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Design Concept : Requirements And Needs

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DESIGN CONCEPT
Requirements & needs
In designing a building that evokes attraction and curiosity among public, the aim is to create interest in the stem cell research while introducing the technology to South Africa.
The location of the building should be on an active node where people will be able to observe the building.
The facility will be inviting to the public with exhibition space, public square, auditorium for medical conferences and house a cafe’ for the visitors and serve as a break hub and for scientist to cross exchange ideas. Opening the building for public use allows for transparency in the facility but yet it should be kept in mind to still maintain a controlled sterile environment.

Urbanism
The use of brownfield sites opens up new land within urban environments, but what if we can find an alternative to these sites for smaller developments. Bridges and roadways are much needed for movement within a city, but wastes vast amounts of habitable land and space. Is it possible to claim back some of the land that this network of movement in our cities consume?

Figure 1: The site

Selecting the site to occupy the land underneath a road way using the leftover space that we cannot see or even know exists like Medical researchers have to uncover stem cells found in bone marrow and manipulate them. The site can duplicate this process by ground works; uncovering the site and disrupting the existing structure of the bridge. This allows the

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