Atmoscape is a landscape design for an elementary school. It is an investigation in fluid dynamics, atmosphere and how sensory triggers can be integrated into a landscape design.
soma is currently working on the implementation of the project with a focus on the concept of timebased changes of visual effects and smells caused by plants and greenery.
differentiation through topographyThe landscape proposal intends to create a place of communication and exchange between the school and its surrounding. The forecourt should become a triggering place where children can discover their surrounding in a playful interaction.
The existing school building does not relate to the directions and boundaries of the site. The landscape proposal intends to reconnect the school to its surrounding, not on the basis of axis but through a fluid field.
from geometry of axes to a fluid field
In a dynamic simulations two liquids representing the two main flows meet and mix. Influenced by the site boundaries, existing trees and the school building they create a 3-dimensional pattern of particles.
three dimensional field of vectors
generated lines form the vector field
By cutting it horizontally the field is translated into a stepped topography that can be discovered and interpreted by the pupils as islands, valleys or hills.
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Differentiation through topography: The articulation of the landscape through topography, materials and other sensory triggers as sound, light and smell of plants create differentiated sceneries and atmospheres children can discover and transform. Functions like the school stage, learning islands, open classrooms, playgrounds, ect. are not fixed but are defined by the pupils themselves in a playful interaction.
differetiation of surfaces are based on use
The rise of the landscape towards the neighbouring houses decreases the noise level for the inhabitants and produces a covered zone for parking bycicles.
The assignment of different surface materials creates intuitively recognizable distinctions between traffic areas for cars and bycicles and those for children.