SITE, INVESTIGATION & BRIEF || UN AGENCY WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION (UNWTO)

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.

As the leading international organization in the field of tourism, UNWTO promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability and offers leadership and support to the sector in advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide.

UNWTO HEADQUARTERS

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“Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities. Around the world, in countries at all development levels, many millions of jobs and businesses are dependent on a strong and thriving tourism sector. Tourism has also been a driving force in protecting natural and cultural heritage, preserving them for future generations to enjoy”

-Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili Secretary General

Aims Of The Unwto

- Promote sustainable tourism

- Improve economic growth of countries

- Promote peace and prosperity

- Develop universal respect for tourism

- Protect basic freedom

- Promote women’s voice in tourism with multiple open break-out spces

Large invinting, open double height spaces. Lunge areas multiple types of seating to accommodate variours types of users and purposes. Located near the café and bookstore. Act as an extension.

Computer lab layout, with large discussion table required. Many screens for projections. Can have openings with the addition of black out curtains.

Contious desk with sahred seationg for small groups of people at a

Screening rooms, models, panels, openings to the dubai skyline to make use of the views and development of tourism infrastructure in dubai.

Temporary exhibtion with the use of temp walls, panels, screens and posters.

THE SOCIALITY OF ARCHITECTURE: DeSIgnIng for change

Imagine you were in a quite white padded room, alone with your thoughts. No one to talk to, discuss with, converse, or have fun with….

a never-ending ‘self-narrative.’

Interaction in every form is needed for humans to survive. We would perish with loneliness and not knowing what to do next.

Architecture in its essence is a SOCIAL ACTIVITY and social interactions are the cornerstone of all human activity.

Designs are able to have impacts on large quantities of people and effect their qualities of life.

A space MUST invite and encourage social dynamics and architecture has the ability change the ways we design places for community and gathering of the masses.

Over time people have constantly changed, from a physical to virtual interaction. But there is a sense of loss through the virtual world, with a lack of human touch.

However, architecture has the capacity to be timeless pieces which evoke dialogue with the users.

The nature of spaces is characterized by the functions within them, they have the power to attract and encourage interactions. With light, nature, adaptation, design we CAN change the quality of spaces to BREAK THE BOUNDARIES, and allow for seamless conversations with forms and people.

To design for interaction, we will need to create spaces that enhance visual and physical connections through planes, openings or enclosures that can be manipulated to create more open spaces where people can interact.

In these spaces people will come together, exchange, conflict, compete or cooperate all within a singular space.

For the first charette interact was explored as intertwine, where 2 pieces twisted around each other. From the mapping zones were identified where the analysis wrapped around each other.

With the theme intertwine and the urban intervention,form was explored through designing for privacy thresholds. Privacy across levels is looked at, private functions are located at the distant and different level compared to the public,