What i liked about the Sports ground for Majori Primary School is its use of materials and structure. Buildings of this size can become bulky and heavy taking away from the site. This sport ground uses Translucent Polycarbonate cladding. The use of this material gives the sport complex a light weight feel that allows to emphasize the landscape.
structure: these illustrations don't quite do justice to this building. I suggest,a s a rule, doing some original line work for the structural analysis. the examples in the clark and pause book are typically plan figures, illustrating bearing surfaces on the ground plane. this is particularly descriptive when comapring columns and walls.
ReplyDeletecirculation:pretty straightforward.
balance: see below.
organization: its interesting that you've chosen to describe symmetry and balance as different diagrams; i think they're the same.
natural light:this is interesting here, istn;t it? the light is admitted everywhere, except the solid wall at one end. It might be worth describing the diffused light from the polycarboinite versus the un-filtered light admitted through the vertical glazing.
symmetry: I see you've indicated local symmetries. If one follows clark and pause, it seems as though their intent is to find one line that pairs the form. I suggest that this line in majori is east-west at about the 5th grid line defining more or less equal weight to both sides.
geometry:I'd be a bit more aggressive in breaking down the plan shapes into triangles and rectangles. practically speaking, complex forms are constructed from an assembly of simple shapes. following this strategy may lead to the discovery of other formal analyses such as repetative to unique and plan to elevation.
massing:what strikes me about the building is its lightness and translucsense, which inherently contrasts with the concept of "mass-ing," so I'm intrigued with the idea that there may be a way of conveying this physical quality in the massing diagram. One idea would be a facetted line dissociated from the ground indicating the form of the roof, and conveying the nature of its construction - a way to describe the non-massive quality of this building's massing.
hierarchy:pretty straightforward
parti:i think your hierarchy diagram is actually closer to the parti. the building is designed first for the rink and second to support the rink's users, so the definition of the rink space is elemental to the planning, and should be the starting point of the parti.