It is very important that have conclusions in your research; conclusions will help you to brief all the ideas and to express them in a better way. The presentation should be no more than 5 min. After the presentation, you can still research on the site and the functions.

What would be important to analyze? (just some thoughts)

Areas to consider to analyze: (this is just a guideline, do your own criteria, do your own analysis)

1. Residents, how many, average resident (age), what different kinds of residents live?
2. Are there some common activities in the housing complex?
3. Functions: are they really functions? Good conditions?)
4. Do you have the chance to talk to the residents about common problems and likes?)
5. how you feel the spaces?
6. Lighting (atmospheres (analyze the space)
7. Pontentiality of the spaces?
8. Site and exterior spaces how are they, are they ok?, no, why?
9. Examples that can help you?
10. Something to add?

Note:

Please do not freak out!  ;) It looks like a lot of work, and it is ;) but please use your own criteria, how to do it? In some days so you can resume everything. Be effective by already investing a lot of importance to the analysis.

MATERIAL TO PRESENT IN STAGE 01 PART A

Pdf presentation of each team, (10 min max)  

1. GENERAL ANALYSIS
2. URBAN, SITE, ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS ANALYSIS
3. INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS PER OFFICE

FOR THE PRINTS

Print 1 time and put them in your team folder

1. GENERAL ANALYSIS
2. URBAN, SITE, ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS ANALYSIS
3. FOR INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS PER OFFICE

UPLOAD your works in the assignment folder in my courses