CONCEPT - IDENTITY
LOCATION GABORONE
SPACE
CATALYST THROUGH
- THE AIRPORT: INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL POINT
PLACE
TIME
MAIN FEATURES/ LANDMARKS THAT IDENTIFY GABORONE
ZIMBABWE
CREATES
- KGALE HILL: VIEW POINT, TO AND FROM - GABORONE DAM: POINT OF INTEREST
BOTSWANA INTERNATIONAL EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
TAJ MAHAL
ALL AREAS SEEM TO INVITE THE PUBLIC AND ARE VISIBLE FROM A DISTANCE
GABORONE
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA
EFFECT OF CATALYST ON A PLACE MAIN EFFECT OF TIME IS TECHNOL;OGICAL DEVELOPMENT
LEGEND PAST
ARCHITECTURE IDENTIFYING/ ASSOCIATED WITH A CULTURE
MONUMENTS IDENTIFYING A PLACE IN TIME MONARCH EGYPT
MODERN
Western Bypass
ARCHITECTURE IDENTIFYING A TIME
Road network Railway Line
CULTURE CHANGES AND IS REFLECTED IN ARCHITECTURE
River
LOCAL
ARCHITECTURE IN TURN SHAPES CULTURE
Gaborone Dam Airport Transport hub Kgale Hill PAST
MODERN
MONUMENTS IDENTIFYING A PLACE IN TIME INDEPENDENCE
ARCHITECTURE IDENTIFYING A TIME
CBD Govt. Enlcave Main Mall
ARCHITECTURE IDENTIFYING/ ASSOCIATED WITH A CULTURE AND LOCATION
COLLAGE ILLUSTRATING THE VARIOUS INFLUENCES OF CULTURE
KENNETH JIMBO
ARB 411 THEME: EXHIBITION
UB ARCHITECTURE
SEMESTER 1
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER
INFRASTRUCTURE
LEGEND
WATER
FIRE HYDRANTS
Road network
TELECOMM
ELECTRICITY
STORM WATER
SEWER
CBD Road network Railway Line River
Contours CBD
Substation Water supply Fire Hydrant WATER SUPPLY, STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND SEWER LINE FALLS TO THE NORTH
ALL SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE OVERLAYED AND FOLLOWS ROAD LAYOUT
Telecommunication Electric cables Storm water Drainage Main storm water line
ROAD
Sewer connections Main sewer line
ROAD USED TO DRAIN STORM WATER
SECTIONAL WIND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS SECTIONAL WIND ANALYSIS OF SQUARE TOWER
SECTIONAL WIND ANALYSIS OF SQUARE TOWER
WIND ANALYSIS OF NEW SADC HOUSE
MATERIALS - ALUMINIUM CLADDING AND GLAZING
MATERIALS - BRICKS AND GLAZING
HIGH BUSHVELD VEGETATION
LEGEND Slope Water run off Steepest Water flow Winds
TOPOGRAPHY DICTATES SURFACES WATER RUN OFF
SUN PATHS
SUMMER SOLSTICE
EQUINOX
WINTER SOLSTICE
SUMMER SOLSTICE
EQUINOX
WINTER SOLSTICE 09 00 HRS
12 00 HRS
SUMMER SOLSTICE EQUINOX
WINTER SOLSTICE
15 00 HRS
KENNETH JIMBO
ARB 411 THEME: EXHIBITION
UB ARCHITECTURE
SEMESTER 1
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER
STEEL AND TENSILE STRUCTURE TO VARY MATERIALS ALLOWS FOR WIND MANIPULATION
CONTEXT: ZONES
ACCESS
LEGEND
LEGEND Western Bypass
Western Bypass
Road network
Road network
Railway Line
Railway Line
River
River
Mixed use
Access
Residential
CBD
Industrial CBD Govt. Enlcave Main Mall
PRONOUNCING THE ENTRY POINT
MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS FIZZLES TRAFFIC BUT DENOUNCES MAIN ENTRY POINT IF AT ALL THERE’S MEANT TO BE ONE
SITE ATMOSPHERE
EXISTING MONUMENTS/ LANDMARKS/ STATUES
EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS
+ 8 STOREYS
CBD SPACE WITH PROPOSED BUILD UP MAINLY OFFICES
CBD SPACE (VOLUMETRIC)
- 8 STOREYS
LEGEND
DISCONNECTION BETWEEN HISTORIC/CULTURAL “MARKERS” IN MAIN MALL AND GOVT ENCLAVE “BREAKS” POTENTIAL OF CAPTURING JOURNEY OF DEVELOPMENT/ HISTORY OF CITY
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
CITY SKYLINE
VEHICULAR MOVEMENT PROPOSALS CBD PLOTS DEVELOPING SIMULTANEOUSLY NO RESPECT TO CONTEXT/ NEIGHBOURING BUILDINGS
PROPOSAL 1
MOST DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN CBD ARE MAINLY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS AND DISCOURAGE THE PUBLIC FROM UTILISING THE WHOLE AREA INTRODUCING THE PUBLIC GIVES IT A SENSE OF PLACE AND SOCIAL IDENTITY, I.E THE CENTRAL HUB OF THE CITY CREATE A POINT THAT ANNOUNCES THE ARRIVAL INTO THE HEART OF THE CITY
LEGEND
CREATE A POINT OF FOCUS THAT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE CBD AND FEEDS THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, BOTH EXISTING AND FUTURE
Western Bypass Road network Railway Line
A PLACE WHICH CAN EXHIBIT THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT MAKE UP THE CITY
River
THERE IS NO MAIN ENTRY POINT TO THE CBD
Traffic Nodes
THERE IS NO LINK THAT RELATES THE CBD WITH ITS LOCALITY (CONNECTIVITY - ACCESS - CONTINUITY)
CBD
CONCEPTS
MAIN VIEWS INTO THE SITE ARE FROM VEHICULAR APPROACH HENCE TRAFFIC NODES ARE POINTS OF VIEW
KENNETH JIMBO
INTRODUCING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINTS FROM THE EAST TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
ARB 411 THEME: EXHIBITION
UB ARCHITECTURE
SEMESTER 1
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER
PROPOSAL 2
CONCEPT - JUXTAPOSITION OF CONFLICT
PRECEDENT: HOUSE OF CULTURES, BERLIN, GERMANY
PRECEDENT: JEWISH MUSEUM, BERLIN
JUXTAPOSITION: OPACITY URBAN SETUP TRADITIONALISM RECREATION COMPLEXITY
KENNETH JIMBO
ARB 411 THEME: EXHIBITION
UB ARCHITECTURE
SEMESTER 1
VS VS VS VS VS
TRANSPARENCY RURAL SETUP GLOBALISM COMMERCE SIMPLICITY
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER