MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
This reflection paper is dedicated to present the development of Master Dis-
sertation project research and proposed architectural intervention from the beginning
till the last touch, supplemented with combination of graphical schemes, drawings and
technical information. The project is elaborated from the main perspective of approach
defined by the International Master of Architecture program framework: “Architec-
ture: Resilient and Sustainable Strategies”.
STREETSCAPE TERRITORIES
The Master Dissertation project is developed within the international Street-
scape Territories research project as a main framework. “The research deals with the
way architectural elements, property structures and their inherent permeability mod-
els, together with emerging programmatic adjacencies, configure streetscapes and how
their inhabitants can read and give meaning to them” (Scheerlinck, 2015).
The research framework is based on 5 essential concepts: territorial depth,
collective space, proximity, spatial delimitation and functional indetermination. These
concepts were defined by different researches in theory of architecture and urban plan-
ning. The concept of territorial depth was described by J. Habraken as “a number of
boundary crossings needed to move from outer space to innermost territory” (1998).
Second concept of collective spaces deals with spaces that “are not strictly public or
private, but both sim ultaneously. These are public spaces that are used for private
activities, or private spaces that allow for collective use, and they include the whole
spectrum in between” (de Solà-Morales, 1992). The concept of proximity considers
sets of relative distances in urban spaces such as breakpoints, intermittent spaces, gaps
and structural voids within depth configurations, while concept of spatial delimitation
refers to the way properties are defined with explicit boundaries. The last concept of
functional indetermination refers to spatial tolerance and openness. It considers the
discussion on development of the project based more on the spatial qualities and re-
lation with the urban context than on functional over programming of an ideal human
behavior in urban space.
Figure 3 The city of Barcelona
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TRANSPORT & DOMICILE:
an architectural intervention to integrate transport infrastructure with housing for Barcelona.
Efimovich Alina