Project1.1 - Iced Tossaporn Sarochsuwan

Project 1 - Phase 1

' Didactic DNA '

' Le Fresnoy '

Starting this project from the given case study of a institute which we have to do a lot of research about the philosophy, characteristics, style and the main design concept of the building for us to deeply understand the DNA of the building and can define it.

I got 'Le fresnoy art center' as the case study. Le fresnoy is a center for crossover artist and transprogramming contemporary art center. Bernard Tschumi, an architect's idea was to create a new roof system with suspended walkways for new circulation and new open spaces for more possibilities. The "Boxes inside boxes" became an embrace as a parachute over the existing structure of Le fresnoy. The new construction also preserve the old things below too.

 Le fresnoy

Architect : Bernard Tschumi

1920's during 1991-1997

Tourcoing, France

' Matrix '

After studying about the architecture, we were asked to analyse and present our information in 3 sets of plate which each set contained the topic whole, part and detail. First set which was the first row was about the concept, interesting point and the characteristic of our case study. The second was the work from the same architect in my case was Tschumi. The last was about the architecture which may have the same or similar idea and type to our case study.

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' First row - Le fresnoy '

' Whole '

For the first plate of the first row, I'm talking about the main concept of this building which is how the new things combine and join with the old things so I explode the building up and categorize it to see how it gap to the existing.

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' Part '

In this part, I'm showing one of the interesting thing in the cite was the 'Suspended circulation' which hang with the new structure to connect the old and new things and different levels in the cite together. It also contain places for installations and film projections which located along a sequence of walkway.

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' Detail '

The last plate of the first row was about the hanging system of the suspended walkway how it hang to the new roof.

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' Second row - Bernard Tschumi '

' Learner hall student center ' and ' Parc de la villette ' was the other project of Bernard Tschumi which have a similar kind of 'DNA' to the ' Le freshoy '. 

' Learner hall ' has the same idea of connect the innovative to the original features. In this case was the new spiral ramps which connect all the activities together along the way also having the same kind of hanging system.

For the ' Parc de la villette ', I was talking more about the same kind of style, material and structure and the a bit different from the Le fresnoy was the layout of the cite which Le fresnoy new construction was built by aware the existing while Parc de la villette was like creating a new grid and top it on the surface.

  

' Whole '

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' Part '

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' Detail '

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' Third row - Architectural style '

For the last row, I have ' Santa Caterina market ' as an another example of wrapping by the steel roof sheets similar to ' Le fresnoy's ' new roof. It stills has the similar kind of structure and underneath column too.

And I got both ' Fondazione Prada ' and ' Caixaforum madrid ' for an idea of the combination of the old and new architecture.

' Whole '

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' Part '

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' Detail '

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