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3 Program
We study precedent organizations, read plans and sections of prominent natatoria and aquatic sport centers, and, beyond typologies, we find organizational models. Then we speculate about the program that can be plugged into these organizations.
3.1 Given Program
Study the program requirements (general syllabus p.8) in a scaled survey.
3.2 Precedent Organization
From a list of precedens select two and conduct a cross-pool study according to the topics below. Start by constructing and drafting (not tracing) one simplified schematic plan and one section of each building/building proposal (scale 1/32). Limit the use of line weight and -type to a minimum. In a second step use the plans and sections as underlay for your analysis by topic. Use reasonably strong, black lines over light gray underlay lines.
Precedents // Frei Otto: Olympic Park in Munich 1972; Zaha Hadid: Aquatic Centre project in London 2012; PTW: Water Cube Beijing 2008; Alvaro Siza: Leca Swimming Pools, Portugal 1966; Alvaro Siza: Llobregat Sports Centrre, Barcelona 2006; Dominique Perrault: Olympic Velodrome and Swimmimgpool, Berlin 1999; Peter Zumthor: Thermal Baths, Vals 1996
3.2.1 Circulation: Reveal and compare the two pools' circulation systems (circulatory system) in diagrammatic terms. Identify hierarchies (primary, secondary, tertiary) and non-hierarchical (horizontal) aspects of the system. Categorize access points, linkages and shortcuts. Work out the relations between movement and gathering spaces, and the relation between internal and external circulation, wet and dry circulation; identify control points and overlaps.
3.2.2 Program: Study and compare the three programmatic organizations. Show how the pool organization defines areas of different activities and their relations. To what degree are the primary program points separated and connected. Do programmatic clusters form; what is the adjacency logic, what is the program sequence? How are areas for swimmers, visitors, and staff related? Does the organization correspond to systems of authority and control?
3.2.3 Building and Site: Discuss and compare in your drawings the two buildings and their relation to the site. Is site integration revealed in plan and in section; to what extend does the site continue within the structure; how much does the building respond to the site? Identify the orientation to the sun (direct light), the organization of openings (light, views), the street access, and relation to neighbors. Does the aquatic center contrast its environment or merge with it?
3.3 User Scenario
Based on three user scenarios and employing selected Nurbs geometry from the ProtoForm, develop a programmatic model for the organization of you aquatic center.
Start by generating three time-based user scenarios that discuss the ecology of activities and spatial sequences.
Compare the three routines. Develop diagrams for the sequence of activities and events. The diagrams register qualities, durations and hierarchies of activities. Be precise about the number of agents involved and their specific time- and spatial requirements. Describe the interaction between the various users and organisms. What are the exchanges that happen within the center and what are its boundaries (services, goods, waste). Do these exchanges evolve over the course of a day or a year? Develop a dynamic system of parallel and nested processes - wet and dry.
Draw the impact different users have on the organization. Speed, flexibility, connectivity and porosity of events describe your system and are applied to the emerging program model. Whether separation between program points results in spatial distribution (example circulation: several entrances), or in the combination of different flows of activitie, your program model serves to structure your architectural program.
Informed by the realization of your pool diagrams, develop a list of terms that describe activities and behaviors for your own center. You may assemble several lists of terms or phrases describing activities, items, scenarios, agents, forces, trajectories etc. Each list is consistent in itself regarding its category and modus (all transitive verbs or nouns or adjectives or phrases). Employing the generated lists of terms rewrite the Generic Program to become your own programmatic proposal for a pool. Include approximate sizes of all program parts.
Program studies Studio Gisela Baurmann, UPenn FA07 (Affleck, Billhymer/Freeze, Suk-Choi)
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