Construction Experimenting
Idea to connect across Anzac Parade to both Squarehouse and NIDA
Moving Elements
Whiritoa House New Zealand
Drawbridge Wall
Retractable Roof
Saturday, 30 May 2015
Thursday, 14 May 2015
EXP 3 Week 1
Campus Map
Faculty of Architecture
Joining options:
a) NIDA - crossing over Anzac Parade
- convenience & safety for students who wish to cross Anzac Parade
- connecting design & performing arts. Students at NIDA would find access to design workshops extremely beneficial when it comes to set/stage design
b)ROUNDHOUSE- Leisure & Design. Architecture students need a good break, and connecting the roundhouse to the faculty reinforces the importance of keeping sane and having doses of fun amongst all the hard work
c)FITNESS CENTRE - Exercise reduces stress levels immensely. Connecting the faculty to the sports centre will remind students of the importance of exercising to clear the mind.
The Squarehouse
'The Cross' Perspectives
Article Mash-up
1. 'Stranger Than Fiction: The ark in the mountain', Architecture Australia, March/April 2015.
2. 'Unified Architectural Theory: Chapter 10', Archdaily http://www.archdaily.com/623966/unified-architectural-theory-chapter-10/#more-623966
3.'Modern stadium draws on ancient motifs' Phaidon, http://au.phaidon.com/agenda/architecture/articles/2015/april/07/modern-stadium-draws-on-ancient-motifs/.
The world of the ark is mostly subterranean.This is the perception of “life” which we sense in certain structures and places in the built environment.Geometrical shapes, which include triangular, pentagonal and hexagonal forms, can also be seen in architecture. What emerged was an intricate and tectonic model of subterranean architecture, woven around the narrative and characters of the story.As long as a configuration is wrong, it continues to generate stress.This latter-day tribute is covered and No amount of superficial “dressing up” will resolve the basic conflict. The design consists of a series of hybrid structural/infrastructural elements in composite panels and only by changing its monolithic geometry inserted into a vast fissure , effectively entombed within the mountain.
Modified Theory:
Design consists of a series of hybrid structural/infrastructural elements in composite panels. Only by changing a design's monolithic geometry, does it begin to go beyond a structured set of geometric principles and into the 'subterranean'. (The subterranean, thinking conceptually as below and beyond the surface of conventional design).
Moving Elements
http://www.dezeen.com/tag/moving-buildings/
Manly Spit Bridge
Saturday, 9 May 2015
EXP 2 FINAL PRODUCT
Sketchup 3d Warehouse Link
Lumion Environment
Dropbox Link
Side View
Extended Side View Entrance
Side view- low shot
Electro-liquid Aggregation: The ambiguous figure, is it humorous, or does this humour change when orbited (apogee)and viewed from another view? Ambiguity and humour, a perfect ironic relationship.
View from inside the bus on M7
View from inside car, opposite side of M7
Night View From M7
Entrance View
Night View from M7
Electroliquid Aggregation: Driving past, what do I see? What is this figure? Its shape intrigues me with its ambiguity, yet I also want to laugh slightly at its figure, yet as I drive further the shape orbits and evolves.
Arial View
Electroliquid Aggregation: In an apogee, this figure changes its shape, raising the idea of ambiguity as it is never the same from different angles, yet its sense of humour allows the viewer to understand ambiguity through the process of orbiting, thus creating an electroliquid aggregation.
Design Sketch
Materials:
Electroliquid Aggregation: Driving past, what do I see? What is this figure? Its shape intrigues me with its ambiguity, yet I also want to laugh slightly at its figure, yet as I drive further the shape orbits and evolves.
Electroliquid Aggregation: In an apogee, this figure changes its shape, raising the idea of ambiguity as it is never the same from different angles, yet its sense of humour allows the viewer to understand ambiguity through the process of orbiting, thus creating an electroliquid aggregation.
Design Sketch
Materials:
- Canvas used in curved surface, with LED lights inside illuminating the figure.
- Steel Support Frame.
- Concrete foundation into landscape and stairs.
- Fritted Glass prisms with custom textures and balustrades.
Monday, 4 May 2015
Exp 2 Week 4
Further Development
Due to the scale I have chosen (30m high), the design should be habitable. I added extra prisms which act as structural elements and living space. I intend the structure to be used not only as a point of identification but as a space of social importance, relative to the site. Blacktown Sports Park and the City Council can use the space as a gallery or function space to place significance on the site's purpose; a mini gallery space to hold a hall of fame or show the history of the Sports Park. The space is not large, however it is circulated to invite the visitor to proceed through and exit at another area.
Here I have added an external staircase in circulation with the structure.
SANAA: New Museum
"In order to address these conditions without creating a monolithic, dark, and airless building, SANAA assigned key programmatic elements to a series of levels (the seven boxes), stacked those boxes according to the anticipated needs and circulation patterns of building users, then drew the different levels away from the vertebrae of the building core laterally to the north, south, east, or west. The shifted-box approach yields a variety of open, fluid, and light-filled internal spaces that are different heights at every level, with different characters but all column-free."http://www.newmuseum.org/building
SANAA: New Museum
"In order to address these conditions without creating a monolithic, dark, and airless building, SANAA assigned key programmatic elements to a series of levels (the seven boxes), stacked those boxes according to the anticipated needs and circulation patterns of building users, then drew the different levels away from the vertebrae of the building core laterally to the north, south, east, or west. The shifted-box approach yields a variety of open, fluid, and light-filled internal spaces that are different heights at every level, with different characters but all column-free."http://www.newmuseum.org/building
Experimenting
Playing with textures- 'green wall'- fits in with theme of sustainability and cactus feel. However it doesn't reflect SANAA's style.
Found that when placed in Lumion, some textures appear differently and I had to edit them, yet they did not appear the way I like them in sketchup. At least Lumion manages to render the object nice and finely so that sketchy lines disappear.
Site Development
Site Drawn on Sketchup and imported into lumion.
Plan to raise contours of landscape on Lumion, adding tress, shrubs etc. I don't want to focus on the landscape too much, as I think the focus should be on the marker itself.
Textures Applied
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