Projects from L Daniel Swakman
name
L Daniel Swakman (ldanielswakman)
location
country
netherlands
university
TU delft
department
Architecture
university address
julianalaan 134
2628 BL delft
university country
netherlands
url
http://bk.faculteiten.tudelft.nl/?id=fcaa6e4e-4ca7-493a-b58c-7c31172cc0d0&lang=nl
Exploring architect; recently graduated in architecture and urbanism (april 2011), on the area of public spaces as an interface between architecture and urban strategy. Now working on freelance projects in graphic design, webdesign and visualisation; looking for a job in architecture.
id
0007767
title
bies safari
group members
Daniel Swakman, Jochem Hamoen
professor(s)
S. de Wit, D. Jauslin
rank
-
tags
year of making
2009
uploaded
2010-02-07 14:58:33
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The ‘Bies Safari’ is an exploration in redefining the zoo. As a freshwater tide natural park in the Netherlands, the Biesbosch is enclosed by a forest, polders and a river. The diversity in landscapes and animals are interconnected with the introduction of a pathway that follows a grid system.
Context parameters define the height of the grid, hereby adapting to the environment whilst maintaining the inherent qualities and conditions. In this 3D system it is possible to walk through trees, fly over the polder, submerge in water and be on eye-level with animals.
Programmatic elements are located in pavilions at pathway-intersections, subtly suggesting a route and clarifying the type of crossing as a node (vertical, directionless) or an endpoint (horizontal, directional). The facades of the pavilions mirror the steppingstones in their context as a mean to connect the built interventions with the surrounding landscape.
