SEALED ENVELOPE

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“The Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) is one of nine divisions that make up the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations. The DISD seeks to strengthen international cooperation for achieving social inclusion and the reduction of inequalities, by fostering effective policy impact and intensified global dialogue on social development issues.”

Boundaries create a separation between two spaces, creating enclosure and security. As part of the UN organization, information and occupants are needed to be secured and ‘wrapped’ to prevent any exposure to the outside. The increase in security for individuals and data is fulfilled by the expansion of enclosure, through the amplification of the layering of surrounding boundaries. In other words, the more layers, the more privacy, and the more secured, and the less exposure.

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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

Information data are floating in the virtual world in which they are divided depending on their accessibility. Technology improvements lead to easy access to information -- thus, additional data protection is needed to ensure one’s privacy and security. Our private information is more vulnerable than ever. This becomes a more important issue when it comes to the confidentiality of government information, companies and/or organization. The concept is based on privacy for individual and public security. When a boundary is built between the private and public, there is a degree of protection and enclosure. The more layer is added, the more secured is the data, and therefore, the more private the space is for an individual. The layering of boundary amplifies the privacy by making the individual less exposed to the public.

SPATIAL STUDY MODELS

TECTONIC STUDIES

PROGRAM: OFFICE

The program is divided into two main area - where un visitors occupy versus where un workers occupy. The layering threshold lies in between the two, where it becomes both a visual and a physical threshold. It separates the accessibility between user groups. Each layer can only be accessible to a certain number of users, as it progresses to the core of the folded wrap. The enclosure of each layers amplifies as a program becomes more private. It refers to programs in which the information is needed to be enclosed, and private. Therefore, conference rooms and meeting rooms are the center of the layering loop, as information disperses from one to another in an enclosed room. The gradual shift from the public visitor area goes through the layers into the private office side. The deeper one goes into the space, the more private space can one access to and the more information can one receive.

The entrance and reception is the most public area. Therefore, employees and visitors/students can get access to this space from the entry elevators. It gives access to the classrooms and auditorium for public events, open conferences and occasional classes. An open library is added to the educational program. The access to the office also goes through the reception, which is private to employees. Only workers can get access through the ‘blue portal’ of the office with a worker’s pass. The indicated blue structures of the design therefore visually mark the boundary between the two different users’ space -- the lobby and the office. The visitors cannot overpass beyond the boundary and can only stay within.