Ultimate Motors Showrooms and Headquarters.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Designed by Tim Dodd. 2020.
View of west elevation - main entrance into atrium and reception. Main showrooms on ground and 1st floors, 3rd + 4th floor theatre featured. Double height mezzanine gallery at 6th + 7th directors floors, with gymnasium and cafe at 8th level.
Sketches : Fragmented, simplified principles, lines, energy flows, and interaction of mass and space from contours to image of woman.
Medium : Wax crayon, coloured and graphite pencil on detail paper.
Pencil sketches : extrusions of form from contoured development plans and design process sketches.
Development & generation of plans from contour concept sketches introducing central skeletal 'Spine Wall' in reference to site contours, ancient rock fossils, fragments, curves, image of woman & spatial fluidity.
Extruding plan in to 3 Dimensions on computer program and design development.
Roof and ultimate floor designs development studies and process.
3 dimensional studies of developing mass, form and spatial interaction.
3 dimensional computer model design process and development.
Computer model print outs with free hand pencil development sketch work applied.
3D computer model studies : "Sky Bridge", Atrium balconies and back elevation balconies.
Computer generated 3 dimensional views of Ultimate Motors Showroom and HQ.
View of full height atrium and main entrance at south west corner.
Site plan showing existing central workshop building, and new Ultimate Motors Headquarters building referencing to contours of site. The new building plan emerging like a fossil in the rock. The "Spine wall" meanders across the site of the building to the "head" of the building at its entrance. The new building faces the main street and side street, with double basement car park access from side street.
West elevation and North West corner of building showing 3rd + 4th floor 220 person theatre projecting through the louvered glazed walls of surrounding offices, featuring the loading bay on the left of the 3rd floor for machinery and vehicle presentations.
Ground floor : atrium - reception, lift lobby and showrooms.
1st Floor : showrooms, lift lobby + cafe.
View of North elevation.
Basement Plans.
B1: parking.
B2 : parking.
View of North Elevation : Parts and storage to left with car park entrance and translucent glazed toilet units over with showrooms and offices beyond.
2nd + 5th floor : offices.
3rd floor : theatre, theatre reception + offices.
4th floor : upper theatre, training + offices.
View looking up at toilet units, glazed with full height translucent glass floating over basement car park entrance.
View of South elevation showing shielding walls protecting the buildings elevation from the African sun.
6th floor : part double height space accommodating support staff for Directors floor on mezzanine above.
7th floor : mezzanine floor for Directors offices and PA's, overlooking 6th floor.
8th floor : gymnasium and terrace cafe, overlooking atrium,
View looking up from ground floor of atrium showing balconies above fanning outwards to the upper floors.
View of interior of showroom at ground floor.
West and North elevations.
East and South elevations.
Longitudinal and Cross sections.
Day time views.