Section of block (with text)

Here I added text to point out and explain certain situations within the block.

Section of block

Patterning...

From a certain perspective while walking towards the cafe the viewer will see the pattern create this sense of a distant space. The tables and chairs are blocking the pedestrians view of the floor thus enhancing the effect of a space due to the fact that there is no horizontal surface visible to compare the pattern with.

The shade is linked to the floor at a certain point to confuse the pedestrians understanding of the width of the entrance.

A coincidental pattern is projected on the shade and the wall perpendicular to the cafe to unify the two seperate surfaces.

Becoming Habitat one of the series

^ This is the first of a series of drawings to illustrate the interior spaces of certain programs located within the block.

strategic drawing

Strategic overview diagrams...

The public space within the block...


Top two shoe the cavities of exhisting block (left) and the open space created (right)

skin

^ Diagram showing the concept of applying a skin onto the interior space of the block.

Collage/section

A 'section' showing a part of the interior space in the block. I added both texture and advertisements to illustrate my idea of the pavement surface is used within the block, and the use of advertisements on the facade and the space used and the space used by the cafe.

pt.2

At different perspectives the pattern changes. I tried to allow the pattern to create an inviting entrance at one point and when looked at perpendicularly the pattern creates this central focus point and draws people towards the interior to follow this pattern.

dazzle entrance idea#1

I adapted the dazzle pattern onto the entrance to create certain effects of the space within the entrance. When looking perpendicularly at the entrance we are drawn into this black central space. Also I played with distorting the perspective and the pattern is projected through the interior space behind the entrance which I find to be quite interesting and has some potential to be developed.
This is just a test and I will be designing a much more effective dazzle pattern on the three entrances of the building and maybe some of the interior spaces of the block.

Dazzle floors

The lines joined = extensions of a field from one area to another.
The lines break = a separation through materiality of surface from one field to another.
The lines shift = program field blends subtly with surface.

The Interior/ Open Space (incomplete)

< A diagram to show the different ways to access floors vertically (eg. stairs, elevator and pavement)
The small diagram on the top left shows how the stairs connect on area to another.

in-the-block

J-Lo is gonna wish she was from this block...

The programs within the block have been finalised. My next step is to create collage/ drawings of how the space is used by the programs.

• The new block extends from Berwick Street's side all the way to Poland Street (where an amazing BBQ Ribs place is : Bodeans).
• The Block can be accessed from Berwick and Noel Street. The entrance to the 'square' is more welcoming on Noel Street's side. The entrance from Berwick Street is narrow and is shared with the Gentleman's Club/ Pub.
• The Gentlman's club entrance is only most noticible when pedestrians are walking towards Soho.
• Berwick Street has the path to access the programs on the floors above ground.

(the diagram above needs to be updated, things were changed when creating the rhino version of the plan)

Ground Floor> Cafe, restaurant, Fashion boutiques, small grass area, XXX shop,
Gentlemen's Club, Bookstore.
1st Floor> Office, Loungs/ Nightclub.
2nd Floor> ...nothing...
3rd Floor> Residential flats (entrance), playground for kids, Market stalls,
Kindergarten school (entrance).
4th Floor> Kindergarten School.

Obviously the pavement and the streets are publicly accessible but there are some parts of the Block which are not for pedestrians/ tourists flowing from Oxford street. Some programs stop the continuity of the pavement. This is achieved by the change in surfaces from one space to another (will be shown in collages).

The Block has been put into the exhisting block. The buildings affecting the new Block were removed or changed in a way to achieve the sense of being 'outside' when inside the block.

(Orange buildings represent the exhisting buildings on the block.)

These are not necessarily final designs, please feel free to give me advise to improve my design.

Bricks! (from http://www.marckoehler.nl/officeInfo/news/News.html)

MK ARCHITECTS SHORT-LISTED FOR THE BRICK AWARD 2010
- July 2009

Marc Koehler Architects has been nominated for the "Fourth Wienerberger Architecture Award - Brick Award 2010". Out of 250 entries, 45 projects have been nominated.

Noodle house in Tokyo (extracted from http://www.abitare.it/highlights/yufutoku-restaurant/)

ISSHO ARCHITECTS

Noodle Restaurant.

Located in central Tokyo, right around the corner from the major thoroughfare Meguro Street, is a ‘soba’ noodle shop, the owner’s residence situated above. The building has Machiya-style wooden louvers, invoking a traditional Japanese townhouse, but the depth of each louver is varied sequentially across the face. Regionally different patterns of light spill through the façade from the interior, allowing a gradual change of character at dawn, especially as viewed from the main street.

Camouflage: A Catalogue of Effects (2)

Camouflage: A Catalogue of Effects

What will we do without Jin Uk?

Chen and Kit's perforated area.

Jonathan with Fumi's colourful schedules.

The back members room before the dazzling bega

Zamri cutting the pieces of the table.

Ru photographing the models.