Architecture Layout

Spacial Thereholds – Lecture 3 

‘Entrance areas must be open and closed. This means that their conditions change as they react to different situations.’ – Birkhauser Verlag

Something we approach in our everyday life, yet it is the thing we take least into considerations when entering a building. We walk through entrances everyday yet it is something we never really think about or talk about. Door ways are used everywhere, yet they all seem to appear the same, which makes them unrecognised when seeing them. In my team project ‘co-munity’, my group focused on how to make a space relaxing. Curved walls really made our design flow well, and we didn’t want to add doors in as we didn’t want it feeling like a barrier, like you were locked in, we wanted it to be a open free space. We decided to use a beam of  light as a barrier as we thought it would work well as a welcoming and unforgettable experience for the user. This was inspired by lecture 3 as the different tones of light was mentioned and how the different tones of light could change an atmosphere very quickly.

‘Blox architecture centre Copenhagen waterfront’ Oma, is a co-working space along with apartments which are housed within a development of stacked glazed blocks which creates a knot around a busy intersection in Copenhagen. I think it is  very challenging to design a good work space due to your general ides of stacks of offices, which are usually dull and demotivating. The building inside draws your attention the parallel abstract structure that flows within the space which creates a visually appealing impact. It is different from your usual idea of work. The offices and apparetments are laid out nicely,  with clear blue glass which gives you two great views of the city and the river. This idea of large widows that fulfil the design also let natural light in all over the building which is motivating for the users of the building. The colours also mirror the tone of the water which surrounds it which creates amazing reflection against the windows along with it reflecting against the water.

Overall the thought process put into the layout of architecture could become very challenging, as even the placement of a window for letting indirect light in, or the placement of a chair, a door or a wall can really have a impact within architecture layout.