Graduate work. Master's degree.
The project of the space research center for the development and leisure of young people, in the village of Gubkiv, Rivne region, was carried out on the basis of the task for the qualification work of the educational qualification level “master” issued on October 9, 2018.
The Master of Architecture thesis consists of two parts: an architectural project with drawings and visualization, and a research part with infographics and a 200+ page research note.
On the basis of research, I chose a plot for development in Ukraine, in accordance with the norms and territorial features. I chose the type – a public building, because I had already designed a residential building during my bachelor’s degree and I wanted something new)
Tools: ArchiCAD, 3ds Max, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign.
What is a space research center?
Children love space, most of all they gravitate towards science, but unfortunately we have very few opportunities to engage children and make science accessible and fun. So I decided to design a dream camp.
A real science center with an observatory, research and futuristic innovations in one building, and a children’s camp in another. I chose a picturesque site on a cliff overlooking the river for construction. Everything is designed in such a way that this place becomes a second home for scientists and the best camp for children.
Functional and planning movements will be complemented by interior sketches and futuristic design based on deconstructivism.
The building is located along the mountainous terrain near the village of Gubkiv, Rivne region.
On the territory of the project there are:
- Scientific and entertainment building – 2956.75 m2
- The building of the children’s camp is 1017.2 m2
- The building of the hotel complex is 997.12 m2
- Pavilion for attractions – 2822.5 m2
- Guest parking for 160 cars – 4305.36 m2
- Guest parking for 108 cars – 3272.2 m2
- Sports field – 410.23 m2
- Land for economic purposes – 77.5 m2
- The territory for the location of garbage cans
About half a year was spent on the creation of this project, but it was equally difficult and interesting. After all, in order to find out what exactly is needed, space researchers had to study how NASA works, what laboratories and what equipment science needs, whether the selected area meets the requirements for lighting, so that the observatory could function and it would not be disturbed by the light of the city.
A lot of time was spent on research and calculations, part of them in the form of infographics got into the project, part was declared in a note.
Also, it was important to analyze the architectural and planning solutions for building the observatory, etc. in accordance with the current DBNs.
1. Scientific and entertainment building with a total area of 4162.7 m2
– 1 floor (-3.000)
- A storage room in case of an emergency explosion at the Rivne NPP for 700 people with a total area of 541 m2. The height of the storage is 2.5 m, two-tiered bunks are installed in the storage, based on this, the total area is determined from the standard floor area of 0.5 m2/person. The area for people is: 700*0.5=350 m2.
1 floor (0.000)
- Part of the planetarium for 234 seats with a total area of 917.55 m2.
There are 234 specially equipped chairs in the planetarium hall, in accordance with the requirements for the characteristics of the planetarium hall and the stage. There are 3 exits from the hall itself. Along the perimeter of the main hall, along the radial axis, there are offices, auxiliary rooms, storerooms, and an entrance group with a cash register, security and a wardrobe. The hall turns into a gallery, which connects the educational part and the entertainment part with the planetarium area. - The educational part with a total area of 1054.5 m2. There are 2 entrances to the educational part (one main, one through the gallery of the planetary part) and one evacuation exit through a smoke-free vestibule, next to which there is an elevator hall. The educational part contains classrooms (3 large and 2 small on the first floor), the offices of the teacher, the director, the accountant with the administrator, and a room for 4 cubicles. Outside the main block of premises is a large gallery hall with spectacular and experimental layouts, from which access to the stairwell is provided.
- Spectacle and entertainment part with a total area of 279.42 m2 Spectacle and entertainment part consists of 4 rooms of a spectacular nature and a gallery, and in general is a connecting gallery part of the planetarium, scientific zone and cafe.
- Cafe with 130 seats with a total area of 649.81 m2. The cafe has 2 entrances, a terrace, necessary auxiliary premises for the kitchen in accordance with the norms for the design of this type of objects.
2 floor (+4950)
- The educational part with a total area of 1054.5 m2. It contains classrooms (3 large and 3 small on the second floor), a teacher’s office and a bathroom with 4 cubicles. Outside the main block of premises is a large gallery hall with spectacular and experimental layouts, from which access to the stairwell is provided.
3 floor (+9900)
- The educational part with a total area of 652.3 m2. On the third floor of the educational part, there is a scientific block of the observatory, with equipment, work tables, two separate offices for scientists, an archive and a telescope. Outside the main block of premises is a large gallery hall with spectacular and experimental layouts, from which access to the stairwell is provided.
2. Residential building of the children’s camp for 62 children with a total area of 1997 m2
1 floor (0.000)
- Entrance group with a hall with a total area of 321.5 m2. The entrance to the area of the children’s camp is provided through security and reception, next to the reception there is a room for staff, elevators with a/c, and an additional exit through a fire stairwell is provided at the end. In front of it is a hall that connects the dining room and the living room.
- Dining room for 64 people with a total area of 258.34 m2. Two groups of children (28 people each) can be fed in the dining room at the same time. The kitchen has a separate entrance with a ramp-ramp, and special premises for the kitchen and staff, provided for by the norms and requirements.
- Residential premises with a total area of 283.41 m2 for 14 children. In the wing of the residential part there are 7 double rooms for children with a separate balcony, bathroom and bath in each room. One of the rooms is intended for a counselor. An additional fire exit through the stairwell is located at the end of the wing.
2 (typical) floor (+3300)
- Residential floor with a total area of 954.5 m2 for 38 children. On the floor there are 14 double rooms and 2 rooms for children up to 7 years old, for 5 people. The entrance is provided through the elevator hall, but there are 3 evacuation exits through stairwells located at the ends of the building.
3. Residential hotel building for 114 people with a total area of 2,862 m2
1 floor (0.000)
- Entrance group with a hall with a total area of 321.5 m2. The entrance to the area of the children’s camp is provided through security and reception, next to the reception there is a room for staff, elevators with a/c, and an additional exit through a fire stairwell is provided at the end. In front of it is a hall that connects the dining room and the living room.
- Dining room for 64 people with a total area of 258.34 m2. Two groups of children (28 people each) can be fed in the dining room at the same time. The kitchen has a separate entrance with a ramp-ramp, and special premises for the kitchen and staff, provided for by the norms and requirements.
- Residential premises with a total area of 283.41 m2 for 14 people. In the wing of the residential part there are 7 double rooms with a separate balcony, bathroom and bath in each room. An additional fire exit through the stairwell is located at the end of the wing.
2 (typical) floor (+3300)
- Residential floor with a total area of 954.5 m2 for 38 people. There are 18 double rooms on the floor. The entrance is provided through the elevator hall, but there are 3 evacuation exits through stairwells located at the ends of the building.
4. A pavilion for attractions and simulators with a total area of 2,822.89 m2. One floor (0.000).
The pavilion has a total area of 2822.89 m2. Entrance to the pavilion is provided through four entrances, the area of the pavilion is designed for attractions: disco, sensory deprivation chamber, 4dx cinema, flight simulator on a test plane, attractions with augmented and virtual reality, animation.
An example of technical calculations
Many calculations were made to make the building not only functional and attractive, but also safe. One of the parameters is security in case of emergency situations (ES) at high-risk facilities nearby. This site is in the risk zone of the Rivne NPP.
Therefore, it is necessary to design a safe storage facility against radiation exposure in the event of an explosion at a nuclear power plant.
The storage facility for the public is planned in case of:
- accidents at a nuclear power plant with possible contamination of the territory;
- all types of accidents with the release of potent poisonous substances;
- forest and peat fires, earthquakes, landslides, other geophysical and hydrometeorological phenomena with serious consequences.
Determining the protective properties of a nuclear power plant storage facility against the effects of a shock wave, a nuclear explosion and radiation involves an assessment of the stability of the object’s operation, in wartime it can be performed by modeling the object’s vulnerability under the influence of nuclear explosion damage factors based on the use of the results of calculation data.
Calculation of damage to the territory in the event of an emergency situation – an explosion at the Rivne NPP.
For the theoretical calculation, we assume that the weather conditions and the distance from the object to the accident site are known. Identify the parameters of the zone/contamination and the time required to eliminate the accident under the conditions of an acceptable dose of radiation.
To predict the effects of radiation contamination, it is necessary to take into account the weather conditions, the time of the accident and the level of radiation: The time of the accident is 11:30 in the morning, there is no cloud cover. The wind speed at the height of the first floor is 1 m/s, the time of level measurement is t0-13:30, the wind direction is 135°. The measured level of radiation is P0-15P/hour. Start time (entrance to the infection zone) – 2:30 p.m. The duration of the work is 2 hours, the set radiation dose is 20, the reactor type is RBMK-1000. With a wind speed of 1 m/s and the absence of clouds during the day, the category of stability of the atmosphere in the above-ground layer is convection. The average wind speed in the spreading layer of the radioactive cloud is an average of 2 m/s.
It is also important to assess the resistance of a public building to the effects of radioactive contamination and penetrating radiation of a nuclear explosion.
The public building is 108 km away from the center of the explosion, the power of the nuclear explosion is q=500 kt, the average wind speed is V s. in. – 50 km/h; the public building has 3 floors, the storage for the shelter of the guests of the complex is built-in (in the basement), the concrete floor is 40 cm thick and the waterproofing layer is 30 cm of clay.
- We determine the maximum value of the level of radioactive contamination and the dose of penetrating radiation expected on the territory of a public building for this: from Appendix 12 “Radiation levels on the axis of the trace of a ground nuclear explosion 1 hour after the explosion” (1) we find the value of the radiation level at a distance of R=108 km, for q=500 kt and V s. in. – 50 km/h:
P1max=6100P/h - We determine the radiation dose attenuation coefficient by the storage. The coefficient of radiation dose attenuation by the repository is calculated separately for radioactive contamination based on the following initial data: overlap of the clay repository d2= 30 cm, layers of half attenuation of materials from radioactive contamination are found from Appendix 11 “Thickness of half attenuation of radiation for various materials d cm” (1), they consist of: from radiation contamination for concrete d1= 5.7 cm; for clay d2= 6.3 cm.
We determine the radiation dose that guests of the complex can receive while in the storage at the maximum level of radiation. The coefficient that takes into account the storage location conditions can be found in the table “Coefficient of storage location conditions Kp” (for a built-in industrial complex storage Kp =8).
I will not add to the description all the formulas with calculations, because there are about 4 sheets of them, but the conclusion based on the calculations is as follows:
- the storage facility provides reliable protection for guests of the complex in conditions of radioactive contamination. The radiation dose per day of stay in it is 0.49P, which is significantly less than the permissible rate of single exposure.
My work was rated 98 points, and the experience I gained in the process is probably invaluable. I love to immerse myself in the process, I love to take care of the process of comfortable use of what I create, to identify people’s needs and to close them. It was from this realization thanks to architecture that, strangely enough, my UX/UI journey began in 2015, and this project became a farewell, very interesting work in the field of architecture.
