defining a center
seattle waterfront, wa
what is center?
is affected by physical, social and economic circumstance. athens and rome grew around the agora and forum, which singly served as the center of civic life. medieval towns originally expanded from market squares or church plazas, which had their own origins in roman military camp planning. later in the larger cities of the second millennium, planned architectural interventions brought us the piazza di san marco in venice, il campidoglio in rome, and later the palais royal, place de la concorde in paris, and london's covent garden. in vienna the sequence of rings avenues were the result of an urban design intervention implemented during rapid city expansion. this was due to the destruction of medieval walls in the mid nineteenth century. the cities of modern europe: london, paris, rome, vienna have become pocketed with multiple centers over time, similarly to large metropolitan centers in north america.
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this site is divided into two parts by the french stairs in the middle. people can sit on those stairs and enjoy the view to the ocean. this plaza of stairs is connected to the garden across the street.
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all the plan is very free than conservative floor plans. |
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this center of seattle is defined by hotel and market place. on the bottom of the hotel is hotel lounge and atrium resraurant. in the back of the hotel building is market. |
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restaurant in the hotel is connected to the second level.
a winter garden is in a big atrium in the market. market is approachable from outside by six doors. this market is consisted with fashion shops, cosmetics, toys, books, house decoraions, and food mall.
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on the third floor, is weigh room for hotel.
on this level, people can enter right into market from the stairs. the main mass of stairs goes through the site, people sit down on the stairs or go and enjoy shopping-center of the city, seattle.
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hotel plan starts from this floor to 20th floor.
at this floor is same level as the street from the back, people enter from the back. the building is two stories high from the back, six stories high in front.
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hotel plan is very freely designed. it has one bed room units, two or three bedroom swetes and a green house by the elevators.
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