Unprecedented Design Approach - ABLE & Charles De Gaulle

I have been to Paris a few times but for some reason, I have never walk through building terminal 2E, which shocked me when I found out that it has a very similar design approach to my ABLE project. A longitudinally capsule like structure, that emphasises on the open spatial surrounding, it totally mirrors to what I was trying to achieve for the ABLE project. I honestly have not seen this building before , but it is sad to say that I am lacking behind in innovative design approach by 10 years, when the construction started in 1999 and finish in 2004. But with my design thesis going as planned, I do hope I can create something different that set my design apart from any other, creating a distinction and a new focal point for my site and city itself. As the ABLE is only an experimental to my design thesis, it is just a way of studying my design approach for my concept, and not implementing the initial draft for January in any way.

> The Primary Structure

> The Exterior View

> The Interior View

Cross Design Week - The ABLE Project: Final Sheets

Cross Design Week, consist of various projects that last for 5 days which was held from the 14th-18th of Dec in my university, and out of the various projects shown, I have chosen the ABLE project which is a centre that grows fish and plants. The site given was a 50 by 15 metres dimension with no design restriction.

This is my design statement made for the competition:
This is a rendered view that I have forgotten to use in the presentation sheet.

Cross Design Week - The ABLE Project: Initial Design

There are more initial designs which I would upload next time, however, I joined this competition for a couple of reason. Firstly is due to its first prize of getting a commission to actually building the design. But most important of all is to experiment with some initial design ideas I have which will be implemented into my thesis design. It gives me the opportunity to fiddle with the design concept, creating spatial and shape study with the materials I am going to use for the primary and secondary construction.

Sketch 1.3 - Design Impulse