Building Typologies
Q. Which building typology you are researching?
A. Theater
Q. Why are you researching this building typology?
A. I am researching Theater because I believe with
in this site I can develop a place where people can gather and enjoy the
peaceful area with a beautiful outdoor/indoor Theater.
Q. What is the specialty of this building type you would like to research i.e? Museum for dance, school for digital media.
A. The specialty I would like to focus is Drama
Q. What are the examples that you will be researching… list the examples, location and architect (10 examples)
AlbiGrand Theater / Dominique Perrault Architecture
WuzhenTheater / Artech Architects
BengtSjostrom Starlight Theatre / Studio Gang Architects
GrandCanal Theater / Daniel Libeskind
Butterfly-WingedWuxi Grand Theatre
Q. What are your goals for working with this
building type?
A. I want to accomplish a successful design that
can contribute to the environment. I also want to challenge myself to combine
an educational program to bring kids from all ages to be a part of the
theater.
Q. What are the program elements that you see
included at this point in your building? (May evolve once more research is
done)
A. Program elements that I see myself developing are
exhibit space, Green space, restaurant, Space of interaction, Courts yard. I am
looking forward for my elements as my research continue.
Link below will take you to the site analysis, so you have an understanding of the site.
http://arch3610fall2015siteanalysis.blogspot.com/
Link below will take you to the site analysis, so you have an understanding of the site.
http://arch3610fall2015siteanalysis.blogspot.com/
I do not understand the connection between a shopping center and the theater. Could there be something to offer the community such as an educational facility or something else that links the theater to the neighborhood?
ReplyDeleteFrank (abbreviation for Franklin), focus your attention more on drama aspect of theater project. What are the necessary inputs to make you achieve drama aspect of theater design. I want to see how you incorporate rehearsal halls, changing rooms, et cetra to the design of theater.
ReplyDeleteFranklin, your precedents are a great start for your research. However, each theater is very different in its visual appearance, its forms, its spaces. Take a look at plans of each example, and see how they relate, both internally and externally. What are their layouts? Which spaces are adjacent to one another? What works and doesn't work in the spaces? Is there a similar program to each building? Create a program and then revisit the forms that you have chosen to research. You will begin to see that the ebbs and flows of the forms may or may not relate to the uses of the spaces within. Looking forward to the next post!
ReplyDeleteFranklin, the examples are a good start for your research. Try to 'read' these buildings (e.g. by doing conceptual diagrams), so to see the main idea and the elements of each complex. Along with the required program, try to envision/construct scenarios of how your theater would work; approach from the city, openess to the city, natural/artificial light (especially at night), materiality, form, fluidity. There are scenarios, underlying each of the theaters you have selected.
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