Master in Advanced Architecture Self Sufficient Buildings Studio
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Master in Advanced Architecture Self Sufficient Buildings Research Studio
Thesis Project Title: S E N S O R Y S U R F A C E S
Faculty
Enric Ruiz Geli Mireia Luzarraga
Student Assitants
Zrinka Radic Mohamad Rashid Jalloul
Student
Ăœmit Ceren BayazitoÄ&#x;lu
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Self Sufficient Campus Publicness Cluster Abstract Personal Agenda Spatial Requirements Form Finding Exercises Sensory Surfaces
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Self Sufficient Buildings Studio Site, Poblenou
The Self Sufficient Building Studio had been working on an Educational Campus in Poblenou district of Barcelona. The site is located in 22@Barcelona, an urban renewal area, which is planned to be an innovation district. A mixed model is implementing, including technological, residential, urban services. As a team the Self Sufficient Studio worked on a campus project, and the related personal agendas formed clusters; like Nature, Body, Publicness, Retrofitting, Structure+Skin, New Buildings and Archive.
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Publicness Site Plan
The Publicness Cluster dealed with basically the interaction of public with the public space and the city by using different tools; as sound/silence, art, health, nature, structure and self-building practices.
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personal agenda
abstract
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healthcare for everybody My personal agenda mainly bases on public health and health facilities. Sustainable individual and community health have a significant role to gain a self sufficient environment. From this point of view, in cities it is crucial to protect to draw attention to health by education and to promote the healthcare.
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sensory surfaces
personal agenda
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“Sensory Surfaces� is an intervention produced under Publicness Cluster aiming the interaction between the people, especially children, having special disorders with other city dwellers and public space by bringing nature, stimulating the senses and allowing the physical activities.. In Sensory Surfaces, it was aimed to create a space where mainly children with special disorders could benefit from. Sensory difficulties could be complex cases, and the needs and behaviors of every children can be changeable, so the space requirements can vary also. During the design process, the form finding and spatial researches were concentrated on personal and social spaces considering the necessities.
As the Autism Spectrum Disorder rates are in dramatically increase in the last years, it would be important to remark these disorders in an educational campus area. Education and awareness play substantial role in early identification. Therefore it is important to keep in mind the interaction inbetween the children having special disorders with the public spaces.
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spatial requirements
sensory surfaces
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SIMPLE PLAN ORGANIZATIONS For a more comfortable and safe space experience, it would be important to obtain uncomplicated, simple and easy places having reasonable scales. Large volumes also could be distracting in many cases. Also rather than having many functions in one place, having specialized spaces would be less confusing. SMOOTH SURFACES Instead of having right angles in the space, it would be more relaxing to have smooth and fluid surfaces. MEETING WITH NATURE Touching and being in interaction with nature could be theurapetical in sensory disorders. Children can experience farming, natural light and materials. LIGHT & SOUND SENSITIVITY Childrens’ sensitivities for different factors could be changeable. Thus, in some cases bright or colorful lights can be healing, but for the others darkness can be prefable. Accordingly, throughout the design process, it had been tried to create varios spaces for different necessities.
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form finding exercises
sensory surfaces
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plaster
salt + starch
bioplastics + hemp cord
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FORM EXERCISES POTENTIALS
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TESTING
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MATERIAL
By considering the spatial requirements, the geometry researches were started firstly with the soap film and minimal surfaces exercises. The material tests were based on lightness, transparency, interaction and flexibility concepts. Natural materials as salt, bioplastics, soil and paper were experienced. Large and small areas were formed into an existing having different sound and light values.
soil + plaster
paper mache
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PERSONAL SPACES: acoustic and dark smaller spaces SOCIAL SPACES: gathering areas for games and physical activities OUTDOOR GARDEN: vertical garden for farming activities and outdoor activities as climbing INDOOR GARDEN: bringing nature to inside to allow natural light and playing activities
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HAPPINESS PARTICLES INTO THE UNIVERSE The space and architecture can have a strong influence on peoples’ mood and energy. The aim of Sensory Surfaces is to form a place where the children having special disorders could share a place, interact with nature and connect with the public. Finally, ncluding children would help richening of the public interaction and social sustainability. A small intervention for the children can have enough strength to spread the happiness to their families and environment.
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* Seeds can be provided by Nature Cluster, Özge Tektaş ** Shading for the natural light can be provided by Mario Espinoza’s bridge-like capsule structure *** Interacting with public by the help of Sabrina Naumovski’s personal agenda
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