Circulation
Circulation around the school of architecture is complete. Because of the multitude of levels of varying heights and thicknesses in my design, I had to organise the spaces and the circulation between them in a way that made sense and was easy to navigate for students and staff, as well as fulfil it's function as a bridge and allow passage from one side to the other. Because this bridge connects two places at different altitudes this involved a number of stairs.
I have yet to add side walls as well as surface thickness to elements such as the glass panels,which will be added as I detail the bridge. To make sure everything was working I imported my bridge into CryEngine.
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| My bridge in CryEngine in it's current form. |
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| The main entrance for students. To accommodate for heavy traffic between classes I made the grand stair very wide and included two sets of stairs to allow students to easily move between spaces. |
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| My completed elevator for students. It may not look like much now but wait until you see it in action. |
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| Mirrored stairs leading up to the lecture theatre. |
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| The academic area. |
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| The studio spaces. The waviness in the underside of the stairs is unintentional. It's supposed to be flat but because each step is a component CryEngine renders it weirdly and you end up with this result. |
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| The dual stairwells running through the core of the building. I like to think of it as the "artery" because it is crucial to the function of this structure as both a bridge and a school of architecture. |
Progress
My elevators are completed, the folly is designed and just needs detailing, and the bridge needs to be detailed. Everything is going along nicely.
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