FRATERNAL TWINS

La École de plein air de Suresnes, France

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Plié lui Puzzle 

 

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As the details and keywords have been extracted and illustrated from

the case study building (The Open air school, Suresnes),

one specific characteristic that was taken and

applied throughout the process is the folding system

which appears in detail of bunched windows

Bringing the system of folding into the puzzle, the first material

that can be easily experienced and to start with is paper.

So, folding system + paper, what can be generated in this term?

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The main objective of the puzzle is to let the players explore

from possible moves through another possible sequences

provided by the touching sides of shape and colours,

eventually the required task is asking the player to present

the final given shape which are the pyramid and the cube

as shown below in the video.

In the same time, players are not commited to follow the exact shown steps

as there are also different ways to explore and move

according to the initial steps of your choice

and the final outcomes are also flexible as they can be generated

in different colour patterns but still given the same forms.

The concept behind the puzzle is also related to its own inspiration

as the facade of the open air classes is an "ambiguous boundary",

(defined and mentioned in the first phase)

 when the players create the moves, they are also exploring

the same types of boundaries as appeared in the open air classes 

where the open voids were created to make another moves but meanwhile

is forbidden to do so because of the other fixed situation that has been created

which the supposed case above is just like the students' situation in the class

where in some specific moment that the facades are open

but the students are still having class so they cannot

perform outdoor actions. And still, there are also many cases

that can happen in relationship to the building.

ARTIMA'S DNA CASE STUDY : École de plein air de Suresnes, France

The Open air school of Suresnes, France was designed by Eugène Beaudouin and Marcel Lods

at Mont Velérien between 1932 and 1935 which was a purpose-built educational institution for children

with the idea of preventing and combating the widespread of tuberculosis 
in the period leading up to World War II.

The main concepts of the school are aiming to provide fresh air, good ventilation and more exposure

to the outside to improve children's health. 

Other campuses were mostly built in areas away from city centres, rural locations

that can provide space free from pollution and overcrowding.

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1st ROW: THE CASE STUDY

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       Explosion drawing in layers of different categories;

                                              Main land ▸ showing its original shape and altitude.

                                              Pathways ▸ showing the connectivity throughout the campus

                                                               and classification in zones as boys and girls.

                                              Buildings ▸ as three main parts are classrooms, 

                                                               dormitories and pavilion.

                                              Plantation ▸ as the supporting principle of the school.

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PART

Emphasize on the body of a classroom which is the core of the story.

Zooming into the characters of facades in terms of opening and closing,

where the relationship between surrounding elements and

the classroom's activities happened and involved.

It also helps to explain the possibilities of the facade 

to become an ambiguous boundary 

as when the facades are opened, more free space can be connected 

to the outside and the boundaries are melted.

And when they are closed, the boundaries are suddenly drawn itself.

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 Zooming into mechanical terms of drawing that can link

to the understanding of how it works, which is similar 

to the techniques of drawing curtains.

   

2nd ROW: THE ARCHITECT'S LANGUAGE 

(complementary projects by the same Architect)

  

▸ Maisons du Peuple (upper row)

                         ▸ Sainte Jeanne D'Arc Chapel, Belfort (lower row)

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Presenting the main structure and illustrating the open air atmosphere,

how the architects organised the space to get fully exposed to nature.

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Extracting some specific characteristics of facades which provide 

some similar shells, how they look in relationship to

the other building of the same architects.

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DETAIL

Some technical drawings of the special columns at the roof

which are moveable in some specific situations.

The perspective drawing provides a look up interior view

to have a clear picture from exterior throughout interior.

3rd ROW: THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE

(complementary projects of the same style as the case study)

Analysing characteristics and elements from the case study building,

in summarizing to a few key words; Open air and the system of bunched windows/doors

that could be a guideline for picking other 3 projects which are:

                 ▸ The Open air school, Amsterdam (upper row)

                    ▸ The Open air school, Birmingham (middle row)

                                                         ▸ La Maison Tropicale (lower row)

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WHOLE

Highlighting on the plans and elevation to show how the connectivity goes throughout the space

and how the architects interpret the meaning of an open air space.

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PART

Illustrating shells of each building which provide

its interior full exposing to the outside environment

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DETAIL

Showing some details of columns which are the part

that also help bringing the open space up.

Also presenting another similar system to the bunched windows

but rather a sliding partition doors.