Joseph Pawlina

On a site located along the Bosphorous edge in Istanbul, a hotel project + Programme X, a competition standard pool, was appointed to rehabilitate an area of disused reclaimed land in a prime location, close to central Istanbul and to the waters edge.

A high end competition and training swimming centre was proposed in order stimulate the area with a healthy, civic programme, which could easily be integrated into the city & water location as well as tie in with the hotel typology, without being extensive economically unviable. The hotel will provide guest rooms for competitors and trainers, as well as adamant spectators and general guests.

Part of the project consisted of the larger urban fabric proposal immediate to the hotel. This step included investigating how design strategies of the hotel could be integrated at large scales and have a real presence within the city. The understanding of conglomerates formed the principles behind the proposals, looking in ways to create porosity through to the Bosphorous and across the site & hotel, the play of solids and voids within the forms and a basis on low horizontal architecture. Researching local culture showed an existence of this already, predominantly found in traditional Külliye complexes around mosques, whereby a series of design principles based upon the cell, bar and courtyard provides for a vast amalgamation of extensive buildings housing the cities public facilities.

This design solution is held strongly within the 'Swim Hotel' project whereby the expanse of the pool on a floor plan creates a logic for a deep plan building. Here the ideology of the cell and courtyard comes into play to provide a usable organisation of guest rooms and space on the upper floor, and in doing so produces a carpet of rooms over the pool. The questions then come to discuss how relationships between the floors will be formed, through the merging of floor planes, and how positive internal environments of the rooms can achieved within a deep plan by way of access to views and private courtyard spaces, as well as communal courtyard within clusters of hotel suites.

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PLANS:

SERIES OF SECTIONS:
cut through the space showing the relationship between the two planes

ELEVATIONS:
exploring materiality

3D interior view of entrance:

SECTIONS:

1:100 at A1

1:200 at A0

1;1000 at A0

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Considering the main structure of the hotel through a series of sketches.

1. The foundation level, of existing pile foundations of the reclaimed land. The urban context is built up upon this level and at no point sinks below the existing level and so these can be considered structurally sound for this construction.

2. The main core of the building providing central support to the carpet of rooms above. To be cast in reienforce concrete.

3. A series of columns used to disptribute the loads where large cantilevers exsist.

4. The curved slab can be constructed from a concrete waffle grid, which can span greater distances as well as allowing for accoustic and thermal benefits to the undersurface when left exposed. (high thermal mass and increase surfaces and pocket traps for sound).

5. A series of wall sections acting as large thick beams.

6. The rooms can be prefabricated and brought into site to be placed between the setions of walls.

1:200 model examining the structure:

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the photos depict where the lobby will be situated underneath this arch between the two points meeting the ground.

Exploration and development of the upper level and access to the hotel rooms. below: shows a more considered approach to the rooms and availability of views for the various levels within the surface. Part of the surface had to be thickened in order to achieve the required heights for views.

The section above begins to explore the possibility of not only opening views up to the distant surrounding but also providing opening on the floor plane to allow glimpse down to the pool, enhancing the interaction between the levels.

Below: Investigating the ground surface more, to rise up to mirror the forms found within the carpet of rooms but also provide for the structural supports. Reducing the cantilevers within the roof. At certain points also the drop in the roof level down to ground also stabalises the structure but also acts to connect the floors much more strongly and provides areas of steeper gradient within the roof plane.

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The 1:200 model placed on the large 1:200 site model. Testing the scale of the project upon the context.

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continuation of the hotel brief exploration:

Exploring the themes defined within the larger urban scale back into the design of the hotel, strengthening the connection of the hotel to the wider context.

The main element of the hotel, the carpet roof of rooms, was initally remodelled at 1:200. The curves begin to engage more with the surrounding views as well as the undulating landscape designed at the urban scale.

The ground plane in which the hotel sits was explored in order to achieve coherence with the roof form above, whilst connecting to the public landscape.

The plinth, rising over 4m in places, will house the hidden hotel. Acting like a second carpet to include all house keeping, storage, plants and kitchen as well as offices and some programming for the swimming centre. This somewhat clearly separates the hotel into clearly defined areas, the back stage versus the carpet of hotel rooms, with the public area sandwiched between.

the facing page investigates the potential areas to house the back area of the hotel.

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Final Masterplan presented at A0 scale 1:1000

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MODEL PHOTOS:

Photo sketches:

Use of roof for outdoor activity & green space, the roofs should become part of the landscape.

Boundary of site enclosed but not dominating; encourage perforation through to spaces & buildings beyond. Softer landscaping to the west (front of image) and smaller scale buildings fit to the logic of the existing street grain.
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MODEL 6: Final

Incorporating elements from previous models, tweaking them to provide for functional purposes & spaces. Contours from model 2 re-incorporated into this model.

USES & AREA calculation:

ACCESS:

PUBLIC SPACES:

A series of squares, no immediate heirarchy between them - easily navagable between spaces, contours of the ground encourage mevement & entrigue.
Public space to the west: more soft landscape, retaining existing trees
Public space toward the east: more hard landscaping, minimal, allowing undulation of the ground surface to become prominent & directional. Incorporation of street funiture with lightwells / air ventilation wells for carparking below.

Sketch drawings of functional considerations:

Coach parking & turn circles for cruise terminal

Underground parking & service considerations

SECTIONS through masterplan:

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INITIAL concept:

Mat Principles:
Using no clear heirarchy of open spaces & buildings, with no key building or open sapce dominating the masterplan.
Using predominantly low horizontal buildings & stability between the solid & void.
Allow permeability through to the site & porosity between internal & external spaces.

MODEL 1: (Mat principles)

Scaling down of the larger existing open spaces & relationship between the buildings. Opening buildings onto numerous squares (porous), non-heirarchical spaces, encourage all areas of the site to be used at the same density without some areas become stagnent or lifeless, a balanced site. Reamining density of buildings. Opening the site to the Bosphorous.

MODEL 2: (Contoured landscape)

Experiment with undulating ground surface, breaking up the large expanses on site. Entice & encourage pedestrians across & through squares. Gradients also help bring people effortlessly up to roof levels, making use of this space also. Mimic of the Hotel roof form - similar benefits (views across Bosphorous).

MODEL 3: (Porous)

Exploring permeability through to the site from the main road, to main squares & through courtyards between buildings. Create a secluded space which can still be easily accessed from road at several points. Balance of void & solid. Slightly too repetitive & somewhat random.

MODEL 4: (Larger massing)

Exploring the large horizontal mass. Conglomeration of buildings. Service corridor (restricted access) & pedestrian route perforating to road. Too heirarchical to the building to the west, too linear, need to consider more play with solids & voids, and find a balance.

MODEL 5: (Mixing of 1 + 4)

Combination of past principles; Conglomeration, permeability through squares & blocks, using the logic of non-heirarchical spaces & functions.

Porosity through main pedestrian access points

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To understand the scale of the site & to appreciate its possibilities for programme size I began an exercise of scale by comparing the site relative to landmarks and locations familiar to me, as well as looking into dimensions of aquatic centres accessed through this comparision.

Current site:

Scale comparisions:

Scale comparision of other aquatic/swimming centres:

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Drawings pinned up on 'Silent Jury' crit, Febuary 16th:

Axonometric:

Plans:

Elevations:

Possible material choices:

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My initial Strategy for my hotel + X is based on grids & units within a 'mat building', with the main design intent of creating courtyards amongst the hotel rooms and with the programme X being an aquatics/swimming centre.

Here are some inital models:

Stage 1:
Introducing the room units to the upper floor with the ability for all rooms to have external courtyard space. & Further development & considering the effect of courtyard arrangements on the roof span -

Stage 2:
Circulation options, network of rooms -

Stage 3:
Layering of functions, replicating the voids in the roof plane onto the facade where the walls would open up to open terraces for restaurant and socail spaces -

Stage 4:
Further options, consideration of pool level at ground. Continuation of the grided space from the rooms carried forward to how changing rooms, locker rooms & shower rooms may be arranged (in units) -

Stage 5: (below left)
Possibilities in the form of the upper floor (rooms) to provide visual aspects out. (would not be acheived with flat roof & courtyards). maybe only be able to have partial/glimpse views (top of hills..) within the centre zones of rooms -
Stage 6: (below right)
Further manipulation of roof plane to enable maximum views out. Raising at corner denotes entrance. Raising at back provides high ceiling for pool area and spectators. This form could also possibly house the social aspects of the programme on the under side. Also possiblility of creating an unduating landscape within the form -

Stage 7: (below left)
Consideration of the room arrangements, each with their own private courtyard as well as shared communal courtyard. Teared with the slope of the roof, allowing the outdoor spaces to have views out -
Stage 8: (below right)
organisation of the pragramme X - the pool & facilities. as well as thinking about the possible structure. The design becomes more function and simple at ground level, set within the grided format -

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Charles & Ray Eames show their then-new masterpiece lounge chair on the Arlene Francis "Home" show broadcast on the NBC television network in 1956.

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The teams lobby design for the hotel lobby;
The Hotel of Modern Exhibition (HoME)

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Below are key model developments for our groups lobby proposals for the 5 in 1 stack hotel lobby competition: Our concept was based upon the inter-relationship of routes, circulation and spaces, orientated around the lobby facilities and exhibition/gallery space. (note: most recent photos at top)

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More to follow...

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Monday 3rd Nov - Friday 7th Nov

I was part of the timber canopy construction workshop with tutors Craig Bamford & Emmanuael Militello, in which we helped to construct a timber shelter for a community vegetable lot, ‘The Growing Kitchen’, in Hackney. Through the workshop I gained an appreciation for the techniques of carpentry & joinery without the use of electrical tools, nails, screws or glues.

Continue reading "Construction week:" »

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Group exercise:
with Grant Nahorniak, Karl Enright, Lucy Ransom & Mirela Koskosa.

This video was produced as part of a 4 day workshop with visiting tutor Harald Trapp, from TU Vienna. With the brief to create a spatial narrative within a hotel room using 1:10 scale models.

Documentation of the video:
Initial concept storyboard:

Further individual documentation:

Tracking of elements through time:

MORE TO FOLLOW...

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