Plan analysis- after breaking an area of the eighty sections into L-shaped components, the model was cut horizontally at various heights to assess the implications of the plan.
The following diagrams document this development in a concise manner, to enable the spatial implications to be better considered.
The first of these diagrams (above) illustrate the plan of the striated structure at 16m (top) and 12m above ground level.
Commonalities were then identified in the shades of each section, where they connect to the next. The diagram above illustrate the result of this.
These commonalities were then seperated from the plan and were considered as being various types of programme and circulation (both internal and external).
The diagram above shows the areas where programme connects from one storey to the floor below. These areas could therefore contain programme that requires multi-levels. The programmtic layout was developed with the desire to maintain the striated nature of the structure.
Possible programmatic configurations were then considered.
The diagrams above and below illustrate the stages of this, including locating similar programmes based on a common activity, such as living, sleeping, work, and recreation:
Moveability and circulation are vital to the concept of a universally accessible space. By locating certain programme towards certain areas, the project was able to ensure that users will only travel into areas that are appropriate to their needs. For example, a member of the public will be able to access more private spaces, but due to their location in areas of other more public programmatical components, they will not need to venture further to find these (below).
The diagram below illustrates internal (grey) and external (white with black outline) circulation areas:
