Studio Final: Section & Elevations

Section

Overall Building Section showing the movement through the building and the color changing glass panels.

Exterior Elevations

View Looking towards the North along Dartmouth Street

View looking Back towards the New Olde South Church along Boylston Street

View looking from the Public Library towards the Northeast corner at Dartmouth and Boylston Streets

View looking towards the John Hancock Building across Copley Square

View Looking towards the Front Entry

View from inside the Ground Floor Market looking across the out door seating area towards Trinity Church

View looking from Fourth Floor balcony towards the Library and New Olde South Church

View from the Second Floor Viewing Area looking over Copley Square

Studio Final: Site & Floor Plans

Site Plan
The Floors of the Building Stagger throughout creating a constant changing view throughout the building.

Ground Floor plan showing the continuation of the Copley Square market into and through the building.

First & Second Floors of the Technology Store

Third Floor of Technology Store

Fourth & Fifth Floors of the Technology Store

Sixth Floor of Technology Store

Studio Final: Concept Statement & Site Analysis

Concept Statement

The idea comes form the ever changing environment and how it effects the inside (program) and outside of the building (context). Based on the movement of such things as people, cars, weather, color and the static and dynamic pressures from within and around the building, the building reacts by projecting a different look in reaction to the changing context. The building will respond to its ever changing environment through the use of computer programs that will change the opacity or shading of the glass, or the color and intensity of the lighting from the inside and outside of the building. This will be a direct reaction to man made manipulation of the colors and opacity from customers using touchscreen panels located throughout the store and on the sidewalk in front of the store. The glass can also be affected by the natural forces such as weather, that occur in and around the building thus leaving the facade in a constant dynamic that should be experienced from both inside and outside.

Site Analysis

During observation of the site at different times of the day I found the site to be very fluid or dynamic, but still conform to a static nature. I started to look at the way in which the natural and man made forces were affecting the site. I looked at how the natural forces of the sun and clouds caused the facades of the buildings to take on different looks depending on the angle in which you stood. How at night the site takes on a completely different look as the buildings become opposite of what they were during the day. Buildings that may have stood out against the sky during the day almost disappeared against the night sky, while others acted in the opposite manner, becoming more pronounced at night. When looking at the overall view of the site and surrounding area I began to notice how the flow of pedestrian and traffic flows are constantly changing.Withing seconds the cars or people are moving on to a different spot. However it is only the pedestrian flow that is truly able to flow past the site in multiple directions. The traffic flow is limited to certain ways in which they can travel . With this understanding, I feel that my building should be designed in a way to encourage movement around the site and invite people to experience the building from outside and then enter the building and continue the experience from within.

Finally I looked at how surrounding buildings began to exert forces towards the site.

With these thoughts in mind I created a Design Matrix.

Sections and Elevations

Building Sections showing the staggered floor plates and facade. The floors are independent elements that seem to float in the space and start to connect with the facade at different areas.

Section going East/West

Section going North/South

The exterior facade is a glass curtain wall system that is changable in color and opacity

Building elevation looking North on Dartmouth Street

Looking towards the John Hancock Tower

Looking from the Library

Looking towards the New Olde South Church

Roof plan view showing the continuation of the Copley Square sidewalk into and through the building. The roof opening aligns with the path below. Interior view from the Ground floor market looking towards Boylston Street Showing the interplay between the floors and the verticle circulation.
Exterior view looking towards the corner entry and showing the path through the building.

Updated Model

In this update I started looking at how to bring people into and around the building, paying particular emphasis to how Copley Square continues into the lower level market.

The walkway from Copley is pulled across the sidewalk and continues into the building. The areas to each side of the walk are for outdoor seating. In the placement of the walls I have tried to define the outdoor space while providing a someplace to stop and sit.

Design Matrix

The design will consist of a combination of mostly the Static/Dynamic combined with elements of the Axial Forces and may include some framed views of surrounding buildings.

Concept

List of some of the Elements that effect my design

Diagram of forces that rotate the circulation core pushing it out towards the corner and into the facade


Initial Views of the Building Facades showing the different colors and opacities.

Looking towards New Olde South Church from Boylston Street

Looking NorthEast along Boylston Street

Continued

Looking back over notes and pictures of the site I started to reanalyze some of the key elements that influence the dynamic or static of my building. After going over the list I want to further examine certain elements that I feel have the most effect on the design of the building.

The first is the Axial forces that control the shape of the building and key element placement within. The intersection of Boylston and Dartmouth create a 90 degree angle that pushes towards the site holding the facade at a square. The angle of the John Hancock building runs through the site forcing the circulation core to rotate 120 degrees off of the main Boylston axis.

The second observation is how the different the building massing and roof lines are. Each building has a different mass to it depending on the materials being used. At the tops the buildings stagger in height, much the same as the floor system in my building. There is a vast array of articulation in the finishing of the details. Each one works in conjunction with the one beside it to create a dynamic pattern against the sky. This pattern changes depending on where you are standing, and what time of day it is since there is a dramatic difference between how the buildings are perceived from day to night.

When looking at the overall view of the site and surrounding area I began to notice how the flow of pedestrian and traffic flows are constantly changing. Withing seconds the cars or people are moving on to a different spot. However it is only the pedestrian flow that is truly able to flow past the site in multiple directions. The traffic flow is limited to certain ways in which they can travel . With this understanding, I feel that my building should be designed in a way to encourage movement around the site that encourages them to enter the building and experience it.

Studio Final: Concept Statement

Studio Final: Concept Statement

Static Vs. Dynamic

The idea comes form the ever changing environment and how it effects the inside (program) and outside of the building (context). Based on the movement of such things as people, cars, weather, color and the static and dynamic pressures from within and around the building, the building reacts by projecting a different look in reaction to the changing context. The building will respond to its ever changing environment through the use of computer programs that will change the opacity or shading of the glass, or the color and intensity of the lighting from the inside and outside of the building. This will be a direct reaction to the man made and natural forces that occur in and around the building.
During observation of the site at different times of the day I found the site to be very fluid or dynamic, but still conform to a static nature. I started to look at the way in which the natural and man made forces were affecting the site. I looked at how the natural forces of the sun and clouds caused the facades of the buildings to take on different looks depending on the angle in which you stood. At night the site takes on a completely different look as the buildings become opposite of what they were during the day. Buildings that may have stood out against the sky during the day almost disappeared against the night sky, while others acted in the opposite manner, becoming more pronounced at night.
The next step was to look at how man made forces affected how the building was perceived. Did the patterns of the cars and people affect the look of the building? The conclusion I came to was yes. The buildings are looked at differently because the view is constantly in a state of flux due to the ever changing pedestrian and vehicular movement which flows through the area.

Daytime view from the pedestrian level

Night View of the site

Studio Final: Site Analysis

Studio Final: Site Analysis

Site plan showing the axial relationships that influenced my design. The straight 90 degree angles at the intersection of Boylston Street and Dartmouth Street, and the angular axial from the John Honcock building. There are two vehicular flows towards the site, one going North on Dartmouth and the other going East on Boylston. The pedestrian flow comes from all directions and is the main flow into the site.

Axial vehicular and pedestrian traffic heading towards the site on Dartmouth

Axial vehicular and pedestrian traffic on Boylston

Vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow going past the site on Boylston Street

The angle of the John Hancock building that defines the angle of the circulation core

Studio Final: Research and Exploration

Studio Final :Research and Exploration

As I looked at the program , I started seeing how there is an everchanging flow of people and vehicles that go past the site (see Site Analysis) which I feel dictates the program. There are static elements that are the building itself and a strict location of services per floor. I wanted to set the building up so that each floor or floors can be reconfigured by utilizing movable partitions that will allow the floor plans to be in a dynamic state. The program became a base for the locations of goods or services within the building , but can be moved to any floor or space within.

Studio Final: Site and Roof Plan

Studio Final: Site and Roof Plan

Site plan with showing the roof plan and surrounding site. Roof light well also picks up on the angle from the John Hancock building

Roof plan showing the light wells that cut through the roof allowing light to filter into the building