STUDIO AIR 2016, SEMESTER 1 Haoming Chi 715933
Contents
INTROCDUCTION PART A /CONCEPTUALISATION A.1. DESIGN FUTURE A.2.DESIGN COMOUTATION A.3. COMPOSITION/GENERATION A.4. CONCLUSION A.5. LEARNING OUTCOMES A.6. APPENDIX--ALGORITHMIC SKETCHES
INTRODUACTION My name is Haoming Chi (Henry), Chinese, a current student of University of Melbourne, third year and major in architecture. I was grew up in Yantai which is a beautiful coastal city in Shandong province. I came to Australia for foundation study in Trinity Collage after graduated from senior high school, totally, I have been in Australia for three years now. The reason I decided to study architecture is related to my hobby. I love travelling and I believe it is a good way to widen the vision and gain different experience. I have been to many different areas with different culture backgrounds. The unique architecture style in different cultures really attract me to explore the fantastic world. What’s more, architecture has deep connections with design. I really enjoy the process of design because it is a process to transfer what interesting in your mind to reality. From my study experience, I find try to explore in the world of architecture is a big challenge. It requires great variety of study and broad knowledge. During this process I did get trouble in many aspects. One of the most bothered issues attacked me almost every time is design creativity. I always get stuck in the beginning of my project because have no idea to start with. What’s more, with the development of modern technology, digital design become more and more important. To be honest, I am not good at digital design especially using software. This is what I still need to improve in long term study.
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PREVIOUS WORK
A PLACE FOR KEEPING SECRET
BOATHOUSE
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PART A CONCEPTUALISATION
A.1. DESIGN FUTURE A.2. DESIGN COMPUTATION A.3. COMPOSITION/GENERATION A.4. CONCLUSION A.5. LEARNING OUTCOMES A.6. APPENDIX--ALGORITHMIC SKETCHES
A.1. DESIGN FUTURE Carboard Cathedral
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Cardboard Cathedral located in New Zealand What’s more, it could help shorten the progress is designed by famous Japanese architecture Shigeru Ban. It is a cathedral for 700 people that could be constructed in just a few mouths and which is ‘only’ intended for 20-30 year lifespan. 1 The Cardboard Cathedral is quiet different to other architectures at the same stage. The materials, construction methods and functions actually reflected the requirements for future city. For example, cardboard tubes are used as a new materials. It is really a bold attempt in this case. Cardboard tubes as a construction materials process the property of stability. It could help the cathedral avoid suffering from earthquake.
of construction so it meet the need of urgency. Last but not least, cardboard as a new materials could be environmental friendly and sustainable. The cardboard tubes could be recycled which could achieve sustainability. What has been mentioned about actually remind us to think and design for future. As the idea mention in Design Futuring by tony, design could not be limited in precent, we need to design for future in order to get better life in future. 2 Shigeru Ban really did a good try, and could inspire other architects to follow his steps.
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A.1. Villa Savoye
Another important enlightenment could learn from this building is about critical thinking. When Villa Savoye finished. There are many architects keep critical ideas toward it. Actually, critical could be negative because always want to keep something old instead to think about something strange may appeared in the future. However, critical idea could be helpful because it also help refine and develop. Critique is not necessarily negative; it can also be a gentle refusal, a turning away from what exists, a longing, wishful thinking, a desire, and even a dream. Critical designs are testimonials to what could be, but at the sametime, they offer alternatives that highlightweaknesses within existing normality.4 FIG.6 10
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Villa Savoye is the most famous project of Le Corbusier
who is pioneer for modern architecture. Even though Villa Savoye is from last century, but it really changed future which we could see at present. The building is an icon of modernism, and we can see from photographs, how well the building’s forms express a new idea for how people should live. 3 In the several past centuries, most of architects sticked to old ways and their buildings always look similar and in old styles. This situation actually against the world’s development tendency. In lecorbusier’s Idea, house is a living machine. Therefore, in his opinion, architects need to focus on functionalism in the future design. From Villa Savoy we could find the philosophy of “ five new points” which is Corbusier’s thought toward future design. Actually, those concepts fit in the world’s need. Because of the development of modern society, more new materials and technologies could apply in architecture. Villa savoye expanded future ideas by giving out new concepts and focuses, where architecture is redefined. Many architects use the concepts and learn this style.
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