Aki.Yr3.Sem1.Works.

designing a flower market in a commercial entertainment / nightlife district for me is as absurd as it can get. yet it is precisely this seeming surreality of a mismatched programme to its site that gave me the opportunity to try out something really different. i felt a very strong conviction to preserve the existing green plot, however small, as a soul connection to the greater element of nature, that is the Fort Canning Park, which has unfortunately been overshadowed by the development on the river bank both visually and by means of its myriad commercial activities. the motivation of wanting to extend Fort Canning Park right up to the river front led me to the initial vision of a forest scape dotted with a random arrangement of trees. what I began to find extremely intriguing was how each space bound by any number of trees could have a distinctive character, yet is unconstrained with a defined boundary to its immediate spaces; that is, each space seems perceivable only in relation to the others. i wonder if this ability to read spatial relationships between key elements in an environment as a means to inform of ones place in a space, can be an effective tool to organise spaces; perhaps, a flower market crafted out of desirable spatial perceptions and sensory experiences rather than definitive logic.

: study model; exploring spatial relationships between columns

: concept image; bluebell wood

: perspective of elevation, viewing from across the river bank

: ground level plan, showing how huge columns (housing specific functions within) organise spaces and circulation

: section A-A

: section B-B

tutor: tsuto sakamoto