marks analysis streets

pavement + sidewalks 70
waiting spaces 50
intersections 65
public+private 70

provisional marks analysis

streets to follow asap

all marks have been broken up and work commented on.

will be published once all material is complete (from tutors).

General

Whenever we intervene on the landscape, we alter the existing context.  Thus it becomes imperative to fully comprehend what exactly the existing context is, and how best to deal with it[1] in order to promote and unleash its full performance potential.

Your intial book reference for the future development of Vrededorp is the Urban Development Framework by Ikemeleng Architects and 26’10 Architects.  You may use and learn from the information from that document and other existing data to feed your analysis, however, you CANNOT simply duplicate the work. We want to see what you see that goes beyond information available already.  All groups start from a PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD of the status quo NOW. You then produce analytical drawings framed by your research question and method. Check ‘Envisioning Information’ by Edward R. Tufte (library) and InfoGraphics (http://www.coolinfographics.com/, http://visual.ly/, http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/40-useful-and-creative-infographics/)

1.

Produce a research book, A4 portrait format, based on the in design template handed out.

Your book has to have

-        title page

-        content page

-        introduction

-        chapter divide pages

-        conclusion, resumee

-        reference page

-        page numbers

-        name of authors

-         

You have to hand in a PDF version and pin up a printed version.

The resolution of images and graphics has to be excellent.

Font: Arial

2.

Each tutor group has one theme, all four themes are outlined on your research matrix.

Within the tutor group, students split up into 4 subgroups and address the relevant issue from the following angles. The idea is to re-construct site through narrative and documentary structure.

History

-        Photography: Re-visit David Goldblatt’s photo documentary on Fietas. Take photos from the same viewpoints, compare the difference and find out the reason for the changes. Visualize these in drawings and diagrams.

-        Politics of empty plots: start from a google earth aerial photograph and document the empty spaces in the area. Draw a map of before and after. Try to find historical photographs. Document, what is happening today on the empty plots (photographic storyboard). What is their potential?

-        People: find 4-5 people who live in Vrededorp and record their personal history and their spaces.

-        Planning: Study the UDF of 26’10 and find out what has been implemented, what has changed since their study, what are the biggest challenges?

Streets

-        Intersection: Document the following intersection, their role in Vrededorp and on a larger scale (metropolitan). Produce a photographic record (panorama) and analyse what is happening on the corners: how do the buildings relate to the street, are there traffic lights, bins, who is selling, who is buying what? What is the accident rate? How can pedestrians cross?

Intersection: 8^th Street / De La Rey, 14^th Street/ De La Rey, 11^th Street/ Hull Street, Krause/ 8^th Street

All investigations have to cover at least 500m into each street of the intersection.

-        Pathways and sidewalks: Document the pedestrian movement in the area. Who is walking where, when and why (from where to where?). How is the related infrastructure (benches, bins, streetlights)?. Where does it feel safe/ unsafe? Why? Where is it clean/ dirty? How are businesses relating to pedestrians?

-        Public/ private transport: where are taxi routes? Bus routes? Major car routes? Recycling trolleys? Rhythm of traffic flow? Taxi stops? Bus stops? On street parking for cars? Deliveries? Recycling offload? Challenges? Conflict? Where do people drive to?

-        Waiting areas: spaces of delay: where do people wait for taxis, busses? How are they integrated in the urban fabric? Linked to small scale commerce (spaza)?

Public + Private Spaces

-        Morphology:  map of public and private, open and closed spaces (nolli diagram), sections, aerial photography

-        Thresholds: sequences, elements (roofs, doors, windows, curtains, stoeps, walls), safety (Indicate safe and unsafe places in the public and private realm) photographs

-        Programme: what is happening in the public and private spaces? Are their hybrid conditions? Day and night changes? Map out the timetable of the area.

Building Typology

-        Types of buildings, photographic catalogue, analysis in terms of type, programme, relation to street (threshold), age (when was it build?), condition, market price, current use (how many people are using it how?), conversions, additions

A 2^nd street, 5^th street, Krause, Solomon

B 6^th street 9^th street, Krause, Solomon

C 10^th street, 13^th street, Krause, Solomon

D 14^th street, 17^th street, Krause, Solomon

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[1] Catalyst in Context, Tomoyuki Haramura, the Berlage cahiers 4, Studio ’94-’95, p 124

contextual matrix

analysis

An analysis is the separation of a whole into its component parts (Webster Dictionary).
The analysis of a building is separating the structure into its component parts and elements,
which have been listed in the handout as follows.
Media for the analysis of a building are (in this instance) DRAWING + DIAGRAM +PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDINGS.
Easy start:
Take your base maps and sections, make photocopies (manual) or create a series of layers (digital) and choose one color for each layer like program, structure, circulation, light etc.
Color the base maps and sections according to the information the layer requires. Light is analyzed in terms of angles (hoe far it travels into the building), seasons, direction of rooms(N-S-E-W). Furnish the rooms with required furniture. Check if wardrobes fit, can one put a study table? How mean people can be seated for dinner everyday and on X-mas?
You have to understand the building and why the architect did what. Remember, on everything will be perfect, trade offs are part of the design process.

2. Introduction of the buildings

•Name, Location, Date

•Size: (Width/ Module Size for Row House) Building Type

•Concept:  what was the idea for this project?

•Design Principles: what specific design principles does this architect employ?

•Context: where is it placed? Urban? Suburban? Along a busy street? In an existing part of the city? In  a new part of the city? Part of a competition, a larger masterplan ? A privat commission?

•Programme: What programme does the building house?

•Form: How does it look? How is the form generated? Does the from have any influence on the context?

•Façade: How has the Façade been developed?

•Structure: What is the structural system? Is it a major factor for the building?

•Material: What materials are used? Why?

•Light: Natural Light, sunlight, natural ventilation, light flow, concept

•Circulation: internal and external circulation, vertical and horizontal circulation, access for whom where (main or site entrance), car and pedestrian access, take us on a walk through the building!

•Public/ Private: how does the building relate to the context, how does it meet the ground, is there a square, a street, point out the thresholds

•Inside/ Outside: inside and outside spaces

 

guy allion, thesis MArch, everywhere is here, analytical diagram

http://www.big.dk/ mountain dwelling (mtn) 3. analysis_concept_form_programme IN DRAWINGS

http://www.big.dk/ mountain dwelling (mtn) 2. the idea_text

http://www.big.dk/ mountain dwelling (mtn) 1. how it looks

book with siyabonga in library

Analysis Of Precedent: 

An Investigatian of Elements, Relationships, and Ordering Ideas in the Work of Eight Architects, 

R. H. Clark, M. Pause, K. Utsey

http://www.amazon.com/Precedents-Architecture-Analytic-Diagrams-Formative/dp/0471479748