DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCH 4003.03 - B3 Design Studio Summer  Term  2015    2016    

Instructors: Brian Lilley (coordinator) Brian.Lilley@dal.ca,

Jane Abbott, Peter Henry, Kevin ReidRayleen Hill, Lisa Tondino

Calendar  Description:    This  course  studies  principles  of  architecture  through  the  design  of  a  public  building.  Building  on  previous  courses,  it  includes  the  organization  of  a  public  program  and  issues  of  context  and  interpretation.  As  an  intensive  studio  it  encourages  students  to  focus  on  design  intentions  and  to  develop  an  awareness  of  design  process.  FORMAT:  Lecture|  Studio  RESTRICTIONS:  Year  4  BEDS  students.  

DESIGN  OF  PUBLIC  SPACE  and  THE  COMMUNITY  

This  course  will  consist  of  a  term-­‐long  project  to  design  a  public  building  and  its  adjoining  spaces  in  response  to  program  requirements,  as  well  as  an  analysis  of  its  urban  and  natural  contexts.  The  course  will  include  representation  as  a  design  process  involving  modeling  and  testing  of  ideas  using  drawing  and  models.  The  design  process  will  begin  with  analysis  of  the  context,  the  definition  of  a  building  program,  and  then  proceed  to  dealing  with  urban  site  relationships,  spatial  sequences,  scale  and  proportion.  In  co-­‐ordination  with  the  Building  Systems  Integration  course,  the  design  will  engage  issues  of  natural  lighting,  acoustics,  materials,  and  structures  in  creating  public  space.  

The  focus  is  on  design  at  the  'hall’  scale,  motivated  by  the  student  forming  a  point  of  view  on  the  public  realm  and  then  considering  its  resulting  spatial  /  structural  organization.  

 

Atelier  Arcau,  Salorge  (Town  Community)  Centre,  Pornic,  France  

 

Learning  Objectives[1]:    

1. Urban  and  natural  surroundings  -­‐  quality  of  fit  to  context,  in  relation  to  land,  other  buildings,  urban  spaces,  or  natural  features.  More  specifically,  how  building  massing  and  orientation  is  related  to  an  environmental/climatic  context,  and  definition  of  exterior  architectural  space.    

2. Programme  -­‐  attention  to  activities  and  their  organization,  adjacencies,  and  their  support  elements.  Translation  to  3D  Spatial  organization  -­‐  size,  shape,  and  distribution  of  interior  space.  Circulation  as  linkage  and  node-­‐  attention  to  modes  of  movement,  spatial  sequence  and  thresholds.      

3. Architectural  translation  and  aesthetics  -­‐  selection  and  composition  of  formal  and  spatial  orders.  Attention  to  three  scales:  site,  building,  detail.    Presence  and  symbolic  expression  of  the  building.  Selection  and  composition  of  materials  and  structure.  Attention  to  sensory  experience.    

 

Vincent  James,  The  Minneapolis  Boat  House  

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

B3  Course  Integration  

The  B3  design  studio  has  a  large  degree  of  integration  with  the  other  courses,  allowing  both  representational  and  technological  development  of  the  project  in  parallel  with  the  design  studio.  Studio  Instructors  will  be  involved  in  two  specific  workshops.  The  first  is  the  ‘Narrative  Workshop’  (together  with  B3  Representation),  in  week  3,  with  the  aim  of  clarifying  the  language  of  architectural  intention.  The  second  is  the  ‘BSI  Structures’  week,  (together  with  B3  BSI),  a  hands-­‐on  design  and  build  exercise  to  test  your  developing  structural  ideas  for  design.  The  History  and  Theory  course  will  be  studying  the  developing  public  realm  in  association  with  the  14th  –  18th  C  time  period.  

Mas  Architecture  designed  the  youth-­‐oriented  community  arts  center  built  into  the  earth  and  covered  with  a  lush  green  roof  in  order  to  preserve  breathtaking  views  in  Saint-­‐Egrève,  France    

 

 

 

 

 

Assignments:    

Each  studio  group  will  work  on  a  different  site,  and  on  a  specific  program  for  a  community  centre  related  to  that  site.  An  additional  outline  will  be  provided  for  each  group.  Projects  for  the  community  centre  will  vary  according  to  their  site  and  program  emphasis.  The  presentation  of  the  design  for  the  final  review  should  include:    

1.  A  clear  statement  of  intention  for  the  community  and  architecture.  

2.  A  study  of  1:500  site  relationships  that  might  include:  solar  paths,  climate,  related  adjacencies,  ground  cover,  services,  routes  &  paths.  Area  plan  and  diagrams  as  necessary.  

3.  A  clear  expression  of  program  /  spatial  needs  for  the  building  and  site  to  include:    

-­‐  a  Hall  for  banquets,  performances,  community  activities,  etc.  Kitchen  and  Canteen,  Reception  /  Administrative  space.  Storage  for  seating  &sports  equipment,  Washrooms.    Meeting  Rooms  and  other  spaces,  depending  on  site  and  specific  program.  The  outdoor  room.  

4.  Drawings  and  model(s)  of  the  building  and  outdoor  urban  spaces.  1:200  scale    

5.  Main  floor  plan  of  the  building.  1:100  scale    

6.  Main  Section  of  the  building.  1:50  scale  

7.  Perspective  study  of  a  critical  interior  space  and  of  the  building  in  its  site  context    (integrated  with  Representation)  

8.  Structural  spanning  element  &  wall  section  model.  1:20  scale  (integrated  with  BSI)  

9.  Acoustic  analysis  as  it  relates  to  the  design  (integrated  with  BSI)    

10.  The  process  by  which  theof  design  developed  development  is  recorded  in  your  portfolio,  

updated  throughout  the  term.

 

Term  Schedule:  

Monday,  May  2    -­‐  10am  Introduction    -­‐  2pm  Design  Studio  

Thursday,  May  5  -­‐    2pm:  Field  Trip  to  study  precedent  projects:  The  Music  Room,  The  Olympic  CC    

Friday,  May  6  -­‐  9am:  BSI  Lecture,  Canada  Games  Centre.  Field  trip  to  Canada  Games  and  Prospect  Road  CC  (tbc)  

Monday,  May  9  -­‐  Design  Studio,  Rayleen  Hill  lecture  

Thursday,  May  12  –  Design  Studio  

Monday,  May  16    -­‐  Design  Studio,  Brian  Lilley  lecture  

Wednesday,  May  18  -­‐  9am:  Representation:  Narrative  Workshop  

Thursday,  May  19  –  Design  Studio:  Narrative  Workshop  

Monday,  May  23  -­‐  Victoria  Day  -­‐  no  classes    

Thursday,  May  26  -­‐  Pin-­‐up:  Program  +  Site  

Monday,  May  30  -­‐  Design  Studio,  (Convocation  Tea  break)  

Thursday,  June  2  -­‐  Design  Studio,  Jane  Abbott  lecture  

Monday,  June  6  -­‐  BSI  Structures  Workshop  /  Mon  -­‐  Fri  afternoons  

Friday,  June  10  -­‐  BSI  Structures  Workshop  presentation  

Monday,  June  13  -­‐  Design  Studio,  Peter  Henry  lecture  

Thursday,  June  16  -­‐  Round-­‐Robin  Pin-­‐up  

Monday,  June  20  -­‐  Design  Studio,  possible  guest  lecture    

Thursday,  June  23      -­‐  Design  Studio,  Lisa  Tondino  lecture  

Monday,  June  27  -­‐  Design  Studio    

Thursday,  June  29-­‐  Design  Studio  

Monday,  July  4  -­‐  Penultimate  Design  Pin-­‐up  

Thursday,  July  9    -­‐  Design  Studio  

 Monday,  July  11  +  Tuesday  July  12        -­‐  B3  Design  review    Portfolio  submission  +  pin-­‐up:  Sunday,  July  12,  6:00  pm    

Evaluation:    

The  design  project  will  be  evaluated  by  the  design  teaching  group  on  the  basis  of  how  effectively  the  learning  objectives  have  been  addressed  in  the  final  project  and  process  portfolio.  Note:  the  process  portfolio  itself  will  be  worth  25%  of  your  grade.  Your  design  tutor  will  keep  you  informed  as  to  how  well  you  are  progressing  in  addressing  the  defined  issues  and  where  you  need  to  focus  your  efforts  during  the  regular  tutorial  sessions  on  Monday  and  Thursday  afternoons.

 

 Alvar  Aalto,  Saynatsalo  Town  Council  Chamber  :  Timber  Roof  Trusses    

   References[2]  Ching,  Francis.    Architecture:  Form,  Space,  and  Order;  [3]4th  Ed.  Hoboken  NJ:  Wiley,  2015.  

 

Forty,  Adrian.  Words  and  Buildings.  New  York:  Thames  and  Hudson,  2000.  

Garcia,  Mark.  ed.  The  Diagrams  of  Architecture.  New  York:  Wiley,  2010.  

Jacobs,  Jane.  The  Death  and  Life  of  Great  American  Cities.  New  York:  Random  House,  1961.  

Lawrence,  Amanda  Reeser,  Ana  Miljacki,  and  Ashley  Schafer.  “2  Architects  10  Questions  on  Program,  Rem  Koolhaas  +  Bernard  Tschumi.”  Praxis  8  (2006):  6-­‐15.  

Sandaker,  Bjørn  Normann,  and  Arne  Petter  Eggen.  The  Structural  Basis  of  Architecture.  New  York:  Whitney  Library  of  Design,  2011.  

 

       

Alvar  Aalto,  Saynatsalo  Town  Hall,  1951  

 

Recommended  Reading  (Individual  design  groups  will  supplement  the  reading  list)  

Brook,  Peter.  The  Empty  Space.  New  York:  Atheneum,  1968.  

Ferrater,  Borja.  Ideographic  Resources:  Synchronizing  Geometry.  Barcelona:  Actar,  2006.  

Ingold,  Tim.  Lines,  A  Brief  History.  New  York:  Routledge,  2007.  

King,  Ross.  Brunelleschi's  Dome:  How  a  Renaissance  Genius  Reinvented  Architecture.  London:  Bloomsbury  Publishing,  2013.