ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - II

ASSIGNMENT - I

GROUP MEMBERS
1-ABDULKADIR AHMED
2-EYOB BESHAWERED
3-EYERUS YEGEZU
4-DESEYA BERHANU
5-EYOB BERHANU

DATE 31-1-2021
 APARTMENT CASE STUDY
CONTENT'S
 INTRODUCTION
 CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)
-DETAIL DRAWING -ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS
- ADVANTAGE -DISADVANTAGE - SOLUTION - FINAL CONCUSSION
 DATA SOURCE
 CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)
 INTRODUCTION FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS
In the northern part of bole road, the flamingo
apartments stand out as a rare example of urban
housing. the mixed-use multi-storey residential
building consists of a double storey podium with
shops, offices as well as service rooms, and a
tower of eleven floors with a one-bedroom and a
two-bedroom apartment on each floor. the
balconies alternate their position on each floor,
with solids and voids, recessed and protruded
volumes, opened and closed elevations weaving
Flamingo Building into a complex pattern that characterizes the
architect unknown
1960s façade.
 CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)
 GROUND FLOOR PLAN
 CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)
 1st ,3rd ,5th ,7th ,9th ,11th F LO OR P L A N
 CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)
 2nd ,4th ,6th ,8th ,10th F LO OR P L A N
 CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)
 FRONT ELEVATION
CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)

 ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTERISTICS
- HABITAT STYLE
-REPETITION ,PATTERN
- SYMMETRIC IN PLAN ,ELEVATION
- SIMPLICITY
- ACCOMMODATE AESTHETIC /BEAUTY
OF THE BUILDING
CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)
 ADVANTAGE
- AESTHETIC /BEAUTY OF THE
BUILDING
- SECURITY ,SAFETY ,PRIVACY
-ACCOMMODATE PLAY
GROUNDS, AND COMMERCIAL
-ACCOMMODATE SITE CONTEXTS
- PROPOSED GREEN AREA
PARKING /WALK WAY
- STRENGTH, ACOUSTIC /SOUND
EFFECT , DURABILITY
-GOOD FUNCTIONAL SPACE
-GOOD MATERIAL SELECTION
ADVANTAGE OF INTERIOR SPACE
ADVANTAGE OF CIRCULATION AREA
ADVANTAGE OF BACK SPACE
CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)

 DISADVANTAGE
- WEAK OF CULTURAL
ASSUMPTIONS

- THERE IS NO PROPOSED
AREA FOR FIRE ESCAPE
- LOCATION OF ENTRANCE
- LOCATION OF STAIRS
 DISADVANTAGE
CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)

 SOLUTION
- ACCOMMODATE
COMMERCIAL SPACE
- PROPOSED CULTURAL
ASSUMPTIONS
- ACCOMMODATE FIRE
ESCAPE AND OTHERS
CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)

 FINALLY :- AS A CONCLUSION
 BY USING OUR CASE STUDY
FLAMINGO BUILDING WAS
DESIGNED BY UNKNOWN
ARCHITECT IN 1960 IS SO NICE
AND BEST BUILDING IN ETHIOPIA
STILL TODAY!!!
CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)
CASE STUDY ABOUT OLD ETHIOPIAN APARTMENT BUILDING
(FLAMINGO APPARTMENTS)
THE END
 DATA SOURCE

- SEARCHING BY SITE VISIT OWEN SELF

- NIKOLAUS KNEBEL: ADDIS MODERN. RE-DISCOVERING THE 1960S
ARCHITECTURE OF AFRICA‘S CAPITAL CITY
- INTERNET
 THANK YOU !!!