14TH OCTOBER 2019
14TH OCTOBER 2019
HYBRIDITY
HYBRIDITY
PROJECT TITLE
GREYFRIAR'S GREEN HYBRID CIVIC SPACE
PROJECT TITLE
CLIENT
COVENTRY COUNCIL
GREYFRIAR'S GREEN HYBRID CIVIC SPACE
CLIENT
LOCATION
COVENTRY- United Kingdom
COVENTRY COUNCIL
LOCATION
COVENTRY- United Kingdom
The client for this project clearly instructed our design team that they required a social eating space that also allowed for a residential space. Our design team however wanted to take this further and allow for an integrated social space that would in turn improve the flow and traffic of the public through the city centre of Coventry.
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The project involved creating a housing establishment on a site established close to the motorway in Coventry. After primary and secondary research of the diverse population within Coventry and the food interest, it has. A focus on cultural eating was established and was used as a tool to bring people together in the atrium space where stalls are positioned, they can cook for each other and be involved within the process.
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Creating a permeable open inviting social space was crucial to the success of the project which transferred in to the use of curved glass panels and a tensile fabric roof to promote fluidity that helped create bright and airy conditions for such social interactions to take place.
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The rigid sections of the project such as the housing units required more privacy and subtle measures have been taken to ensure this such as the use of frosted glass, change of levels. These units involved the use of 3D printing as a structural tool which was a lot more efficient, reliable and a cheaper alternative than regular building procedure which ensured the project to be handed on time and lower than the anticipated budget.
The client for this project clearly instructed our design team that they required a social eating space that also allowed for a residential space. Our design team however wanted to take this further and allow for an integrated social space that would in turn improve the flow and traffic of the public through the city centre of Coventry.
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The project involved creating a housing establishment on a site established close to the motorway in Coventry. After primary and secondary research of the diverse population within Coventry and the food interest, it has. A focus on cultural eating was established and was used as a tool to bring people together in the atrium space where stalls are positioned, they can cook for each other and be involved within the process.
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Creating a permeable open inviting social space was crucial to the success of the project which transferred in to the use of curved glass panels and a tensile fabric roof to promote fluidity that helped create bright and airy conditions for such social interactions to take place.
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The rigid sections of the project such as the housing units required more privacy and subtle measures have been taken to ensure this such as the use of frosted glass, change of levels. These units involved the use of 3D printing as a structural tool which was a lot more efficient, reliable and a cheaper alternative than regular building procedure which ensured the project to be handed on time and lower than the anticipated budget.
STAGE 3
ONE OF THE MAIN ASPECTS OF SEVERAL TEMPLATES THAT THE TEAM AND I LIKED, WAS THE IDEA OF A MOVING IMAGE/ ANIMATION TO REPRESENT WHO WE ARE AS THIS IS HEAVILY INTERACTIVE AND INVOLVING.
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I DID SOME RESEARCH INTO SEVERAL GIF OPTIONS AND RELEVANT IDEAS BASED OFF OF THE NETWORK/ GRID FORM AS WELL AS THE WHOLE ADAPTIVITY IDEAS. I ENDED UP CHOOSING THE FIRST GIF AS ITS SIMPLICITY YET ADAPTABILITY IS WHAT SEEMS TO RELATE TO OUR COLLECTIVE THE MOST.
WHILST ON THE TOPIC OF INTERACTIVE, I DECIDED TO FOLLOW A THEMATIC APPROACH TO ANIMATING EVERY TITLE FOR THE PAGES IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A UNIFORM INTERACTIVE SIDE TO THE WEBSITE WHICH WOULD MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING AND MORE ATTRACTIVE TO VISITORS. SMALL ADJUSTMENTS SUCH AS THESE SHOW CARE AND SIGNIFICANCE TO THE WEBSITE AND TO A BRAND.
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ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA GROWING FOR BRANDS AND BUSINESS AS A MODERN DAY METHOD OF PROMOTION, I LINKED OUR ADAPT studio. INSTAGRAM WITH OUR WEBSITE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AS A GALLERY TO COMPLIMENT THE PAGE.
