Kantima Saetung
Design 1 : Project 1.3
Carmen Torres
- Evolve : Material Memes -
"The second half of the semester will be dedicated
to designing a future enterprise using the source
materials of any or all contemporary candidates
to produce an architectural proposal which positions
business/brand against future private/public space."
Little Sun : Business Incubator
"A business incubator is a company that helps new and startup companies
to develop by providing services such as management training or office space"
Brand
"Collaboration","Social impact" and "sustainable resource" are the concept of the brand
"Collaboration","Social impact" and "sustainable resource" are the concept of the brand
Context
Site : Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Gambia Street - city center and business districts
Ethiopia is experiencing a storm of young people and run out space which this incubator provides space for collaborative learning in a technology-rich setting. It will be a place for young people to gather, where knowledge is shared, collaboration between disciplines takes place and where future leaders are nurtured.
Axonmetric view shows different programs in different levels of the buildings
Providing such as general offices for entrepreneurs, areas of co-working spaces,
meeting rooms, exhibition areas for presentation, management and relaxation areas
Exterior Perspective
Exterior perspective showing rammed earth building contrast from the surrounding buildings
Section
With year-round temperatures in Addis Ababa between 25°C -27°C it was important to
maintain the entrepreneurs’ comfort whilst achieving a sustainable energy usage.The building’s
open and permeable atrium is naturally ventilated, maximising air circulation around
the towers and allowing people to feel as cool as possible
With year-round temperatures in Addis Ababa between 25°C -27°C it was important to
maintain the entrepreneurs’ comfort whilst achieving a sustainable energy usage.The building’s
open and permeable atrium is naturally ventilated, maximising air circulation around
the towers and allowing people to feel as cool as possible
Instead of the traditional format of an incubator building with box-like office rooms so the outcome of the building is a structure that interweaves both social and learning spaces to create a dynamic environment more conducive to casual and incidental interaction between entrepreneurs, mentors and volunteers. Seven towers, each a stack of rounded tutorial rooms, taper inwards at their base around a generous public central atrium to provide more than twenty rooms to promote more interactive small group teaching and active learning. The flexible format of the rooms allows mentors to configure them to better engage their entrepreneurs, and for entrepreneurs to more easily collaborate with each other.
Plan : Third Floor
Plan : Ground Floor
Atmospheric Representation
The rooms in turn open onto the shared circulation space around the atrium,
interspersed with open spaces and informal terraces, allowing students
to be visually connected while also leaving space to linger, gather and rest.
Model of Building
Rammed Earth Wall
The combination of traditional building material and high environmental aspirations meant that a earth or soil construction was necessary. By using rammed earth
technique which need low cost for construction and has many vantages such as superior thermal mass, temperature and noise control, strength and durability, low maintenance, fire proofing, as well as its beauty and the pleasure of building with a natural and environmentally material.
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