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A deep concrete facade cut by a hard diagonal shadow.

04

Three masses, one route

Concept study

Kind
Planning study
Scope
Massing and access
Stage
Concept study

Massing is usually settled first and access worked out afterwards. This study runs them together. Three volumes are placed on a falling site of forty eight metres, and a single route is drawn through them before any of the three is fixed.

The site section shows what that buys: each mass sits at its own level, and the route climbs seven metres across the site without a step that has to be explained.

THREE MASSES SITE PLAN 1:500 AT A3 CONCEPT STUDY MASS A MASS B MASS C ROUTE SITE BOUNDARY 48 000 N
Plan, drawn in the studio
THREE MASSES SITE SECTION 1:500 AT A3 CONCEPT STUDY MASS A +0.000 MASS B +3.400 MASS C +7.100 ROUTE 48 000
Section, drawn in the studio

A concept study made in the studio. Not a commission, not a client project and not built.