Onjira Mahitthafongkul : Didatic DNA

PHASE 1

ONJIRA MAHITTHAFONGKUL

YARINDA BUNNAG 

 

- PART 1 -

CASE STUDY: COOPER UNION

41 cooper square, New York, US, 2009 by Morphorsis 

 

COOPER UNION 

- A building that integrated school of architecture, art and engineering altogether 

MAIN PURPOSE OF ARCHITECT

- Creating an iconic building center to foster collaboration among three schools

 - bring social into form

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BUILDING FORMATION

-  not systemic and normal in architectural sense 

 

BUILDING SECTIONS AND HOW IT OPENS TO SURROUNDING

- the cut is opening to the street and views

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VISUAL CONNECTION

- also known as vertical piazza ( atrium from the 1st floor reach to 9th floor)

-  public spaces got lifted vertical to encourage students to interact

- covered with cage-like structure (transparent) and soundproofing (opaque) panel

- diagram shows how the stairs connected to each floor

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 COMPARING COOPER UNION WITH OTHER BUILDING BY MORPHORSIS

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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CENTER FOR CREATIVE

Chicago, IL, US, 2006 

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similarities: connects different departments together, connection starts from first to highest floor

differences: no sharing spaces for activities, no transparent facade 

EMERSON COLLEGE

Sunset boulevard, LA, US, 2014

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similarities: providing public spaces for activities

differences: visual connection is outside, does not connected floor to floor but connect inside to outside

PHARE TOWER

La Défense, Hauts-de-Seine, France, 2010

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similarities: connected floors together, covered with both transparent and opaque faced

differences: does not provided spaces for activities

COMPARING BUILDINGS IN TERM OF SIZE AND SCALE

                       Cooper union            Chicago University             Emerson College                     Phare Tower

- PART 3 -

COMPARING COOPER UNION WITH ANOTHER BUILDING

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SIMMONS HALL

Cambridge, MA, United States, 2003 by Steven Holls

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Section shows how visual connection or void connect each floor 

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similarities: providing public spaces and encourage students to do activities, some part of the connections open to the facade

differences: purpose of the building (resident building), have many connections through out the building