Idea Formation
Narrative
Design a
proposed non-denominational chapel located on the campus of SUNY Farmingdale.
The College wants this to be a profoundly spiritual place that people of all faiths
can worship and reflect on life’s events. The College believes this can be
achieved by the creative use of light. The College has outlined a preliminary
program that is listed below. A site has yet to be selected on campus; the
College is looking for guidance from the Architect. The building should be
integrated into the fabric of the campus. The College explicitly requests the
design not be symmetrical.
Rank
1. Main Chapel
2. Meditation Chapel
3. Memorial Chapel
Sorting
Main Chapel-Public
Meditation Chapel-Public
Memorial Chapel-Public
Offices-Private
Restrooms-Public
Metta Idea
Lighting
Background
Seinäjoki
library is consisted of two juxtaposed volumes, a rectangular shape which is
intercepted in the south side by an irregular fan shape building that contains
the book stacks, the main reading area and the lending desk.
The large
south window has a clear glazing with horizontal diagonal exterior louvers. The
louvers are white on both sides with a cut-off angle of 45 degrees. At angles
higher than 45 degrees, no sunlight or skylight penetrates directly, but is
reflected twice by the parallel louvers. As a result, the high window acts like
a translucent diffuser (it becomes indirect source when illuminated from
behind) to high light sources.
At the
angles below the 45 deg. cut-off angle, skylight or sunlight enters directly.
Most of it strikes the lower part of the large, curved, reflective “light
scoop”. The lower portion of this scoop has a high luminance level (due to its
orientation relative to the window. Inside this library, the connection to the
surroundings is denied and only indirect and reflected light can enter the
interior spaces.
On the
opposite side, a raised northern clerestory window lit the space through a
subtle sloped ceiling, which grades and leads the northern light into the deeper
central space of the fan shape volume. The sunken
reading rooms lit mainly by the reflected northern light, and balanced by the
reflected light coming from the southern perimeter.
Contextual
Analysis
Circulation
Spaces
Forms
Sun
Preliminary
Designs
The place
that I chose for my chapel is far from the noise. It is convenient for the
student, with respect to the circulation path, it is close to the resident
students and also pretty available for the commuter students. There is nothing
blocking the chapel from the sunlight, and the chapel is going to be defining a
space.
Final
Design
Site
Plan
Elevations
3D-Images
Sections
and Light Sources