Assigment 7: Public space transformation
Choosing the place. The fact was looking for crowed, active space, with lots of different activities converging on it.
The choosen place is the Palacio de Congresos of Elche. In this square there is an active live due to the four cafes and restaurant that are stablished.
One important fact of the square are the triangular benchs with a grass side, that attract the attention of young people. This is a quite common user of the place, young noisy people, carefree lovers.
It is quite common to find different events along the year in this square. During this period the square is overcrowded.
The aim is to find a solution for maintaining the active and kind atmosphere of this square even in this situations, It can also work as a way of attracting more people to the event.
From the concepts achieved in the previous exercises of the private space, a new cathegory of space is created.
Mainly ruled by the space hierarchy, the different activities that take place in this live square of Elche are separated by different textures depending on the public who uses them and the own activity.
Finally, there three different areas.
The first one is the square itself, now with and optimized space for the temporary exhibition that take place there so that its name it is not only due to the main building on it but it also lives up to its name.
The building is the main piece of the group, the element to get to the other two floors.
The second floor, according to the height of the different establishments' roofs in the square. This is a conventional space but with the favour of height and the beautiful views. The floor is a metallic pattern that allows the customers to see under his feet.
The last floor is thought for young people, like a relaxing area, formed by a net, to lay, jump,.. have fun. Here the limits between public and private space can be broken by the sense that young people have of intimidacy. Let's let love fly.
This last space can be understood as the highest private level of the room.
