Fabrication Laboratory
Fabrication Laboratory from Brian Lee
fabrication laboratory

The second project called for a new fabrication laboratory building connected to the existing one. Ample consideration was to be given to boundary constraints, accessibility requirements and specific programmatic and environmental needs. The concept is to arrange programs linearly, reflecting the design and prototyping process. The building is then wrapped into a single coil to enhance circulation and provide opportunities for reversals should users require it, The resulting design has two continuous spirals, flowing from formal spaces onto the rooftop.the formal spaces are introverted and surround a central courtyard. A series of slits through the building provide access to the fabrication facilities and also function as intermediate spaces for rest and interaction.

Deformation of spaces and insertion of breaks (marked by dotted lines) to meet programmatic requirements.
Wrapping the building onto itself to create a loop that intersects on different levels.
A double spiral (red) is created as users ascend from one end of the building and onto the roof. Breaks in the formal spaces create entrances to a central courtyard.
The building occupies a site enveloped by adjacent school buildings. The proximity of these buildings overlooking the site results in the fabrication laboratory taking an introverted posture.
The three important elements of the design - the design and fabrication workshops on or below ground level, the sloping exhibition space and the roof deck.
Users commence their journey from the lower end of the building, where design spaces are located. They then proceed to the fabrication and assembly workshops located at ground level for accessibility purposes. Users and visitors can then make their way up an inclined exhibition space, which commands views across the courtyards and into the work spaces, before entering the rooftop and on to another spiral.
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fabrication laboratory

The second project called for a new fabrication laboratory building connected to the existing one. Ample consideration was to be given to boundary constraints, accessibility requirements and specific programmatic and environmental needs. The concept is to arrange programs linearly, reflecting the design and prototyping process. The building is then wrapped into a single coil to enhance circulation and provide opportunities for reversals should users require it, The resulting design has two continuous spirals, flowing from formal spaces onto the rooftop.the formal spaces are introverted and surround a central courtyard. A series of slits through the building provide access to the fabrication facilities and also function as intermediate spaces for rest and interaction.

Brian Lee
Architecture Undergraduate Singapore, Singapore