Space Metamorphosis
FUNCTIONS AND TIME
Because of the specific nature of the project, an analysis of the typologies around the chosen site will be more versatile and will include not only functions, but also will show when spaces are not in use during the day. (fig 44) As the objective of the project is to design a new typology where spaces can accommodate different functions, it is important to establish what kind of activities are present in the area and see which buildings have the most of “waste space�. In order to illustrate this, the buildings will be analyzed in two levels: street level, as it contains both public and private areas and first floor as it will mainly represent all other upper floors and usually indicate more private zone. All the buildings will be divided in 10 categories: housing, offices, commercial, educational, cultural, health-care, services, sport facilities, catering and nightlife. Then, in order to get an impression about how much space is misused in the area, all buildings will be divided into two categories. The first category will represent buildings mainly functioning during the day, such as offices, schools, shops, hairdressers and the second one will focus on buildings primarily operating in the evening and at night, such as housing, restaurants or some sport activities. What we can see from the map is that most of the square meters of the upper floors are not in use during the day as they only contain housing (fig 45). At the same time there are many unused spaces on the street level at night (fig 44).
Fig 44. (opposite left) Functions on the ground level followed with day and night usage of the spaces Fig 45. (opposite right) Functions on the first and upper floors followed with day and night usage of the spaces
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