DESA1002 'Continuous City' Pamela Degabriele

Abstract

My proposal is to provide the community with a place of refuge, meeting facilities and above all; a place of light. The light is expelled from the optic fibres that compose the structure’s cladding. These optic fibres have the ability to change colour depending upon the season etc. This feature was employed to attract attention to this building during the lighter months of Stockholm’s year. Its frustum-shaped construction together with the vertical line created by the optic fibres in designed to channel the light into Stockholm’s night sky. Similarly, the lights will expel colour into the corners of this particular compact residential neighbourhood. It will provide the population trapped in Stockholm’s wintery darkness with some respite and in warmer months; it will lure the people with its array of mesmerizing colours. The rooftops of surrounding buildings will hold solar panels which will be the predominant energy source for this community centre. In this way it is evident that although the structure supplies its community with many facilities and opportunities, it is being fed its energy source by its community in return. This community centre will reveal facilities for all ages. With study centres, a gym, restaurants, cafes, multi-function spaces, children’s playgrounds, spas and much more; The Light House will be central to the life of each member of community. Most importantly, the spaces on the top three levels will feature optimum flexibility as the internal walls will be a series of moveable partitions, displaying the lack of predisposed functions for the spaces within this community centre. This concept has been enveloped within the chalkboard motif of my portfolio. It encapsulates the necessity of the design process and the imperativeness of the ‘redesign.’