NSRI - Kalk Bay Harbour

Project 3 Kalk Bay NSRI Introduction



DESIGN GENERATORS

We were required todesign an information center for the National Sea Rescue Institute.
Within the building the following had to be included: a reception area, exhibition space for 20 people, office for 2 people, kitchenette and toilets. There was no request for space for any boats as the building only needed to be an information center and not a rescue station.



IDEAS
OBJECTIVES:
- CREATING A UNIQUE & ASTHETICALY
PLEASING STRUCTURE IN THE KALKBAY
WORKING HARBOUR AREA
- BUILDING HAS TO FUNCTION WELL WITH
EXISTING STRUCTURES & FORM PART OF
THE ENCLOSED COMUNITY
- INCORPORATING ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
FOUND IN & AROUND THE HARBOUR
INTO THE DESIGN TO ENHANCE
EXPERIENCE
- COMBINING THE EXISTING CURCILLATION
FLOW WITH BUILDING

DESIGN CONCEPTS & IDEAS:

- BUILDING IS POSITIONED IN A
NORTHERN DIRECTION FOR MAXIMUM
HUSAGE OF NATURAL SUNLIGHT BEFORE
4 IN AFTERNOON
- STRUCTURE TO BE SITUATED ON SMALL
PIER TO GIVE MEANING & IMPORTANCE
- THE BUILDING GIVES A FEELING OF
ENCLOSED COURTYARD FOR THE WORKING
AREA OF HARBOUR
- WITHOUT DUSTURBING THE HARBOUR,
ENVIROMENT OR ELIMINATING VIEWS
- THIS IS DONE BY USING A CURVELINEAR
C-SHAPED STRUCTURE IN ELEVATION
THAT CANTILEVERS OVER EXISTING
FUNCTIONS LIKE FISH CLEANING &
SELLING AREAS
- CANTILEVER PROVIDES PROTECTION
AGAINST NATURAL ELEMENTS
- BULDING IS DEVIDED INTO PRIVATE
SECTOR & PUBLIC SECTOR (PUBLIC
SECTOR IS MUCH HIGHER & ATRACTS
POEPLE TO HAVE A LOOK
- ENTRACE OF BUILDING CREATES A
BARREL( BREAKING WAVE) EFFECT &
APPEARS TO BE EXTRUDED THROUGH
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
- THE SICRCULAR & LINEAR COMBINATION
STRUCTURE EHANCES ELEMENTS &
FEATURES FOUND IN AND AROUND
HARBOUR
- DUILDING IS DESIGNED & POSITIONED TO
BLOCK OF SOUTH EASTERN WIND, AS WELL
AS BEING PROTECTED BY EXISTING
STRUCTURES FORMING COURTYARD
AROUND BUILDING
- MATERIALS USED IS CONCRETE,STEEL &
& LOTS OF GLASS TO CREATE
UNDISTURBED VIEWS OF THE HARBOUR
- STEEL BEAMS FORM A VERANDA OVER
SMALL PIER TO ENHANCE EXPERIENCE &
GIVE PIER MORE IMPORTANCE







PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
PROJECT 3 - EXERSICE 1
JOHAN BASSON 207039186
1. LIST 20 PROMINENT WORDS/ CONCEPTS THAT YOU FIND IN THIS CHAPTER

- PHYSICAL INVIRONMENT - MODULATION

- INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS - INFRASTRUCTURE

- TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS - MAKING PLACE

- STRUCTURE OF PLACE - SPRAWL
- SENSE OF PLACE - BLANDNESS

- GRAIN - PRAGMATIC
- URBAN ENVIRONMENT - URBAN DESIGNERS
- MORPHOLOGY - COMPLEXITY

- CLIMATELOGICAL ANAYSIS - FLEXABILITY

- INTER-DEPENDENCE - RECREATIONAL

2.WHY ACCORDING TO RIGHINI, IS IT IMPORTANT TO "READ" SETTLEMENTS?

Because the site on which we are to build is, in reality, a part of a greater whole and not isolated.

3. EXPLAIN THE TERMS "FABRIC" AD "TEXTURE"
FABRICK - Refers to the relationship between the built and non-built environment and is directly affected by the density of development.
TEXTURE - On the other hand, refers to the feel of this fabric - are the buildings tightly packed or loose; are they small scaled or large?

4.DEFINE "SENSE OF SPACE"

A sense of place, in its simplest form, is its identity. Identity is tied up with the idea that each place has features and characteristics that enable us to recognise or recall it as a place, distinct from others.

5. NAME AND BRIEFLY EXPLAIN FIVE SPATIAL PATTERS THAT RIGHINI DEALS WITH
- RADIAL FORMS: Also referred to as star or asterisk patterns. Based on a high density, central spatial system, from which major transport routes radiate outwards. Secondary centres are located along routes or along main radials.

- SATELITE DISPERSION: A dominant centre is surrounded by a set of "satellite" communities of limited size. Idea of small settlements, each with its own central services.

- LINEAR DEVELOPMENTS: No dominant centre. Linear roadside villages or linear settlements along sea coasts or waterways are old forms of development. Usually related to strong topographic constraints.
- RECTANGULAR GRID: A rectangular network of roads divides the terrain into identical blocks that can be extended in any direction.
- AXIAL NETWORKS: Consists of a set of symbolically important and visually dominant parts. These are connected by designed visual approaches and emphasize the continuous and harmonious characteristics of the land and building facade.

6. MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT SOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN DOING A SITE ANALYSIS.
- The legal boundaries of the site (extrapolate these from the suryey drawings of the site)

- Setbacks required by local authorities such as building lines, servitudes and position of amenities, such as water, electricity. sewage, etc.

- The position of the sun and its path across the site
- Shadows cast by adjacent buildings
- The position of any landscape features such as rocks, trees, etc.
- The direction of the wind and rain (this can be confirmed by looking at trees in the area and on the site)
- Slope and levels; groundwater
- Quality of the site
- Desirable and undesirable views
- Photograph buildings or properties on adjacent sites
- Record on documents the height restrictions

7.HOW DOES RIGHINI EXPLAIN LYNCH'S UNDERSTANDING OF "GRAIN" OF THE CONTEXT?

According to Lynch, 'grain' means the way in which various elements of a settlement are mixed together spatially. These elements may be activities, building types, persons or other features. In its many forms, 'grain' is critical to the 'goodness' of a place - it is a way of making a spatial feature such as integration, diversity and land use explicit.

8.EXPLAIN THE CONCEPTS OF ACCESSIBILITY, LEGIBILITY, COMPLEXITY AND SUSTAINABILITY

-ACCESSIBILTY: Accessibility or ease of access to the service facilities and opportunities the city has to offer its inhabitants is essential.

-LEGIBILITY: Well-performing urban environments should provide a clearly defined structure so that users of the city are able to orientate themselves and thereby make sense of the urban world.

-COMPLXITY: It is not possible to design complexity, but it is possible to set up preconditions that promote, generate an facilitate the potential of individuals. The greater the complexity in an urban environment, the more likely it is to satisfy the needs of its inhabitants.

-SUSTAINABILITY: Cities must be sustainable. Architects can contribute to the viability of cities if they recognise the perimeters that characterise successful cities and work with these.

9.WHAT WAS THE KEY CHALLENGE(S) IN THE CASE STUDY OF MAMRE?

-How does one intervene in a way that is use full and positive and that does not compromise or challenge the existing sense of place?

-What buildings need to be preserved and on what basis is this evaluation done?

-What expressive elements are used as fabrick ?

10. WHAT WAS THE KEY CHALLENGE(S) IN THE CASE STUDY OF WYNBERG?

-A consistent use of basic materials and construction methods.

-Minor variations in physical expression

-A considered and well-judged use of geography

-Preservation of a human scale throughout

-A strong relationship between the single unit and the growth pattern

-A segmental development of basic elements; these are typically houses, open spaces between houses and the use of certain visual elements, walls , gates,etc.

FINAL PRESENTAION

MODEL PHOTO'S
CONCEPT MODEL 1

CONCEPT MODEL 2

FINAL MODEL