Leading on from the last project I now need to explore further into how integrating 'KIT's (knowledge information and technology) into Parliament House might work. All of the research I have looked at suggests that a great deal of importance lies with locating access to information in a central area. Therefore I need to analyse Parliament House to discover a location that will be central but will not detract from the original building. This is quite a difficult task as most of the centrally located spaces are already utilized for extremely important rooms and spaces that should not be replaced. I have included some of my early sketches and ideas of placement and possible forms to date...
Initial analysis has proven it very difficult to find a central location that is close to all the action within parliament house. I have nominated an area of offices that could be re-designed as the main building location with a canopy that spans off this space into the courtyard spaces surrounding the the main offices. An issue I am battling with this location is that it is off to a side and not central thus favouring one side of Parliament House. However, going more central will require demolitioning important spaces which I do not believe is a good solution.
This sketch was the idea of having a large pod like structure that sat above all the offices but still allowed activity to happen beneath it. I like this idea because it adds an element to parliament house without effecting was is already existing.
This is diagramming and form with thoughts about movement and incorporating Pod type space that serve various office areas and the canopy which aids this movement.
These are just some inspiration canopies that I have found. I particularly like the bottom left image as this canopy attaches to existing structures and creates an interesting form.
I began to explore a geometric pattern for the canopy that could then also form the shapes of the pods below. I have also further explored the idea of an underground storage system which was posted earlier in my blog. I think it could be quite interesting to allow my pods to service both the offices as well as go underground to explore the machine operated storage as an education device - perhaps this could integrate the public??
Perhaps my canopy could bring light to the underground spaces as well as provide energy through solar panels or photovoltaic panels. This would allow for my design to be independent which I think is important as the information that it contains will always be accessible regardless of any issues that Parliament House may have with electricity etc. Information is the backbone to a working environment and therefore it needs to be constantly accessible.
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