"Respiratory Sports Hall" I have included a handful of my favourite initial and developed sketches of my current project, this is my major project for year 13, I am designing a sports centre for Manchester university as they lack any current sporting courses and is a great opportunity to boost intake. I am designing a building with muscular strands surrounding the exterior which will contract and constrict depending on the intensity of the sun allowing shade within the building, similarly designed structures will be inside contracting and constricting allowing interesting and evenly dispersed airflow. These take inspiration from the muscles surrounding the lungs and the bronchioles within the lungs themselves.










                                                      


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