So, how better to bring the outside in, then to have the outside actually inside?? Rather than separating my terraced greenroofs from the adjacent media labs, which was inherently in conflict with my concept, I leaned toward a solution where the interior was a blend of inside and outside by transforming my courtyard into an atrium. A southern facing skylight could flood the space with the necessary light to maintain the outside atmosphere... This way my separation doesn't happen at the balconies, but at the building envelope. I also took advantage of this opportunity to locate a glass elevator tower which bridges the green spaces and the labs to reinforce the connection between the inside and outside..... Even though shoppers are clearly inside of a building, it can maintain the feeling of nature throughout.... The image below shows a rough approximation of the anticipated sunlight in Boston on December 21st at 2pm....
Any input whatsoever is welcome!!!!!
Any input whatsoever is welcome!!!!!
2 comments:
Nooooooooooooo! I think the building loses a great deal when you internalize the garden and courtyard. Not only do you trivialize the garden by making it an isolated element within the building, similar to an iPod display, I am sure that the landscape will not thrive the same way, at least in the summertime, as it would have outside - inside it will always be neat and trim. I also think that by combining the upper buildings into one larger volume, something is lost. A typical atrium is created, rather than a courtyard across which another section of the building exists.
In your previous comment you mentioned that you didn't want to bring the grass through the glass. So why did you decide to bring it ALL the way through.
Regardless, the assignment is meant to focus on the detail of the signature element, not on recasting large scale design decisions. Stay small. You can revisit the need to reassess larger issues in the final week's assignment.
Understood.... I will continue to focus on the break/transition between the garden and lab spaces...
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