Interruption of the Urban Domain

DESIGN PORTFOLIO

Aryaman Subudhi

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Servant of the unmeasurable

Architecture as a verb (line)

Designing the un/measurable( office models )

Manifesto

Brief + Site selection

Design charettes

Mind Map

Crossing the Threshold

Developing Interruption

Interrupting the ground plane

Interrupting Baniyas Square

The Threshold, The facade

Interruption, unveiled

Interruption through section

Drawing set

Interrupting spaces

Appendix

Model Photographs

Lebbus wood charette

To Interrupt

To stop the continuous pogression of an activity or process, or to break the continuity of a line, surface or geometry.

Meena Bazaar, Dubai

This Collage started off as a techincal drawing in elevation where the spaces of Meena Bazaar, Dubai were explored through collaging.

SPACE AS A FUNCTION

Science research laboratory - High Interruption

Tesla Factory - High Interruption

The autonomous factory that uses robots and a sophisticated system to ensure the highest efficiency using the optimal amount of quality control.

Science laboratories require a high level of quality control and supervision to ensure the quality of the product. To ensure this, there are a series of gates and checkpoints that strictly control the flow of the sensitive products and the interconnected gates are in continous sync to ensure that both ends of the assembly get to assess the quality.

The other end of the spectrum in terms of interruption and its ability to create a smooth flow.

SPACE AS A FUNCTION

Co-working Spaces - Blended Interruption

A Co-working space that forces its users to take a strong and singular path that goes through the various levels of the office and interrupts the office personnel at every step.

This level of forced interaction gives rise to more connectivity, higher chances of networking and a more harmonious work space.

Using a series of planes and paths to generate spaces that could be seen in office spaces around the world

MANIFESTO

In life is interruption, and to interrupt is to live.

Architecture is a culmination of spaces that are interrupted by events, users, and other spaces. To interrupt is to reflect, to pause, to perceive what follows. We must look beyond the scope of spaces as purely boundaries and their edges for in these edges lie great depths, lie the unmeasurable and in many cases the measure of the space its related to.

When we interrupt ,we create an event, this changes the course of time, the perception of the space the interruption takes place in ,and its consequences that affect the space. We must interrupt our thoughts and our practices to reveal the impacts and the foreseeable future of the path we perceive as the ‘right one’. To take a step back from the sea of thoughts and ideas that mindlessly become a scattered abyss.

BRIEF

The Client

THE UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS IS A DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE UNITED NATIONS. IT IS TASKED WITH RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS THROUGH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS, MEDIA AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS.

Criteria

THEY WOULD REQUIRE COLLABORATIVE OFFICE SPACES THAT ARE STREAMLINED AND INTERCONNECTED LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY

Spatial Requirements Functional Spaces

• THE OUTDOOR SPACES ARE AN EXTENSION AND POINT OF DIFFUSION FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND MEDIA PERSONNEL.

• THE PARK SHOULD BE INTEGRATED WITH A VERY DYNAMIC AND LOW-IMPACT APPROACH.

• THE PUBLIC SPACES MUST RESPECT AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC REALM AND THE EXISTING URBAN NODES.

• DEDICATED SPACES THAT ARE INTERRUPTION FREE ENSURE ACCURATE COMMUNICATION.

• APPROACHABILITY, SINCE THE FINAL STRUCTURE WOULD BE A PLATFORM FOR ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE

Site Selection

THE CHOSEN SITE RESIDES IN BANIYAS PARK IN DUBAI, U.A.E. THE PARK IS A TRANSITION SPACE AND ACTS AS THE LUNGS OF THE NEARBY DENSE AND POPULOUS SPACES.

HIGH FOOT-FALL, DYNAMIC MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND EXTREMELY HIGH VISUAL STIMULATION MAKE THIS SITE APT TO INTERRUPT, INTERRUPTING THE USERS OF THE METRO, THE STREETS NEARBY AND ALSO THE ONES WHO HAVE COME TO UNWIND.

• FLEXIBLE WORK SPACES

• MEDIA CENTRES

• BROADCASTING ROOMS

• RECORDING STUDIOS

• PUBLIC INTERACTION SPACES

• ACCESSIBLE EMERGENCY BREIFING ROOMS

• AMPHITHEATRE

• OPEN-TO-AIR CONFERENCE SPACES

• OUTDOOR LOUNGE SPACE

• FREE-FLOWING

• MULTIPLE PATHS

• DENSE URBAN SPACE

• HIGH CIRCULATION

• HIGH FOOTFALL

Baniyas Square Scale 1:500

SITE ANALYSIS

Baniyas square is a street away from the dubai creek and this water body becomes a point of significance.

Cutting a section through the busy traffic intersection reveals the metro station underneath. This is a crucial element in the movement of users to and from Baniyas

Pedestrian

9am,

gradual increase

activity

The park sees a

in

and the shading from the surrounding structures covers a small segment of the park

1pm, Activity is near its peak with the parks benches and spaces of rest at high occupancy, shading from the buildings south of the park shade the green spaces.

6pm, the park becomes a place for leisure and people of all ages occupy the park, these spaces become very attractive during the colder months of Nov - March.

Friday, 2pm, The end of the prayer is marked by a crowd of people from all walks of life, returning to their usual activities.

Friday, 1:30PM, The Park becomes a place of worship, transforming the green spaces into a communal gathering space

Monday, 11 am, The park becomes a resting spot for those who traverse it and the shaded spaces are highly desirable.

Access Dubai Metro green line

SITE ANALYSIS

The observed movement gives us an understanding of the existing movement patterns within the space. They are primarily following the designed public paths and are very predictable and dictated by landscaping within the park and other such devices.

The interpreted movement however is a series of paths and connections that link certain hotspots of activity as well as circulation and is based on the intentions of people flowing through the space

MAPPING INTERRUPTIONS

LOW MODERATE HIGH VERY HIGH

Breaking down the levels of interruption gives us a clear idea on the hotspots that form. These zones of RED are spaces that generate tension and are dense with interruption from both users as well as objects and activities.

These observations were taken over multiple site observation trips and were recorded over a time period ranging from 11am - 3pm on weekdays and 2pm - 5pm on a weekend as well.

Understanding the volumes of the park & the buildings flanking it

The intervention goes through a very specific set of circulation paths and cross-connections

A sketch of the dispersion & point of interruption generated by the metro connection

DESIGN CHARETTES

INTERRUPTION TEST NODES

These nodes arise from the overlaps in the intensity of interruption and are influenced by the intersection points of the interpreted movement patterns.

The nodes areused as a point of reference and experimentation where the architectural interruption is injected into using a combination of elements that include PLANES, PATHS, MASSES, VOIDS.

These nodes and test points use the surrounding spaces as influence and interrupt the urban space in different ways.

4. PARK WITH THE SERVICE ROAD 4. PARK WITH THE

2. METRO LINK

2. METRO LINK

1. MAIN INTERSECTION

3. PARK WITH A STRONG CIRCULATION POINT

3. PARK WITH A STRONG CIRCULATION POINT

3. PARK WITH A STRONG CIRCULATION POINT

FUNCTION IN INTERRUPTION

The Journey of the user would start from an interruption, which would then lead to a gathering/compression point, this would create a space that would give the user, a choice.

Expressing the manifesto through a sketch to understand the relationships that would be developed and establsihed when interrupting the site and creating a new relationship with the surrounding spaces

A simplified version of the intensity of spaces to understand the relationship between the nodes and the overlaping spaces. These help establish the positioning of certain functions such as the exhibition space and the media centre which would benefit from a high level of interruption of Baniyas square.

Formulating a conceptual functional layout where the primary path gets interrupted by the various functions of the UN office.

A primitive version of the massing generated by the concepts of a journey being interrupted and the consequences of which will be tested in the massing studies

DESIGN CHARETTES

Using sectional studies to create a better understanding of how certain devices such as planes and masses would affect the user and create a range of new spatial qualities that would be implemented.

1. A simple cantilevered shade that arises from the ground to create a space of shade.

2. Curved surfaces achieving the same output however taking up more space in doing so.

3. Implementing landscaping elements such as vegetation to amplify the effect of the space.

4. A possible awning that spans beyond the built space to create layers of shaded and controlled spaces.

USING THE SAME SECTIONAL SPACES BUT UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF MASSING AND HOW THEY GET AFFECTED BY THEIR PLACEMENT AND THE BALANCE OF THE SAME

1. A STANDARD ARCHITECTURAL VOLUME OF ROUGHLY 4M ON THR GROUND PLANE

2. ELEVATING THE SAME MASS USING A PLATFORM TO CLEAR OUT THE GROUND PLANE

3. SPLITTING THE MASS TO GENERATE MORE OPEN SPACES THAT MAKE FOR A MORE BALANCED SPACE.

4. A SUSPENDED MASS THAT HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF VISUAL INTERRUPTION WHICH THEN ALLOWS THE FUNCTIONS TO CO-EXIST WITHIN THE LARGER PROJECTED OUTLINE OF THE VOLUME.

MASSING VARIATIONS

TRIAL 2 - USING INTERLINKED CIRCULATION TO CARVE SPACES THAT REDUCE INTERRUPTION

TRIAL 1 FROM PREVIOUSLY GENERATED ZONING

MASSING VARIATIONS

ONE OF THE MASSING VARIATIONS THAT USES THE INTERRUPTION DEVICES AS A POINT OF GROWTH AND CONNECTS THE EMPTY BARREN LAND PARCEL ACROSS THE INTERSECTION WITH THE REST OF THE SITE, THE STAGGERED MASSES CREATE A VERY IMPOSING AND POWERFUL SPATIAL INTERRUPTION THAT USES PLANES ALONG THE SURFACE, VOIDS FORMED BY THE INTERSTITIAL SPACES AND BANIYAS’S DYNAMIC MOVEMENT PATTERNS TO ENCOURAGE INTERACTION AND DOING SO BY SUCCESSFULY INTERRUPTING THE URBAN SPACE.

UNDERGROUND METRO ACCESS LEADING INTO THE OFFICE

THE MASSES ARE CONNECTED BY PATHWAYS SPANNING THE AREA OF INTERVENTION AND TOUCH THE GROUND PLANE AT THE NODES

STAGGERED MASSES INTERRUPTED BY LARGE OPEN-TO-AIR SPACES

OFFICE SPACES THAT ARE ISOLATED FROM THE OTHER INTERRUPTIONS

MANIFESTO VISUALISED

Crossing the Threshold

Understanding the spaces and how the ground plane gets cut, the separate blocks of the building develop into the ground expanding the volumes of the larger public spaces below.

These spaces would benefit from more dynamic level changes, playful lighting and lead to a more memorable space. These atriums would be draped in a crystal-like glass skin that wraps around the defined solid spaces to let light in.

Certain parts would be equipped with kinetic shading elements to control and maintain a pleasant amount of light and heat into the building throughout the different times of day.

Developing Interruption

GENERATING INTERRUPTING MASS

From the area of interruption as well as the buildable area within the park, comes the mass that splits the park into 2 distinct spaces.

ATRIUMS DERIVED FROM SITE NODES

From the previously recognised nodes and test points, the public spaces were maintained whilst being enclosed by the volume. Atriums were carved out to expand the space vertically and generate spaces of rest and congregation

CONNECTING THE VICINITY TO NODES

From the interpreted movement patterns, chasms were carved out of the volume to create controlled sightlines. These chasms do not cut through completely till the atriums and interrupt the floorplates and spaces throughout the building

MODIFYING THE GROUND VOLUME FOR ACCESIBILITY

Finally, the atriums and the chasms were connected to open up the ground plane and generate an open and accesible space that acts as a transition point for those using the metro as well the users around.

SQUARE OPENINGS LOFTED TO NODES SIOGRAPHY STUDY AT 3PM ON JUNE 14TH SOLAR RADIATION STUDIES OF PROPOSED MASSING SIOGRAPHY STUDY AT 11AM ON JUNE 14TH SIOGRAPHY STUDY AT 5PM ON JUNE 14TH

Developing Interruption

Iterations to establish elements of these lofted volumes to select succesful and dynamic spaces. These characteristics can be observed in the final massing which inculcates these playful spaces into an impactful interruption through volumes.

STEEL DIAGRID STRUCTURE GLAZED WITH DOUBLE PANE GLASS

FACTS EMPORIA | Wingårdh Arkitektkontor

CORTEN STEEL FACADE

INTERRUPTING THE GROUND PLANE

Connecting the metro to the now reactivated ground plane was an important target and in some points throughout the structure, the ground plane is given precedence and cuts through the building.

This along with the extensive iterations made to achieve the desired characteristics generated a truly unique and locally sensitive structure that is inclusive and generates interest once users cross the threshold, that is the facade itself.

INTERRUPTING BANIYAS SQUARE

Underground metro station

THE THRESHOLD, THE FACADE

Interruption unveiled

The arrangement of spaces are made to interrupt one another by intersecting volumes and the broken floor plates get interrrupted by the external volumes with only a barrier of glass to separate the internal atriums and the internal functions

INTERRUPTION THROUGH SECTION

EXHIBITION AND BASEMENT PLAN

PUBLIC DOMAIN PLAN

UN DGC OFFICE PLAN

INTERRUPTING SPACES

The ramp leading into the exhibition spaces

Interruption in the office space to create movement.

Model Photographs

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SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY

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STRUCTURAL STRATEGY

Soil Investigation

Type of soil: marine sand

Load bearing capacity: poor

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Foundation

Type of foundation: Raft/Mat foundation

Key features:

Uses less amount of concrete reducing emissions. Preferred in shallow excavations. Used in soils with poor bearing capacity Loads are distributed over large areas avoiding differential settlement.

STRUCTURE ESTIMATIONS

Dimensions

Average wall thickness =0.25m

Avg slab thickness=0.4m

Slab to slab height=4m

Ground floor area=1350 m²

First-floor area=945 m²

Ground floor

Wall span=450m

The total volume of the wall

=450m*4m*0 25m=450m³

Total floor volume

=1350m²*0 4m=540m³

S o l a r P a n e l s

First Floor

Wall span=315m

The total volume of the wall =315m*4m*0.25m=315m³

Total roof volume =945m²*0.4m=378m³

W i n d T u r b n e s

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Total roof volume

=1350m²*0 4m=540m³

TOTAL STRUCTURE VOLUME=450m³+540m³+540m³+315m³+378m³≈2225m³

The pre-cast method is preferred in the structure due to :