RURAL R&D STATION

Justin Dillon Baatjes | A design proposal for the headquarters of ICEBREAKER

FUTURE CHRISTCHURCH
THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

V2

School of Architecture and Planning

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
How does a customer experience not only a companys product, but also the company itself? How do we begin to formulate an architectural solution for the identity of a company? With this is mind, how do we design an experience? The proposal is a hybrid building consisting of a ski lodge, office spaces, a wool production line, and a shearing shed which together make a Rural Research and Development Station for ICEBREAKER. The intention of the new typology is to complete a production line with an Urban R&D Station [clothing manufacturing plant] located in the industrial zone of Christchurch (see frieght & travel route logistics map. The building is located at Pudding Hill in the Canterbury Plains at the bottom of Mount Hutt. (see site maps) The driving concept for the building is based on a weave - one of the operations used in creating a textile. Put simply, a weave brings two things together in a way that allows them to be seen as one, this is done with a warp going in one direction and a weft going in the other, together they create a weave. The design of the architecture comes through the inherent nature of banding which is present in a woven fabric. There are four building types, each one is conceived as an individual warp that is woven together spatially through visual thresholds and spatial orchestration. The relationships of each typology is arranged according to controlled linkages in programs. The shearing shed is placed next to wool production line for the flow of material production, the offices next to the wool production line for R&D to take place, and the ski lodge above the offices for people who wear woolly clothing to Mount Hutt Ski Field to get a glimpse of how their clothing is made. Not only does this arrangement allow us to break the barrier between research and development and material production but also allows customers and clients to experience the company. Using architecture as a facilitator for bridging barriers between programmatic stratifications we can strengthen relationships between tactile conditional elements of ICE BREAKER, ranging from the farmers, the wool production workers, the office workers, and the customers / clients.

SKI LODGE HALLWAY INTERIOR VIEW INTO PRODUCTION LINE

H CHCH Local Raw Material B SHEARING SHED INTERIOR VIEW OUT INTO THE CANTERBURY PLAINS

SOUTH FACING FACADE - MOUNT HUTT

ICEBREAKER Global Market Competitor

C IB EXISTING OPERATIONAL MODEL

RECEPTION INTERIOR VIEW UP INTO SKI LODGE

NORTH FACING FACADE

IB PROPOSED LOCAL OPERATIONAL MODEL

STAFFROOM INTERIOR VIEW OUT TO MOUNT HUTT

FREIGHT & TRAVEL ROUTE LOGISTICS

SITE

SITE PLAN

DIGITAL WEAVING DESIGN CONCEPT

BINARY DIGITAL WEAVING

SKI LODGE UNIT INTERIOR VIEW OUT TO MOUNT HUTT PLAN LEVEL 0
Plan Scale

BANDING CONCEPT E A H PLAN LEVEL 1

Plan Scale 2 10

TYPOLOGICAL BANDING BREAKDOWN

DESIGN INTERROGATION METHODOLOGIES

10

1 Shelter 2 Pen 3 Shearing 4 Skirting & Rolling 5 Classing 6 Storage 7 Distribution 8 Loading dock

F G I B

COMPLEX WOVEN BIFURCATED SURFACE

WOOL PRODUCTION LINE INTERIOR VIEW UP INTO SKI LODGE HALLWAY VIEW INTO OFFICE SPACES

1 Entrance 2 Stair Access to Ski Lodge Units 3 Reception / Administration 4 Staff / Client Cafe & Staff room 5 Corridor 6 Male toilets 7 Female toilets 8 Medium meeting room 9 Large meeting room 10 Small meeting room 11 Large office 13 Large Group work space 14 Small office 15 Small office 16 Large office 17 ... 18 Small office 19 Large office 21 Large Group work space 22 Small office 23 Fire Egress 24 Skirting and Rolling 25 Classing 26 Storage 27 Order assembling area 28 Distribution 29 Sheep shelter 30 Ramp 31 Pen 32 Shearing 33 Re-pen 34 Sheep shelter 36 Ski lodge cade 37 Communal laundry 38 1-2 person quarters 39 1-2 person large quarters 40 3-4 person large quarters

SECTION AA

SECTION BB

SECTION CC

COMPLEX WOVEN INTERPOLATED SURFACE

SHEEP PENNING INTERIOR VIEW OUT INTO THE CANTERBURY PLAINS

SECTION DD