Interface Between Shadow
Published by Dong Woo (Danny) Kwak Student Number: 3278341 10/02/12 Studio: In The Shadows Tutor: Rhys Denial Williams
Interface Between Shadow
Contents Design Brief Shadow Study Part One -Site Analysis -Existing Shadow
Part Two -Hunch -Initial Concept -Success / Failure
Part Three -Development -Final Design -Success / Failure
Refference
Design Brief When I first saw the site, it was under 35 degrees sunlight. There were people using the space but only under the shade. As I was observing the site over a day period, the main users of the site were people who ate lunch, people having a break from exercise and in the late afternoon those from the pub across the street who sat on the grass area just to sober up before heading home. That is why I wanted to create more shade within the site so more people could use the area. However, this site isn’t only being used during summer and the weather will not be fine every day, therefore I couldn’t simply build a cover from the sun or cover the site with vegetation. Also I noticed that the condition of grass in the area was quiet good when there isn’t anyone taking care of them. That is why I decided to design the outer side of the site. Building a ramp or a retaining wall seemed like the best design choice since it creates shadow during the day and at night people could sit or lay down on the other side.
Shadow What is Shadow?
Shadow is created when an object cover the light. Thus the biggest shadow the earth can see is the shade made by the moon covering the sun, which is called an eclipse and eclipse is the first thing comes up to my mind when the word shadow is mentioned
Interface
‘a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases’ BOUNDARY
BOUNDARY
Shadow is created when an object cover the light. Thus the biggest shadow the earth can see is the shade made by the moon covering the sun, which is called an eclipse and eclipse is the first thing comes up to my mind when the word shadow is mentioned SUN
OBJECT
SHADOW
Shadow Study These are the study of shades I have taken before knowing where the site will be. Already there are two major elements that create shadows which I have used on my final design, these are object shadow and natural vegetation shadow.
00.00 Inner City Elezabeth St - GPO Shopping Centre 09/01/12 / 1310
Vast Overwhelming Gothic Repeat Palace
The entrance of GPO shopping centre had classical gothic style concept. The repetitive pillars created same triangular shadow at any time which is making people feel as if they are entering a magnificent space. The arches and detailed high ceiling made an overwhelming space. The shadows doesn’t look like as it was created intentionally but a by-product of the pillars.
Initial Surname
00.00 Inner City Bourke St - Infront of David Jones 09/01/12 / 1352 Initial Surname
00.00 Inner City Bourke St - Infront of David Jones 09/01/12 / 1352
Gloomy Urban Highly Densed Bluestone Un-natural
There is a clear intentional shadow being produced by using the ceiling of David Jones shopping centre. This shadow is used to create ownership of the land where if you’re standing under it, it seems like you’re standing within David jones’s property. However, this thick ceiling creates dark shadow which may be inviting when under 40 degree Celsius but also it creates dark atmosphere were you would like to either get in the building or out quickly.
Gloomy Urban Highly Densed Bluestone Un-natural
There is a clear intentional shadow being produced by using the ceiling of David Jones shopping centre. This shadow is used to create ownership of the land where if you’re standing under it, it seems like you’re standing within David jones’s property. However, this thick ceiling creates dark shadow which may be inviting when under 40 degree Celsius but also it creates dark atmosphere were you would like to either get in the building or out quickly.
Initial Surname
Gloomy Urban Highly Densed Bluestone Un-natural
There is a clear intentional shadow being produced by using the ceiling of David Jones shopping centre. This shadow is used to create ownership of the land where if you’re standing under it, it seems like you’re standing within David jones’s property. However, this thick ceiling creates dark shadow which may be inviting when under 40 degree Celsius but also it creates dark atmosphere were you would like to either get in the building or out quickly.
00.00 Inner City Bourke St - Infront of David Jones 09/01/12 / 1352 Initial Surname
SITE OBSERVATION
AND
ANALYSIS
FITZROY WHITLAM’S PLACE
This is the site I was given. It is placed in Fitzroy which is close to the Melbourne CBD called Whitlam’s park. Unlike the south and east side of Melbourne Fitzroy, which north of central Melbourne, has the old Melbourne atmosphere and feeling. Around the site, I noticed there was a primary school, a local pub and the town hall. Close to the site were two main roads, smiths st and Brunswick st. These are already telling me that this spot is used by many different people and is used over different time. As I suspected, there were people using the site. In the morning, there were those who wanted to have a quick rest during exercising. During lunch those who wanted to have lunch out on the shade. Lastly during the sundown and when dark, people from the local pub usually occupy the site for resting from the drinking or simply want to have a walk to sober up.
A
SECTION A 1:150
B
PLAN 1:150
There are two major elements that can create shade on the site. The building facades and tall trees. Both of them are placed across the edge of the site. Thus making the central part of the park exposed to the strong sun. This gave me an idea where I should work with this central part.
SECTION B 1:150
FIRST ENCOUNTER
SURROUNDING THE SITE
WHITLAN’S PLACE
SHADOW MOVEMENT
10am
2pm
8pm
HUNCH
SHADOW ONE
HUNCH ONE
SHADOW TWO
HUNCH TWO
The two types of shadows got into my mind and I decided to make these ‘Hunch’ from these two elements. The first hunch is object creating shades and the second hunch which is shades coming from nature. Then I couldn’t pick between the two, so I decided to make a third hunch which I called it the design concept because, it was the mixture of both elements. This hunch is showing a seat/path that is covered by a retaining wall and vegetation
DESIGN CONCEPT
INITIAL DESIGN CONCEPT
From the hunch exercise I have come up with an initial design. This is not the final design but just something with the right concept and keeping me on the right track. I have constructed a retaining wall on the edge of the site which can be accessed from outside. To help the access towards the car park on the top left side, I have not changed the topography and made more efficient path to and from it. The biggest aim for this concept was to use the element shadow and the idea of interface into design. PLAN 1:100
SECTION A 1:100
0 Plan 1:15
A
MATERIAL: EARTH, CONCRETE / BLUESONE
MATERIAL: TIMBER DECKING, STEEL TRUSS
Success
DETAIL 1:20
Failure
-FOCUSED ON CREATING A PLATFORM THAT CREATES SHADE
-RELYING TOO MUCH ON THE STRUCTURE AND BECAME AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
-KEPT THE CENTRAL PART OPEN FOR ACTIVITIES
-SINGLE INTERFACE -NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DESIGN AND SITE -BECAME A BOUNDARY INSTEAD OF INTERFACE THIS DIVIDED THE SITE AND NON-SITE INSTEAD OF BLENDING
DEVELOPMENT
The initial concept had too many failures and needed much more development both in detail and fundamentally. Instead of developing the design forward, I have stepped one step back and with the hunch and initial design as hindsight I have did simple dog models which might help me build my design. This is where I have got my ‘Fold’ idea which is key element behind my design. I believe this exercise was very useful because I needed to slow down my ongoing design development and step back and think again on the fundamental questions such as, does this design connect with the brief? Or does my design fit in with the site subtly or is it just an architecture structure?
Simple model made from paper. Was thinking of two different activities happening on two sides simultaneously giving me two different interfaces.
Thinking of different topography happening on the same site. Also adding sea wavelike pattern while making. Helped me on the shadows these dramatically different shapes created
Thinking of different topography happening on the same site. Also adding sea wavelike pattern while making. Helped me on the shadows these dramatically different shapes created
Playing with the material clay. Having different shape and sized clays together also helped on the understanding of shadows casted on the surface more than on the clay itself. If the surface or the topography changed when the shadow hits them it either shrinks the shadow or enlarges it.
Peddle pop stick model. Modelling something that can be moved while operating. If this can be used on my design it will constantly create different shaped shadow and also it creates different shadows over time and seasons which makes it creating different shadows everyday over the whole year
CONCEPT MODEL SHADOW ANALYSIS
After making a model of the concept design, I thought it was interesting how the shadows worked. Thus taking it to a studio and taking pictures of some of the important area of the site. By making this model made me realise how big these trees are compared to the site. This couldn’t be recognised when I was on site because of my height. My concept model did create much shadows on the edges of the site which was to be expected and had the centre opened.
FINAL DESIGN THE INTERFACE
The final design was made with both of the shadow casting elements in mind. By creating a berm across the site diagonally, I have solved the problem with central part being too opened. By changing the topography and having it merged with the berm, my project has become more of a landscape architecture project instead of simple structural architecture design. This design brings the concept of interface together where interface is a boundary between two things and my site can be accessed from all corners, which is a development from the initial design. Instead of separating the site and the non-site, I have created a subtle change on the edge of the site which brings the park together with the path outside of the site area. The topography was inspired from the ‘Fold’ system which was discovered during development stage. Two separate earthquakes happened on the top left side of the site and the bottom right side of the site, thus creating such shaped topography. The vegetation were kept from the existing trees since these trees already created good shades where people likes to sit in, the trees themselves are a heritage to the site and also they are local which makes them ideal connection with the site.
PLAN 1:100
The term fold is used in geology when one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, are bent or curved as a result of permanent deformation. Synsedimentary folds are those due to slumping of sedimentary material before it is lithified. Folds in rocks vary in size from microscopic crinkles to mountain-sized folds. They occur singly as isolated folds and in extensive fold trains of different sizes, on a variety of scales. Folds form under varied conditions of stress, hydrostatic pressure, pore pressure, and temperature - hydrothermal gradient, as evidenced by their presence in soft sediments, the full spectrum of metamorphic rocks, and even as primary flow structures in some igneous rocks. A set of folds distributed on a regional scale constitutes a fold belt, a common feature of orogenic zones. Folds are commonly formed by shortening of existing layers, but may also be formed as a result of displacement on a nonplanar fault (fault bend fold), at the tip of a propagating fault (fault propagation fold), by differential compaction or due to the effects of a high-level igneous intrusion e.g. above a laccolith.
IN
SIMPLE WORDS,
‘FOLD’
HAPPENS WHEN TWO EARTHQUAKE
HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME AND THE EARTH IN THE MIDDLE LIFTS UP DUE TO THE FORCE ON BOTH SIDE
Having the ‘Fold’ as an design drive, I have decided to put that theory into practice. Thus gave the following topography
An example of a ‘Fold’ in California
A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier separating two areas. Berm originates in the Middle Dutch and German berme and came into usage in English via French.
A berm is used in my design because the idea of fold gave such design. This berm was to be made out of concrete or bluestone, or any material other than earth. I wanted the material to be such because of the type of shadow it creates. This berm will be exposed at one spot which create a thick shadow where people can interact with by sitting or lying or even leaning on to get away from the strong sunlight.
The type of trees I chose were the ones existing on site due to the level of shades they were making were ideal for my design as well. The shadows created by these vegetation gives much different feeling from those made by structures. People tend to get under tree shadows because of the thickness of shade it is creating. It is much lighter than those made by structures and it doesn’t cover the whole space and some sunlight comes in. People don’t want to escape from the sun completely but partly.
The topography will not create a dramatic shade due to the slight steepness of the level change. The topography is more of a seat and a surface that you can always face away from the sunlight. Because of the shape of the topography, which is hill shaped, there is always somewhere you can simply walk down hill.
SHADOW MOVEMENT
6AM
10AM
12PM
4PM
8PM This shadow movement is to show the shadow the berm is creating over a day. This is telling me that my shadow element of structure is also creating shadow which means I have succeeded on that part. There are also the shadow made by the trees. The exposed part of the berm is creating significant amount of shades for people to be active in. also there are the canopy shades and the shadow created by the surrounding houses to enlarge the area of shadow.
D
C
A
B
PLAN 1:100
SECTION A 1:100
SECTION B 1:100
SECTION C 1:100
SECTION D 1:100
These images are showing the exposed berm on both sides. These exposure is the result of the ‘fold’ event. Again these structure create shades for the people. The topography is showing where the dramatic change of level is.
SECTION SERIES
AND
PHOTO MONTAGUE
Series of section across the site to show where the berm is lifted and lowered as well as where it is exposed or not.
PLAN 1:200
Success
Failure
-DESIGNING A PLATFORM THAT CREATES SHADE
-STILL NEEDS IMPROVEMENT ON THE EXACT TYPE OF TREES AND WHAT SORT OF SHADOWS THEY ARE CREATING
-DRIVING THE DESIGN FROM THE EDGE OF THE SITE INTO THE INNER PART TO CONNECT
-REQUIRES MORE SPECIFIC AIM FOR THE DESIGN AS IN WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO BESIDES BEING A PATH AND SEAT
-KEPT THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SENSE INSTEAD OF HAVING ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE
-STILL SAME TYPE OF AUDIENCES IS USING THE SPACE.
-SITE AND NON-SITE IS CONNECTED WITH THE BERM AND CONTEXT -TOPOGRAPHIC CHANGES BROUGHT MORE DYNAMIC SHAPE OF SHADOWS FOR PEOPLE TO INTERACT