Design Proposal Requirements
Your proposed design should provide a total floor area of around 30,000 to 35,000 SF.
The design program includes:
Guest lobby / welcoming area Multiple exhibition spaces for permanent and temporary exhibits on sustainable design principles and technologies / living lab Interactive kid-focused “play zones” for experiencing sustainable technologies first-hand 3 educational spaces / seminar rooms 2 large conference / meeting rooms Visitor cafe with food preparation and guest seating areas Gift shop featuring books and educational materials
In addition to those public-facing spaces, your proposed design should also provide:
4 offices for the center director and administrative staff, as well as open office space for volunteers/docents Storage space for equipment Utility space for mechanical and electrical equipment Stairs and access/egress features as needed ADA-compliant restrooms on each level
My design follows the above overall Project brief along with the general recommendation that were given in this Module.
From my Module 4 Conceptual Design the total floor area was about 36850 sqft, so I have made my space design to match the limit of 35000 sqft.
Detailed description of my Spatial Design can be found here:
My proposed building design consists of 4 floors. My current distribution of the different spaces is as followed:
The 3 large conference rooms would be one each on the top 3 floors. There would be 2 cafe, one on first floor that is accessible for everyone and other on roof that oversees the surrounding. There will be one exhibition space on each floor with exterior views. I am thinking of dividing the building into 4 sections each having one atrium, a staircase and, an elevator. There will be 3 ADA compliant restrooms on each floor, one for gents, one for ladies and one gender neutral. There will also be one storage space and one utility space per floor. The offices would be on the first floor for ease of accessibility along with gift shop that would be near but not at the main entrance and the guest lobby.
Exhibition Spaces inspiration - "Shaping Changes" Space Exhibition Design
Cafe Inspiration- Coupa
The cafe should have an isolated (hidden) space for the main kitchen and a visible section for making drinks and to display baked itesm.
Lobby:
Note: All spaces in the buildings should be accessible (Easy to access for people with disabilities) and visible (doesn’t require any complicated route to be taken and easily seen from the main hallways). The entire building should have comfy furnishing with lots of space for movement of occupants in every scenario.
Key characteristics of each space:
Guest Lobby/ Welcoming Area
Should have as much natural lighting as possible but be overall bright.
Natural look that can serve as transition from surrounding to inside
Natural materials like timber with neutral colors
Should have high thermal isolation, nice ventilation and fairly acoustically isolated
Play Zones
Should be thermally relaxing, fairly acoustically isolated and natural lighting.
Have nice aesthetical look with bright colors.
Meeting Rooms
Conference rooms should have natural lighting but for educational rooms there should be no windows such that there are no distractions.
Use concrete, acoustical panels, carpets for high acoustical isolation
Should be well insulated and ventilated
Offices
Some daylight but have overhead lights.
Should be highly acoustically isolated to allow occupants to focus.
Should be thermally comfortable and well ventilated
Have natural look with windows having good views.
Cafe Food Prep Spaces
Artificial lighting to allow good visibility.
Exterior view not necessary
Should be cold for food storage and warm for workers
Good ventilation and acoustically isolated from eating space.
Cafe Eating Spaces
Highly natural in lighting with good view of surroundings.
Acoustical insulation not required
Should be thermally pleasing and have nice ventilation
Made of concrete and timber
Public Spaces like patios, exhibition spaces, etc.
balanced mix between natural and artificial lighting
minimum insulation and decent ventilation
Acoustically insulation not a priority
Should have good exterior views
Atrium
Should have high natural lighting
Big atriums that goes through every floor and connects the entire building
No acoustic insulation
Should have amazing ventilation that can circulate the air in the building
Control/Management Room
Some daylight if possible, no acoustic insulation required
Should have fairly decent thermal insulation and good ventilation
Overhead lightings that brightly lit the place
Hallways, Stairways
Should have natural lighting if possible
Fairly good thermal insulation and ventilation
Acoustic insulation not necessary
Storage Space, Utility Space, Public Restrooms
Does not necessarily require natural lighting.
Minimal thermal insulation, ventilation and acoustic isolation.