Sun yicheng 657629 part a

AIR SEMESTER 2 2015 JOURNAL PART A Yicheng Sun

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION A.1. Design Futuring A.2. Design Computation A.3. Composition/Generation A.4. Conclusion A.5. Learning outcomes A.6. Appendix - Algorithmic Sketches

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INTRODUCTION

Hi,I’m Yicheng(John) year 3 student major in architecture. Have a basic knowledge of auto-cad, Rhino,PS and Indesign. Camparedd with digital design, I have a preferrance for traditional design, such as sketch and modelmaking. I really enjoy the process of making model. I’m a bit weak at using software for design purpose. Whill using computer has become a basic skill for the modern architects, and design computation do have superior benefits. In the near future, I hope I can master all kinds of software and produce my own strong design.

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SPANISH PAVILION

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ALGAE AIRSHIPS

As design practice, architecture has always been an ongoing force, which encourage the reshaping of both society and idea. As Dunne and Raby mentioned in their book, design is usually associated with problem solving when people think of it.It becomes clear that many challanges we are facing, such as overpopulation, climate change and water shortage can only be solved by changing our beliefs, attitudes,values and behaviour.While the design in old times is not suitable for the future needs.Fry also argued that design must be changed to overcome the climate change for a sustainable future.

Already,architects have started to consider more environmentally friendly design plan."For example, Paris Habitat, the capitals’ largest owner of social housing is using body heat from the Paris Metro to heat buildings. Bioprocesses are powering buildings such as the BIQ house with a bio reactive facade, which was built as part of this year’s International Building Exhibition (IBA) in Hamburg. And WSP’s plans for seasonal ponds to deal with water storage in Jaypee City in India begin to deal with the changes that happen as the seasons change."

On the other hand, design continiously reshapes people's idea about new understanding of things or issues, even rebuild a new symbol for the old things and issue.

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CENTRE POMPIDOU-METZ 2010 SHIGERU BAN

The Centre Pompidou-Metz is remarkable for its roof structure, the shape of the roof was inspired by a chinese hat found in France by Ban. The roof system wildly uses element made from wood, or even paper.

Such materials have rare negative effect on environment, heavily based on sustainablity.

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WW 2007 ZAHA HADID

The unburnism and architecture style of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, were deeply influenced by the planning of former Soviet Union in old era. Since the dependence of Azerbaijan, the government has invested large amount of fund to reshaping Baku's architecture and infrastruction, "departing from its legacy of normative Soviet Modernism".

Heydar Aliyev Center , designed by Zaha Hadid,is the primary building for the nation's cultural program, breaking the rigid of Soviet architecture, It can be considered as "the sensibilities of Azeri culture and the optimism of a nation that looks to the future ".This design project plays an important role in redevelopment of Baku.

This design creates a fluid and continuous relationship between the building's interior and the plaza.Together with entrances, functions of the Center are represented by folds in a continuous surface. Such form makes it possible to connect all cultural spaces at the same time.

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SUBDIVIDED COLUMNS

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DISSCUSSION We can simply consider design computation as using computer to solve design problems, on a basic level, the excellent calculation power of computer helps creat multiple outcomes. What's more, what makes this method differ from any other technique is such result can only be created with the help of computers.

The method of design computation can increase the performance of project in different field, especially in the sustainable architect. The calculation challenge of espects like sun , wind and light is more easier to solve now. Based on the data system, the projects can be deal as a whole.

In my opinion, becides all the simple convinience brought about by design computation during design process, design computation mainly have 2 superior benefits, which cannot be replaced by other methord. To begin with, it creates the complex structure, which cannot be made without the calculation of computor, such as Subdivided Columns and Arabesque Wall. They are both very complex structure, you cannot imagine how to make such design project through simple sketch. To continue with, the efficient composition and structure make the most use of each part of materials, which is hard to control without the implement of design computation, such as the precast of One Main.

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ARABESQUE WALL (2014/2015) MICHAEL HANSMEYER & BENJAMIN DILLENBURGER

"Arabesque Wall is a massive 3D printed wall with ornamental details at the scale of millimeters.

It plays with the aniconic, geometric tradition of arabesque ornaments by creating intricate constellations that are at once figurative and abstract. The Arabesque Wall’s rhythmic, interwoven curve elicit viewers’ individual interpretations and engage viewers to approach it, touch it and to explore. Each perspective offers new impressions.

Just as with arabesque ornaments, the compositional principles of the Arabesque Wall are both geometric and mathematical. They are based on an iterative tiling and division of surfaces. An algorithm folds a single surface over and over again until a structure composed of millions of microscopic facets emerges. Shifting the design process to this abstract level has a dramatic impact, creating a complexity and richness of detail that would otherwise be almost impossible for a designer to specify or conceive of.

In uniquely employing 3D printing for its fabrication, the Arabesque Wall heralds a highly differentiated and spatially complex architecture in which ornament and formal expression cease to be a luxury. Using computational design and digital fabrication, even the most lavish and one-of-a-kind architecture can now be materialized with relative ease. The Arabesque Wall thus escapes the paradigms of rationalization and standardization and celebrates architecture as a precious cultural component of our environment".

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All visible elements of the design, expect the glass, have been fabricated as stacked sectional elements cut from flat plywood sheets by a single 3-axis numeric command milling machine. The ceilings, walls, floors and static laminated elements, with functional elements such as ventilation grilles, light pockets, and door handles formed directly by milling the mass of wood.

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ONE MAIN (2010) MARK GOULTHORPE

This project was design as the penthouse offices for a investment group associated with clean energy technologies and green building. This project essentially comprised two continuous surfaces-- ceiling and floor.

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NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT TOWER2013 FOSTER + PARTNERS

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METROPOL PARASOL 2011 J. MAYER-HERMANN

The complex structure of this project consists 6 parasols, which looks like giant mushroom. computational and generation control are required for the whole project. Compared with traditional architecture, the use of parametric model sharply reduces the time spend on drawing the plan at a fine scale.

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A.4. CONCLUSION In conclusion, part A can be seen as a brief introduction to this studio . It can be divided into two parts, to begin with, it introduce new idea about design, which reshping our mind about architecture design itself. Design becomes much more systematized in this semester, and the purpose of design become more clear that is reshaping the society, no matter the idea about design or the implement of newest technology, what our design tries to express is the values in nowadays and the near future. The process of design become a whole according to the rules we've learnt recently.

To continue with, the use of design computation, especially grasshopper, creates more possible outcome of structures, making the process of design more fluent and convient. However, I still prefer to sketch first, make out a clear and mature idea about the whole plan, then choose degital model as the outcome media, since the use pf grasshopper can still not take the place of design itself, it's only a alternative method to deliever the informaton of our design through a fine scale.

A.5. OUTCOME With the aids of design computation, the most biggest change to my past design work should be a better outcome. I used to use sketch all the time plus model making to deliever the idea of my design, sometimes it cannot have an ideal outcome, since the drawing skill may have a negative effect on the expression of design. Compared with sketch, grasshopper can be seen as a better and muture way to deliever the information of your design, and it makes the process of design more convient.

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REFFERENCES ArchDaily, 2013, “Heydar Aliyev Center / Zaha Hadid Architects", in Arch Daily<http://www.archdaily. com/448774/heydar-aliyev-center-zaha-hadid-architects/> [Accessed 14 Aug 2015] Dunne, Anthony & Raby, Fiona (2013) Speculative Everything: Design Fiction, and Social Dreaming (MIT Press) pp. 1-9, 33-45 dECOi Architects, ‘One Main’, in dECOi Architects. < http://www.decoi-architects.org/2011/10/ onemain/> [accessed 14 August 2015] Fry, Tony (2008). Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics and New Practice (Oxford: Berg), pp. 1–16 MichaelHansmeyer,http://www.michael-hansmeyer.com/projects/arabesque_wall. html?screenSize=1&color=1 [accessed 14 August 2015] Neil S, 2013,‘New designs to breathe life back into our cities’, in BBC, < http://www.bbc.com/future/ story/20130624-architecture-for-a-changing-world> [accessed 13 August 2015]

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IMAGE https://www.behance.net/gallery/337969/Expo-Shanghai-2010-Spanish-pavilion http://blog.alexwebb.com/?p=456 http://www.michael-hansmeyer.com/projects/arabesque_wall.html?screenSize=1&color=0 http://www.decoi-architects.org/2011/10/onemain/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/monchoparis/7573071850 http://www.fubiz.net/en/2013/04/01/metropol-parasol/ http://www.jmayerh.de/19-0-Metropol-Parasol.html http://saharghazale.com/2013/10/04/updated-renderings-of-the-nbk-tower-in-kuwait-by-foster-partnersarchitecture/ http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1443000 http://www.archdaily.com/448774/heydar-aliyev-center-zaha-hadid-architects http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/heydar-aliyev-centre/ http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/2014-02/buzzworthy-new-buildings-architecture-slideshow

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