Architecture Design // Parametric Wall Design // 2014

SARC 162 PARAMETRIC WALL PROJECT THREE BY AUSTIN D’SOUZA VIVIAN ST

RK

DUNLOP TCE

COBB

KINGGES AVE

E PA N O T S LE

PARAMETRIC WALL

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

SITE MAP THE PARAMETRIC WALL WILL BE LOCATED IN WELLINGTON - ON THE BORDER OF COBBLESTONE PARK AND VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. THE LOCATION OF THIS WALL ACTS AS A THRESHOLD BETWEEN BUILDING AND NATURE, AND IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE INTERACT WITH THE SITE, EITHER BY PASSING BY OR PARKING THEIR BIKES THERE.

SHADOWS CREATED ON THE INSIDE BY NATURAL LIGHTING

6PM

10PM

2PM

6PM

10PM

6PM

10PM

SHADOWS CREATED ON THE OUTSIDE BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHING

6PM

10PM

2PM

THE RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN WAS ABOUT THE SUN FALL ON THE SITE AND THE SHADOWS THAT IT CREATES ON THE SITE. THIS WAS USED TO CREATE A PATTERN FOR THE WALL THAT REPLICATES THE RESULT OF SHADOWS THAT ARE CASTED FROM TREES WHEN THE SUN SHINES DOWN ON THEM.

ITERATIONS

CONCEPT ONE

CONCEPT TWO

THIS CONCEPT IS OF NAUGHTS AND CROSSES. PEOPLE ARE WELCOMED TO COME TO THE WALL AND PLAY X AND O’S WITH THEIR FRIENDS, MAKING THIS WALL INTERACTIVE.

THIS CONCEPT CONSISTS OF MANY MOVABLE PANELS WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO COME AND MOVE EACH MODULE ON THE HORIZOLTAL AXIS SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE A UNIQUE SHADOW PATTERN OF THEIR CHOICE ON THE GROUND.

CONCEPT THREE

CONCEPT THREE DEVELOPMENT

THIS CONCEPT IS OF A VERTICLE BIKE STAND. PEOPLE CAN VERTICALLY PARK THEIR BIKES ON THIS STAND AND USE THE HOLES TO LOCK THEIR BIKE TO THE WALL. THIS CONCEPT IS THE BEST AS THE MODULES CANT MOVE BUT AT THE SAME TIME MAKES THE WALL INTERACTIVE.

THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIKE STAND CONCEPT. THIS HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED TO A HORIZONTAL STAND TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE USERS TO LOCK THEIR BIKES THIS CONCEPT CONSISTS OF NINE STANDS, WHICH ALLOW 2-3 BIKES TO BE ATTACHED TO EACH STAND.

FINAL PROGRAM

THE FINAL USE OF THE WALL WILL BE A BIKE STAND. THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PARK THEIR BIKE IN A PLACE WHERE IT WILL BE SECURE, MAKING PEOPLE INTERACT WITH THE WALL AND FURTHER BUILD ON THE IDEA OF THIS LOCATION BEING A THRESHOLD, WHERE ITS THE FINAL PLACE PEOPLE COME TO BEFORE LEAVING TO THE OPPOSITE WORLD -EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THE DESIGN OF THE WALL HAS CHOSEN TO BE THE SAME AS IT EMBEDS QUALITIES OF THE SHADOWS CREATED BY THE TREES INSIDE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. THE WALL WILL BE MADE OUT OF NZ REDWOOD AS INDICATED IN THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT.

WALL COMPONENTS

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC SECONDARY

TERTIARY

PRIMARY

TERTIARY

3

4

2

1

2

1

VARIABLES: HEIGHT - 230MM WIDTH - 230 MM DEPTH - 20MM

METHOD: STUCK TO MAIN MODULE WITH STRONG WOOD GLUE.

THE TIP OF THE MODULE, WHERE IT WILL BE A SOLID AND LOW PYRAMID SHAPED CONE THAT WILL SIT ON FLUSH WITH THE INNER SQUARE OF THE MAIN MODULE. THIS WILL BE STUCK TO THE OTHER SQUARE PIECE OF WOOD WITH WOOD GLUE, TO INSURE THAT THERE IS A FLAWLESS FINISH.

3

THE MAIN MODULE WILL BE A SQUARE PIECE OF REDWOOD TIMBER THAT WILL HAVE UP TO FOUR TRIANGLES CUT OUT OF IT. THIS MODULE WILL BE THE MODULE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE WALL’S FRAME.

4

CONNECTION: 20MM INTO TOP MODULE 20MM INTO BOTTOW MODULE 20MM GAP BETWEEN MODULES

THE MODULES WILL BE HELD IN PLACE WITH TWO SOLID METAL RODS ON EACH SIDE THAT WILL BE STUCK INTO THE WOOD’S GRAIN. THIS WILL BE STUCK TOGETHER USING SUPER GLUE, AGAIN ,TO KEEP A SMOOTH AND SEAMLESS FINISH TO THE REDWOOD TIMBER. EACH ROD WILL BE STUCK TO TWO MODULES, ONE ON THE TOP AND ONE ON THE BOTTOM.

CONNECTION: DISTANCE FROM MAIN MODULE TO MAIN STRUCTURE = 120MM

EACH MAIN MODULE WILL BE STUCK TO THE MAIN FRAME FROM THE BACK WITH AGAIN A WHOLE THAT THE ROD CAN SLIDE INTO AND BE HELD BY GLUE. THIS WILL THEN CONNECT TO THE LARGE HORIZONTAL ROD THAT CENNECTS ALL THE SMALL MODULES TOGETHER, CREATING A STRONG AND RIGID STRUCTURE. THIS WILL THEN BE CONNECTED TO THE GROUND THROUGH VERTICLE RODS.

MODULE ASSEMBLY EXPLODED STRUCTURE = MODULE ASSEMBLY

1

2

MODULE ASSEMBLY EXPLODED

MAIN MODULE

1

230

DIAMETER OF STEEL ROD: 16MM

20

MODULE SPACING

230

20

2

STRUCTURAL BRACE ASSEMBLY

MAIN STRUCTURAL BRACE

RODS CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LAST MODULE IS THEN CONNECTED TO THE GROUND WHERE IT IS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN BRACE THAT WILL KEEP THE WALL IN POSITION. THIS BRACE WILL BE MADE OF SOLID STEEL WITH PRE DRILLED HOLES AND CAN BE PURCHASED FROM ANY HARD WARE STORE.

50MM SCREW

THE SOLID STEEL RODS WILL THEN BE LOCKED IN PLACE USING SOLID STEEL BOLTS THAT WILL RUN ACROSS THE DIAMETER OF THE CYLINDER. THIS WILL BE A REGULAR 50MM LONG BY 10MM WIDE BOLT AND NUT SET.

SOLID STEEL ROD

50MM BOLT+NUT

THE FINAL COMPONENT TO THE BRACE IS THE FOUR LARGE 50MM STAINLESS STEEL SCREWS THAT WILL BE DRILLED INTO THE GROUND HOLDING THE BRACE AND ALSO THE WHOLE MODULE SETUP IN PLACE. STEEL BRACKET

MAIN STRUCTURE - WALL TO FLOOR FITTING WOOD MODULE BUILDING GLASS

BUILDING FRAME

NUT & BOLT

TILED FLOOR

DYNA BOLT

UNDERFLOOR CONCRETE

WALL IN CONTEXT

PLAN IN CONTEXT

A

WALL

A1

SECTION A - A1 IN CONTEXT TE ARO CAMPUS

WALL

COBBLESTONE PARK

FINAL PRESENTATION

OVERVIEW THIS PROJECT HAS THREE COMPONENTS TO IT, A WALL DESIGN, AN AFFECT THAT INFLUENCES THE WALL DESIGN AND FINALLY A PROGRAM OF THE WALL THAT AIDS THE USERS OF THE PARK ON A DAILY BASIS. THE FIRST PART OF THE PROJECT WAS TO RESEARCH NATIVE TREES IN NZ AND THEN USE THAT AS INSPIRATION TO DESIGN A WALL THAT WE WOULD THEN USE FOR THE REST OF THE PROJECT. THE SITE OF COBBLE STONE PARK WAS THEN ANALYSED THOROUGHLY AND THE AFFECT OF SHADOW WAS CHOSEN TO BE DEVELOPED INTO THE PARAMETRIC WALL. THE THIRD PART WAS TO INCLUDE A PROGRAM, AND IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE LOCATION THE WALL WAS THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN OUTDOORS AND INDOORS, AND WAS ALSO USED BY PEOPLE AS A SPACE TO PARK THEIR BIKES.

EVALUATION THE FINAL PARAMETRIC WALL TURNED OUT PLEASANT. THE VARIABLES THAT WERE EXTRACTED FROM THE RESEARCH COMPONENTS HELPED GENERATE A DESIGN THAT IS VISUALLY PLEASING AS WELL AS HELPFUL FOR THE USERS OF THE SITE. OVERALL THE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED WELL OVER THE THREE COMPONENTS OF THIS ASSIGNMENT. LEARNING HOW TO OBSERVE KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SURROUNDINGS HAS PROVED TO BE A VALUEABLE ASSET IN ORDER TO PRODUCE DESIGNS THAT BEST SERVE THE PEOPLE AND LOCATION THAT IT IS SITUATED IN.