Universal design

Studio: “Invisible Space”Student:Eirik Solheim AAkhus

Studio

Exploration of the speciffic need of the indi-vidual, and design that include every possi-ble users abilities.

Part one:

Dwellings for four guest teachers situ-ated at Bergen school of architecture`s site.

The dwelling situation should accommodate basic needs like; eating, sleeping, washing, working.

In addition to dwelling the project aims to make the entrance situation more clear, tying all common functions to-gether and making it accessible to eve-rybody. There are also added resources for students like working space, a more integrated library, a bigger workshop and a cantine that opens to the seaside.

The new spaces in the silo align with existing floors at B.A.S. so that eleva-tors can be used to reach all floors and existing floors can be extended when needed.Three of the vertical silos are kept as they are, opened in the top, and func-tions as a light shaft that ends over the library at the mezzanine level.

Perspective showing new main entrance, library window and teachers living complex.

South Elevation.

10 Meters.

10 Meters.

5 Meters.

Main entrance

Indoors Workshop

Entrance hall,Spare audito-rium

Hall

indoors hall

Kitchen

Cantina

White box

toilette

Auditorium

Basement storage

Key

Road

Plan of ground level.

Study space

Print room

Teachers office 2

Teachersoffice 1

Administra-tion

Studio

Staircase

Toilette

Toilette

Elevator

Exhibition space

Reading/exhibition room under light shaft

Library

Elevator

Info/librarian office

Student work spaces

Plan of 2 floor.

Light Shaft

LibraryReading room

Future possible stories

Teachers complex

Hallway

ElevatorEvening summer sun

White box Storage areaKey cantina

Road

Exsisting studios

View to Sandviks muntain

6,5 storey

5 Meters.

Section of school looking north.

Isometric drawing.

5 Meters.

Plan of teachers complex.

5 Meters.

Bed Bed

Bed

Bed Bed

Flexibility in various pos-sible ways of arranging fur-niture catering for personal preference.

Evening sun

Light shaft

Direct evening summer sun.

Staircase

Elevator

Bathroom

Extension of dwelling,Work space, private situation.

Bathroom Winter garden

Lounge area

Confrance, Work, eating area.

Kitchen

Washing room

Elevator

Gass towards Lightshaft

Morning sun into kitchen.

Hallway

Storage lockers

Lounge with mezzanine over.

Dry food storage

Dishwasher

Sink

Oven

Fridge

Dryfood Storage

All vertical elements are spaced out so there are free space under the tabletop.Cutlery are stored in the tabletop, the high section work for preparing food while standing, the low section contains all basic functions and caters for preparing food while sitting down.

Kitchen.

2,5 meter.

0,5 meter

Drawer

Drawer

0,5 Meter

5 Centimetres

Lighting along wall works as guiding.

Notch 20cm indicates 160 cm to next guiding rail.Notch 10 cm indicates protruding elements.Deep notch contains power sockets and light switches.Guiding rail runs along all walls.

Area covered by flexible shelve system

Flexible Lighting

Guiding rail

Guiding rail and lighting arrangement.

Flexible shelve, desk and clotheshangersystem.

5 Centimetres.

0,5 Meters

Working deskLBH:50*!00*50cmShelves

LBH:50*50*50

Shelves cover railing when in use.

125cm

75cm

Together with different bed configurations rooms can be arranged in a variety of ways.

5 meters.

0,5 Meters

2,5 Meters.

Chairs fit under table keeping them out of the way.

Flipping the table can make them fit to a conference or social setting.

The tables can be moved.But are preferably kept in a fixed organisation making a predictable situation.

Table scheme in conference, eating area.

Drawing.

Part two:

Investigations of users disability and abilities.

User: Paul Magne M. has cataracts giv-ing a blurred representation of the sur-roundings. He preferably uses known routes, and uses visible contrasts to se curbs and obstacles in the way. When crossing open spaces low contrast obstacles can be a hazard.

I wanted to work with how a space can be lit in a comfortable an descriptive way. The following pictures shows differ-ent light studies, some models some one to one.

Model studies of light protrusion.

Soft contrast hard contrast abstraction.

1:1 study of light permeable wall.

Model study of seasonal varying sun an-gle on a light shelf.

Model study of light permeable wall.

1:1 study of light permeable wall.

1:1 study of light permeable wall.

1:1 study of natural lighting scheme.