Distribution Test

I am still aiming to keep the idea of setting up a direct relationship with the existing buildings and wider context.

Brick Breaker Strategy

The angle of the extension frames is the same angle with the existing flying buttresses. Directions are coming from two origin points: transept and the choir center, extending - corresponding the end of the structural grid of the Beauvais Cathedral.

The extension is like the ball bouncing between the brick breaker block and the bricks, the in-between space is to be discovered between the cathedral and the neighbors. Entrances, walkways, vegetation is to be mapped that overlap with the proposal's site.

In-between space in plan

In-between space shown on the aerial photograph (click on the photograph for the larger image)

Boundary Studies

The descending mass - starting from the nave. 

The existing structural grid of the Beauvais Cathedral (bolder lines) meeting the repetition of choir (13 degrees, rotation)

The Context vs Wrapper exploration re-make according to single centered version.

Scale Potentials

Using the center point for the transept and the origin for the choir, new set of flying buttresses are formed around the cathedral. The study shows the maximum length (in plan) of the flying buttresses until they reach to a building on site. 

The longest reaching points are more valuable as entrances - vistas towards the building, from top to the bottom, 3 sections are more to be "built" parts while the open space in front of the south facade can ideally be used as ground level.

Taking the center of the transept as the origin with 60m diameter for the extension of the cathedral is making more sense in terms of the available space around the cathedral.

Understanding the Limits

01, 02, 03 Culture - Bishop's House Museum

04 Health - Orthopedist - Florin Patrick

05 Employement Agency - Emploi 60

06 Residential

07 Government - Family Allowance

08, 09 Residential  

10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Culture - National Gallery of Tapestry

15 Employement Agency - Alary Travail Temporarie

16 Retail - Des Fleurs en Plus

17 Restaurant - Le Zinc Bleu

18 Retail - Anquetil Optique

19 Restaurant - Les Palais Bleu

20 Residential

distance from the origin - in between space from the cathedral

01 77 625mm - 57 259mm

02 79 970mm - 60 115mm

03 154 933mm - 134 567mm

04 53 920mm - 32 247mm

05 64 067mm - 26 697mm

06 62 578mm - 31 109mm

07 119 314mm - 87 145mm

08 35 334mm - 10 259mm

09 149 013mm - 128 270mm

10 46 597mm - 25 254mm

11 67 615mm - 46 872mm

12 74 073mm - 53 479mm

13 71 274mm - 50 530mm

14 61 445mm - 40 702mm

15 140 865mm - 120 121mm

16 82 702mm - 57 627mm

17 77 353mm - 45 185mm

18 72 661mm - 41 241mm

19 67 210mm - 29 839mm

20 129 502mm - 107 469mm