Digital Design - Module 01 Semester 1, 2019 Brett Lynch
916343 Sean Guy - Studio 16
Week One
Reading: Zeara Polo, A. 2010. Between Ideas and Matters.
According to Zeara-Polo, the diagram does not play a representational role in the design process but provides an organisational and can have a performative quality depending on how it is deployed. Explain how Diagram is different from Signs and Symbols? (100 words Maximum)
Signs and symbols are merely formal representations of dynamic objects in which the form and content are considered to be irrational and meaningless. Whereas diagrams present a solution between physical contructs and concepts in an organisational concept. The effectiveness of the diagram depends on the way it is portrayed and how the information is arranged.
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Week One
Precedent Analysis
1. Box created through scaled floor plan 2. Spheres created based off floor plan and lowered by provided dimensions 1. Nico Saieh. Venice Biennale 2012: Radix / Aires Mateus, 2012. Photograph. Accessed: 17/03/2019. Arch Daily. https://www.archdaily. com/267567/venice-biennale-2012-radix-aires-mateus/bnl_aima_10
3. Box with boolean differenced spheres cut into it
First I created the cubed box of the pavilion using the scaled floor plan which was imported and scaled to 1:1. The height was determined from the provided dimensions of the sections on the plans. I then created the spheres and ellipsoid one by one using the central point of the floor plan of each one. Once each was created, each one was lowered by the dimension given on the sections. I then used the command booleandifference to cut the spheres and ellipsoid into the cube, hence creating the shape of the pavilion.
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Week Two
Reading: Hertzberger H. 2005. The in-between and The Habitable Space Between Things, from Lessons for Students in Architecture. Hertzberger discusses how design should not be extreme in its functionality. Use your precedent study to explain how the pavilion allows for an appropriation of use. (100 words Maximum)
The Radix by Aires Mateus is a great example of Hertzbergers’ concept of how design should not be extreme in its functionality. Not only is the Radix a simplistic design with the use of geometry, but it is simplistic with in its functionality as well as it clearly highlights through its varying heights and structure ways in which people are to interact with it and circulate throughout the space. These varying heights create the threshold spaces which define the ‘in-between spaces’ in which Hertzberger discusses. The heights define the areas in which people can enter and exit while create the concept of public and private space. The circulation is determined through the heights of the structure and how an individual will interact with it as well which refers to the concept of ‘the habitable spaces between things’ in which Hertzberger discusses.
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Week Two
Isometric
Radix - Aires Mateus The isometric of the Radix by Aires Mateus is a simplistic structure based off the geometries used to create the pavilion, but the way in which it is constructed creates a uniquely shaped pavilion which captures the eye and makes you wonder how it was designed. Modelling this pavilion shows you how simplistic it is, but how the geometries work together to create different areas within the pavilion which define the thresholds present within the structural space. When modelling this pavilion, I believed it was important to show the hidden segments of the spheres and ellipsoid based structures to provide a clearer representation of the spaces within the interior of the structure which can help illustrate the threshold differences within the structure as well as provide a concept of how an individual may move through the structure. I believed it was important to expand and show the ground plane in which the Radix is placed and the water as well as the water plays a significant role in how people interact with the structure. This further helps you to view the thresholds within the space as well as determine circulation paths. Through modelling this, I learnt how the different heights of the structure would affect how an idividual would navigate and interact with the structure. The lower it is, the more intimate one is with the structure, but also an individual is less likely to use that area as a circulation path. It also provided an understanding o the threshold spaces and the key concept of public and private spaces.
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Week Two Diagrams
Spherical Structure Box Structure
Water Interior Interaction Exterior Interaction
Threshold Voids
Water Heat Map Movement Intimacy Level Water
Water
Public Space Private Space Water
Circulation Diagram
Threshold Diagram
The aim of the circulation diagram was to represent the movement paths in which people would take while interacting with the structure. It also highlights the areas thorugh a heat map in which people are more likely to spend more time while also showing the areas of interartion which is based on thstructure of the design
The aim of the theshold diagram was to represent how the concept of thresholds create the difference between public and private space while creating threshold voids in which people pass through. It also looks at how the heights of the structure can influence the intimacy level between the structure and the individual.
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Appendix
Process
1. Aires Mateus Sections and Floor Plan
2. Created spheres in the box
Source: Unimelb LMS
3. The created pavilion after using the command booleandifference
4. Created a circle and divided it to create points for accurate division of the segments of the sphere
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5. Using the comand extractisocurve - the curves where extracted and placed according to the dots
Appendix Process
6. The extracted isocurves
9. A base was then created based off photographs of the pavilion
7. Using command project - the curves were projected onto the pavilion
8. The curves were then trimmed and deleted to fit the pavilion and this was done for the other sphere and ellipsoid to create the segments
10. The structures of the pavilion were duplicated and 11. A final base as created based off the original to moved around to create a model to use the command make2D and export to illustrator to create the final make2D and export to illustrator to create diagrams isometric
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Reference Images 1. Saieh, Nico. Venice Biennale 2012: Radix / Aires Mateus, 2012. Photograph. Accessed: 17/03/2019. Arch Daily. https://www.archdaily.com/267567/venice-biennale-2012-radix-aires-mateus/bnl_aima_10
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