This is a good example. It incorporates innovative ideas like the use of sustainable materials and landscape and traditional mosque elements. I like the fact that the designer decided to brake the building into two main parts and place them oriented as required by religious tradition and to fit the urban block. What I don't like about the building is that the mosque is much smaller than the rest of the building and gets lost in the overall massing. I think that in this case it will be useful to analyze the massing of the building 3-dimensionally and not just in elevation and really understand the dominance of one part over the other. For the Uses diagram I would go further and analyze all building levels, observe the location of all space uses and try to understand which are public and which ones are private, how do they relate to each other, which are primary and which are service. I would also recommend that you highlight the locations of the stair, elevator and all entrances and exits in your circulation diagram and again analyze all building levels. It is important to understand how you move vertically throughout the building and not only horizontally. When analyzing the natural light entering the building I would look at the elevations and observe the glazed and solid parts of the building facade. Did you notice that the north elevation is the one that carries the majority of the large glazing elements and did you figure out why? Please include a key for the use and circulation diagrams.
Yes I did notice the glazing on the north, and I think that was because thats the main entrance. And it is also a small atrium, so they want most natural light in that space. Also I did notice that the mosque itself was smaller, and that is because the upper floors on the other part of the building actually has a school. So the 1st floor is the entrance and atrium and the 2nd and 3rd floor I believe is a school. For my design I was thinking about somehow incorporating my classrooms around the prayer hall, and maybe the prayer hall can be used for lectures and presentations, which can be viewed by the students in the classroom or the upper floors. That way the prayer area, which is the most significant, remains to be significant and the focal point of the entire building.
This is a good example. It incorporates innovative ideas like the use of sustainable materials and landscape and traditional mosque elements. I like the fact that the designer decided to brake the building into two main parts and place them oriented as required by religious tradition and to fit the urban block. What I don't like about the building is that the mosque is much smaller than the rest of the building and gets lost in the overall massing. I think that in this case it will be useful to analyze the massing of the building 3-dimensionally and not just in elevation and really understand the dominance of one part over the other.
ReplyDeleteFor the Uses diagram I would go further and analyze all building levels, observe the location of all space uses and try to understand which are public and which ones are private, how do they relate to each other, which are primary and which are service.
I would also recommend that you highlight the locations of the stair, elevator and all entrances and exits in your circulation diagram and again analyze all building levels. It is important to understand how you move vertically throughout the building and not only horizontally.
When analyzing the natural light entering the building I would look at the elevations and observe the glazed and solid parts of the building facade. Did you notice that the north elevation is the one that carries the majority of the large glazing elements and did you figure out why?
Please include a key for the use and circulation diagrams.
Yes I did notice the glazing on the north, and I think that was because thats the main entrance. And it is also a small atrium, so they want most natural light in that space. Also I did notice that the mosque itself was smaller, and that is because the upper floors on the other part of the building actually has a school. So the 1st floor is the entrance and atrium and the 2nd and 3rd floor I believe is a school. For my design I was thinking about somehow incorporating my classrooms around the prayer hall, and maybe the prayer hall can be used for lectures and presentations, which can be viewed by the students in the classroom or the upper floors. That way the prayer area, which is the most significant, remains to be significant and the focal point of the entire building.
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