Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Seating

Book: Capella, Juli. 2009. Seating Together - Architecture of auditoriums in the 21st Century. US: Figueras Internacional Seating.

Big scale: relationships between landscape (ground) and buildings
Small scale: the seat

Configurations of seating in different building types.
Building types: airport, theaters, religious buildings (chapel), museums, university, schools,  convention, performance halls, stadiums, arenas, auditoriums, offices (boardrooms, meeting rooms).

Seating is an important element to my design and also to the chambers of parliament. I need to insert my public box seating without disrupting the existing seating. So I will have to re-arrange the current seating to blend the new proposed seating into the space. From above, I found there are various configurations of seating. What I am really looking for is a seating plan that an intimate relationship between the parliament members seating and the public box. Also I need the public box to be noticeable, in sight, and be able to interact with the parliament members easily.
Will I blend in the seating and make it look the same as the rest or contrast it? By contrasting it, it will make a visual statement - focus on to the public (their presence will be illuminated).



Floor plans below are of (after clicking read more):
Miguel Delibes Cultural Centre - Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitecture, Spain 2001
Putrajaya International Convention Centre - Hijjas Kasturi Associates SDN, Malaysia 2003
Petit Palau of the Catalonian Music - Oscar Tusquets Blanca, Spain 2004
The Sage Gateshead - Foster & Partners, UK 2004
The Madrid Arena (Rockodrome) - Estudio Cano Lasso Arquitectos, Spain 2004
Garrigues Lawyer's Offices - Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos, Spain 2005
Lumiere University Lyon 2 - Agence Frederic Brachet, France 2006
Lasalle College of the Arts - RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, Singapore 2007
Mila House, La Pedrera - MBM Arquitectes, Spain 2008
The UN's XX Hall for Human Rights and the Alliance of Civilisations - Daniel Starrenberger, Athanase Spitsas, Antoni Esteva - Switzerland 2008
New Town Council Building in Madrid - Refael Fernandez - Ranada, Spain 2008
T1 Terminal in Barcelona Prat's International Airport - Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, Spain 2009









 

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