ATMOSPHERE | RESEARCH CAMPUS

Owen (Wei wei) Xing

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
My proposal is for a research building in the new CCDUs proposed health precinct. The project works in a campus like atmosphere with educational and medihotel facilities within walking distance. The aim is to create a world-class facility for learning and teaching. It is located next to the existing Christchurch hospital, and is meant to attract professionals for both private and public health care research. The site is located at the western end of the south frame, and is well connected to the Metro sports facility and the proposed reduced CBD core. My initial research topic was the atmosphere, I looked at the layers within the and the relationship between atmospheric compositions, the greenhouse effect and the temperature change. From this I derived a formal language that I used to generate the form for the site and building. The master plan for the overall health precinct was arranged based on the circulation through the area, and combined with my concept derived from layers in the atmosphere. The new plan keeps the proportion of each element the same as the proposed plan, but allows for a more fluid connections as opposed to the rigid grid. The new plan tied our groups design together, our proposed programmes include a sun spa hotel, a research campus, and a gradient of housing and tree farm. The aim was to create a low carbon emission area. The research campus act as an Adaptor, by being at the start of the green frame and transitioning from large civic buildings into natural elements. The building design concept is also based on the same formal qualities derived from the atmospheric study and the again the circulation determines the shape. The building has three parts: public, private and mixed use. The programmes include a lecture room, laboratories, exhibition space, meeting space and office etc.
Toliet Laboratory 4 Fitness Cafe Office 8 Office 7 Office 6 Security Private Entrance Laboratory 2 Laboratory 1 Toliet Reception Exhibition Space Public Entrance Public Entrance Office 5 Office 4 Office 3 Office 2 Meeting Room Public Data Public Data

FUTURE CHRISTCHURCH
COURSE THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND ADVISORS

V2

2nd Semester 2012 Design 6 School of Architecture and Planning Camia Young & Jordon Saunders

Meeting Room

Exhibition Space Laboratory 4 Elevator 2

Office 1

Office 2

Cafe

Stairs

Fitness Office 3 Office 4 Office 6 Office 8

Exhibition Space

Reception

Security

Lecture Room Stairs

Laboratory 2

Toliet

Private Entrance

Elevator 2

Stairs

Elevator 1

NORTH SECTION

SOUTH SECTION

SCALE 1:300

RESEARCH CAMPUS EXTERIOR ONE

Sun spa hotel as the background

RESEARCH CAMPUS EXTERIOR TWO Looking at the research campus from outpatient

DESIGN CONCEPT
Tree Farm & Scattered Housing Sunshine Spa hotel Existing Hospital Sport Facilities Residential & Mix City Frame Cricket Court City Central & Business

Exhibition Space

Meeting Room

Toliet

Hospital Related Sport Related Residential & Mix Related Frame Maintaince Related Field Related Business Related

Tuam St

Laboratory 4

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Elevator 2 Stairs

HEALTH PRECINCT - GOVERNMENT PROPOSED PLAN

CONCEPTUAL PLAN

HEALTH PRECINCT - CIRCULATION

PLAN BASE ON CIRCULATION

NEW MASTER PLAN

Outpaitent
Antigua St Montreal St Saint Asaph St

DESIGN ENVELOP WITH PROGRAM ARRANGMENT

18%
Sunshine Spa Medi-Hotel Green house

20%

31%

30%

Office 1

Research Campus

NEW HEALTH PRECINCT IN CHRISTCHURCH

The Research Campus

Office 2

Scattered housing & Tree farm

40%

40%

SITE PLAN

Fitness

Double Height

Part 1 - Public

Part 2 - Mixed use

Part 3 - Private

Cafe Meeting Space Office 3 Office 4

11%
Usage Proportion
approx 45200 sqm

10%
Usage Proportion
approx 83600 sqm

Overall

Office 5 Office 6

Office 7 Office 8

PROPORTION OF PROPOSED PLAN

PROPORTION OF NEW MASTER PLAN

Elevator 2

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Stairs

Second floor

Campus related Hospital Related Business Related Ground Floor

32%

Laboratories Machinical

Public space

Local Residential Related Visitor Related Other Ground Floor

60%
34%

Private space

Office meeting room

First floor

Private space
23%

Approx land area 4200 sqm

First Floor

Double Height

Double Height
11%

Test Equipment Working space Other

OVERALL CIRCULATION

First Floor

Following my formal investigation using the same concept that I used in the new master plan, circulation determines the exterior and interior arrangment. Giving layers to each level of plan, ground floor with more complex arrangment, it simpilifies with first and second floor. In our atmosphere, theres layers after layers of compositions with smooth flows, linking my concept with this nature. Smooth the edges, surrounding each other, relate these factor back to the initial idea of atmosphere.
Second Floor
40%

64%

Exhibition Public interact

Ground floor

Security

Toliet

Elevator 1

Public space
28%

Second Floor

Halls & paths Other

8%

Exhibition Cafe Stairs Other

Office Meeting space Fitness Data space Stairs, other

Lecture room Laboratories Other

Lecture Room

Stairs

DESIGN CONCEPT

Layers, circulation horizontally & vertically, in between levels, forming a loop.

Program organise refer to program research ealier, program sizes are proportional to the existing same type of structure.

INTERNAL CIRCULATION

PROGRAM ORGANISATION

MASSING & SHAPING

PROGRAM PROPORTION

Laboratory 1

PROGRAM ARRANGEMENT
Laboratory 2 Laboratory 3

Elevator 2 Toliet

Private Entrance Stairs

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Front View

OVERALL CIRCULATION

DESIGN INVESTIGATION
300

Back View

CO2(ppm)
The increase of atmosphere composition CO2, NO3,etc. The temperture of Earth Top View

16.8%
100km+
Exosphere
20% scattered and reflected by clouds CO2, CH4, NO3, etc. 6% scattered from atomsphere

Power Station

250 200 800 700 600 500 400 300 4 2 0 -2 -4 -6 -8 4000 3500 3000

21.3% 14.0%
3.4%

Industrial processes Transportation fuels Agricultural byproducts Fossil fuel retrieval,processing and distribution Residential, commercial and other sources Land use and biomass burning Waste disposal

Elevator 1

CH4(ppb)

Over the next 30 years, the average temperture of Christchurch will increase by 1.5 - 2.0 C
Lecture Room Stairs

19% absorbed by atmosphere atmosphere and clouds 4% reflected by surface

Circulation

12.5% 11.3%

10.0% 10.3%

Temperature(C)

51% absorbed by Earth

Until 2030 in Christchurch area, the highest projection of global warming of a 3.6C increase in christchurch. The lowest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projection of a 0.6C global increase.

Campus related Hospital Related Business Related Visitor Related

Electricity Room

Public Area

Mix use Area

Private Area
Elevator 2

EARTH
THE GREEN HOUSE EFFECT ANNUAL GREEN GAS EMISSIONS IN CHRISTCHURCH

2500

2000

1500

1000 0

500

Other

Years Before Present

N
SCALE 1:300

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CO2, CH4 AND EARTH TEMPERTURE

RESEARCH CONCLUSION CIRCULATION AND AREA

UNDERGROUND CAR PARK PLAN

Troposphere

Stratoshpere

Mesosphere

Thermosphere

Exosphere

1x2

2x 3

3x4

4x5

1x5

1x2x3

1x2x4

1x2x5

2x3x4

3x4x5

LAYERS OF ATMOSPHERE

2X INTERSECTION

3X INTERSECTION

1x3

2x4

3x5

1x4

2x5

1x2x3x4

1x2x4x5

1x3x4x5

2x3x4x5

EXPLORING POSSIBILITIE ONE

2X INTERSECTION

4X INTERSECTION

FORM GENERATION

FACADE FORMATION

Thermosphere
Troposphere Stratoshpere Mesosphere

350km

Thermosphere

Exosphere

Overlay

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

SCALE 1:300

EXPLORING POSSIBILITIE TWO

LINES - SHAPES - FORMS

MERGING

SHAPE FORMATION

300 250 200 800 700 600 500 400 300 4 2 0 -2 -4 -6 -8 4000 3500 3000

CO2(ppm)

LOOKING AT SUN SPA HOTEL FROM OFFICE

CH4(ppb)

Instead of a shape, it can be a master plan of a site, taking this concept to merging the site with my future designs.

T(C)

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

Years Before Present

Mesosphere

30km

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CO2, CH4 AND EARTH TEMPERTURE

TRANSFORMATION

FORM GENERATION

DATA TRANSFER ONE

DATA TRANSFER TWO

DATA TRANSFER THREE

Stratoshpere Troposphere

40km

10km

CO2 & CH4 PROPORTIONAL TO EARTH TEMPERTURE

TESTING FORMS

FORM GENERATION - MASTER PLAN

PUBLIC EXHIBITION SPACE Looking down from stairs

MIXED USED OFFICE AREA