Architecture Design Studio: Air Christopher Lam Wai Yam Student Number: 344434
Week 1: Case as innovation: Architecture as a discourse Personal Project: Architecture Design Studio Water: Exploring the way of Frank Lloyd Wright The brief for this project was to create in the way of Frank Lloyd Wright. Our chosen site, Studley Park. The concept of this project was to create a link between the space and the people and hence activate it by permanent occupancy. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was chosen in the semester’s course. One of his famous works which is the Falling Water. The marriage of architecture and nature could be seen and created a sacred experience between the quotidian.
above: Elevations and plan of model
As this week, the theme architecture as a discourse, the text by Katya Tylevich “Wait a minute”, Ronaldo Rael and Virginial San Fratello says, “The project may or may not get realised, but we see it as something that raises a conversation in the realm of architecture”.
#STATE OF THE ART PROJECT 1: ‘Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006’,
The Serpentine Gallery is probably one of the most important contributions in the discourse on inflatable architecture. What is interesting is the pavilion’s ovoid which interacts with the weather and floats during sunny time and seal off the structure during winter. Traditional materials and forms in architecture have created such challenges. The function of the Serpentine Pavilion demonstrates the lightness and flexibility of the material used.
Integration of the EOI: From the point of view of ATK/p. art’s, softwares tend to alter an architect’s perception of material and structure. Design can be seen as an utterance of solid elements within an empty space or manipulation of clear-cut boundaries in terms of surfaces. I plan to explore different textures and
how it can define a structure in relation to its environment. For example looking at the Honeycomb Skyscraper,it emphasize with its environment, creating a beautiful visual texture with its biomimetric form.
Week 2: Case for innovation: Computation in Architecture What is contemporary scripting? Scripting is a relatively new technique for the exploration of architectural designs and designers are still figuring out new potentials for using scripting as a design tool (Brady Peters). Scripting is learnt through the practice of sharing code through web based platforms and open source. My project that I will choose for this week is from Antoni Gaudi. Antoni Gaudi is probably one of the masters I admire the most. Casa Batllo, one of his projects, is probably one of the greatest feat of architecture design and innovation. The Casa Batllo is probably one of his project that advances discourses on architecture. Through Gaudi’s we can see the extensive use of symbolism, how his buildings has a combination of Gothic, and curvilinear forms, geometric shapes and design through rotation. Our last few weeks discussing in lectures and tutes, I think that Gaudi’s projects relates well to the discussion of architectural discourse. How Gaudi’s shapes and design created through contemporary computational design techniques.
Such architecture during that time, was time consuming. The only technique that was available to create such a piece of architecture was calculated, to visualize it, and to create the flowing form. Nowadays in the world of architecture, designing is much faster and accurate using computational techniques.
This design known as the Nautilus House which was created by the architect Javier Senosiain of Arquitectura Organica. It is a blend of modern architecture and contemporary art. Computer aided design has accelerated the project of the Nautilus House and many more projects. Modern architects uses computational skills to help them produce their projects at a faster rate whilst we have to bear in mind that Gaudi spent much longer time on his projects. It was handmade and time consuming to calculate. However computational skill is accurate to the mm.
Problem- Solving in Architecture
Design is a process we engage in when the current situation is different from the desired situation. Does design actually is driven by a set of problems to solve? And does it also mean that without problems, design cannot be engaged?
Week 3: Parametric Design Create Bezier curves from reference geometry (Pg 68-69)
Nowadays, with the advancement of digital, it has allowed new levels of exploration of research. Digital scripts can be used to analyse motion of matter in space. It can be used to create a shape that follows motion. With parametric modelling, for example Grasshopper, what we are currently learning those last few weeks, it allows us to directly translate vector data into spatial forms or representations. These equations are like function of space and time, which are expressed as vectors derived from matter behaviour.