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Urbanism and Plymouth

Part 1 Project 2006
Christopher Lewis
Valentina Mosos Vargas
 University of Plymouth | UK
A sponge, that draws in the essence of individual and varying societies closely situated yet segregated. Creating the first step in the development of a network that connects all areas of the city and the inhabitants inside it.

Individual perception, recognition, influence and you create the centre.

My architecture centre is a container like any other building utilizing quality, materiality, light, structural strategies which all have scientific expression – what will make this proposal a success is that these ingredients have been absorbed by the container!



Engaging the question facing proponents of an actual project in the Southwest, students explored ‘what is an architecture centre’? Inherent in this challenge was definition of the brief and site, and delineating the building’s role within the physical and social fabric of Plymouth. This project presents an invigorating response generated through a marriage of social and spatial agendas, supported through self-generated interaction with the community and a broadened study of space, form and fabric. The project is marked by a synergetic inventiveness to technology and spatial articulation, creating a transitional catalytic playground that is simultaneously humane, exploratory and fun.
Tutor(s)
2006
Asking the question - What is an architecture centre?
Re-establish lost linkages around the City.
Allow for flexibility in order to change as the City evolves.
Building Blocks.
The centre is a generator and an exemplar for the rest of the city.
Layering of internal – external spaces.
Allow the community to take over the building.
Areas for participation.
‘Plug and Play’ structure.
Extension of existing routes through the City.
Spatial Intercourse – PUSH & p u l l as you experience the connected spaces.
What’s in the distance and around the next corner?
Being able to touch, smell and feel unusual materials for the first time. Leave your mark!
Entertainment and intimate spaces allow greater opportunity for interacting with the building and others. Visual, noise and smell connections are made to all levels.
Learning and information level. Quiet Spaces to day dream and watch the clouds pass by.
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