DESA1002 'Nine Quarter City' - Nicole Larkin

Larkin, Nicole

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Larkin, Nicole
dc.date	2008-11-11
dc.date.accessioned	2008-11-16
dc.date.available	2008-11-16
dc.date.issued	2008-11-16
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2123/3876
dc.description	The aim for this site was to create a Religious Quarter around a Church to cater for the concentration of Roman Catholics in Dubrovnik. The main function of a Roman Catholic Church is to allow the congregation to interact with services visually and physically (through participation). The site is connected to 3 main pedestrian routes through the block & is adjacent to an orphanage. It could be seen as a high traffic area where the existing Church limited entry/exit access points as a result of its traditional form. Therefore the concept arose to draw people physically into the church from all points & gravitate them towards the altar. This manifested in a circulation program which focused on channeling people into the Church & directly to the altar. From this a roof concept was created to steer people visually toward the altar & encourage them to focus on the service. Slithers of natural light directly above the aisles & altar guide sightlines from the exterior to the interior. The natural lighting is reminiscent of stain glassed windows used traditionally to channel light into Churches. To mirror this, there is a contrast between monolithic and void spaces which is created by the tiered seating & aisles. The roof is like that of a lecture theatre (angled downward) to further focus sightlines onto the altar. The Church connects to its surroundings with a series of stairways and stepped seating areas. The 3 major pedestrian routes leading to the Church are met with these sweeping steps leading up to entry points. The stairs leading into the Church are concave while the stepped seating leading out of the Church is convex. The concept of this is to channel, embrace & circulate people towards the space as if with outstretched arms. The stepped seating acts as a secondary space where members of the public can gather. It also accommodates for congestion which can occur after services where large volumes of people exit the Church while socialising with each other.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Nine Quarter City	en
dc.relation.haspart	3d	en
dc.rights	Author retains copyright of this work	en
dc.subject	Architecture	en
dc.subject	Design	en
dc.subject	Studio	en
dc.subject	Nine Quarter City	en
dc.subject	Model	en
dc.subject	Drawing	en
dc.title	DESA1002 'Nine Quarter City' - Nicole Larkin	en
dc.type	Image	en_AU
dc.contributor.department	Architecture & Allied Arts	en
dc.description.unitofstudy	DESA 1002 (Design and Practice)	en