Design 2 Project 2.3, “Interior”

Taxonomy of the general programs in daily routine, starting from bedroom at the top of the page where all the activities start at the beginning of the day. This taxonomy mainly shows the dimension of the example of one standard room for a specific program. These chosen programs are the programs or activities provided in the building, however in this case the room is based on the standard room in normal life.

Distance Diagram related to the building design in the phase before where all programs are split by the area of circulation. This shows the distance taken in order for one occupant in the building to finish the daily routine through all the programs chosen. Comparing to the normal life, this circulation area within the building significantly increases the distance to travel to another room.

Design 2 Project 2.2, “Building”

Diagram is the movement diagram but more specific in the detail of comparision between the normal movement to the movement of the characters. It shows a big contrast in the way that normal movement is very uniform and static but the movement in blue is very dynamic unsteady and not uniform.

Coming to the design of the building within the designed city, the concept of "Split" is coming back in this phase. The "Split" in this building is defined by the distance that splits the area of each activity out by the circulation system. The time spent in each area is also split, which means that the time spent at the same or the nearby area is eliminated as the occupant needs to walk through the circulation in order to complete another action in the totally different area. Whereas compared to the normal building or house, each activity area mostly connect to another area for a different activity and the time spent in the nearby area is longer.

Exploded diagram shows the provided areas for different activities in this building and where each of them located in the building. It also point out the importance of the circulation in this building by the exploded view. The area and volume that the circulation takes place is the most area in this design and the greater split for each activity to be done.

Design 2 Project 2.1, “City”

Given the inspiration from the film "Lover on the bridge" or "Les Amants du Pont Neuf" in French, the starting point of the project is based on the concept of unusual movements and daily routines of the 3 main characters on this bridge which was closed for the construction and became their home for a period of time. 

The atmospheric representation shows the more dynamic actions caused from these characters comparing to how normal people use the bridge in the normal days when it is open. The lines show their movements that take up both across and along the bridge diagonally as they take this bridge as their dwelling units in both private and public ways.

Then moving to the design of the city based on the dwelling movement on the bridge, the idea of "Split City" was brought up from the analysis of the movement. At each of the intersection showed on the Atmospheric Representation, the space is used for dwelling activities and the change in velocity of the movements occurs The main element in this design is the bridge that connects the whole city together from both across and along the river in the center. it provides more visibility across the city by its diagonal forms that also influenced from the movement in the movie. It is the main public space, but yet its intersection can transform into more private space to use for activities while the main path still provide the circulation space for the higher velocity movement.

The residential buildings act as the wall of the city which provide the full visibility from the building to people on the bridge and also from the bridge up to the building. As shown on the City View 1 that at each change in level there is also the split. The space on the side give the area for activities to occurs.