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UpTo35-Agora
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SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
The student’s life consists of a mixture of private life,
together with the need for individual seclusion for learning and
public life, with public interaction and dynamic relations. We tried
to find a space that would provide the support for this dynamic way
of life, and we found that the model of the agora is the key for
solving the complex organization of activities.
The agora has its origins in Ancient Greece, providing an empty
support space designed for public interaction, hosting a large range
of activities. It is in the broad sense also an informal learning
space. The concept of agora as we make use of it in our design has
its origins in the ancient Greek public space, without having a
direct link with formal and spatial configurations with the historic
model, but by providing an urban scene for discussions.
The student’s housing units are designed as a mix of private and
public areas, providing spaces for retreat that offer a quiet private
space for each student, where they can learn and retreat, in direct
link with common facilities areas, spaces for public interaction,
entertaining and communication. The mix of private areas and public
areas is essential for informal learning, facilitating the
interchange of creative ideas in a free and non-academic environment,
thereby boosting individual evolution and a free exposure of ideas.
The spatial solution for housing this complex relational network
was to provide a large empty living space, the agora, which is both
interior and exterior, consisting of common student spaces, interior
courts and roof terraces, which becomes the guideline for organizing
the entire building. The main outdoor space becomes the support for
all common activities, being a shared space that can organize the
internal life of the student’s housing and that provides a room for
the social interactions of the student’s community. The outdoor
space is ambivalent, students having the opportunity to change freely
the definition of space by closing or opening the interface of the
common living areas that are oriented towards the inner court and
therefore choosing to participate or to shut off from the community.
THE MODULES
The project consists of complex living modules. Each module
comprises a common space for six students and three bedrooms. The
links within the module are very easy so that the common space
becomes a place for continuous social interaction. One of the
bedrooms is located on the same level as the living room while the
other two on the next level. Through its orientation and internal
organization the module offers both exposed spaces as well as private
ones, spaces for common activities or for quiet retreat.
Every space is endowed with all the necessary equipments and is
dimensioned in order to allow easy access for people with
disabilities in every module of the building.
The concept shape allows a segregation of public and private areas
according to spatial orientation, while remaining in a strong
physical connection. The private and public always areas have an
alternate configuration and outlook.
The common space is a space destined for gathering and for social
interaction. The common living areas are oriented towards the inner
court, which can function as a complex public shared space when all
the living rooms are completely opened to the court.
Each common area can be used according to the activities that take
place in a certain moment in the building, the students being able to
choose where to spend their spare time based on the visual
information of the activities taking place in the “agora” or
according to a program of the activities shared by the housing
inhabitants. Students are not bound to solely inhabit the common
living area assigned to them; all living areas are common leisure
areas for everybody. They can also choose to shut off their living
area from the community life by shuttering the opening towards the
court.
The living room wall, which supports the innner stair plays a
double role as structural and functional element. This wall contains
deposit spaces for living and bedroom areas, a library and a small
cooking area.
The private space consisting of bedrooms and study areas is
oriented towards the outside of the block, facing the street or the
back yard. The street is considered a classic dynamic space ruled by
the tempo of the city life, while the back yard is a quiet private
garden, both being considered to provide a good medium for
introspection and reclusion.
The bedrooms are each configured for two persons, containing study
areas within the same space.
URBAN SCALE
The detailed housing block of this project is a piece within a
complex of buildings. Each of the buildings contained in the
student’s complex can function separately from the whole, due to
the fact that it provides itself all the spaces needed for a
student’s housing, but only within the whole the buildings offer
the entire range of diverse outdoor living spaces that the project
tried to generate.
The common parking spaces are located in the underground level and
are based on the same principle of common shared spaces, since the
smaller buildings can provide parking spaces only for bicycles and
motorcycles while the larger structures can accommodate car parkings.
All of the parkings can be accessed by all of the students housed
within, according to the vehicle they posses. The underground level
provides larger common deposit areas and laundry service for the
building’s inhabitants.
On the ground floor each of the buildings has a public commercial
space destined for diverse retail activities, according to the
specific needs of the students. Those spaces will provide enrichment
to the services provided by the urban area at the moment of the
completion of the assembly.
The green spaces are linked in between in order to form a
continuous environment, doubled by a raised network of pedestrian
pathways. The most important element of the agora is the roof
terrace, which is a mixture of semi-public decks, green areas and
pergolas. The roof is the link between all the buildings that are
assembled in the student’s housing complex, creating a common
gathering space for all students living within the complex. The roof
therefore provides extended social interaction for students, with
filtered access.
SHAPE
The shape of the buildings is studied to ensure the correct
dimensioning and natural lighting of spaces, and also to orientate
the facades and outdoor spaces according to the movement of the sun.
The voids of the buildings are shaped to provide enough sunlight in
the shaded rooms, and the facades exposed to the sun are tilted and
cut in order to provide shade in the rooms. The walls and general
shape of the courtyards have been configured in order to receive
enough sunlight during the day.
The materials that are used for the building shell are meant to
recreate the lightness of Greek architecture, by reflecting the sun
and generating a local feeling of belonging in the place. We used for
the outer shells towards the street polished sandstone with large
glass openings and for the interior court a double layer of iron mesh
and white rendered walls.
together with the need for individual seclusion for learning and
public life, with public interaction and dynamic relations. We tried
to find a space that would provide the support for this dynamic way
of life, and we found that the model of the agora is the key for
solving the complex organization of activities.
The agora has its origins in Ancient Greece, providing an empty
support space designed for public interaction, hosting a large range
of activities. It is in the broad sense also an informal learning
space. The concept of agora as we make use of it in our design has
its origins in the ancient Greek public space, without having a
direct link with formal and spatial configurations with the historic
model, but by providing an urban scene for discussions.
The student’s housing units are designed as a mix of private and
public areas, providing spaces for retreat that offer a quiet private
space for each student, where they can learn and retreat, in direct
link with common facilities areas, spaces for public interaction,
entertaining and communication. The mix of private areas and public
areas is essential for informal learning, facilitating the
interchange of creative ideas in a free and non-academic environment,
thereby boosting individual evolution and a free exposure of ideas.
The spatial solution for housing this complex relational network
was to provide a large empty living space, the agora, which is both
interior and exterior, consisting of common student spaces, interior
courts and roof terraces, which becomes the guideline for organizing
the entire building. The main outdoor space becomes the support for
all common activities, being a shared space that can organize the
internal life of the student’s housing and that provides a room for
the social interactions of the student’s community. The outdoor
space is ambivalent, students having the opportunity to change freely
the definition of space by closing or opening the interface of the
common living areas that are oriented towards the inner court and
therefore choosing to participate or to shut off from the community.
THE MODULES
The project consists of complex living modules. Each module
comprises a common space for six students and three bedrooms. The
links within the module are very easy so that the common space
becomes a place for continuous social interaction. One of the
bedrooms is located on the same level as the living room while the
other two on the next level. Through its orientation and internal
organization the module offers both exposed spaces as well as private
ones, spaces for common activities or for quiet retreat.
Every space is endowed with all the necessary equipments and is
dimensioned in order to allow easy access for people with
disabilities in every module of the building.
The concept shape allows a segregation of public and private areas
according to spatial orientation, while remaining in a strong
physical connection. The private and public always areas have an
alternate configuration and outlook.
The common space is a space destined for gathering and for social
interaction. The common living areas are oriented towards the inner
court, which can function as a complex public shared space when all
the living rooms are completely opened to the court.
Each common area can be used according to the activities that take
place in a certain moment in the building, the students being able to
choose where to spend their spare time based on the visual
information of the activities taking place in the “agora” or
according to a program of the activities shared by the housing
inhabitants. Students are not bound to solely inhabit the common
living area assigned to them; all living areas are common leisure
areas for everybody. They can also choose to shut off their living
area from the community life by shuttering the opening towards the
court.
The living room wall, which supports the innner stair plays a
double role as structural and functional element. This wall contains
deposit spaces for living and bedroom areas, a library and a small
cooking area.
The private space consisting of bedrooms and study areas is
oriented towards the outside of the block, facing the street or the
back yard. The street is considered a classic dynamic space ruled by
the tempo of the city life, while the back yard is a quiet private
garden, both being considered to provide a good medium for
introspection and reclusion.
The bedrooms are each configured for two persons, containing study
areas within the same space.
URBAN SCALE
The detailed housing block of this project is a piece within a
complex of buildings. Each of the buildings contained in the
student’s complex can function separately from the whole, due to
the fact that it provides itself all the spaces needed for a
student’s housing, but only within the whole the buildings offer
the entire range of diverse outdoor living spaces that the project
tried to generate.
The common parking spaces are located in the underground level and
are based on the same principle of common shared spaces, since the
smaller buildings can provide parking spaces only for bicycles and
motorcycles while the larger structures can accommodate car parkings.
All of the parkings can be accessed by all of the students housed
within, according to the vehicle they posses. The underground level
provides larger common deposit areas and laundry service for the
building’s inhabitants.
On the ground floor each of the buildings has a public commercial
space destined for diverse retail activities, according to the
specific needs of the students. Those spaces will provide enrichment
to the services provided by the urban area at the moment of the
completion of the assembly.
The green spaces are linked in between in order to form a
continuous environment, doubled by a raised network of pedestrian
pathways. The most important element of the agora is the roof
terrace, which is a mixture of semi-public decks, green areas and
pergolas. The roof is the link between all the buildings that are
assembled in the student’s housing complex, creating a common
gathering space for all students living within the complex. The roof
therefore provides extended social interaction for students, with
filtered access.
SHAPE
The shape of the buildings is studied to ensure the correct
dimensioning and natural lighting of spaces, and also to orientate
the facades and outdoor spaces according to the movement of the sun.
The voids of the buildings are shaped to provide enough sunlight in
the shaded rooms, and the facades exposed to the sun are tilted and
cut in order to provide shade in the rooms. The walls and general
shape of the courtyards have been configured in order to receive
enough sunlight during the day.
The materials that are used for the building shell are meant to
recreate the lightness of Greek architecture, by reflecting the sun
and generating a local feeling of belonging in the place. We used for
the outer shells towards the street polished sandstone with large
glass openings and for the interior court a double layer of iron mesh
and white rendered walls.
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