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Encouraging Social Interactions
This diagrammatic representation highlights circulation paths and their constant contact with social zones. This design move encourages visitors to the city to be introduced to current residents and employees. All tiers within the social structure are encouraged to conversations and experiences together. Internal and external bridges allow visitors to have uninterrupted visual cues towards social zones. The development of an external elevator welcomes people from other programmatic interests to the South Building and add to the social dynamic.
Circulation Paths
Social or Common Areas
Bridging Connections
The South Building design has prominent bridges that span across floor-plates internally and even connect to the Flat Iron building. These physical connections create interesting moments for the person experiencing the walk as well as the observer. The bridges are situated in a way to maximize social connectivity through visual and social opportunities.
Atrium Core Space
Incubator + Bridge
Church Street + Connector
The South Building design of social interaction is rooted in the historical bi-products of the factory-- the social network established between co-workers, managers, deliveries, and visitors, which may have nothing in common on a personal level, but share the bond of the building. This design concept builds on those ideals as a social catalysts.