WEEK 05 - Panel Images and Inspiration

HOLM ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE (HOA)

A recent competition entry  for the Pulsen Community Center in Balling, Denmark. The proposal was for community center that combined many fitness services in a single location. The design proposal focused on a central orientated design that has many similarities with what we are trying to achieve through our design. 

A central meeting and gathering space. Our design centers itself around the central meeting spaces everything feeds in and out of this space and is the heart and soul of the development.

The central meeting space is also a highly flexible space the facilitates many uses such as food produce markets, large community function, informal restaurants where people share their cooking skills.

Sporting Facilities, which we can relate to our project for the fitness and sport benefits. Playing sports places individuals in a more relaxed environment were Strong connections and bonds are formed. The team environment achieved in sport is the mindset that if achieved for the community would be very powerful.

What if the community felt as if they were a team working towards a common goal???

This image reminded me of the northern elevation of our petal shapes structure, with a grass / vegetable crop face. These areas would be used for recreational place, where people could be as active or inactive as they like.

These Images and further details can be found at the link below

http://www.archdaily.com/148501/pulsen-community-center-competition-entry-hao-with-niklas-thormark-will-kempler-and-tobias-lindqvist-ottosson/

Communal food halls will be a thing of the future with increasing pressures for human civilisation to reduces its footprint on the earth. These areas will not be viewed as something that people do not want in the future. These spaces give people in the community an opportunity to communicate and built supportive relationships to increase occupants place attachment.

http://ineffectualeffigy.blogspot.com.au/2010/10/may-i-be-obsessed-with-cafeteria-design.html#!/2010/10/may-i-be-obsessed-with-cafeteria-design.html

Large communities such as the one we are proposing will exist in a manor where money is not the individuals but the communities, although this sounds bad all it takes is a shift in individuals perspective. For people to move from a capitalist society to one that works together for the improvement of the larger group will take a couple of decades, however it is a necessary step in the long term viability and sustainability for the planet. This will allow for a larger pool of capital to invest in future development and technology. That will see the humans day to day roles change. Robotic technology human life change to a more relaxed pace, with fruit and vegetables being completely managed by automated robots.

http://www.thenewecologist.com/2010/08/green-cities-of-the-future-the-principles-and-the-facts/

Streets in the future will have a different appearance in the future, in a community such as the one we are proposing, bicycles will have right of way over cars and the need for cars will dramatically decrease as all of the amenities you require are located within your community. In the future the only time people will use cars will be to travel to other parts of the country.

http://www.glhowe.com/weblocate/GreenCitybytheBay.jpeg

http://www.specialtycinema.com/bean-bag-cinema-seating

Both of these images depict the future scenario, where individual families no longer have T.V. due to the increasing volume of waste created by out dated T.Vs. The community will have large cinema facilities where large groups of people will gather to watch their favourite shows.

http://blog.quickflix.com.au/2010/12/15/outdoor-cinema-and-you-a-guide/