Emerging Digital Research Studio 2015 - Mid Term

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Emerging Digital Research STUDI design proposal

BOROBUDUR

PHYLOSOPHY

FRACTALS PROPORTION VISTAS & AXIS

CELLULAR AUTOMATA

JOINTS

MATERIAL DESIGN PROPOSAL

ADAPTIVE FORM HIVES PAVILION

TEARING APART

LIVING SANCTUARY

EQUILIBRIATION

EPILOGUE Emerging Digital Research Studio

CONTENtS

PROLOGUE

materiality, fabrication and nature system. We believe that the traditional architecture such as Borobudur temple shared the same paradigm with biophilic design as the term of this century. The goal of this studio is to explore and engage different paradigm as in biophilic design. This offers a more genuine and healthier alternative to be use as potential for architeture to pass through boundaries and to discover new innovations.

On many levels, Traditional architecture has been successful in delivering its main function, indeed it is the manifestation of life and sanctity. Therefore we envision to articulate and bring out

the true meaning of modernism ideal, that “form follow

function� which now has been lead to a misunderstanding concept.

To that end, we can specified three systems in this research as the basis and function of design, the man-made structure, nature, and the algorithm. Each one of us has a different approach from all these three systems. By emphasizing informational content, we can shape and build according to those main systems and then bringing nature’s wisdom back into our designing process

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PROLOGUE

This research studio will explore integrated process between algorithm design,

deep feeling, and to the universe in a mysterious manner in our sacred place.

Borobudur as traditional architecture successfully achieved this as its main objective and function to manifest the sanctity.

We believe that the master builder who built Borobudur successfully mimicking nature. Nature in the sense that the design formed by the result of translating various complex functions. The structural complexity of nature is considered as crossing between physical versus spiritual and inert versus alive. On the other hand traditional architecture did this as a phenomena occur to make things alive.

Borobudur achieved it by selecting suitable material and how it shapes the geometries, changed through sculptures and carvings to blur the boundary between matterial and geometrical shapes, between animate and inanimate objects. This forms the connection to the manifestation of human being. Therefore human being feel most alive in their spiritual moments.

We try to understand what is meant when the master builder builts Borobudur temple. This is done by experimentation and research that we approach with different methods. Therefore now we can see how it’s function and sanctity conveyed properly with the things that can be measured. Thus with the technology and tools that we now have, we can bring out

the modernism ideal “form follow function� in the

traditional architecture to be more explicable with different parameters, such as structural load, adaptive forms, physics and complex joint into our design process.

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BOROBUDUR

are experiencing it. For example, we feel connected with our environmental, with

as modernism ideal

Traditional architecture managed to make people feel a spiritual moment when they

base, the central part and the top, which in analogy to the feet, body and head represent the three states of mental preparation: the Kamadhatu or world of desires,the Rupadhatu or world of forms and the Arupadhatu or formless world. These philosophy further translated into the sequence of vistas that gets more visible as it gets higher, and in the end (top) revealing all its surroundings as it blends with the nature.

A 1977 study by Proffesor Mark Long found a ratio of 4:6:9 for the composition of both the three parts of the temple as well as each of the temple main parts.

Based on his own measurements, Long stated that the

Fractals are geometric shapes that have elements similar to the overall shape. Often a fractal has a certain pattern that repeats with a recursive and iterative. Borobudur itself has a similar geometry to the elements themselves, for example, there are many geometric shapes stupa. Borobudur temple itself is a giant stupa in which consists of stupas other smaller ones. The applied fractal geometry and self�similarity of the

building is emerged as the building process implement the metric rules. while also building Borobudur itself meets the elements ratio of 9: 6: 4. Ratios, for example, it is present at high proportions of three parts of the temple, which is Arupadhatu (formless world) the main stupa and stupas that form a circle, the Rupadhatu (the form) the part that covers stupas are located on the runway square shaped, and the Kamadhatu (lust of the world). Borobudur was created detail by detail as in fractal system. With the beliefs that the detail blends with the microscopic molecular level of the material itself and to the infinity of the universe.

fractals

phylosophy

Borobudur can be divided into three main elements: the

overall dimensions are based on a number of talas that symbolize important events in the Hindu calendar, specifically a calendar called Vatsu Purusha Mandala. In the faces and square corners of this diagram the solstices and equinoxes are represented.

Borobudur was built from the erection of 2D plans of Buddhis Mandala, which represent Buddhis cosmology. so it can be seen that borobudur was the 3D forms of the mandala.

Borobudur is considered as crossing between physical versus spiritual and inert versus alive. Because, it shapes the geometries, changed through sculptures and carvings to contain stories. Then finally able to blurred the boundary, between matterial and shapes, between animate and inanimate objects.

In this research we are trying to articulate the information contains in the aggregation the stupa by using fibbonaci gauge as our apparatus. The quotient of any Fibonacci number and it’s predecessor approaches Phi, represented as ϕ (1.618), the Golden ratio.

The Golden Ratio can be applied to any number of geometric forms including circles, triangles and any other geometries. The ratio itself represents the transcendence of numbers, understanding our world is not numbers, but what numbers represent. The ratio illustrates how the numbers present it’s purpose. We can see that the master builder’s faith in the mathematical order of the universe was closely bound to the golden ratio. These rhythms are at the very root of human activities. Therefore sucesfully delivering it as the manifestation of life and sanctity.

Borobudur’s pyramidal sequence narates the people to experience trancendental vistas surrounding the sites. the higher it gets, more vistas are visible, whereas the lower sections tends to be less-open.

The arrangement of the stupas follows a well-studied geometric pattern and its 8 axises, avoiding, for example, being placed in the main diagonals of the monument, where it was believed the important divine energies flow.

Vistas and AXIS

PROPORTION

The viewports from diagonal, vertical, and horizontal axis are not obstructed.

In Gapura

had a metric standard for the precisions and geometry on which they built the civilian constructions. Yet,

Joint type:Purus&Lubang

Stupa Joint

On the top of the stupa

Material :

it has been proven that Borobudur use some sort of

Andesit Stone

ratio conjectured to be used by architect in order to overcome the lack of standard measurement.

Size That’s why, some analyzers prove that we could see

The lower ground of Borobudur (right) used as initial condition in the cellular automata (left)

:

40-50 cm (long)

the system of Borobudur trough cellular automata,

30-40 cm (wide)

which is a very interesting computational model

20-25 cm (height)

showing how the complexity of natural phenomena came from very simple rules run iteratively. It accentuate that a complex architectural designs were emerged

Joint type:Ekor Burung

from simple local riles in the micro-view

The emerged vertical plan o the totalistic cellular automata rule C=816 is compared with those of the sizes in Borobudur

In Borobudur wall

Generic steps of cellular automata rule C=816 the shape that is hypothetically corresponded to Borobudur

Joint type:Alur&Lidah

Joint type:Key Stone On the top of the dome

Stupa Joint

JOINTS

CELLULAR AUTOMATA

Joint type:Takikan

There are no evidence that ancient Indonesian society

of the biophilic design elements is it’s enviromental features, involving the use of the

natural world into the construction. Wood has a flexible and adaptable nature with the environment, the eminence of natural materials

are their dynamic features. It is the ability to express the

organic proccesses of aging, weathering, and others. Patina of time can lead to an intuitive understanding about materials through natural process systems. In addition, the constituents of natural ingredients are mutually intertwined structure that is difficult to reproduce synthetically and especially in example how tree can grow by the power of the sun.

Our research suggests functional features that occur in nature, such as shapes, patterns and processes that demonstrate structural integrity and adaptive advantages in response to our specific goal such as structural load rather than mere superficial decoration.

As in fractal, element in nature is never the same to one another, even among highly-related entities. Snowflake or a single leaf or tree species may be very similar but never the same. It is the mother nature fingerprint that makes the intuitive connection between the builts and natures.

We understand now how wood essentially are quite flexible in nature. With a high degree of flexibility, the wood becomes a potential material to be studied. Our research studio are initiating to figure out the capabilities of wood material, through bending, milling, and joining them together to see how the performance differ as the method being modified.

We believe how nature will chime well with the creation of man, if they can be built in a way that is coherent with nature. Therefore we found the potential of wood as natural material to be learned and explored. Thus by doing that we are able to correspond with the challenge of our vision to Digital Emerging Studio

bring

nature’s processes into ours.

MATERIAL

The first

proposed designs

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Adaptive Forms

The aim of the design is to re-discovering how a form is determined. To achieve that, the proposed idea is to let the form automatically generated by manipulating its parametres, thus the design itself is much alike of that in nature, a self-regulated form.

Prototype of the module and its joints

By focusing on the exploration of sacred geometry through some parametres, the result is an addaptive surface that takes forms of tesselated patterns.

These tesselated patterns will be the one that makes the form of the pavillion.

It represent how the borobudur adapt its form by embracing its surrounding mountains and valley. That way, the adaptability of the pavillion is the one that made its forms.

BOROBUDUR

algorithm

The Pavillion takes borobudur’s approach of adaptability and transformation from the 2 dimensional Mandala onto 3 dimensional stone temple.

using geometric tesselation and different configuration of the distance ratio, the pavillion adapt its form accordingly,

nature

Dhion Wijaya 02220120027 25-02-1994

To structure system of the pavillion is taken from biotensegrity, where continuous tension and compression works so that the structure is self sufficient.

hives pavilion

This pavilion is based on three major system, which are; nature, structure, and algorithmic system.

Beehive choose as the nature system, because it is one of the example of natural prefection. Bees build their hives with hexagonal geometry, perfectly equal in size and shape. Those hexagonal geometries are capable of filling the space perfectly and efficiently.

In addition, bees also make their hives in an order such that it requires them to make spiral movement in building the hives.

The algorithmic system, which is recurseve aggregation applied into the configuration of the module.

Recursive means repeated application of a rule, definition or procedure to successive results.

Aggregation is a collection of things together.

The structure that was used is an application of the structure learned by research on Borobudur Temple, which is the stacking dome structure.

Dhitya Yulitasari 02220120003 30 July 1994

form finding The form and module of this pavilion was based on analysis and abstraction process from the nature system. The module that was used is one of the archimedes solid, truncated octahedron.

It is a geometry different from platonic solid (octahedron), but was based on the shape of that octahedron.

joint 2

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3 2

2 1 2

3

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1 2

2 3

octahedron to truncated octahedron 1

2

component joint hexagon configuration

truncated octahedron configuration

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Tearing apart

This pavilion is based on three major system.

SPIDER - TORUS - BOROBUDUR TEMPLE the pavillion is derived from spider’s anatomy, which centres its primary system in the sacred-geometry-like torus, located in the middle of its body. the torus, as in the spider’s mid body part, symbolized lifes philosophy. the design resolved its structural system by adepting the structural value of borobudur’s gate called gapura, which takes the form of arch, with one keystone that simply delivers its load thoroughly. through these parametres, the pavillion is design to rely on one ‘centre’, which acts as its keystone. the system resembles the keystone of an arch, which without the keystone, the system will be tearing apart, hence the name, tearing apart pavillion.

Form Finding The pavilion form and modul was based on analysis and abstraction process from 3 points before. This pavilion has 3 key word base on analysis.

FLEXIBLE-CENTER -KEYSTONE

GEOMETRY

FORM

as the concern of the material properties goes, its main concern is the flexibility which can withstand a certain degree of bending, without losing its natural properties of aging, and tactility, as well as the material treatments and joints, thus wood is chosen to be the primary material. it complies the natural properties and flexibility the design needs.

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MECHANISM

Ivan Gunadi 02220120049 04 maret 1994

MULTIPLEKS

2

TORSION SPRING

“KEY STONE”

1

2

STEEL

Untuk menjaga bentukan

Triplek 18mm Truss kayu

Magnetic ball joint Agar bentuka fleksibel

form finding

This project is about how it could represent borobudur by adopting modern way of architecture thinking . All elements that make borobudur what it is today will be applied deliberately, how its form or philosophy could make borobudur abundantly epitomize a sacred place.

The most essential thing that borobudur have is what quality it could give to its travelers. Thus, this pavillion would want to become as a vessel for people to go through the same kind of sequence mentally; how the journey begin from the outside, through the center.

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living sanctuary

Triplek 6mm

As the form aspect of this pavillion, it was inspired by sacred geometry. Sacred geometry can be seen by various thing in nature. However, there is something about snowflakes that is really enticing as a sacred geometry. No matter how unique or vary snowflakes is, it always shaped as a hexagonal. It also show how a simple snow can make a complex yet wonderful geometry

Jesica 02220120019 14-09-94

Memperkuat sambungan kayu dengan ball joint

Another aspect of Borobudur that makes it more fascinating than other temple that is explains notably about profanity unto the purity of lives. How mere sculpted stones tells stories and make this temple alive. Considering that aspect, this pavilion is not only act as a sacred place, but it also show animated way of living. As the alogarithmic calculation, this pavilion use cellular automata to determine which cell is alive (animated) or dead.

Detailed joint that connected each triangular panels. This kind of joint enables the panels to animated (opened/closed) Images above are courtesy of Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

equilibration

Pendulum Machine

This project suggest nature as the teacher working on concepts for creating form and shape to perform and adapting perfectly to the condition on it’s environment. how it’s meeting it’s needs flourishing in it’s context and evolving overtime. how the architecture of nature behaves or performs and why it has the correlation with sacred geometry.

Analogue diagram

Digital diagram

This experimentation illustrate how the nature(equlibrium) of transitional energy from potential into kinetic is behaved or shaped. we can see as it get closer to the center of gravity, the frequency gets higher untill it gets to the singularity.it’s converting the potential energy into kinetic energy, the energy of movement.

Computational process

Vincent Sutjiadi 02220120008 03/11/1994 Vincent Sutjiadi 02220120008 03/11/1994

This diagram showing the form finding process and how computational tooling processes are enabling us to have real time control and feed back to introduces into the process of design and it’s representation.

our systems must engage with nature on a higher level.

The main idea of sustainable design is to minimize the buildings’ impact on the earth, regaining the equilibrium between nature and human alike.

we hope through design, we can together explore architecture and material, the possibilities and explorations of systems, because the impulse to explore

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood.

Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union

an idea through space, materials, and light is what motivates the creation of architecture, in this regards, a nature-centered designs.

-Frank Lloyd Wright-

Zuardin Akbar Head of Studio Lecturer, UPH school of design

epilogue

To be able to achieve the desired biophilic design,