Naiara: March 2008 Archives

Plan white background+Manifesto

By Naiara Vegara on March 24, 2008 12:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Everyone can go to reflect and relax.

All sensations bloom while exploring a journey through a varied landscape dominated by the presence of a central flower.

Buds clustered around the garden and articulate an outdoor path through moods of daylight and visual links.

The centre of the main flower protects in itself the brightest moment. This connexion to the sky is done by a succession of layers of petals that hover over each other enclosing the space from dark and earthy to light and bright.

The staged discovery from exterior to interior till the inner centre of the tamed foliage reveals the aura of Corviale in a personal experience of space.

Your experience becomes the Aura.

plates:section, plan, celing.

By Naiara Vegara on March 17, 2008 1:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

plates:views and model

By Naiara Vegara on March 16, 2008 5:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Section main flower

By Naiara Vegara on March 10, 2008 12:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Ceiling plan main flower (north=left)

By Naiara Vegara on March 8, 2008 5:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Plan of main flower. (north is in the left)

By Naiara Vegara on March 8, 2008 4:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

The main guide into the design of my project has been light. The aim of achieving concealed light (see the light coming in but not the aperture) has been the parameter to define the position in plan and section of the curved walls.

The way they curve is due to generating afeeling of enclosure (concave in main space, mix of concave and convex in entrance, exterior and transitions).

The location of the internal veins are stiffning the curve walls (increase base area

+less material)and allowing to incorporate program.

This last aspect in done by controlling 2 qualities: Orientaion...They are the orientating the passerby in the space (always pointing towards where youll find a new space) Location...in the south side there is hardly any vein so the light can slide in w no shadow whislt in the north is where I am incorporating the program. There scale allows for different types of programs ( confesion, chapels, )

There is one last particularity that is the reason of the change of material in two of the walls (from concrete to alabaster) there is an aura moment (summer 12-2, winter 10-12) where light penetrates directly throught the translucent wall. There is one moment of the year, 21 dec where the is a direct spot light at the altar, it is at 1pm, just when the service finishes the light shines in the alabaster wall.