Earth book 2016 s1 Zehua He

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: EARTH S1, 2016

A PLACE FOR KEEPING SECRET: GROWING FROM EARTH ZEHUA HE

(715962) MARK IRVING + Group 7

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CONTENTS 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3

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THREE RELATIONSHIPS

Poing/Line/Plane Mass Frame + Infill

HERRING ISLAND. A PLACE FOR KEEPING

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5

Site analysis Precedent Conceptacle Final Design Drawing Final Design Model

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Reflection

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Bibliography

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1.0 THREE RELATIONSHIPS POINT/LINE/PLANE MASS FRAME + INFILL

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1.1 POINT / LINE / PLANE

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Kyudo Archery Hall and Boxing club by FT Architects

The timber structure of Archery Hall and Boxing club gives the interesting relationship between point, line and plane. The basic element of this building is the timber stick which is linear. The intersections of each two timber stick are the points. The plane is where the timber sticks are framed. The relationships between the three elements make people to feel the spatial change of the architecture.

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Factory Outlet building by AETER Architects

The basic element of this building is the plane. With the different change of the curved plane, the lines are the edges of the plane and the points are the intersections of the edges. The spatial change of this architecture gives people a thinking from the plane to the points.

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Design Concept Every paper ribbon of this design can be considered as a plane and it varies by using different ways to make it become curved plane. The linear element is every edge of the paper ribbon where the points are the intersections of the edges and the start point of the ribbons. The spatial relationships between them are from the start point, a line lead the direction and another parallel line with that one becomes the plane. While the planes curve and change, they always have the edges and intersect.

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Twist once

Fold once and fix on the other side

Twist once and fold once

Fold once and fix the end cross another end

Fold once and fix on one side

Twist twice

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1.2 Mass

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Ronchamp Church by Le Corbusier

The church was built to massive concrete. It gives the feeling of solidity. The organic form of the architecture create a void inside the building. The rough finish of the concrete wall give a interesting effect on light and shadow transition.

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Heydar Aliyev Center by Zaha Hadid

The building of the curved form creat a massive volume. The dome structure makes the connection between the interior and the outside context. There is a feeling transition from the light and open to the massive and enclosure.

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Design concept

The concept of this mass drawing is to show the light change in three different spaces. The skylight from the ground give the gradually light transition to the underground space through the rough surface of the wall.

Water as a semi-transparent material also varies the light and shadow in the space. The glass wall of the ground floor does not block any light which gives a totally open feeling.

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1.3 Frame + Infill

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The cafe of Zinc Mine Museum by Peter Zumthor

This building is formed into a grid. The timber structural elements out of the walls are the frame. The timber bracings, black cladding and the windows are the infill objects.

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Nest We Grow in Hokkaido by UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma

The white grid of the facade is the frame element. It shows the volume of the building. The semi-transparent cladding as the infill object can give interesting changes by place different things behind that. Window openings are another kind of change of infill which also give a open feeling of this building.

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Design Concept

The frame and infill model is placed into a 3x3x3 grid. The main concept is the spiral circulation with the gradually changed levels. By moving from the lower level to the top, the infill elements are trying to lead the circulation while the last cube is enclosed as a one way journey.

There are 2D and 3D infills which give variable spatial experience.

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2.0 HERRING ISLAND. SOMETHING LIKE A PAVILION

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Sun Path

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Site Photos

Transportation

Natural context

Contour

Selected site

3.1 SITE ANALYSIS

Herring island is a human made island in the middle of yarra river. It is a natural reserve to let urban resident to reach and feel the nature. There are two dock on the island. There is a punt can bring people to the island on the south side of the island, which is near the cafe and car park.

By satisfying my design, I analyze the sun path, traffic, natural context and the contour of the island and chose to place my desing on the south east bank of the island. This site is far away from the traffic noise, surrounding by the natural context and has a slight slop into the river. The site can also get enouth sun light while it is near the car park and the cafe.

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3.2 PRECEDENT

Ribbon Chapel by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co. This building is formed by two parts, the main structure in the middle and the ribbon structure outside. The ribbon structure is a ramp which leads the circulation from the bottom to the top of the building. The gradually change of the levels engage people to explore every part of it. The ribbon also covers the main structure which attract visiors curiosity to reach. The whole building from the outside looks like a tree and the ribbon is like the branchs. It gives the feeling like a secret growing inside.

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Sketch to show the relationship of the level change and identify the secret.

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3.3 Concept and Sketch Design

The secret in my design is considered as the growing process of the secret. It is mainly in three stages, beginning, growing and exposing. It is like a growing of a tree, so I apply my design part in soil, part in water and part in air to express the stage change of a secret. It is from solid to transparency, from dark to light. A corridor to the underground space is for people to explore the beginning of the secret. The corridor in the water is a metaphor that how the secret grow. The roof top part and a transparent box shows that finally the secret will expose to the world.

Sketch to show the different periods of a growing secret as a tree. Corridors as the branchs

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3.4 FINAL DESIGN DRAWINGS

As the drawing shown, the main structure is for keeping the secret while secret of this design is the different periods of the growing secretes. Basement is underground as the beginning stage of the secret. The groundfloor is on the ground with a corridor in the water as the secret is absorbing nutrient and growing. The roof top with a transparent box is in the air as the final stage of a growing secret. There is a interior storage in the basement and a outside storage with the techinique room on the ground floor just next to the main structure. A seprate toilet is next to the spiral staircase to the roof.

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TOP PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

BASEMENT PLAN

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SECTION 1

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SECTION 2

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3.5 FINAL DIGITAL MODEL

The digital model was made by using Rhinocere. It use loft command to make the main structure and the corridor to basement. Other parts are measured and designed in place .

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FINAL PHYSIC MODEL

The physic model was made by using digital fabrication techniques. I got section lines from two axises of the digital model and trimed them into a intersected 3D model. Then all the pieces of the model was fit into a laser cut template. After laser cutting process, I assemble all the individual pieces together and glued them. The materials used for this model are clear perspex, 1mm thick mountboard and 3mm foamborad.

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3.0 REFLECTION This studio is more focus on the process of doing a completed design which I haven’t really learnt before. It teach us to develop the design ideas from different individual sessions and combine them at the end to the final composition.

The first six weeks, we develop three tectonics - point, line and plane, mass, frame and infill. From the point, line and plane session, I developed the relationships between the three elements and apply them into a concept model. I started from the curved plane which is the main pedestrain path for experiencer to reach and considered the parallel edges of the plane as the line which lead the circulation. The points elements are the intersection of two planes or lines. The mass exercise made me decide the main tectonic I want to use in this studio, which is part in the soil, part in the water and part in the air. With the play with the light and shadow, it gives the atmosphere of the solidifying. The last exercise is frame and infill and I followed the main idea of the gradually change of levels to apply the model into 3x3x3 grid. But the grid was broken a corner to achieve the concept. Therefore the grid is not completed.

From week 7, we started our final project, which is Herring Island - A Place For Keeping Secret. I had been to the site several times to observe the opportunities and restrictions. From the site visit and site analysis, a site was selected by satisfying the design. By reviewing the three exercises, the design was co,posed to meet the concept of the secret. The sketch drawing, digital modelling and physic model making process also help me to enhance the understanding of my design. It also teach me that a concept and a real design are so different. The developing of the design is fixing the mistake when put the concept into the real site.

The teachers really helped me a lot on the direction of the ideas and refining my design. Through communications of the lectures and the tutorials, I was benefitted from the exchange of the ideas and techniques. I really appreciate the efforts from the staffs.

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4.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Ogawa, S 2013, viewed May 2016: http://www.dezeen.com/2013/09/26/archery-hall-and-boxing-club-by-ft-architects/ 2. Bacalis,S 2007. viewed May 2016: http://blog.2modern.com/2007/08/factory-outlet.html 3. Apavisa, 2016, viewed May 2016: http://www.apavisa.com/en/archconcept-arquitectura-sin-limites-2/ 4. Vries, P & Droog, S, 2011, viewed April 2016 : https://experiencingarchitecture.com/2011/03/24/light-church-in-ronchamp/ 5. Hyde-Basso, C 2009, viewed April 2016: http://vmntimes.blogspot.com.au/2009/11/ronchamp-le-corbusier.html 6. Archdaily, 2013, viewed April 2016: http://www.archdaily.com/448774/heydar-aliyev-center-zaha-hadid-architects 7. Zumthor, P 2015, viewed April 2016: http://zumthor.tumblr.com/ 8. UC Berkeley CED graduate team, 2015, viewed April 2016: http://www.ignant.de/2015/04/29/nest-we-grow-in-hokkaido-japan/ 9. Fujii, K 2015, view June 2016: http://www.arch2o.com/ribbon-chapel-hiroshi-nakamura-nap-co/

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