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5 4 . M U N I C I P A L O R P H A N A G E AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND

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SUJAY PUNNOOSE THOMAS 54.1 AMSTERDAM MUNICIPAL ORPHANAGE

1. BOYS – 14-18

2. GIRLS – 14-18

3. BOYS – 10-14

4. GIRLS – 10-14

5. KIDS – 6-10

6. KIDS – 4-6

7. KIDS – 2-4

8. BABIES

9. INFIRMARY

10. FESTIVE HALL

11. THEATRE/GYM

12. (TOP FLR. : NOT SHOWN) TRUSTEES,

PSYCHOLOGISTS, TEAM LEADER AND

STAFF ROOMS

13. ADMINISTRATION AND ARCHIVES

14. LIBRARY

15. MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE ROOM

16. GARAGE

17. MAIN LINEN ROOM

18. MAIN KITCHEN AND DIRECTOR’S

RESIDENCE

19. TEAM LEADER’S RESIDENCE

20. CYCLE SHED

PRIVATE SPACE PUBLIC SPACE STRICTLY PRIVATE SPACE SERVICE AREA MAIN ACCESS VEHICULAR ACCESS PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTION KEY

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SUJAY PUNNOOSE THOMAS 54.2 AMSTERDAM MUNICIPAL ORPHANAGE

MASS #1 MASS #2 RESIDENTIAL MASS #1 RESIDENTIAL MASS #2 SHIFTING CENTRE

DECENTRALISED AND LINEARISED PIN-WHEEL ORGANISATION THE SHIFTING OF THE VARIOUS CENTRES, REDUCING THEIR DOMINANCE

A RESPONSE TO THE CONTEXT: A MICROCOSMIC ANALOGY OF THE DWELLING AS A CITY AND THE MACROCOSMIC ANALOGY OF THE CITY FOR THE DWELLING – A PARALLEL IS MADE THROUGH COMPARING PASSAGES WITHIN DWELLINGS TO STREETS AND URBAN PUBLIC PLAZAS TO LIVING ROOMS.

THE STREETS WITHIN AMSTERDAM

THE STREETS WITHIN THE ‘CITY OF THE ORPHANAGE’ - TAKEN FROM ONE OF EYCK’S CONCEPT SHEETS

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PROPORTIONS SEEN IN THE BUILDING (5:6) MOVEMENTS – PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR

STRUCTURAL GRID – DETAILED PLAN: KIDS(4-6) – LOAD BEARING WALLS AND COLUMNATED SPANS=2750, HEIGHT=1800(FF-BEAM BOTTOM)

HEIRARCHY IN SCALE

PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT VEHICULAR MOVEMENT

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COURTYARDS ACT AS LIGHT TRAPS

LIGHT WELLS IN DOMES AND CUPOLAS ALSO PROVIDE LIGHT TO WALLED SPACES, ALONG WITH THE SLIT BEAMS

ALMOST 50% OF WALL SURFACES ARE OPENINGS TO ALLOW LIGHT AND THUS, HEAT.

SUNPATH DIAGRAM, TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL FOR AMSTERDAM

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CONCRETE CUPOLAS

EXPOSED CONCRETE CUPOLA

PRECAST CONCRETE BEAM

SLIT LEFT IN BETWEEN TENSION AND COMPRESSION ZONES

LEFT FILLED FOR TRANSMISSION OF FORCE AND GIVES ILLUSION OF A CAPITAL

EXPOSED PRECAST CONCRETE BEAM

EXPOSED BRICK MASONRY

LIGHT WELLS FOR DORMITORIES

GENERAL ‘ORDER’ AND TECHNOLOGY USED

MATERIALS USED (VIEW)

GLASS BLOCKS

SECTION SHOWING GENERAL RHYTHM AND HORIZONTALITY

OPEN, TRANSITIONAL AND CLOSED SPACES – SERVED AND SERVING SPACES (I.E. OPEN AND CLOSED SPACES SERVED BY THE TRANSITIONAL

SPACE

OVERALL WE SEE A LOT OF SUSTAINABLE PRINCIPLES USED BY EYCK:

LESS CONCRETE USED IN BEAMS AND NO PLASTERING

THE USE OF THE DOME

LOAD BEARING WALLS

SEVERAL SMALLER GUTTERS CREATED BY CUPOLAS FOR RAINWATER

LOTS OF OPENINGS TO ALLOW LIGHT AND HEAT

PREFABRICATION OF BEAMS