MID SEM BREAK

Feedback from Week 7 Crit;

• activate.

• how can I attach the structural beams to the site as a permanent thing? Essentially representing the Korean community settling into Aotearoa and placing themselves permanently.

• Delicate thing.

• Juggling 2 worlds - how do I do both events at the same time? Have the two concepts integrated instead of separated.

• Turnover is fast and busy.

• The social aspect; materials, surfaces, colors.

• The Korean concept of "정".

There’s great potential in the social context of your project and the concept of pojangmacha. It’s good to see your engagement with your blog and the artist models you have researched. Your drawings show the potential of the project, but more time is needed to advance your proposal further. Particularly with clarifying the spatial programming of your space and your response to the Moving Image Centre.

Further modelling of details in Imperial Lane such as the black beams for the light wells;

What type of Kitchen layout is best fit for Seoul Shift?

After some research, I have decided that the galley layout is best fit for my project. In a galley commercial kitchen layout, all the different stations and kitchen equipment are positioned along the perimeter of the kitchen. If the kitchen is very tight, this might mean everything sits along just two parallel walls. In a larger kitchen, the ring layout leaves an empty space in the center that allows staff to easily rotate from one area to the next. In smaller kitchens, the galley layout makes the most of the limited space available

Testing the layout of the kitchen/serving area of the galley kitchen. No matter how many times I visit the site, I struggle to visualize the spatial circumference of the site in terms of the digital model. I started off with filling almost 16 meters of the side as a galley kitchen but then realized how unnecessarily big it was in reality. I decided to cut it down one thirds of the original size which would leave me with additional space to put more seating/dining areas in. I think the next step would be to figure out the flow of the space in terms of aspects of getting food back and forth from the actual kitchen. I plan on having multiple beams almost like scaffolding to act as the main structural support, as well as creating an aesthetical connection between the black lightwell beams and the rest of the space. Scaffolding urban interventions played a huge part in terms of inspiration. I think it would make sense to place the kitchen either on one side of the partition instead of the middle in order to create better access and flow for the staff. I also realized how hard it is to build on a slope, hence why I have been testing out different elevations. I am also thinking of either filling up the full wall by adding a storage space and lobby area at the front.

• Adding in the reception desk, as well as laying out the kitchen area.

• Decided to block off the entry to Queen Street as I want the space to be as intimate as possible to maintain the cozy, warm feeling of a pojangmacha.

• In terms of materiality, not too sure whether to work and maintain the existing materials within the site or simplifying it to wood and linen to create a minimalistic feeling.

• Also not too sure whether I want the shelving to be open as display or not atm.

Too much square ? a bit hectic? Trying to think of a change or multiple changes I can make to make this initial design work, but without it looking like too much.

Adding the hanging fabric to get a feel of what the space would look like; considering whether I want to display the images in a different way/a more sturdy sort of way to symbolize the permanent/more stable integration of Koreans within New Zealand.

More sketches of development and measurements: