The architectural challenge is to design a research hub and learning centre to be located on the site provided to you (see site brief for details). Contrubuting to this, you will also provide overnight accomodation for the inhabitants (your clients) who visit the site for research/study and work on short stay trips. Your client will use the building(s) as a base for their collections, investigations and experiments but will also use it as a place where they can connect with the public and the public can learn about their area of expertise. The building will therefore accomodate for small school or family groups who may visit the centre to learn about the type of nature study your client focuses on in their research.
The building must act as an environmental filter and create atmosphere for its visitors. It should be expressive and meaningful. It should respond to its immediate site and wider context.
You are asked to design 3 individual units; (research hub/learning centre, overnight accomodation for short-stay residents, supplementary buildings which may be needed by this typology in order to function). The units must be varied in their interaction with the landscape and therefore you should concentrate on specifying each building to one specific and appropriate location on site.
· One embedded in the landscape
· One situated on the landscape
· One elevated above the landscape
The building must act as an environmental filter and create atmosphere for its visitors. It should be expressive and meaningful. It should respond to its immediate site and wider context.
You are asked to design 3 individual units; (research hub/learning centre, overnight accomodation for short-stay residents, supplementary buildings which may be needed by this typology in order to function). The units must be varied in their interaction with the landscape and therefore you should concentrate on specifying each building to one specific and appropriate location on site.
· One embedded in the landscape
· One situated on the landscape
· One elevated above the landscape