The first time the Raincatcher built was opened to the public to come and visit the nature reserve.
The image shows the client and the local residents who commissioned the project.
There will also be a formal and public opening in spring time as further works are on site currently.
Representative images of the basic room as in the video.
The Rainwater Catcher in Gospel Oak Nature Reserve
The project was carried out over construction week and finished over a further 2 days and completed on 30th Nov 08
To see drawings and progress......
Final Lobby presentation
Design Statement
A simple visual connection for the user to identify the required destination and the ability to see the path connecting the two spaces.
The visual connection is achieved by solid and separate functional enclosures.
These enclosures are:-
-Indoor / Outdoor Waiting spaces
-Conference space
-Informal presentation space
-Bar
-Restaurant
The business person we envisage will be the main occupier of the lobby and every users approach will be seeing the conference space first. This business person will not be using the hotel as a means to which he or she will enjoy the sites of Canary Wharf. He or she is not on holiday. The hotel is therefore a means by which they can stay for a short period of time, perhaps only one or two days, and enjoy the amenities on offer, whilst attending conferences and meetings based there. These amenities must therefore be immediately recognisable to the user, so that he or she can familiarise themselves with this environment quickly.
The entrance is the point where the user is given the opportunity to move to the most desired function at that point in time. Therefore, residents checking in will divert to the reception desk and adjacent waiting area. Residents that have already checked in who require access to their rooms will divert towards the core. Those meeting at the hotel will divert towards the more informal spaces such as the bar or restaurant. Each of these locations has a visual connection to and from the entrance space.
From the entrance or any point in the lobby there should be a visual aspect connecting you as the user to multiple functions. In the same way you see the conference centre as you walk in and the ramp over the check-in desk creates the perfect visual connection to the destination and the path that you will be taking.
Using a mixing of formal and informal functions and connecting them with an interesting pathway it becomes a visual traverse. Therefore the concept of bifurcation is continued through the visual connections that the user makes from the space he or she occupies to the space that is their destination.
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To create a hotel room by using a piece of music and a narrative.
See the end result:-
the steps we took to get there........
SLEEPING OUT is a temorary living experience. This particular experience took place at 'The Park Inn Hotel', Watford. A detailed account of a journey through space.
Atelier d’Architecture King Kong in conjunction with graphic artists Philippe Giraud and Julie Soistier and completed in 2007.
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