The SHED
Questioning the needs is the first step in establishing an obvious addition program that is truly in line with the current priorities of the School of Architecture and the challenges of the site.
Based on the idea that 80% of the energy consumed by a building over its life cycle is related to its period of operation, how can we do more with less? What do we really need to build? When exceptional laboratories are available in the Kruger Pavilion and perfect conference rooms are located within walking distance, why build when the spaces already exist? By using existing infrastructure throughout the city, a significant reduction in the suggested program can be considered. The best square footage is that which is not built.
And what about the student? In the digital age, how do we learn to do architecture? No matter the software, the digital renderings or the virtual simulations... at the end of the day, won't architecture be perpetually confronted with the material? The student must therefore explore and test, but also feel and experiment.
From the point of view of minimal intervention, isn't the space that the school of architecture really needs a vast space for building structures, but also allowing for the most diverse uses? Reducing the built area, reducing site disturbance, using renewable and carbon sequestering materials, managing light and water through a simple system, don't all these principles lead to carbon neutrality? From the point of view of promoting mobility, why try to attract the population to yourself when you can move towards them? Encouraging mobility allows us to reach out, to really reach a target audience in order to democratize architecture! We must get architecture out of its walls.
SHED is above all a space for the construction of structures that allow for architectural exploration through the materialization of ideas with a view to moving and spreading architecture. In the city or in the country, under a noisy highway ramp or in a windy field, the entire territory is an architectural laboratory. We must give ourselves the means to move around and make intangible imaginations tangible.
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- Axonometric Drawing
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- Elevation
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- Presentation Panel
- Digital Model
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