1. Retail vs. public spaces. Urban /social influence of the design.The main goal during the design process of this building was to create public space using innovative way of creating retail areas. Passage on the ground floor is always open and can act like a small “inner” street. There are two green areas closing it from both sides creating a kind of oasis next to noisy Vali Asr Street.The social problem of modern retail spaces is that customers are just anonymous strangers who never talk to each other. How noisy and full of life the old markets were and how silent and dull modern shops often are? This project has an ambition to change it. The passage idea, already mentioned is nothing new. But the way of shopping is. It forces customers to think about other people in the shop. There is a big slide fixed to the ceiling. Clothes are hanging on it. If you want to see some item you have to move also some other clothes to get yours. This could cause inconvenience to the others. If you want to avoid it, you have to negotiate with other customers interested in this group of items how you can move all the clothes not to disturb them.
2. Architecture /form.Form of the building follows two factors:a) reminiscence of ziggurat, which was one of the earliest forms on this land.b) functional requirements of the programFactor a), like the social goal of retail area, is corresponding with the historic context of this place.
3. Architecture /detail.Façade is covered with engraved aluminum panels. It protects the interior from overheating and creates a decorative, complex shade inside the building. Pattern on the elevation corresponds with Persian decoration. On office and apartment floors window shutters are also made of these panels so the façade stays homogeneous in its design.
4. Circulation for different functions within the building.Core in the middle of the building is responsible for vertical routing. There are 4 groups of elevators covering the needs of different users and one common fire evacuation staircase. Elevator 1 – public use. It is placed between hall on the ground floor andlevel1. Elevator 2 – technical lift between storage rooms. Elevator 3 – apartment use. Elevator 4 – office use. There are two elevators to cover 5 office floors.
While thinking about future jewelry it is good to look beyond its forms. These change constantly and depend on many factors. Most wanted jewelry was always made of diamonds because they reflect the light in a very fragile and complex way. This brings magic ‘light cloud’ around the properly cut diamond. This sort of glam cocoon makes crystal jewelry so femine and delicate. Lead crystals like Swarovski have refractive indexes and dispersion much lower than genuine diamonds. This is one of the main reasons why they can compete with them only in the economical field at the moment. Active Crystals idea is combining electronics with crystals. So far it is crystal ornamentation added to electronic products to make them more elegant. Why not do it the other way around and make crystals better using electronics? High-tech can be used to strengthen the artificial diamond’s reflections. Holographic projections can simulate the cloud of random reflections around the crystal. Their strength and pattern would depend on surrounding light and movement for best simulation. Electric energy can be supplied with movement, like in automatic watches.
Projekt domu dla psa. Prostota zasady konstrukcyjnej, łatwość pakowania, dobre właściwości termiczne materiału, niska masa i cena powodują, że może być konkurencją dla obecnych obecnie na rynku bud. 4 podstawowe rozmiary zostały opracowane w oparciu o studium budowy psiego ciała. Bardziej szczegółowy opis na planszach poniżej.
Dog house design. The concept is based on joining two slabs of net PE foam, creating a floor and an arch canopy. The simplicity of if, easy packaging, good thermal insulation, low weight and price can make this project an good product. For details, see the images below. Full description avialable only in Polish. So if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. arch.woronowicz@gmail.com
3 artykuły o programie lotniska Schiphol pod Amsterdamem, które rozrasta się do rozmiarów miasta. Główne omawiane problemy to: -struktura ludności przebywającej na terenie Schiphol; -"prawdziwość" tego pseudo-miasta; -kwestia imigrantów, którzy nie zostali przyjęci do kraju i przebywają w tymczasowych obozach; -systemy bezpieczeństwa. Praca powstała podczas mojego pobytu w Niderlandach w 2007/2008 r. Tekst dostępny jedynie w języku angielskim. W celu przeczytania artykułów należy otwierać załączone niżej obrazki.
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Research on Schiphol airport city which is becoming a big issue in the Netherlands in the past years. It's slowly loosing its leadership in being a major hub in Europe. What are the alternative ways to keep it developing? I participated in this collective research while studying at Academie van Bouwkunst in Rotterdam in 2007/2008. The part I wrote is about Shiphol's programme. Main topics: -Shiphol's inhabitants -can it be a city or just a CBD? -illegal immigrants and detainees -security systems Click on images below to read the essays
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Graficzna analiza ukazująca związek muzyki i archtektury. Górna część arkusza ukazuje emocjonalny rozkład utworu muzycznego w zestawieniu z jego widmem częstotliwości. Utwór (Bert Kaempfert - Mambo Mania) jest podzielony na powtarzalne moduły umieszczone na osi czasu oraz na różnych wysokościach. Dolna części to analiza obiektu architektonicznego (Oscar Niemeyer - sul america hospital) wykonana na podobnej zasadzie. Celem tej pracy było poszukiwanie powiązań architektury z muzyką. Praca wykonana wspólnie z Jakubem Kalinowskim
Graphic artwork showing the emotional analysys of music's influence on architecture. The top part is an attempt to show a piece of music using a matrix of modular elements (rhythm) and wavy shapes (melody) put together in time, on different levels. The next step was to find an appropriate building to match the composition of Mambo. Sul america hospital by Oscar Niemeyer seemed to be the right choice. It has been analyzed using a similar graphic method. The whole idea of this project was to realize how much music and architecture have in common. Co-author: Jakub Kalinowski