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Phoenix Rising
TU Delft - Faculteit Bouwkunde Ideas CompetitionThe world of
architecture has truly suffered a great loss with the destruction of
the Bouwkunde. However, our understanding is that the Bouwkunde is an
“ideology”. Since ideologies can never be destroyed neither can the
Bouwkunde. This propagates us to think of the Phoenix. A mythical bird
that perishes by bursting into flames only to rise again from its own
ashes. Fire is synonymous in many parts of the world and cultures as a
sacred entity where burning is a form of purifying. Words from the
dictionary associated with fire are passion, energy, initiate, launch,
kindle, excite, motivate, etc. which are key nuances for any school of
architecture.The question becomes what is the ideology that we
wish to envision for Delft and the school of architecture? During this
moment of “pause” our analysis of every aspect that involves
architecture is critical. In other words we need to analyse ourselves
to understand what is it to be an architect? What is architecture? What
is the Bouwkunde? What makes up life within an architecture school?
What can we do to enhance inspiration? Our ideology is to
integrate the new school into the campus so it becomes the focus of
Delft. To do this we would have to initiate moves that would physically
not only create a presence on Mekelpark but also make it easily
accessible. Our strategy is to link the architecture metro stop and
the new building via series of ramps that would take one directly into
the building. There are four point of entrance into the “Bar of
Knowledge”. The entry from the north connects Van Der Burghweg to the
second floor, the second on the third floor connects directly to the
metro station, the third on the ground floor faces the urban ecology
park and the fourth faces Van Der Broekweg. All entrances and ramps are
involved with activating dead end zone spaces that could be programmed
for activities such as building research projects, concerts, sports,
coffee bars and smoking facilities. We have added an auditorium to the
list of program as we feel it is an essential part of the new building.
This facility may be shared by other departments. The floating
auditorium acts as a gateway and also establishes a sense of scale.
Media screens are placed on either sides of the auditorium which could
be programmed to having “movie in the park day” to world cup games. The
skin of the auditorium is designed so that it remains translucent and
silhouettes of the performance are abstractly visible outside
maintaining a visual connection to Mekelpark and the metro. The
building finds its form from two being connected to the campus, sky,
landscape and from its inner functioning of what we have termed as the
I-POD. A spot where students or faculty enter to self reflect. The time
in this pod is regulated by ones I-card. The I-POD combines with other
units to form the V-POD where a group of people together interact and
this grows into the R-POD. The intertwining of the various pods led to
the form of the new school. The pod is in fact the energy of the
phoenix which in actuality is the personal energy of each individual
within the Bouwkunde. This energy is always struggling to escape- the
phoenix pushing to rise again. Our design becomes the harness of the
phoenix which channels its energy positively. The Bar of Interaction
which comprises of faculty offices and studios rises from the mound
which borders the rain water harvesting pool. This increases solar
passive cooling. The two intertwined buildings are designed to have
green roofs and solar panels. The Tower of Creativity comprises of
studios fitted with a small conference pods which overlook the campus
and the city. Each floor has a different eye of the POD to look out of.
The slits that carve through the skin of the tower are composed of
solar photovoltaic panels so as to produce on-site electrical energy.
architecture has truly suffered a great loss with the destruction of
the Bouwkunde. However, our understanding is that the Bouwkunde is an
“ideology”. Since ideologies can never be destroyed neither can the
Bouwkunde. This propagates us to think of the Phoenix. A mythical bird
that perishes by bursting into flames only to rise again from its own
ashes. Fire is synonymous in many parts of the world and cultures as a
sacred entity where burning is a form of purifying. Words from the
dictionary associated with fire are passion, energy, initiate, launch,
kindle, excite, motivate, etc. which are key nuances for any school of
architecture.The question becomes what is the ideology that we
wish to envision for Delft and the school of architecture? During this
moment of “pause” our analysis of every aspect that involves
architecture is critical. In other words we need to analyse ourselves
to understand what is it to be an architect? What is architecture? What
is the Bouwkunde? What makes up life within an architecture school?
What can we do to enhance inspiration? Our ideology is to
integrate the new school into the campus so it becomes the focus of
Delft. To do this we would have to initiate moves that would physically
not only create a presence on Mekelpark but also make it easily
accessible. Our strategy is to link the architecture metro stop and
the new building via series of ramps that would take one directly into
the building. There are four point of entrance into the “Bar of
Knowledge”. The entry from the north connects Van Der Burghweg to the
second floor, the second on the third floor connects directly to the
metro station, the third on the ground floor faces the urban ecology
park and the fourth faces Van Der Broekweg. All entrances and ramps are
involved with activating dead end zone spaces that could be programmed
for activities such as building research projects, concerts, sports,
coffee bars and smoking facilities. We have added an auditorium to the
list of program as we feel it is an essential part of the new building.
This facility may be shared by other departments. The floating
auditorium acts as a gateway and also establishes a sense of scale.
Media screens are placed on either sides of the auditorium which could
be programmed to having “movie in the park day” to world cup games. The
skin of the auditorium is designed so that it remains translucent and
silhouettes of the performance are abstractly visible outside
maintaining a visual connection to Mekelpark and the metro. The
building finds its form from two being connected to the campus, sky,
landscape and from its inner functioning of what we have termed as the
I-POD. A spot where students or faculty enter to self reflect. The time
in this pod is regulated by ones I-card. The I-POD combines with other
units to form the V-POD where a group of people together interact and
this grows into the R-POD. The intertwining of the various pods led to
the form of the new school. The pod is in fact the energy of the
phoenix which in actuality is the personal energy of each individual
within the Bouwkunde. This energy is always struggling to escape- the
phoenix pushing to rise again. Our design becomes the harness of the
phoenix which channels its energy positively. The Bar of Interaction
which comprises of faculty offices and studios rises from the mound
which borders the rain water harvesting pool. This increases solar
passive cooling. The two intertwined buildings are designed to have
green roofs and solar panels. The Tower of Creativity comprises of
studios fitted with a small conference pods which overlook the campus
and the city. Each floor has a different eye of the POD to look out of.
The slits that carve through the skin of the tower are composed of
solar photovoltaic panels so as to produce on-site electrical energy.
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