Harvard Graduate School of Design M.Arch II Studio
TIME: 2009
SCALE: 20,000-40,000 sqm
LOCATION: Bucharest
STATUS: Studio On going research
This Study is focused on the design methodology of applying single module to complex system, both programmatic and geometrical. Started from the rethinking of airport way finding, it is intended to explore an new prototype of airport, embed to a local airport project in Bucharest, Romania.
Thinking the airport’s navigation, it is usually guided by complex signage systems. while the new proposal is to create an downhill ramp, which guide the passengers with gravity. By doing so, the passengers on both sides are always walking down with out intersect, at the same time to share facilities and services in between. The design methodology includes geometry tessellation, structure development, and effects evaluation. The curved surface is construed with rule surfaces, which could be build with straight structural elements.
