Monday 21st June 2010

Further development of the office, mainly in the bottom floor.

Floor has been made more transparent, to see the water. To the right you can see that i'm still experimenting with texture to make it more 'underground-like'

Middle floor level

office with roof added

From another angle

View from the ramp that leads down to the middle floor. ...that window looks a bit odd...

Down in the middle floor level - I've altered it a bit to accomodate for the ramp leading down to the third level.

This is what you would see if you looked over the rail...

Looking at the space in the bottom floor.

Looking back up toward the ramp. The middle object there is a table for discussing conferences over (again, obviously, not yet completed).

Saturday 19th June 2010

Now i'm trying to actually make the office more 'underground-like', and am playing around with the roof of the bottom floor. I thought something more circular would seem more cave-like, as it does not seem so artificial as straight edges...

Playing with the texture... though I don't plan to focus on them until I really get the form sorted... It was really hard to get a ramp going down that wasn't too steep...

Finally, an alternative!

Top view

Decided to make the bottom level bigger and more circular...

looking from afar...

Initial look of the lower conference room. Will need patching up on the walls... Hehe

Exterior of the office so far... It's starting to look quite round

Friday 18th June 2010

This is how the top floor turned out: with a table for group conferences/discussions, and a wall so people don't fall off the level onto the ramp leading down.

View from outside. I've added a more transparent side to the 'tunnel' so people won't feel so claustrophobic, and it also allows more light in. Also, ramp rails have been added in.

View of office from other side.

Notice how the bottom part of the more transparent side is 'shorter'; this allows you to actually walk into the 'room' (which is not yet completed, obviously)

Wednesday 16th June 2010

Going forward with the 'extra room' idea...

Monday 14th June 2010

Continuing my office...
from above

looking out

Standing at the top of my office... maybe it would be good to build something up here as well, as i also like the view from here.

looking out to the sea...

View from this direction is very cluttered.

My overall office so far

Starting my office

Because I was really interested in the theme of underground architecture, I looked for a place that allowed me to build downwards, and since quite a few people have already taken up a lot of the nice flat vast spaces, finding a suitable location for my office wasn't very hard.

I started with a cylindrical tunnel-like object.

This ramp could lead to a 'middle' storey as the tunnel leads you down to the lowest level.

Conclusion

Rassegna, an Italian Journal seems to have ceased publishing. The theme of the volume that I was looking at (vol. 87) was on underground architecture; how it may affect us psychologically, and what architecture can do to create an attractive and pleasant 'environment' in the underground spaces.

The quarterly journal ARQ is published by 'la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad Católica de Chile' (the Catholic University School of Architecture of Chile). Like Rassegna, there is a theme to every 'number' published. This volume (vol. 73) is about the city Valparaíso in Chile; considering their quality of everyday architecture.

The third journal, Housing Works, is a journal of the AHI (Australian Housing Institute), which is targeted to people working in and with social housing. The aims are to:
-promote ideas and discussion about issues, policies and development in social housing in Australia and New Zealand
-highlight practice and professional development issues in social housing and promote understanding and discussion of these issues
-assist readers to improve their knowledge of key issues in social housing research, policy and practice
-promote an informed view of the social housing profession and the services provided
-contribute to a wider knowledge of policy and practice developments in social housing across Australia and New Zealand