4th evaluation

4th evaluation

In this stage of the design process we focused more on interior plan although some of facade aspects were changed too.

As far as the stairs are concern we want them to be the main furniture of the building. Wide made out of concrete with wooden finishing.

The building has three floors. Each of them has different function.

The 0 level is dedicated for the entrance with a small reception inside. On the -1 floor there is an exhibition area and the conference room and the lowest floor -2 hold the cafeteria.

During creating a staircase we came out with the idea to put a massive opening while coming down the stairs in order to provide the visitor with a view on the landscape.

But the one opening was not enough so we repeated the same module on the -1 level just in a bigger scale, which gave as an opportunity to locate a conference room there within 27 sitting places. In the meanwhile of presentation the window is covered by a suitable material for displaying projector sessions.

Exhibition area is working with a transparent wall dividing different spaces. By a transparent wall we mean wooden beams tightly placed so that they allow divide the space but in the same time they make the space more open and do not reduce it.

The lowest level include a coffee bar in the middle and single small tables around which continual outside the building as well.

On the -2 floor the inside and outside spaces are divides by a curtain wall with an opening working as a vertical shutter so the both spaces are strongly connected.

On the outside there is a square provided with a water spot to refer to the river.

When it comes to the building exterior the main changes which we applied is a facade material. Black irregular panels were replaced by a rectangular black slate.