Pimboon Wongmesak: Didatic DNA

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Pimboon Wongmesak 

Yarinda Bunnag

Didatic DNA

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The main case study project is Milstein Hall by OMA, based in Cornell University, Ithaca, in the United States of America. Below are images of individual plates based on a couple of other projects, as well as a small description about each one:

 Milstein Hall is a new addition to the Arts department, and is unique in the sense that it is not a stand-alone building, but connects with the two adjacent historic buildings, creating one large, unified space. The plate above explores the mass diagram (how the form of the structure came to be) as well as breaking down the elements, functions, and spaces in the building. 

This includes an exploded axonometric, so that viewers can see where each element or function is placed, and how they are connected. The sectional perspective shows the main circulation of the building. 

One of the main elements focused on is the dome, and how flexible it is. It's flexibility shows in how many different functions and uses there are. As an extension, one of the uses, the auditorium, is also flexible in terms of space usage and seating configurations.

The next building studied is the Higgins Hall by Steven Holl, in Pratt University. It is also not a stand-alone building, but a new insertion to old, existing buildings, similar to Milstein Hall. This fourth plate explores how the building has been stacked up, the connection between spaces, and the unaligned floors.

The sectional perspective shows the main circulation, whereas the exploded axonometric shows how each element of the building is placed together, (how the two sides come together), and how the space is conjured.

This is a comparative plate of the two buildings: it compares how each structure joins the spaces of the two adjacent buildings, respectively. It shows the connected space and the new, main area flow.

This seventh plate focuses on a new building, the Kusthal, by OMA in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Again, it focuses on the connection of space and how the circulation works as part of the program. This plate shows the plan and the programs, as well as the circulation. It also hows how the building is cut.

This focuses mainly on the connection of space and the overall circulation. It also has a site diagram, which shows the unequal level of the site and the surrounding elements, which includes a highway, a dike, and a park.

This final plate shows different sections of the building, and is used to show how they all connect together: through a series of ramps that run throughout, and how those ramps connect all the spaces and levels to a singular, long-flowing one.

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