-People- While the school uses the practice pitches, the track and surrounding park areas are open to the public. When I first arrived students from the American School of Doha were running around the track. After a few hours or so the Aspire students came out to use the fields. On the far end of the location their is a more public pitch as well as a playground where I found several families. At night the space is very cowded. All the pitches~6, are full of players and the track is crowded with walkers and joggers.
-Layout- The area is set up in a circle. the pitches are lower and the track is raised in a way that the walkers can view the players from above. there are two sections of the track one for walking and one or jogging. Throughout the patht there are stations where the joggers can stop adn do different exercises. There are also 2 tennis courts, a volleyball sand box and a climbing wall.
-Setup- I noticed that the paths and sections are all set up in a very organic way. Most paths are curving creating organic lines as well as the buildings are very curvilinear in shape. And the entire area is very green with plans accenting in pinks/purple/blue. These organic elements are set off by the consistant use of very metalic and concrete materials.
-Facilities- The pitches were all very well maintained trimmed to perfection and very green. Half of the the pitches were actually astro-terf. there are workers all over the grounds to maintain them. they ride around on golf carts, lawn mowers, and bikes.
-Senses- The ari was full of the esent of freshly cut grass and the ground to keep the area green was almost floating away in water. when you stepped on the grass it would soak though your shows/ and with the winter it got cold. the atmosphere is nice I felt very comfortable there and I enjoyed walking around because there is so much to see that while you're exercising it keeps you distracted.
More images can be viewed at...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcoston89/sets/72157613190603797/
The next step I took was to my space into the different senses; sounds, sights, and smells. I took this step so that I could start developing my concept.
From there I narrowed my list down to the essential elements found in my photographs.
-materials -sound - surrounding views
-shapes -feel/textures - noise
-colors -activities
After gaining an understanding of these areas I ordered my images and created a hierarchy between them and rounded my concept based off of space. This was because the area was nicely balanced between nature and the facilities that surround them. The landscape is done with organic spacing rounded edges/hills. The very contemporary desin of the building corrisponds with the natual feel by having rounded edges. The shift from the building to the green is done through the use of natural materials.
I then had finished my research and then created my compositions based off of space.
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