EXP 2 Week 3

Textures

Inspiring Images

https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=textures

Google Definition

Therefore, texture is both aesthetic and tactical, bring this to the idea of a marker, inviting the viewer to see and furthermore engage with it.

36 Custom Textures

Extra Textures 

With these textures I wanted to recreate the texture of a soccer ball, relevant to the site. 

Texture & Materiality 

Texture comes in with materiality, often enhancing its effect, thus another careful consideration. 

Expamet

These are examples of Expamet used in other buildings

Expamet is expanded metal, a mesh like form manipulated to create curves in various construction processes. One of its uses is metal lath, used with plaster with the ability to create curved structures. It is very effective as it allows for manipulation and has great strength and durability. 

I will use steel as the supporting frame/structure for the marker, holding the canvas in shape and supporting the glass prisms. Steel is malleable and workable, thus being effective for this structure. 

Concrete may be structurally effective in securing a foundation for the marker.

http://www.architonic.com/ntsht/concrete-in-architecture-1-a-material-both-stigmatised-and-celebrated/7000525

I will use canvas for the curved structure, as it is lightweight and light reflective. I have decided that the marker should be lit up at night and highly luminous, so it can be seen 24 hours of the day. It will be secured via steel creating the curved surfaces and supporting the glass box. 

The glass component of my design, relating to SANAA's use of glass will be in the prism spaces, I will use my texture as fritted glass. Glass is effectively reflective and contrasted with the soft canvas elements will create an aesthetically pleasing experience. 

SANAA'S Use of Materials

'Integrative Transparency'

http://www.detail-online.com/architecture/topics/integrative-transparency-louvre-lens-by-sanaa-020580.html

"The New Museum is clad in a seamless, anodized expanded aluminium mesh chosen by SANAA to emphasize the volumes of the boxes while dressing the whole of the building like a strong body in a delicate, filmy, softly shimmering skin"

“We wanted to make interiors that expose the way they work in a ‘beautiful rough’ way that is appropriate to the Museum and right for the budget and the place,”-http://www.newmuseum.org/building

Concept: Sustainability or Technology 

With the result produced by subdivide and smooth on sketchup, I found that it reminded me of a cactus. The cactus, surviving in hot climates, retaining amounts of water to sustain itself, thus I found that this relates more to sustainability. The cactus being the symbol for longevity through a sustainable living approach is a positive concept to portray to the citizens and visitors of Blacktown. Therefore the marker shall represent sustainability using sustainable materials and building process with considerations of embodied energy, emissions and recyclability. 

Cactus sculpture in Perth CBD- this sculptural piece is quite similar to my design. I will consider whether it is effective to materialise my design accordingly in colour choice. 

However:
I think Im going to choose technology as it can be an opportunity to investigate the ability to use materials in innovative ways with the ability of technology. Also realising how effective the marker looked with high luminosity and how it will be noticed at night if lit up, hence the choice to highlight technology in this marker. In order to light the structure, i may use imbedded LED lights or have projected light on it from projectors below. 

Smaller Detail Elements

Axonometric used in macro development, with adaptations to make a 'playful' staircase