City Fictions Daniela Bertuol UNIT A
Smithfield Market
Smithfield Market CITY MOMENTS – AXO
10 A.M. – 1 P.M. Vans
Pallets
Wet Floor Safety Cones Wall protection
Street Bollard – City of London Cars – not related with the market
Grand Ave This axis presents more than one function, this space acts such as street, stage to suppliers and buyers of meat, passage between the Charterhouse Street to Smith All functions of the Grand Ave guarantee life for the Smithfield Market. Such as Jane Jacobs said: “Streets and their sidewalks, the main public places of the city, are its most vital organs. Across the years, this place still continues with the same function and importance to the city. field Street, and this place could be use as a shelter.
Pedestrians
Pegeons
1 P.M. – 8 A.M.
Workers
Vans
Pallets
Wet Floor Safety Cones Wall protection
Street Bollard – City of London Cars – not related with the market
Pedestrians
Pegeons
Meat
choreography
1O – 13 hrs - MOMENT
Vans
Pallets
Wet Floor Safety Cones Wall protection
Street Bollard – City of London Cars – not related with the market
Pedestrians
Pegeons
Workers
Smithfield Market – Day and night
City Moment A dissipation of city moment in layers showing the choreographic during the day.
Pallets
The scene A woman who was trying cross beyond the Charterhouse Street to Smithfield St. She was on the corner, in the main entrance of the Smithfield Market, where there was a possible obstruction. The Market acts as passage, where the corner is the major scenery, where people meet each other, stuff are storage, local for use the mobile‌ In the sidewalk, there were a significant amount of obstacles, as some doves, pallets, cones, some building protection among others stuffs.
Pigeons
Grand Ave-Smithfield Market Corner Detail
Pedestrians
Traffic
Collage showing the big flow existing at the corner.
Spatial Moment Detail, a zoom in on the essence of the moment. The aim was to reproduce the detail in a plaster real scale model.
The corner Corner is a connection between two roads, ways, is a connection in a city, link points and flows. The corner is a meeting place, where people stop when they are lost, or where people feel comfortable to stop and talk at the mobile, stop to smoke or drink something. In this case, the corner is a boundary between the market and the road. The column demark the start of the market. The street advances into the market. Grand AVE connect both sides of the Smithfield market. Connect the City Garden to restaurants and pubs. This corner is used to storage a lot of stuffs which are used during the open hours of the market. The “spatial moment� is a little part of the column and the floor on the corner between Smithfield Market and Grand Ave. The column corner is damaged, probably because of the use of trolleys and pallets since 19th century. .
Positive
On the other hand, the floor is conserved, the tow types of stone used was good enough to resist the traffic among the years. There is a strip marking where the sidewalk of Smithfield Street terminates and where the sidewalk and the Smithfield market building starts. In the special moment a electrical pipe surround the column and enters into the building. This corner is a stage for many city moments like birds searching for food, workers storage pallets, security wet floor cones are everywhere and people use to smoke, talk at the mobile and just walk for this place. The special moment is the Mainly corner in this market. The Grand Ave permit the interaction between the building and the city, mainly this corner.
Plaster Model The process, building the negative of the physical space to generate the model plaster.
Negative – the mold
Plaster
Textures
Material
MATERIALS AND TEXTURES
For electrical pipe, I have used a pipe cutted at the middle.
The stones I have represented by Styrofoam. One of the stone is more smooth than other, so I polished the surface.
The column was represented by a Styrofoam, which was polished for the curve faces and wrapped with Kitchen foil smashed. For the damaged part, two foil pages was smashed forming the unevenness
The process
After collect data at the side, I recognized materials and textures. Then, I choose the best texture to represent the materials. And draw the positive and negative of the moment. The next step was make the structure with the timber, and then fix the textures in. After the negative ready, I did the plaster. It is took me 30 min for made the moisture (plaster + water). Than when the moisture was thick I`ve started pour the plaster into the cast with a cup. At this part, the plaster was not thick enough and this could be the reason for the first mistake.
The unexpected model A leak at one gap does not sealed well, made two models emerged which I did not expect.
I have got some problems to remove some parts of the model, the Styrofoam is not a very good material for casting. And the plaster invaded the Styrofoam, passed the timber and provide other part. The timber which was supposed to structure the part of floor felt and make other plaster model. This make the floor part disconnect and create a unevenness in the floor. The causes to this incident, probably are the plaster too liquid and the screel which fix the floor timber was not big enough. Concluding, the plaster model, mainly the textures, was very similar to the real column at Smithfield Market. And I create the plaster model of moment and the unexpected model, which provides me models with tips forms.
Negative
Unexpected models
Probably the srew was too small, and then because the load provided by shedding plaster, the structure timber tilt.
Wax Models Experiencing new materials and textures
My idea with wax, was reproduce the column and floor texture, but my work with wax wasn`t very successful. First, I have bought the wrong wax, a soft wax used to model. I put the wax to melt while I was passing Vaseline in my cast. When the wax was melted, I put it in the cast. In the same time I inserted a piece of the first unexpected model. How the wax was soft it did not work. This wax cracked and some parts of plaster broke. Therefore, the result was a very nice model, mixing three materials with different colours and textures.
Secondly, I have tried casting with the paraffin wax. The process was the same, melt the paraffin and use the Vaseline to grease the cast. The process was right, but I couldn`t demolded. Probably, the Vaseline was not enough. The wax model is fixed in the plaster model. The wax model seems ok, but how it is a big model, in the middle the wax formed a hole with a great organic form. This wax model is translucent and shining as a glass brick
At the end, I have got the plaster model – positive and 2 parts of unexpected model; one in a soft wax model. And the positive is with the paraffin wax model. At the last casting, I have brought the plaster positive model trying desmolded the wax. The mistakes help me to find some new forms to interventions and understand the structure as the materials . By the end , I could see the intersection related with the corner, ways which cross and intersect to make only one part of the city.
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Smithfield Market INTERVENTION
The intervention on Smithfield market was ispired at the unexpected model. The concept was re-order the space and create a shelter. A space for sit, read, recharge mobiles, deposit to pallets. Materials wood
Weathering
steel
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Palermo - Fieldtrip
Fieldtrip PALERMO
Segesta – Greek Theatre
PALERMO
Chiesa Madre in Salemi Gibellina Nuova
Gibellina
PALERMO, Sicily, Italy Palermo is located at south of Italy, in the Isle of Sicily region. It is a coast city and its weather is temperate , with hot and wet days, and some period of the year present some dry weeks. the topography is flat near the sea and present some beautiful mountains around the city. We also visited a Siza Intervention in Salemi , a Greek Theatre in Segesta and the Gibellina, the monument to a earthquake destroyed city and the new Giubellina.
Visited places During the fieldtrip week, we visited some of the most important places in Palermo, including the street Markets, Teatro Massimo, Cappella Palatina, Quattro Canti among others. The intention was get in touch with the energy and culture of Palermo, the city life and memory. the best memory, for me is the atmosphere of street markets, it is something which I just felt in Palermo, a unique energy and culture.
Santa Maria della caetana Teatro Massimo
Oratorio del Rosario in Santa Cita
Palazzo dei Normanni and Cappella Palatina Mercato di Capo City Gateway La Vucciria Street Market
Seen walking through the old city wall near the sea
Palazzo Abatellis – nowadays this palazzo use to be the Regional gallery of Sicily. This Italian Palazzo was refurbished by Carlo Scarpa. My study case is in this building, lthe Salleta del Laurana
Ballaro Street Market
Quattro Canti and Fontana Pretoria
Santa Maria dello Spasimo Church and Jazz School
Palazzo Abatellis Study Case – Salleta del Laurana, a great route
Palazzo Abatellis, our first visit in Palermo, is a example of Gothic-Catalan Palazzo. It was designed in the !5th century by Matteo Carnelivari and in 1953 it was re-worked by Carlo Scarpa. Nowadays it is home to the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia.
The Saletta del Laurana, the study case, is the second exhibition space in the museum circuit. The room is a corner which connects the chiesa, where is located the Trionfo della Morte e a Dei Gagini room, the most important rooms at the complex.
Palazzo Abatellis SALETTA DEL LAURANA
Saletta Laurana
In this room, Scarpa introduced plaster panels which acts like a shell. The panels evidence the sculptures, specially because they are in strong colours.
Viewer Path
Provision sculptures
Timber fasteners/fixing
green panel follow the window frame green wall and wood inserts - section and perspective
Panels – green and blue – plaster
Saletta della Laurana
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Fieldtrip PALERMO
KALSA
The Kalsa The common name of the quarter, Kalsa, derives from the district's historic Arabic name, Al-Khalisa, meaning "the purest." Al-Khalisa was centre of the city of Balarm.
History
1726
1818
Palermo was founded in 734 BC by Greek tribes, become part of the Roman Empire and after was under Arab rule. And become capital of the Kingdom of Sicily. The city is divided by two axes, south-north; east-west (seamountains).
2013 KALSA
Fieldtrip PALERMO
Palazzo Steri
Palazzo Abatellis
Piazza della Kalsa
Spasimo Annex Site
Piazza della Kalsa - Church
Piazza Magiore
The Santa Maria dello Spasimo Church is a unfinished church, by the 13th century. Without roof, in this place some concerts happens at the summer. In front of the church, there was the Militar Hospital at Second World War, which was destroyed among the years. The palazzo which also was part of the hospital, nowadays is a Music School.
Spasimo Annex PALERMO
View – front of the site
The Spasimo Annex is a site located at Via Dello Spasimo, in front of the Santa Maria dello Spasimo Church (13th century). The site was a militar hospital at second world war, and nowadays is in ruins. A part of the military hospital still in use, and is occupied by a Jazz School. At summer, some concerts happens at church less roof. The site is connected to 3 open spaces, Piazza Magiora, della Kalsa e Marina.
Spasimo Annex PALERMO
Site Study Relationship between the site and surroundings.
View from Via dello Spasimo
This part of Palermo was bomb at second world war so its present some destroyed buildings, abandonaded and poorly maintained houses. The high of buildings is, in general, 2 floors.
Via spasimo – Piazza dello spasimo – open space Connect site with Piazza Magione
VIA DELLO SPASIMO
Main entrance
View from Via dello Spasimo
Jazz School - Palazzo
Militar Hospital – second world war - ruins
View from Via dello Spasimo – Jazz School
Santa Maria dello Spasimo Church
Most of buildings present two or three floors, the church is highlighted in the city
VIA DELLO SPASIMO – ELEVATION
Site Sections Spasimo Church , an amazing and unusual feeling in a roofless church
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Site Sections The site, a place avoid by the church and Jazz school is composed by ruins, just walls remains in what was the military hospital.
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The remains walls are in wery bad conditions, it is possible see bricks and concrete, as some collapsed parts
Santa Maria dello Spasimo A impressive building behind the military hospital ruins
SPASIMO SITE 1/250 As it is possible see in this axonometric drawing, the site is in fronte of the Santa maria dello Spasimo Church. The aim of this axonometric drawing is show the relationship between site, palazzo and church, where the roofless structure appears as a spetacular architectural historic building
Site Thoughts Corner condition
I looked to corners and connections while I was visiting the site. This beautiful one is in the front of the church, a arch which ends in a ornamented column. In a zoom in I could realize that it was damaged by the time and uses, I could realize that corners always will be points of damages but so will be place with life and movement. the corners connects and are the dividers between inside and out, light and dark acting as boundaries in a building or in a city. Looking to my site, i could realize that my site is a corner which connects the Spasimo Church Garden and Piazza Magione, but, trough the years it has been forgotten as now is totally damaged, without use closed to the city. by this way, i got the real meaning and feeling about my site, and all my work, my site was a big corner. Turning back to the spasimo column corner, the column present a detail on the corner, thinking about the future damages, inserting a staggered form to provide more resistance. feeling when you are into the site, as a shelter without roof. Relating this little detail in this amazing column with my site, I had a though, this small piece, delicated and almost unnoticed have a huge importance to the column, it is helps the column be conserved. It is not necessary be big, is necessary just be efficient. then I thought about my future design and i decided, in that moment, my project should be a detail in the church site but it should be big enough to be notticied. by the same time, i reflect about create a connection, a big open spaca, as a corridor into the city.
The jazz school, a Italian palazzo presents a central yard with a fountain. Nowadays the main entrance to the church is trough the Palazzo. The ruins is 4.5 meters high, while the palazzo is 9 meters and church 27m. It is what make the ruins disappear in the middle of the city. this generate a comfortable feeling when you are into the site, as a shelter without roof.
City Fictions
Urban fragment A choreography cross beyond the Charterhouse Street to Smithfield St. The studies reproduce how things change during the day in the market. This study shows to me how a building or a city alive, how people change the function and how each other present a different relationship with the same building. As for example, the Smithfield market, for the workers is a routine, for the pedestrians is his way, etc. This individual relationship make the market alive 24 hours per day among the years.
Material exploration My spacial moment was a column corner of Smithfield Market. With the casting, my idea was reproduce the column and floor texture. By the end I had 4 models, which one with different textures. My favourite of this four is the soft wax with timber and plaster, these three materials with different colours and textures made a nice set. The paraffin wax model also is a very interesting experiment, the translucent material which during the day is soft near the column texture, at night, the lightening can pass trough the model creating an amazing effect.
Spatial experience Saletta della Laurana In this room, Scarpa introduced plaster panels which acts like a shelter to the exhibitions. The panels evidence the sculptures, specially because they are in strong colours. This study shows how the architect can have the control of path and views of the visitant, the architect indicates a way trhough the panels and disposition of elements.
Concerning about studies during this semester, my conclusions until now are that the building must attend several publics and ages to maintain the building alive. The space should be open to the public, acting as a open space, as Smithfield Market acts. The materials, after work with 4 different textures and effects, show to me how the texture and effect can be used to mark something , for example the translucent effect can highlight a building in the night, or the colour material with a ocher colour can highlight the existing effect. About the spacial study, I learned that create a path is something of huge importance for a good design. Concluding, with these three studies I am aware that a city relationship between new and old should exist. I can also argue that the materiality have a heavy role in the project, since it is possible re-create existing textures. Finally , the amazing spatial atmosphere should be designed representing the natural sensation in the Spasimo Site.
Brief Spasimo Theatre School
Spasimo Theatre School The Spasimo Annex and Theatre School design is located in Palermo, Italy. The Theatre School will support the surroundings buildings, providing some facilities and creating a big and properly entrance to the Spasimo Site. The site used to be a military hospital at the Second World War and nowadays just exist some walls remains. the surrounding is composed by the Santa Maria dello Spasimo Church, at the back and the Jazz School in the right hand side, both are connected and works together, once the main entrance to the church is by the Palazzo. During the summer some concerts and exhibitions happens into the Spasimo Church, which is a sightseeing of Palermo. Observing these situation. I noticed that there is not good facilities to big concerts and jazz presentations in that place, even the entrance is almost unnoticed at the street. Analysing these points and other like the proximity with three open spaces, which attract all population and tourists. (Piazza Marina, Maggione and the cost), the main intention of this design is provide facilities to support the events which happens at this space, is provide a meeting point, a space for concerts at the winter, and an appropriate hall/entrance for the church because, at the moment, when we walk at the street the church and school could pass by unnoticed
an space for indoor events and invest in culture to the children which surround the area, creating a Theatre school. the idea of theatre emerged by creating a cultural centre, with jazz classes and theatre, both keeping a relationship with the church. Other point important choosing the program was the feeling between real and unreal when i entered in the church without roof, where the imagination and fantasy took over me about that unusual situation, a church without roof.
The program The program will be composed by a covered open space, which will lead the people to the theatre school or the church. This building will present some classes’ rooms, a little auditorium and some facilities for this as toilets, staircase, box office and a pub, which could be open during all year. The idea is create a mix between a close and open spaces connecting the site with the garden, making this space used by all population. Using open and close space, in and out, the idea is create a imaginary and fantasy open space.
The design will be something which call people for the site, showing what happens there, creating a life space during the day and night. thinking about the surrounding open spaces, specially the Piazza Maggione e Spasimo, the project will act as a big and welcoming corner as a hall to the concerts. the idea also looks for a covered space which could be used during the autumn and winter, which used to rain a lot. The project will provide all facilities and support physically and economic this area, the spasimo corner will be a theatre school since there is some theatres in the city, which one very close, the Teatro Garibaldi, which does not have a lot of spectacles . So the idea is have a theatre school which can provide facilities to the church, creating
The theatre school should act as a Spasimo annex, providing good facilities as spectators. the project will develop the area as a cultural core together with the Church, School of jazz, Palazzo Abatellis among other cultural buildings near the site. This developer role have a intention of bring more visitants and tourists to help the Palermo economy too.
Semi-covered square 300m² Toilets 50m² Storage 75 + 60= 135m² Workshops 200m² Auditorium 180m² Backstages 50 + 60 =120m² Cloakroom 15m² Staircases 40m² Pub 40² Circulation 200m² Box Office 20m² Overalll: 1 400m²
sequences
framing
open space flows
Using this idea of imaginary spaces the design will represent an inversion of the Italians Palazzos, where the courtyard was in the middle. In the design, the yard and circulation will occur around the rooms, making an appreciation tour around the building looking at the church and surroundings. this have environmental aims, as the palazzos the corridor is used to provide shadows and natural ventilation in the summer and as a rain protection in the winter. this will keep the Italian architecture alive in the complex, letting different forms just to the Church, which deserves attention.
Program
Theatrical
palazzos views
connections
events
direction
Spasimo Site Sketch model
The Spasimo Annex design which located in a site, which was a military hospital at the Second World War, will support the European School of Jazz. Nowadays, the school is located at the Palazzo and doesn`t present good facilities and an presentations happens at the roof less church. Analysing these points and other like the proximity with three open spaces, which attract all population and tourists. (Piazza Marina, Maggione, and Kalsa) the main intention is provide facilities to support the events which happens at this space, is provide a meeting point, a space for concerts at the winter, and an appropriate hall/entrance for the jazz school because, at the moment, when we walk at the street the church and school could pass by unnoticed. The design will be something which call people for the site, showing what happens there, creating a life space during the day and night. The program will be composed by a broad hall, which will lead the people to the school or the church, the building will present an auditorium and some facilities for this as toilets, some rooms and a pub which could be open during all year. The idea is create a mix between a close and open space connecting this with the garden. The project will look for suitability, looking for natural lightning and ventilation.
Jazz School
Spasimo Church
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Design Process Creating an open space through framing
Site interventions:
First Sketches
My aim was create a good flow between the street and church
Following the first ideas using the concept of Framing views and connections, I started some sketches reinterpreting my first sketch model
My first reaction was analyse the site and ruins. Analysing it, and with the idea of create a flowing and integrating space I decided remove the front wall, which was not original. then I had a beautiful gateway, which should remain marking the entrance. other action was remove a part of the middle wall, this action result in a new open space between the site and the church, I liked because this space could be a mediator between the city and the church, which nowadays is enclosure between the buildings and city wall. this action also resulted in a continuous garden, which starts at the garden and finished in the new square. I though in use this as a hall. Looking again to my model I could realize that remove that piece of wall and create a open space at the back of the site made a heavy flow from the street to the church, which I was wondering at the beginning.
After decided the solutions on the site I started reinterpret my sketch model, which was inspired by the framing idea and connections, direction the flow trough the space. Looking for the wax model, which have a rectangle form with a hole with a amazing form in the middle I though in create an auditorium, the big box would be the building and the organic form the auditorium space, the idea was make this levitate. this idea was very similar with the final one. I started develop this plan but I realized for just an auditorium I had not space enough in my site for facilities to this. After this, I give up of this theme, be an auditorium, I move to make a hall and box office.
Design Process A dialogue between the site and theme
Second Proposal
Third Proposal
Fourth Proposal
A planning of my second casting model, a shell which involves the site in a mix between open and closed spaces, a square, the building mixes with the landscape.
A second proposal scaled to a big shell. The shell seems come from the church going to the street, pushing the viewer to the site.
A mix between the first sketches and the third proposal, a block is allocated over the shell, which provide a semi covered square, while the big rectangle support the main function, the theatre school.
After give up of the auditorium, I decided start again, using my other model, the soft wax unexpected model, which present three materials and some forms in tip angle. My first step was a planning of this, as I did in my Smithfield Intervention. Then I "throw" this over my initial plan, I tried made this shell invade the ruins, intersect and connect, as I have already use in the Smithfield market. By the end, it was a cool design, but it was too small for the design which I was required. In the final proposal I used cash iron as a material, this idea I use from this prososal number two.
So, looking for something bigger, I decided just push up the shell and make this bigger connecting with the palazzo, by this moment the theme was, beyond support the church, support the jazz school with a library and a study room, which could act as hall in concert`s days. In this proposal I used the right side of the site, clipping the building in the palazzo, as a annex, making a big open space between the new square and gateway. I organized the shell to be higher near the church, as the level growing meeting the church making the viewer looking to the top of the church. in this proposal I used natural lightening, in the hall which was a big covered space. If the second proposal was too small, this one was too big and exuberant near the church, it was more highlighter than the church, which was not my intention. from this model I used the staircase, which I coupled in the little chapel at the back of the site, I topped up the church with a intervention, this remains at the last proposal.
My design was going against my principles and brief, it was big and with some forms that was not sustainable to Palermo, it was disagreeing with the city, and one of my theories was maintain the harmony in the Spasimo area. then I decided make a mix between the first proposal and the third, where the big block was coupled over the fancy shapes, resulting in a little auditorium. this action create a great semi-covered square. I decided use this in the left side of the site, making a open plan in the ground floor. by this idea I decided make a rereading of Italians Palazzos, creating a corridor providing natural ventilation and lightening. With this design I feel as I come back to my principles, making something big but almost unnoticed, referring to palazzos very commons in Palermo, but using contemporary materials and techniques. For the facade I used again the idea of framing views and the corridor around the rooms make a path which direct the viewer to the best views of the church and piazza. this opening also contribute to make something soft and clear, a place that people can see what is happening from the street, pushing people to the site, making a connection by the first floor with the piazza, and the ground floor males a connection with the church and street.
Spasimo Theatre School A box of creativity and fantasy in a huge public space
Design evolution
I started this proposal, the number four, mixing the first one with the third, specially the section of the 3rd. I mixed the block of the first over the section resulting in this form. When I did this form I realized that I could reread the palazzo, and this was what I wanted at the begging, make some referencing to the Italian architecture. Then I did a model, where a started study the idea of walk around the build, as the openings to the beautiful views. Then, I looked back to my first sketch model and I saw some blocks spread in the site, I took this idea and spread blocks into the box, the auditorium, backstage/ classroom and toilets. I wanted a theatrical place, for this I create the opening to light come trough and a place where is possible see the first floor until de roof. The sun protection emerged in a tutorial inspired by the shadows effects in the roofless church.
My last proposal is relating a lot with the first one, but without all this process I would not worked the space, lightening and atmosphere.
The proposal is composed by a open and flow plan at the ground floor, and a main floor at the second level, where is the auditorium. The intermediate level is destinated to the theatre school.
A cultural corridor 1/1000 Urban Strategy Drawing
The Spasimo annex and theatre school is located at Kalsa, in Palermo. Situated near three open spaces, the design pretend connectthese three spaces with the Spasimo church located at the back side of the site. The design respects the palazzo typology , which is composed by a square with a court yard in the middle, looking for a better ventilation and lightening. Most of the surroundings buildings present three or four floors, and the Spasimo Church is highlighted in this area because its 27m high in the highest point.
Palazzo Abatellis
Fortress
Piazza Maggione
Location 1/1000
A big public space Site Plan/Location
The design is located at the front of the site, creating a new space, a new yard between the facilities and the stage (church) The idea of this new space is provide a foyer to big events at the church, where people can see and appreciate the church in more than on point of view. At the Theatre school is possible access the roof, a green roof. People can use this space as a open space where they can see the piazza Maggiora and the Spasimo Church
Location Plan 1/500
Ground Floor Plan A big corner is formed by the semicovered square
Using the concept of framing, here, the idea is framing views and spaces, using walls, slabs and lightening to frame the spaces. Create a semi covered square was decided because this site doe not have a proper space in raining days or cold days, so this space was created to provide a continuous use of this site. The right hand site of the site, which is the storage and workshops is designed to look as a big warehouse, double high. The plan looks for a good flow, indicating the way and view to the church. Existing walls are filled in grey .
Nottations I – semi-covered square II - stage III - pub IV – open square V - hall VI -cloakroom VII - staircase VIII - workshops IX - storage X - toilets XI -Stair XII – living class XIII – class rooms XIV - down stage XV - backstage XVI - Stage XVII - staircase XVIII - foyer XIX - toilets XX – yard XXI – view to the sreet and Piazza Maggione XXII – view to the open square toilets
Existing Walls Path
Ground Floor 1/200
First Floor - Mezzanine This floor is designated to the Theatre School, a open floor with movable partitions to use the space as the school needs. The first floor is composed by workshops rooms, and just in the Storage block. The square is double high. This space is designed to be a big warehouse together with the ground floor, sometimes used as workshops rooms sometimes as storage..
Nottations I – semi-covered square II - stage III - pub IV – open square V - hall VI -cloakroom VII - staircase VIII - workshops IX - storage X - toilets XI -Stair XII – living class XIII – class rooms XIV - down stage XV - backstage XVI - Stage XVII - staircase XVIII - foyer XIX - toilets XX – yard XXI – view to the sreet and Piazza Maggione XXII – view to the open square toilets
View direction
Path
First Floor 1/200
Second Floor - Auditorium A theatrical floor, with openings at the roof, windows directing the viewer to the most beautiful points of the site.
At the second floor is located the auditorium and a backstage, this auditorium is used to teaching theatre and in little events, (70p). By the second floor people can used footbridges to access the Jazz school and the church exhibitions.; by this footbridges people can see the yard in several points of view. The auditorium and backstage are suspended, structured by beams connected with the columns. The windows in the second floor are directed to the specific views in the site, and the oath occurs surrounding the rooms. In this level is possible see the zenith opening with sun protection at the school space, the sunprotection is inspired by the rooflesschurch, different high protect the building of the sun.
Nottations I – semi-covered square II - stage III - pub IV – open square V - hall VI -cloakroom VII - staircase VIII - workshops IX - storage X - toilets XI -Stair XII – living class XIII – class rooms XIV - down stage XV - backstage XVI - Stage XVII - staircase XVIII - foyer XIX - toilets XX – yard XXI – view to the sreet and Piazza Maggione XXII – view to the open square toilets
View direction
Path
Second Floor 1/200
Section B’B The theatrical atmosphere
View from the Via dello Spasimo to the site
Section B’B 1/200
In this section is possible to see the atmosphere of the Spasimo Theatre School, where in the left hand side is more open, public, with a semi covered space and the auditorium and in the right hand side, we can see the school and storage space, it is possible see the zenith opening which recreates the atmosphere of the church. The core is in translucent material and the surrounding is in Cash iron.
The cloakroom This scene happens when there is some event in the site, specially during the night.
The Hall and cloakroom
View to the city During the day or night this is a connection with the city, this place provides a relationship between the building and surroundings
The view to the PIazza
The big corner Semi covered square, a place to be used when it is raining for everybody
The semi covered square
Theatre School A big connected space inspired by the spasimo church, with zenith openings
Theatre School
Materiality
The slabs are in concrete supported by the concrete beams
This blocks are structured by steel frame and translucent panels made the facade
In ochre, the façade in cash iron l structured by steel frame structure.
As a material, firstly I thought about Cash iron because I liked the contrast between the Palermo and the cash colour. But thinking about sustainability and looking for my plaster and wax models made during the year at unit A, I decided use a translucent material, because the theatre is a showcase and it is supposed to have a bright at night, as I could see at my wax model. For the structure I used concrete, I like the aspect of concrete with ruins. The cash iron emerge of my unexpected model with soft wax, which have the ochre colour. This contrast between a metal and ruins, something different, there is a contrast. So I decided cast the iron against the existing wall creating a negative in the façade. Just the 4facades is in cash iron, the blocks, auditorium and rooms are in translucent glass, a soft material contrasting with the heavy aspect from the ruins.
In grey the independent reinforced concrete core and ramps
Columns – reinforced concrete Beams – reinforced concrete
Foundations – Concrete Pile
Experiencing
Looking for my models I could see that there is a nice contrast between the heavy from the ruin to the soft from the translucent material, peaceful. During the day, the translucent material just acts in the natural lightening while at night the light trough the walls and make a incredible effect. The contrast between the plaster and materials made me decided use the translucent, very soft while the ruins are very strong and look heavy. A contrast between the heavy history of the war hospital and the new theatre school
The panels which would compose the façade, will be casting against the wall. Then the result will be something like in this little pieces of wax. The wax/ translucent is something soft, almost unnoticed during the day, but, at night it is highlighted. In the Spasimo theatre the ligh will push people to the site, because they will know that that place present a night live, not just a day light. The cash iron looks heavy but at the same time being a metal make this soft near the existing wall.
For both materials I have got inspiration on my model casting.
Left - translucent material and texture Right – cash iron , colour and texture The idea of use these two materials is create a heavy box for who see at the street and soft, calm into the semi covered square.
Via dello Spasimo Elevation Scale 1/250xp
Via dello Spasimo Elevation
1/20 Section Structure details
Green roof
Dripping-pan Acoustic and thermal layer
Steel frame to support the concrete panels
Acoustic and thermal layer
Glass – protection and hand rail Green Roof Translucent panels U-glass
Steel frame to support the concrete panels
Double Translucent Glass 8mm – acoustic and thermal treatment Frame : metal steel
Metal support and structure to the hand rail glass
Burned and polished cement floor
Concrete slab
Wood floor – mobile – theatre condition
Acoustic and thermal floor
The section show the acoustic and thermal treatment in the façade and floor as the materiality of structure and vertical panels
DETAIL SECTION SCALE 1/20
Metal support and structure to the hand rail glass
EXISTING WALL 8mm translucent Glass - handrail
EXPANSION JOINT - SILICONE STEEL “U” POLYCARBONATE TRANSLUCENT PANEL ACOUSTIC AND THERMAL PROTECT LAYER BOLT INSERTS PASS PIPE ELECTRICAL AND HYDRAULIC
CASH IRON PANEL
Burned and polished cement floor Handrail fixed by bolts in the concrete slab
Concrete slab
1/5 DETAIL
STEEL “U”
The big public space The Spasimo Theatre School concerns in a huge pubic space where people can traffic and use. The project is a complement to the Piazza Maggione as the Piazza is a complement to the Spasimo site. The cultural complex formed by the theatre, Jazz school and the most amazing space for concerts, the roofless church is connect with the city , the main attraction on the theatre is the city, which is focused by the windows .
“The most amazing and beautiful show that the Spasimo Theatre School can show is the city trough its opennings.�