ADS AIR 2012: ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE Ecknaathh Bala PROGRESS JOURNAL TUTOR: GWYLLIM JAHN
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03 FOCUS PERSONAL PROJECT ROCKPOOL - 2ND YEAR ARCHITECTURE STUDIO 04 FUNDEMENTALS STATE OF THE ART PROJECTS CHANGI T3 - WOODHEAD ARCHITECTS TEA HOUSE - TAKASHI SUGIMOTO SUPERPOTATO
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ROCKPOOL BOATHOUSE - ARCHITECTURE STUDIO WATER
The Rockpool Boathouse inspired by Tadao Ando is my 2nd Year Architectural Studio project with water as the main theme. The main ideas and concept behind the final outcome was based on Ando’s principle formal deisgn rules. With water and light as key aspects of the concept which looks at integrating human spaces and the living environement to create new experential and redefined spaces. The journey created would lead the visitors through differnet unique areas bounded by natural elements and Ando ‘s principle material use of concrete. Importantly the transition of spaces in design can create a more idealsitic apporach toward architectural design.
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STATE OF THE ART PROJECTSFUNDEMENTALS
FUNDEMENTALS STATE OF THE ART PROJECTS
RELATABLE IDENTITIES CHANGI TERMINAL 3 - WOODHEAD ARCHITECTS & ARUP
“ THE MOST FUNDEMENTAL CHALLENGE FOR AN ARCHITECT WHEN DESIGNING AN AIRPORT IS TO EVOKE A SENSE OF PLACE AND TRANSLATE VAST SPACES INTO RELATABLE IDENTITIES” MADHAVI TUKMUR - INDESIGN
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Airport arhcitecture has taken off to new heights, they represent one of the most revolutionary forms of architecture as an emblem of national pride. Acting as international gateways they represent the first and last impressions of a country.They reflect cultural identity and to residents these iconic structures are unconscious assosciations of collective identities. Changi Terminal 3, designed by Woodhead Architects in colaboration with ARUP has been interntionally aclaimed for its state of the art roof and sublime interior qualities. It is the first of its kind, designed parametrically, the series of components that make up the roof is mechanically programmed to fliter and manage optimal levels of light within the interior. 919 skylights allow light to penetrate the concourse, not only providing light and ambience, but mood, emotion and experience. It creates an experience that relates to identity. Architecture is more than just a building it encompasses a much broader context. It is an influential force that can govern the way in which we percieve things. This adds further to the architectural discourse.
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TEA ROOM - EXHIBITION - TAKASHI SUGIMOTO
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SPACE Takashi Sugimoto, founder and President of SUPERPOTATO, is an enigmatic designer and arhitect. His designs are world renowned and in particular one of his exhibition instalments named the Tea room. this small enclosure with its boundaries limited by precise water droplets that combines a timeless tradition in a sacred space, evoking a great sense of relation and experience. This broadens our understanding of architecture and what formal relationships and systems that are associated with it. Architecture is an art, its symbolic and representaitonal and experential.
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“ WORK AT CREATING PLACES THAT ALLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEOPLE AD INCORPORATE A SENSE OF NATURE”
TAKASHI SUGIMOTO - SUPERPOTATO
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