The new city hall possesses a transient nature that mimics the forces at work in shaping the borough, through two different mediums: the government, and the public. It is also symbolic of the co-existence of governmental and public management of the borough, where one cannot exist without the other.
The juxtaposition of the two seemingly detached spheres of activities: the council and the public will be engaged in a symbiotic relationship in the new city hall, giving rise to a renewal of civic participation. The interrelation of the different spaces, give rise to permeable, extroverted and introverted spaces to meet the diverse requirements of the city hall.
the project began with a study on London’s housing crisis, particularly chosen because housing is related to many social and political issues
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This is how the building will be located on the site. the civic center serves as a transitional space between the commercial and residential spaces
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the first-floor is where more council services and private offices are located at. due to the solemn character of the governmental offices, traditional spatial demarcation is adopted
the three different levels possess their own character - the public nature of the ground level, private nature of the offices and the domestic nature of the communal living rooms
this drawing depicts the transient nature of the civic centre from day to night as it shows a blurred boundary between the solid and the void through its inversion
