Ground architecture: from an element to a typology: raising and continuity of public

Abstract

Through history , the ground has been always a very important and main part of the architectural field. The first building rock in any project is the ground which determines the identity of the project. In my thesis paper, my argument is about Ground architecture as an architectural typology and especially raising and continuity of ground typology and explaining briefly some different case studies in different countries of ground architecture and its typologies , also I am introducing The Wave which is my project in which I have practised merging two typologies which are raising and continuity of ground. In the first part of my thesis, I am explaining the importance of ground as an element to architecture , how it has been the main spine of the architecture process and spotting the light on some previous architects who invaded the filed of using ground in architectural projects and how they have applied and practised this concept. The second part is about , the different typologies of ground architecture and focusing on raised and continuous ground especially and supporting my argument with more case studies. The case studies I am mentioning in my thesis to express and illustrate how the different typologies were applied and define their characteristics , but also with focusing on raised and continuous typology as i am using it in my introduced project The Wave. Another point I am mentioning is the integration between green roofs and continuous ground. The third part of is about ground architecture through the eye of Barcelona city and its history in Barcelona and mentioning some case studies urbanizing and grounding Barcelona from the old days to our modern architecture and supporting the discussion with few diagrams and pictures of the projects. The fourth and my last part of the thesis I am introducing my proposal (The Wave ), in this project I used the technic of grounding the location of moll de Barcelona and i practised the idea of raising and continuity of ground to prove the importance of ground architecture and the horizontal buildings in modern architecture and to identify more the idea of using the ground without really taking it from it surrounding but instead, i merge and adapt to the existing locations and surrounding. Spotting the light on the ground architecture, its typologies and bringing it back to life and start applying it with its different typologies in different scale in more countries and re practising the same has happened before million years by the cavemen