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ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO:EARTH , S1, 2017

SUBJECT STUDENT BOOK Xinyue WU 752748 Sarah Kahn

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CONTENTS 1 THREE RELATIONSHIP 1.1 Point /Line/ Plane 1.2 Mass 1.3 Frame and Infill

2 FINAL PROJECT:HERRING ISLAND : SECRET 2.1 Site Analysis 2.2 Design Development 2.3 Site Plan and Sketches 2.4 Final Design Ariel View Plan Section Elevation Axo Analysis Circulation Analysis 2.5 Pespectives :Route of Journey 3 FINAL MODEL 4 REFLECTION 5 BIBLIOGRAPHY

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1.1 Point Line Plane Start from points, lines and structure to create the variations of architecture.

The progressive development of a space, starting from a point, to a line, to a 2-dimentional plane, then 3-dimentional space.

The interaction of point, line and plane to create an interesting form.

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Relaxation park in torrevieja，Toyo Ito ,2000

Precedents The spiral structure of the architecture showed Toyo Ito’s exploration of the point line and plane. It starts from two points, then extrudes to lines, finally rotates to form the spiral structure.

Furthermore, Toyo Ito aims to erase the boundary of environment and architecture twisting the lines and leaving the gaps between lines.

Relaxation park in torreviejaďźŒToyo Ito ,2000 9

TOP VIEW The structure initiates from two points locating on the two sides of a line. From these two points, there will be generated two distinct curves with different curvature. After that I determined to divide these curves into several segments. And then, I choose to connect the corresponding points with same index between two curves. Subsequently the connection lines built such spiral shape allowing pedestrians to experience the variation when people passing in it.

The tunnel is narrow at two sides and wide at center to provide a rich experience of the space variations.

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Two Entries (Front and Back):

Visitors can enjoy two extremely different journeys at these two entries due to the play with lights and shadows and the volume of space.

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Right view

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Left View

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1.2 MASS Journey of exploring the darkness the massive the 'unknwon'

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As we can see in picture, the combination of the light and the stair would exert a strong influence on people’s feeling and emotion.

There are several methods to generate different sorts of light which could be used for rendering distinct space function. Not only the brightness of the light could be utilized in design, but also the speculation level, color temperature or the contrast with the surrounding space all could be used to present the variation during the journey. And then we could try to combine the design logic of light to the route or the tunnel delicately. There is no doubt that it would increase some dramatic moments in the journey.

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Precedents

For instance, it will create different feeling in this tunnel. Try to imagine that a traveler just moving in a dim underground tunnel, if there is a light in the front, absolutely it is extremely obvious to the traveler. And he will go straight to the light place. Just at the intersection between the dark underground place and the light aboveground place, it will generate a buffer zone for people.

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Final Drawing

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According to mass, I want to emphasis the experience of visitors when they are exploring the ‘unknown’ space.

Visitors will gradually go deep into underground leading by the light through gaps and the stairs.

I created some pairs of contrasts: light and darkness, soft edges and sharp edges of space, narrow and wide space.

At the dark and narrow space(right corner), visitors will have a sense of repression. However, visitors will feel relaxed and comfortable at the relatively open space.

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1.3 Frame and Infill Nestification of Frame Combination of Platform and Structure Unlimited ciculation in Limited frame and infill

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Many small cube, Sou Fujimoto, 2014

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Precedents

Sou Fujimoto designed this temporary exhibition pavilion formed by cubes with different scales. A flexible pavilion is generated by the assembly of these cubes.

Some cubes are transparent, some cubes are translucent and some are solid due to the infill material of these cubes.

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House NA, Sou Fujimoto

House NA is described as a unity of separation and coherence'.

The house acts as both a single room and a collection of room.

The individual floor plates create a place for a range of activities that can take place at different scales.

The intriguing point of the design is that these places are not isolated but are connected to one another in its unique relativity.

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The heart of the structure Cube is filled with floating cube

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Nestification and Composition of frames These drawings are showing the progress of generate the final structure by moving and rotating each unit of cubes.

With the nestification of cubes, some units of cube are the infill elements of the whole structure.

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Final composition

Right View

Top View

Left View

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Infill Platform I divided the space into four types according to their levels of privacy . Then, I designed four kinds of platform with different levels of transparency.

Furthermore, there are square holes on the platform to let light going through and create various layers of light.

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Further Development I design the frame and infill project as a pavilion on a park. The vertical and horizontal circulation of visitors on the pavilion is unlimited. For instance, they can choose any platform they want to walk on and freely have communications with people in adjacent ‘cubes’.

However, the entire space of the pavilion is limited. Thus, I design the rich experience for visitors in limited space.

Furthermore, according to the four different kinds of platform I designed, it shows the interesting relationship between ‘look through’ and ‘been looked at’.

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2.1 Site Analysis :Herring Island According to Herring Island, I analysis contour line, the sun pathway, water flow, environmental views noise and vegetation.

The quiet atmosphere, large altitude difference, rich vegetation, wide views to the river and cities are the reason why I choose the small hill as the top point my site.

And the flat terrain and adjunction to pathway are the reason why I choose the flat ground to create the lowest point of my pavilion.

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2.2 Design Development

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Main idea of secret: My definition of ‘secret’ is ‘experience the process of exploring’. Thus, I want to create the various space experiment in my design such as space variations, the changing light and shadows, various visual changes.

There is no actual object or special room the visitors have to find. However, the various feelings and experience during the journey are the precious secret the pavilion wants to tell you.

During the process of exploring, we will realize our communication with the architecture is limited by our personal scale or surrounding environment. Thus, we can only keep on exploring and gradually trying to understand it, feeling the lights in different period, feeling the volume of space. By the way, visitors will never loss their curiosity to the pavilion. ‘Secret can make architecture, architecture’

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Design Development

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Grid (from point to line)

Extract the contour Line

The rhythm of the gradient

Right Angle and entension Line

Space will be imbued with a sense of tension and compression dominated by original geometric shape.

Archi Plan, Louis Kahn

Golden Ratio Geometric Cutting Connecting Lowest and Highest points

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2.3 Site Plan and Sketches

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2.4 Final Design

Aerial View

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Plan

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Section

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2.5 Pespectives: Route of Journey Exploring the Secret Journey Point 1

Entries

The circle wall without any right angle will give visitors the feeling of accessible and welcome come them to go inside.

The aluminum surrounding will reflect the surrounding environment all around and the pavilion will melt into Herring Island. There are two entries on different height with different level which are all adjacent to the original pathway.

Let’s start the journey here!

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Exploring the Secret Journey Point 2

Stairs on plane

There are stairs for people to freely walk on. With time passing by. Visitors can enjoy the rich changes of light and shadows between the units of cubes.

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Exploring the Secret Journey Point 3

Entries to the cubes There are three patios with reflective mirror which allow light going through the underground and reflective the environment.

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Exploring the Secret Journey Point 4_

Stairs to underground At the notch point of three cubes, the vertical circulation routes leading visitors from ground to underground has been established.

V i s i to r s c a n s e e e a c h o t h e r a t s p e c i f i c geometric gaps created by stairs and cubes.

At the notch point of three cubes, the vertical circulation routes leading visitors from ground to underground has been established.

Visitors can see each other at specific geometric gaps created by stairs and cubes.

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Exploring the Secret Journey Point 5

Journey at the lowest point underground Space for one person in five minutes At the lowest point of the journey underground, light is drawn

through square skylights in the Ceiling of the cube void space that await people entering the basement of the pavilion. The light from the tiny openings can express the composition of the layers of geometric shapes.

With the change of time period, nature light moves, creating varying expressions to the concrete basement.

Visitors can take a rest and enjoy the Meditation space.

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Exploring the Secret Journey Point 6

Corridor connecting above ground, ground and underground

The frame of the corridor is gradually varied, Walking through the corridor, visitors can

experience the Various feelings of views (narrow and board natural view) and lights (light and darkness).

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Exploring the Secret Journey Point 7

Overlook to the city view It is the end of the journey and it is the highest

points of Herring Island, at which can provide the all-around river view to visitors.

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3 Final Model

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4 Reflection I am so glad to finish the journey of the design studio, Earth.

My biggest achievement of this studio is learning how to think and design in a more architectural way. Starting from a Point, to Lines, then Lanes is the foundation of design which encourage me to consider about plan any large project form the interactions of basic elements. MASS helps me to create and reshape the space by light and shadows which emphasis visitors ‘feelings in their circulation. Learning from Frame and Infill, I start to consider about the feasibility of the project instead of just imagining and creating whatever I want. For instance, there should be platform and height difference which fulfills people’s scale to allow them walk on.

I gain most form the final project. It is a fantastic challenge for me. ‘There is no actual architecture’, the feedback Sarah gave to me, will always remind me during my design process in the future. After the final project, it is such a struggling time of considering how it realize my concept and project. I extracted the core of my original design and concept and did so many researches to gradually achieve the actual pavilion design. Furthermore, I learnt how to rendering to show how the actual pavilion should be look like and how the design points should be expressed on the pavilion.

As well as my definition of ‘secret’, the most interesting thing of learning architecture design studio, is enjoy the progress of exploring it and even suffering from it. Fortunately, I have tried my best to do every project. However, I realize that there are definitely so many things awaiting me to explore, to learn and I am limited by ‘my scale of knowledge’.

Thanks for all the valuable feedbacks.

Thanks for all the enjoyable and tortured time of learning EARTH studio at the very beginning of my studying progress.

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We can start the journey of exploring the secret of architecture whenever we want 81

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