Urban Idea of Block39
In developing of Block39 as a growing energy of new Belgrade, our approach is periodical development with preservation. Based on provided urban research, there are 4 main access points to the block. One from Arsenija Carnojevica Boulevard is not suitable for personnel vehicle but for pedestrian from mass transportation (Bus). While we keep the building zone for center for promotion of science, rest of the block is divided into 4 parts from extension of 3 access points.
As a result, whole block is consists of 5 separated blocks. The block with the faculty of Drama arts is a preserve block. Since the building is already exist and used, the block should be preserved. The block, which is divided from entrances of Omladinskin Brigada Street and Third Boulevard, is a campus for the University of Science. There will be one building with 4 wings, where the faculty of electrical engineering, the faculty of organizational science, the faculty of mathematics, and the faculty of physics will be located. A secondary school will be connected to this building in order to be accessed by professors easily. These buildings with the faculty of Drama arts make the Science and arts campus cluster.
The block between the university block and center for promotion of science block is a research institute block. Science institute is located at center and center for materials, supercomputing center, and Nano Technology center surround and are connected to it. The block between the faculty of Drama arts and center for promotion of science is for future development. Temporarily, it will be used as a soccer field.
Overall development plan of block 39 is in time process. The faculty of Drama arts are from past to present and center for promotion of science is current. Research institute block and the university block are near future. The soccer field block is for future expansion.
Architectural idea of center for promotion of science
l Fractal Geometry
This proposal is based on fractal geometry. While the programs are departmentalized, it is split into parts with self-similarity in geometry. From one point, the programs are divaricated into 5 parts and at each end of branch, divarication is kept going until reach the details of programs. The hierarchy of programs from top to bottom is rearranged from center to surroundings.
l Expandable space and endless growing of space
By this manner, space could be expandable to outwards in a simple rule but becomes complex forms by repeating divarication. So, even though construction is completed, the building could be expanded from each ends in next phases. Space can be growing in needs and the building could change its form endlessly.
l Fractal program diagram
From inner garden, space is divided into 5 parts. 3 of them becomes permanent exhibition space and one of them becomes temporary exhibition space. The other one is connected to lobby, which is the starting point of whole events. From the lobby, another inner garden is reached. From here, seminars/conferences, planetarium, science club, and restaurant/canteen are branched out. At each programs, divarication continues into smaller programs like storage, restroom, etc.
Lobby is connected from main entrance at one side and at the other side, loading/unloading area is connected to move in and out equipment easily throughout whole building. While all the public space is located on ground level, Employees/staff area is located on upper ground level in order to have privacy and control function of whole space. These spaces are also branched out from central core in geometry.
All the parking is in basement level. Cars and buses should be parked at underground parking space except some VIP parking space on ground level. Science garden is extension of fractal geometry pattern. It grows from each point, where open air exhibits are showed and connected to Plato by roads.
l Eruption structure
Roof structure is made up by connection lines from inner garden to each ends. It looks like erupting out from inner garden. While each structure is in different length and shape, structure at exhibition space is branching out in symmetry. From this reason, overall form of the building is very dynamic but exhibition wing is stable.