ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION 08 Apr. 2010


Designing a building requires a reference or starting point

The first question is WHAT ARE YOU DESIGNING?

Questions:

Who?

What?

Where?

Why?

Answers:

Who -The building is a public building catering for the intellectual / historical and artistic scope of the brain.

What - A museum, requiring a large surface area to accommodate the displays, exhibitions, and other function related rooms.

Where – In central London, occupying the space taken up by the current British Museum.

Why – Two answers here … because we were told / asked to do it or because a client has expressed interest.


Ok so now that I now what exactly I am designing, I can begin to expand on the current foundation.

Scale

To start planning the design of the new museum I must first understand what scale is available in terms of available land. This will allow me to decide on the proportions of the building, its scale, length, width height etc.

A quick investigation brought to light the fact that the museum as it is today occupies roughly 75000 m2. The immense size at hand allows for a new dynamic approach to the museum design.

Style

The new design, keeping in mind the museum is currently undergoing renovation should be dynamic, robust and strong from a design perspective. To meet this task, I have researched various architecture styles. The main issue at hand is wether I was going to keep the original design as was my first impulse or design a completely new building. To meet the design requirements I will use facets of the old building but will build a new enclosed building.

Neo Classical is OUT

Art nouveau – contemporary + destructive + modern + Bauhaus is IN