STUDIO AIR 2017, SEMESTER 1, MANUEL BOYD HELLIER KNOX
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Table of Contents 5 Introduction 5 Biography 7 Precedent Studies 9 Project EGG, Eindhoven 11 Transparent Shell, Guangzhou 12 Bibliography
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Introduction Biography I’m Boyd, a third year architecture student at the University of Melbourne. For me, architecture is about the relationship between the immaterial and the material, and the way in which they inform and distort one another. I have previously engaged with the more technical and material elements of architecture, grounding my work in tangible and relatively conventional means of construction and design. It is with this in mind that I look I looked to Studio Air to broaden my perception of architectural design, a field commonly at the whim of the epoch and it’s accompanying technologies. This studio is my first opportunity to engage with structured education on contemporary, and speculative technologies emerging in the field of architecture. My personal experience of digital design largely involved the Adobe Creative Suite, with some limited forays in to 3D using Rhino and Sketchup. I am looking for Studio Air, and parametric design as a whole, to add to my understanding of architectural design, serving as an influence and a resource I may engage with in my educational and professional careers.
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Precedent Studies
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Clockwise from top left. Fig 8.1 - Completed Egg on site. Fig 8.2 - Completed Egg exterior wall detailing. Fig 8.3 - Interior view through aperture.
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Project EGG, Eindhoven Michiel van der Kley’s 2014 work, project EGG, advocates for a new means of production and distribution, made possible through advents in digital design and fabrication. The 5x4x4m pavilion is comprised of 4760 individualised ‘stones’, sourced from participants around the world. Digital files are sent to interested parties, where they can be fabricated using entry level desktop 3D printers. The stones are then sent to van der Kley, where they are assembled using custom hexagonal screws. Van der Kley grounds his work in the notion that many of the complex structures we see around us are merely the sum of many parts, and the proliferation of new technology allows for new models of collaboration and construction. By accommodating new avenues for assembly, van der Kley challenges the factory based model of manufacturing, posing a future of concientious maker users.
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Clockwise from top left. Fig 10.1 - Detailed view of film imposed on steel beams. Fig 10.2 - Structure in use, with seating and walls seen. Fig 10.3 - Side elevation highlighting contrast of grid and undulating structures.
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Transparent Shell, Guangzhou Transparent Shell is a project by PONE Architecture that looks to reinterpret architectural conventions such as enclosure and structure in the age of computational design. The structure is made of undulating steel beams tightly wrapped in clear film, which is then suspended upon a relatively conventional steel square grid. The structure was influenced the helix shape of a conch shell, as the spiralling elements create a logic to the form as it ebbs and flows from one end to the other. Within this structure there allusions to windows, doors, ceilings and desks, as the architects look to advocate for such a structure’s applicability, rather than just its possibility. This juxtaposition of old and new, of organic and inorganic shapes exemplifies the fact that traditional and developing models of construction may be complimentary, rather than exclusionary.
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Bibliography PAGE 8 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 - http://projectegg.org/press/ PAGE 10 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 - https://architectureprize.com/ winners-2016/winner.php?id=2670
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