Work in progress / distribution, sprawl, porosity & program

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Following our conversation from friday I've started developing a pattern language, which could work on two levels: as a sprawling pattern on the urban level and as a porosity pattern on the architectural level.

Through geometrical application (some of them coming from the final plate of my rebrief, as rotation and scaling) I am arriving to some diagrams of densification, flow and sprawl. These diagrams can deliver the urban distribution of the spaces but also define my architectural elements: walls and roofs. 

below are some sketches of patterns, precedents and their possible applications. 

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urban scale - distribution & densification of the building sequence; dialogue public / private

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local scale - porosity & dialogue exterior / interior 

Programs:
Right now I am thinking about the programs, which I want to distribute and inject into the city. I need feedback on that, so will discuss with you tomorrow following 3 ideas:
Educational Sprawl
Having the growth of the AA in the back of my head and thinking about city wide distributed universities (i.e. King's College in London), the proposal could evaluate around the programs and subprograms of a growing educational institution. 

Religious Sprawl
A distribution of religious interior & exteriors. The current abandonment of churches and the low number of visitors could generate a discussion about a new organization of sacred spaces and a new image of the church as institution. instead of celebrating the centralistic thought and the hierarchy of the holy chair, the proposal could work with a fragmented & distributed sequence of sacral spaces.

Art Sprawl
The distributed sequence of spaces as a new "art neighbourhood".
Taking the idea of "exhibition" in order to create public, half-public and private open and closed spaces. The boundary would be blurred through the conscious creation of exterior exhibitions, which could lead into interior spaces. 

As I said, the programming is still in development....

concept of the pattern application: urban densification / distribution + building porosity
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