Precedent studies:
This bakery is based on the precedent studies on Alvaro Ciza's swimming pool and Foreign Office Architects' Yokohama Terminal. In these 2 precedents, both of them are very based on landscaping and merging the the architecture with the surrounding urban context. In this sense, my design tries to persuade the same idea as both precedents and develop the first theme of my design--- landscaping.
Besides, when studying Ciza's architecture, he always focuses on the circulation and transition within the architecture and how the internal structures navigate people from one end to another. It is a very important element of Ciza's works and it worth making experiments on it. Therefore, this approach is also taken.
Development of ideas and process works:
When considering my design, the relationship between my building and the site is carefully planned. As one of the features of the site is it is slotted into an area which is sat next to a slanted road (Reid Avenue) and 2 zones with different levels (Zone D and B). In this case, the connections between these areas are very important and worth connecting my design with them. Therefore, extra attentions are paid to the connections between the surrounding sites.
Idea 1:
Idea 2
Developed and combined idea
Final product
Model:
Landscaping to the surrounding site:
-building a slanted slope with the pedestrian zone of Reid Avenue
-linking the architecture with the recreational area in zone B
-stairs that connect the platform of zone D
internal area
1/F bakery
selling area
stairs to the ramp (the ramp that links to Reid Avenue)