FLYING PODS: Market to Housing

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FLYING PODS

EXERCISE 1_SANTA CATERINA: From Market to Housing

upc-etsab 2020/2021 mbarch contemporary project: architecture, theory and criticism

UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

BORDERS OF THE OLD TOWN

PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT FROM THE OLD TOWN

WHY DO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE OLD CITY IN BARCELONA?

LARGE GAPS BETWEEN RESIDENTIALS TO LET THEM GET SUN SHINE
NARROW GAPS BETWEEN RESIDENTIALS WHICH DOESN’T LET SUN TO ARRIVE

BOUNDARIES

GAP BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND PUBLIC MARKET SPACE
OF ARCHITECTURE
SKY EACH RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS DESIGNED WITH A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SKY
AND
UNDERSTANDING THE HERITAGE

TIME AND ARCHITECTURE LAYERITY

NOW
21ST CENTURY 19TH CENTURY 15TH CENTURY 13TH CENTURY 11TH CENTURY

LAYERING THE ARCHITECTURE PERIODS

CONTINUITY OF THE MATERIALS

WOOD | STEEL | CERAMIC

WOOD | STEEL | CERAMIC | CONCRETE

STEEL | STONE

UNDERSTANDIN THE MATERIALITY OF THE EXISTING THROUHG SKETCHING BOUNDARIES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE ORGANIC FORM OF THE SUPPORTING COLUMNS OF THE ROOF

RAISE UP TO RESPECT THE PREVIOUS ONE

BUILDINGS DO NOT TOUCH EACH OTHER BOUNDARIES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE RESIDENTIAL, PRIVATE STRUCTURE RAISED UP TO CREATE A PUBLIC SPACE

SKETCHING THE SANTA CATERINA MARKET

ATTRACTION OF THE ROOF FURNISHING AND THE ORGANIC FORM NORTH VIEW OF THE SANTA CATERINA MARKET ORGANIC COLUMNS BY MIRALLES INTERIOR DESIGN OF THE MARKET | NO PRALLEL PATHS VISIBILITY OF THE MARKET FROM NARROW & PARALLEL STREETS INTERIOR OF THE SANTA CATERINA MARKET NORTH VIEW OF THE SANTA CATERINA MARKET
CONCEPTUAL IDEA

CONCEPTUAL CONTUNIUTY WHAT IS NEXT?

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER ( FRUIT FLY)

Birds on the roof seem like the fruit flies on the fruits
PROPOSAL

TINY PREFAB PODS FOR PEOPLE WHO COMES AND GOES

THE AIM IS ADDING A NEW RESIDENTIAL LAYER ON THE ROOF FOR STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS. PODS INVADE THE COMMERCIAL PUBLIC MARKET WITHOUT DEMOLOSHING IT AND ADDING A NEW TIME TO CONTINUE THE LAYERITY OF THE SITE.

DESIGN CONCEPT IS INSPIRED BY FRUIT FLIES AND THE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS ARE 2 DIFFERENT SIZES WHICH REPRESENTS THE SIZE DIFFERENCE OF FEMALE AND MALE FLIES.

RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS WILL BE LOCATED AS A COMMUNE ON THE FRUIT CERAMIC FURNISHINGS ON THE ROOF AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM ALSO WILL WORK AS A PUBLIC VIEWING BRIDGES.

TOP VIEW OF THE HOUSING AND SANTA CATERINA MARKET LOCATING THE FRUITS FOR RESIDENTIAL PODS
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
LOCATING THE
TO ATTACH THE
LOCATING THE
THE
STEEL STRUCTURE
PODS STRUCTURALLY
TRUSS BRIDGES OF
ROOF

CIRCULATION SYSTEM PROPOSAL

CIRCULATION SYSTEM TO REACH THE PODS

AREAS TO LOCATE PODS

CONNECT THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

MALE FRUIT FLY 1 PERSON FLATS FEMALE FRUIT FLY : 2 PEOPLE FLATS
PROGRAM

CASE STUDIES OF SUSTAINABLE PODS

CASE STUDIES OF SUSTAINABLE PODS

MIRALLES

FROM NATURE TO STRUCTURE

GRAPHICAL EXPERIMENTS TO UNDERSTAND MIRALLES & GAUDI

GAUDI

CERAMIC FACADE CLADDING- COLOUR EXPERIMENT

FROM ORGANIC FRUIT FLY TO RECTANGULAR PODS

MIRALLES

TOP VIEW TOP VIEW SECTION SECTION

VISUAL APPROACH

ADAPTING THE DESIGN TO THE FRUIT ROOF BY MIRALLES

ARCHITECTURE

REALITY

UNDERSTANDING THE ANATOMY OF FRUIT FLIES

FROM ANATOMY OF FRUIT FLIES TO PLANS

GEOMETRY VS NATURE

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

MAIN ELEVATION F

MAIN ELEVATION M

PLAN F PLAN
M SECTION F SECTION M
ENTRANCE ENTRANCE KITCHEN KITCHEN LIVING AREA LIVING AREA BEDROOM BEDROOM

FRUIT FLY IMAGE FROM TOP VIEW

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