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Diagraming
Design Precedents
Bad Hair - AA Pavilon
Bad Hair - AA Pavilion 2007
The Bad Hair Pavilion by AA School of Architecture was designed as a summer pavilion located in Bedford Square, London, 2007. As the name implies, Bad Hair Pavilion has a concept of experiencing a similar visual feeling of the face covered under entangled wet hair. It is achieved by using different cross-section sizes of glue-laminated strands crisscrossed over a sphere ending at the floor, casting shadows to visitors when entering the pavilion.
After studying the precedent deeper, I recognized that the pavilion's program is also heavily impacted by the height of the structure and the person who visits, creating different experiences for each person, such as for adults and children. The location of the pavilion also interests me. As if someone was to stand at the centre of the pavilion, four framed views could be achieved from the contrast of urban and natural setting. This is then extracted to inform the movement of visitors through circulation and threshold diagrams.
Circulation and Threshold
Circulation and Threshold
Circulation Diagram
These circulation diagrams indicate areas of movement and pause throughout the pavilion.
The first diagram shows pause areas and gathering spaces at the periphery of the pavilion, where the lower half of the structure touches the ground. It has potential seating areas to accommodate different group densities at different times of day articulated by casted shadows and different views.
The second diagram shows uncomfortable spaces experienced by children and adults due to their height difference. Children could move more freely as there isn't much limitation with heights when standing, whereas adults may need to crouch in certain areas but have a sense of openness standing in the centre of the pavilion.
This, in turn, affects the main circulation of the pavilion, where adults could only enter in certain spots where height is accessible, whereas children could try to reach more of the spaces inside and outside the structure as a playground.
Threshold Diagram
The threshold diagrams focus on articulating the feeling of inside and outside, created by each layer of the pavilion's structure.
The first diagram shows the height of the structure, which determines the degree of privacy. The lower it is, the more private it becomes. This relates to the circulation diagram where the bottom structure becomes pause areas of privacy. And vice versa. The higher it is, the more public it becomes. As people walk toward the centre passing through layers, they experience the threshold being added, gradually increase in height.
Shadows also play an important role in articulating the beginning and end of the pavilion at ground level, indicating that the threshold moves throughout the day. These shadows also relate to circulation where people move according to shade in the summertime.
Conditions and Activities
Conditions and Activities
(Adding visual connection)
Centre to West
(Urban setting)
Centre to South
(Corner of open road)
Centre to North
(Nature setting)
Centre to East
(between Nature and urban)
Plan notating different conditions of interaction between people and visual connection to the adjacent site
Process
Modeling Process
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PDF Layout
Pdf Layout
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