Simmons Hall
MIT Cambridge USA
Why the building was chosen as an exemplar section relevant to my solution to the HSW:
Why the building was chosen (relevance)- Another alternative educational program, Simmons Hall, provided residential living for students. Inspirational spaces to live and study are created by a porous membrane of five different buildings in which materials, light and transparency are the key aspects. A matrix of square windows is part of the visual idea of the residential student apartments as being a slice of the city. My visual idea was a visual slice of Brisbane altered to question the suitability of fully glass facades in our subtropical climate. Similar to the idea of a porous membrane I created a permeable walk way between the walls of the structure and the outer green skin joined by wooden screens. Student control was also important in both the Simmons Hall and my own student center. The hall's dormitory rooms have nine operable windows that students can use to open or close the space depending on their desires for light, ventilation and privacy. So too my student center had areas of windows and doors which opened out to the permeable walkway for maximum control of light, ventilation and access.
Drawing techniques (how the buildings work and key aspects)- The sections of this building were drawn to illustrate the key aspects, that of light, the materials and transparency. The longitudinal section shows the "vertical cavities, it's lungs, which facilitates natural light and air circulating in key corridors, entrances, terraces and circulation areas". The Cross Sections clearly show the porous nature of the outermembrane.
What i hope to incorporate into my redrawn section- A cleared illustration of how light permeates and interacts with the individual spaces, more public areas and the corridors that connect them.
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