DESIGN PROCESS 3

Riverside Design

Examples

 Walkway along the river, for people hanging around the site
Seating provide on river side, like stairs, benches, people can seat near the river have nice afternoon

Extend walkway allow visitors experience the rive in different position

people could feel closer to river, indirect connection with people who are in the ferry or canoe

Design 1

Design 2

-city ferry - public transport, travel between Gowanus and New York 

-canoe launch for visitors and residents, can rent canoes from field station 

-walkway along the riverside for visitors look out

-seating, shading

Inertial space organize

workshop: combine artists workshop and residents workshop, so visitors can see how artist work and look artists' work. Also artist can open some workshops for public. 

library: between entry and auditorium, the library also combine with opening auditorium, the opening auditorium is create by a stage and some stairs , a glass wall divided the space into library and auditorium. so when there is no performance, people can use the space as a reading or studying space.

auditorium: two auditoriums, the open one is part of library, the moral formal one is in the middle of the building, between library and exhibition. reception for buy tickets, change room and control room, can contain 200 people.

the space under auditorium can use as toilet, cafe. this is the best view from the building when people sit there, because it faces to the river and ,sunlight from the northeast. 

exhibition: second entry is to access to the exhibition room. two function of the exhibition room. One is a large open one, can display big objects or hold parties. The other one is divide into several small space, can display different topics.

Suggestion from tutor

- brake the boundary of each space, make them integrate into each other

-don't restrict by the form of the building

-think about what i am going to do with roof