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Circulation is the core concept behind the form of the building. Acting as a dock on one side, and an urban farming park on the other the building will become a hub for social and transit activity. Thus it needs to be able to create space for the user to move from one side to the other relatively quickly, and at the same time accomodate leisure activities. The one activity characterized by haste and the other by slowness causes the building to accomodate two seperate worlds. This is the basis for form, a distinct seperation at the mooring site slowly converges into a large green platform which can be the location of social activities as wel as a distribution hub for people in transit. | Circulation is the core concept behind the form of the building. Acting as a dock on one side, and an urban farming park on the other the building will become a hub for social and transit activity. Thus it needs to be able to create space for the user to move from one side to the other relatively quickly, and at the same time accomodate leisure activities. The one activity characterized by haste and the other by slowness causes the building to accomodate two seperate worlds. This is the basis for form, a distinct seperation at the mooring site slowly converges into a large green platform which can be the location of social activities as wel as a distribution hub for people in transit. | ||
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+ | One of the current problems on site is its relative remoteness from the rest of the city. The connections of public transportation to the rest of the city are infrequent and stop early at night. At the same time there is nothing special in the location to cause a large amount of traffic going towards and coming from the site. | ||
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+ | To counter this the design will take the the form of a ship dock. Here not only pleasure yaughts, but also the city water transport and passing cruise ships can dock. This will generate traffic across the site, and provide opportunities and people for other commercial activities to find their way into the adjacent plots. | ||
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+ | At the same time the open space of the design will function as a place where relaxation is encouraged, thus creating a central hub around which other functions may be housed, and providing a space for the residents of the neighbouring village to come and enjoy the waterside. | ||
'''Urban Farming - the economic motor''' | '''Urban Farming - the economic motor''' |
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