Teodor Pricop

Final Project

Moral Dischargement

Graduation project concerned in the city and how it has become a place people work in just to get away from. The concept revolved around using the large bodies of water around the site. The concept manifested in creating a conflict between the characteristics of orthogonal and organic architectural values.

Understanding the end user

I have allowed myself to trace a day-by-day schedule of the users who could make a good use of the site. This allowed me to understand patterns, gaps, and design opportunities. Understanding the users pushed me towards designing an Urban Holiday Resort.

The urban appearance

The Lea Valley is well known as the largest glasshouse field in UK. Nowadays, the field is dying. I used a glasshouse as inspiration for the outer shell of the building. I took the glasshouse, dissected it to each element. Once the elements were understood, I could manipulate them and arrange them in a way that allowed to create the intended atmospheres.

Hierarchy and language

Each building can be boiled down to a series of tensions. Orthogonal and organic, boring and exciting, dark and overlit, guided or random.