TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Architecture is A Verb

2. Designing the un/meAsurAble a. Office designs b. Office conclusions

3. site, inVestigAtion & brief a. Site selection b. Site observations c. Site plan d. Site analysis e. Site mapping f. UN agency

4. stAte of tomorrow

5. Design chArette a. Space as form b. Space as function

6. minD mAp

7. Design DeVelopment a. Exploring urban views b. Enhancing visual connections c. Intersecting views d. Intertwining function e. Interspersing circulation f. Interlacing experiences g. model explorations h. Interaction of function and form

8. Design proposAl AppenDix:

Collaborative project

LOCATION : DEIRA, DUBAI

The aim of this project was to map the understanding of the verb to interact along a 100m line. Located in Deira, Dubai along a building cut out creating an alley and across the road into a hotel lobby. This line explored outdoor courtyards, restaurants and hotels. Interaction is a very humanized sense and to map this verb a criteria of Space-Person and Person-Person interactions were studied through the site. In terms of person-space the existing site was mapped as is with the highlights overlapped as images to show how people started to interact with the spaces. For example the use of installations as a photo spots, the building cutout became a shaded alley that directed massive footfalls due to the hot climate and due to the busy restaurants as people waited in line the planter boxes become spaces with people sat and waited. For the people-people interaction the static and dynamic natures were mapped from the people on site the everyday (workers in black and white) and the customers (in colors - always changing). How people interacted with each other work also explode, solos were quite, duo’s had burst of conversation that broke down into silence and larger groups generated large noises and ample interaction. This was combined with the physical vs virtual nature of this relationship. The merging and overlays of smell were also mapped as there were a multitude of cuisines that blended together to entice people

Line Image Mapping