The reception area coming out from the elevator deals with compression. The hallway is lower in the elevator and continues into the reception area. The guests the feel a sense of release as the are expanded into the open, well lit communal space and break-out rooms. The art studios are an expansive space which highlights the length and abnormal shape. The walls are floor to ceiling windows with give the artists panoramic views with varying light options. The windows are encased in living walls which stimulates creative innovation and calms the individuals. The studio offers clean desks, multiple sinks, lockers, communal materials and a comfortable reading space for breaks.
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Renditions of the same space are necessary in order to fully elaborate on the possibilities of a space. For my second plan I focused on a vastly different set of characteristics for the space. I challenged myself to eradicate any walls possible to blur the space between public and private and to allow an open concept plan while still being able to function as a research laboratory. While public space and private work areas are essential in a research environment, I rearranged the space into more easily collaborative space; such as putting the chem lab next to the small break-out brainstorming modules, or the art studios next to the plant research labs. Below is my updated floor plan. As you can see all the walls are now windows with the one exception of the plant research lab which needs to be contained without light. The paths of egress have opened, creating more accessibility, and there are more brainstorming rooms where cross-connections can be made. Also, the walls in the wood working lab and the fabrication lab are moveable which means that is something is large, the walls can be moved. Also, the walls for those two rooms are angled to decrease the amount of noise and dust that unavoidably happened when fabricating.
Another feature of the space is the rotating large door into the art studios. They rotate on a central hinge allowing them to remain open or fully closed to increase air flow or to create a more private space. This space feels open, connected, accessible and morphs with it's needed use which truly amplifies the office mission of stimulating cross disciplinary connection in the world of sustainable surfaces. Through thorough programing of the lab space I have finally been allowed to begin drafting. My first attempt I want to strongly relate the potential of functionality, with a clear division between public and private space. Since this is laboratory is private, and the innovation is on a need to know basis many of the rooms and opaque to deter the general public from curiosity.
Besides the scientific research another emphasis of the space was interdisciplinary collaboration between fine art and chemistry. Sharing work spaces, information and break rooms encourages cross connections and new ideas. Below is the first programatic attempt for the laboratory space. |
AuthorAs a student at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle WA I entertain a variety of factors while designing space. Archives
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