Project 1 Phase 1
Didactic DNA
Zollverein school, Essen, Germany, was built near the Zollverein coalmine industrial complex. It was the European route of industrial heritage and inscribed as UNESCO list of world heritage sites in December 14th, 2001. Since the simplicity of suburban of Essen with the massive scale of factory, Zollverein was built to reflect to its environment with an almost perfect cubic shape with 35x35x34 meters size with a simple material as concrete.
This project is to decode the hidden DNA from the case study, whether from its whole, part, or detail. Zollverein School of management and design was designed by SANAA in 2002 and finished constructing in 2006. It has a varying heights and facade positions, intended to diverge each spaces to be flexible in usability. The main purpose of each spaces are, for example, solarium, office, library, workshop, studio, and hall.
The DNA that I chose to decode it from the building was its spatial continuity. Inside, the building only enclosed each spaces by the glass wall which makes the whole interior spacious and luminous from a transparency of glass wall and natural light that comes through the facade. One part from the G floor that I saw its obvious DNA is conference room that it has a glass enclose, while this room need darkness to project the light to the screen. at the front. While requiring darkness, they can adjust a curtain so that the room is perfectly dark, temporarily change the aspect of spatial continuity.
In details, the facade is a key to vary each purposes of space, partakes in partition along with glass wall and creates spatial continuity.
The another building that I found the same DNA from SANAA design was Rolex learning center which the building varies the heights along the horizontal line, undulated the roof and ground together with the curve of slope site without dominating it. The building is border-less that there is no enclose inside the interior, The only elements that diverge the spaces are height and ladders. Though, spatial continuity is obvious inside this space.
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The other 3 from the different architects are Kanagawa Institute by Junya Ishigami, House N by Sou Fujimoto, and Tama Art University Library by Toyo Ito. Each one has its own strong aspect in spatial continuity as, first, Kanagawa Institute, is not absolutely border-less but viewer can look through the whole building without disruption as pole is the only thing that separate each parts for multipurpose utilities.
Second, House N, has 3 shells cover from Larger to smaller scale. Each shells have a void on each facades. Each of voids are partly connected to the other, so that each spaces are connected by the eyesight.
Third, Tama Art University Library, has an arc to divides each parts of space, also uses for structural support. While looking though the building, the furniture, such as bookshelves, working table, and chairs lead the viewer eyes through the building, giving the sense of individual character and visual as sparial continuity as well.
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