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CONTENTS
CASE FOR INOVATION 1.1 PERSONAL PROJECT 1.2 STATE OF ART PROJECT 1.3 COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN 1.4 CONTEMPORARY SCRIPTING 1.5 MATRIX OF COMBINATION
RESEARCH PROJECT Express Of Interest
2.1 Case For Inovation 2.2 Reverse Engineered - Case Study 2.3 Input/Association/Output Matrix 2.4 Physical Model 2.5 Reflection
GATEWAY PROJECT 3.0 Wyndham Gateway Project 3.1 Post Exploration & Refinement
REFLECTION 4.0 Learning Outcomes
war film museum 1.1 PERSONAL PROJECT
A museum design project I did during my diploma of architecture back in Malaysia two interconnected imperatives combine to drive the design for - to embrace technology in generating visual impact, creating a choreographed ambiance with a crafted, stimulating physical experience.
a journey to re-encounter the second world war that consist of 3 programs : item exhibition , war film and cultural perfor journey is guided by the brightness of the light as the journey started in a dark environment and lighten up along . there are three main features i had emphasized in this building vertical shafts function as a passag e for natural light source and act as a structural supportive component , exclude the need of column going against the domino system leaving a more flexible space. filigree perforation allows natural ventilating and create access for visitors. water texture wall openings located along the exhibition attracts diffuse light through water feature into the interior
this is one of the favourite project that i did . with the 3 main features imposed into the building , these gave a whole new experience to the visitors Infact alot of my inspiration came from toyo ito’s design , i had took references from some of his buildings and looking forward to impose his idea in my design
30 st mary axe foster & partners
London’s first ecological tall building and an instantly recognisable addition to the city’s skyline, 30 St Mary Axe informally referred to as the Gherkin is rooted in a radical approach - technically, architecturally, socially and spatially. Generated by a radial plan, its energy-conscious enclosure resolves walls and roof into a continuous triangulated skin, allowing column-free floor space, light and views. The diagrid system that’s used besides giving it an interesting facade, is that the plans will be column-free, and it allows the maximum natural light through the building.
1.2STATE OF ART PROJECT What drives me of 30 St Mary Axe is not only it’s outstanding spiral cylinder shape extruding out from the cubical standard form on london city, but the technology and design intergated into the building . despite the extraodinary exterior , there are various atria and space formed into natural social focus places for refreshment points and meeting areas. i love this approach that enhance public interaction ,creating common area/space A building that’s not only visualy aesthetic , but also environmental friendly and emphacises on common area for human interaction is the next drive in architecture
Sendai Mediatheque
toyo ito
“conceptually rooted in an idea of“fluid”space
flexibility is required in the architectural “hardware” that can respond to any development or can accommodate any program in the future. We have not changed our idea since the time of competition rather than a
ours is simple yet conceptual proposal consisting of three elements: “plate”, “tube”, and “skin”.
formalist architecture,
The “mediateque,” composed of these three simple elements, will serve as a place to unify the primitive human body connected to nature for example the vertical tube steel lattice columns that rise up from ground floor to roof, similar to the trunks of trees of a forest with the body that is part of the fluid electronic world.
I personally love The Sendai Mediatheque . the dynamic trunks as the supportive structure has challanged the domino system and made the space no longer being constrain by the columns . the elements that were imposed has made the building came alive and sort of ‘breaths’ . The building seems light and gives comfort to the users as natural lights were introduced and space were no longer constricted . parametric were introduced on the trunk structure to made this happened .Parametric design has redefine the era and brought users to a whole new experience on visual and physical . I aim to integrate this quality into my EOI through a similar exploration that focuses on materials, structure and how they can be diffused together through computational methods.
1.3COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN
Vivo City
toyo ito
ARCHITECTURE OF
FLUIDITY
I admired the use of waves as a metaphor for the building form. it was literally applied and easily understood on a superficial level, and it goes beyond its aesthetic effects. As a spatial and programming tool, the seamless ebb and flow of fluid volumes lends itself well to the complex, often disparate functions of this vast, the most vibrant and lively spaces in the complex are the openair public areas, which includes the rooftop garden, the interior courtyards and the waterfront terraces. It is in these spaces that the metaphor of the waves revels in its artistry, at once playful, relaxed and poetic. The enhancement on the public space and the integration of fluidity fluid movement really had me amazed . in my opinion contemporary computational design has enabled architect to turn illusion into reality . concepts can now be translated . for most of the parametric design ,complicated algorithm are often needed . with contemporary computational design , a more complex design can be done to stimulate more potential in building design and create new behavior , activity and movement in building
1.4 CONTEMPORARY SCRIPTING
the serpentine gallery pavilion 2002
‘Why can’t all new buildings be this good? Toyo Ito’s magical summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery is a lesson in imagination.’ - Evening Standard
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002 appeared to be an extremely complex random pattern that proved, upon careful examination, to derive from an algorithm of a cube that expanded as it rotated. The numerous triangles and trapezoids formed by this system of intersecting lines were clad to be either transparent or translucent, giving a sense of infinitely repeated motion.
This is an very interesting project , I especially love how toyo ito played with the light . the light path is manipulated to create different kind of experience through parametric/digital architecture .
fluidity + light + common area
Galleria Centercity -UNstudio
The facade of the Galleria Centrecity shopping centre, designed by UN Studio, demonstrates the effects of opticl illusion through the use or moire patterning. Comprised of two seperate layers, the moire works due to a slight variation in the patterning or geometry of the layers. In this instance, the pattern on the internal layer deviates slightly at calculated points, resulting in the perception of a wave cascading down the building. The space in between the layers, although minimal, is vital in achieving ths effect. The space also allows the facade to look as though it is moving as ones point of view alters.
Scripting allows the designer to tailor a programme to a set of specific needs, depending on the project. The strength of scripting, particularly for designers is that it provides opportunity for the designer to escape strictures that may be inherrent in the software (Burry, 2010). It basically allows one to further maximise the predefined capabilites of a programme and manipulate it to perform in a way that was not necesariy intended by its creators. This process, being more flexible than traditional digital design methods provides a multidirectional approach to design, provoking a much more intellectually informed creativity. These two scripting cultures are aspects of this project that I aim to consider further with relation to my own EOI proposal.
RESEARCH PROJECT Express Of Interest
Western Gateway Design Project Progress Journal
We want to create a new, exciting and welcoming representation of the City of Wyndham and Melbourne through unorthodox use of orthodox elements. We believe this design concept is relevant in providing identification to the City of Wyndham as being something more than just another suburb filled with houses.
We explored the idea of representation through a digital parametric design tool called Grasshopper. Grasshopper enables us to generate many different forms and patterns that are unorthodox and exciting using certain design drivers.
2.1 Case For Inovation
Every Beating Second
Designer: Janet Echelman Year: 2011 Location: Terminal 2, San Francisco International Airport
The unorthodox use of an orthodox material. The use of nets to create installations that inspire. Contribution to architectural discourse innovation in materiality (engineering) use of coloured fiber to create interesting form (highly engineered and contextualised) virtual form finding using computer with gravity and wind simulations Connection with Gateway Project inspiring, enriching form at a welcome point (airport gateway) exciting, eye catching multivalent in meaning, entry statement and arrival experience e.g. evoke cloud, silhoutte of the Bay Area, Golden Gate Bridge reflect the local culture, backwards and forwards “drawing its color from the heyday of psychedelic music, the Summer of Love, and San Francisco’s prominence in the beat poetry movement”; “the contemporary Bay Area as a hub of innovation and interconnectivity for the world of technology.” compare static past of Wyndham and wanting to move forward municipality celebrate multiculturalism although not viewed from motorway (fast), but has idea of dynamism: wind choreography “Computer-programmed mechanized air-flow animates the fluidly-moving sculpture at different intervals throughout the day, as if the wind could magically flow through solid walls.” the idea of floating, airiness, wind movement >> studio theme Importance of contributing to a discourse from Schumacher reading p.4 completed works have a double communicative role: they speak to communications outside architecture and continue circulate within architecture. Important because the gateway would generate new discussion about Wyndham and Melbourne, the power of public art in representing the context. meanwhile continue to advance architecture discourse in innovative methods because innovation is key in the design (say maybe use of digital computation and new materials)
AEGIS HYPOSURFACE
Location: Birmingham, UK Year: 1999-2001 Designer: dECOi Architects
The unorthodox use of an orthodox architectural element. The idea of a wall that moves according to stimuli. Unique Innovation “autoplastic (determinate) to alloplastic (interactive, indeterminate) space, a new species of reciprocal architecture” - able to transfer virtual architecture such as animation into a temporal physical form CRITICAL ANALYSIS: useful because an able to recognise and respond much faster than conventional static architecture, furthering the discourse of architecture needing to respond to the environment well. Contemporary Digital Design Technique “experimental speculation, embracing curiosity rather than determinate ideas, working ‘blindly’ with the computer, allowing its algorithmic, animating dynamic to create unpredictable sequences and material excesses.” (Milbourne 2002) use of trauma instead of shock, trauma disorientating by having excessive information (eye can’t capture so many movements of the pistons CRITICAL ANALYSIS: while the use of computers can help generate complex patterns, i believe it need not disorientate and just being experimental. it should move on to generate dynamic and pleasing complex forms. excessive information can be more unified to reduce disorientation. RELATION TO GATEWAY PROJECT: this satisfies by creating a new and BRAVE idea. Similar Innovative Approach to the Gateway Project Brief By using a responsive mechanism and innovative material systems, a subtle (not traumatising, don’t want to cause accidents) response generated from the gateway can create curiosity. maybe something like how the sun always seem to be following the car window.
MCCORMICK TRIBUNE CAMPUS CENTER Location: Chicago, US Year: 2003 Designer: OMA Architects
The unorthodox use of an orthodox signage. The generation of an image using smaller images. CONTEMPORARY SCRIPTING CULTURE Burry: p.25 scripting experimentation to search for an “answer’ designer wanted to cover the glass with a pattern. script experiments with various patterns, but obviously with an answer wanted to be found, e.g. how to represent a face image using patterns. scripting for productivity, lower cost DESIGN PHILOSOPHY use of patterns as ornamentation citation? CRITICAL STATEMENT OF THE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY patterns are interesting, but possibly not too literal? like a human face straight on? more abstract patterns? WHY TO BE CHOSEN FOR GATEWAY PROJECT from case 1: innovative materials and techniques can very well generate a new discourse about Wyndham and Melbourne and architecture. from case 2: innovative digital computation techniques can achieve new interesting outcomes from case 3: parametric design can help generate more complex patterns which are more easily manipulable. parametric design allows greater exploration than conventional plan and paper.
2.2 Reverse Engineered - Case Study MCCORMICK TRIBUNE CAMPUS CENTER
Step by step process
In this mini task, I’ve gained the knowledge to reproduce an image where the defining resolution is determined through orientating different types of shapes/forms in association with an image sampler. In short, 3 different types of smiley emoticons were used to generate the pattern on the surface.
In the next phase, I added an “Image Sampler” component into the canvas - in which I used Le Corbusier’s potrait as the image - to map the image on the base plane and reparameterized the Surface component in order to fit the size of the surface to 0 by 1. I then multiplied the mathematical functions by adding a “multiplication” component.
An “integer component” was added to determine the list of data structures. The output of the integer component is connected to a “Create Set” component which creates a valid set from a list of items.
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In the following step, I created 3 different sets of emoticons in illustrator and imported them into rhino. I then referenced the emoticons into grasshopper using three different “Curve” components and grouped the sets of objects accordingly. In order to display the emoticons in proportion with the surface, I shifted their coordinates in rhino where the X and Y values equals 0. To extract the data paths of the group objects, a “List Item” component was used. The Data Component displays the list of generic data of output by a number of sources, in this case three sources. The output of the data is then connected into the Base List of the “List Item” component.
The “Orient” component was added to orientate the list of emoticons created onto the surface plane. The final plane would be the rows and columns that were created on the surface which is the “Surface Frames” component and the “List item” is connected into the base geometry input. Right clicking the Orient component and selecting preview would then display the resulting image of the pattern. I experimented with the sliders to achieve varying outputs. I then proceeded to bake the geometry into rhino when a satisfied outcome was achieved.
2.3 Input/Association/Output Matrix
Matrix Design idea: Common Element - Sticks can represent blades of grass or tall buildings Innovative Use - Changing patterns responding to stimulus Horizontal Pattern - pattern from the sky, not directly visible, but embedded chosen outcome wyndham logo Vertical Pattern - pattern viewed by freeway users chosen outcome the cityscape
2.4 Physical Model
mock up model
Time Lapse Photography Showing motion of the sticks
3.0 Gateway Project
Wyndham Gateway Project
We want to create a new, exciting and welcoming representation of the City of Wyndham and Melbourne through unorthodox use of orthodox elements.
we want to present the City of Whyndham not just as another typical suburb with the common sprawling housing schemes and McMansions, but as a vibrant, dynamic and creative community. We want to use the gateway to make a statement about the community in Wyndham, in particularly the significant population growth. We think by using something common to create something uncommon will give an identity to the community in Wyndham, not just being a typical suburb and give a reason and a sense of pride why the the municipal is the fastest growing in Melbourne. Being one of the fastest growing municipality in Melbourne, Wyndham is in many new houses being built every day. One of the very common element in these new housing schemes is rebars, the steel reinforcement in concrete.
unorthodoxthroughorthodox
REINFORCEMENT BAR AS ORTHODOX ELEMENT
We find rebar to be a very interesting orthodox element to be explored in our gateway design. Rebar is very relevant in the exploration of the theme of our studio, AIR. Rebar has the lightweight feel in its thinness and interesting rusting effects as it gets exposed to the atmosphere. Additionally, rebar in its raw form has not been explored much in architecture, and we would like to use this opportunity to further advance the discourse of using orthodox materials to create unorthodox designs. And finally, rebar is a very flexible material which has much potential to fabricate interesting forms and effects created using digital parametric tools such as Grasshopper.
PRECEDENT
WAVE PAVILLION
unorthodox use of rebars
design process
In the design process since we wanted to make a statement about the changing population growth in Wyndham, We incorporated various drivers in the design gateway to reflect that. 1. We chose a standard rebar mesh as our orthodox modular unit. And we extended the horizontal area in proportion to about one-fourth of the area of the City of Wyndham (542 km2 to 130 m2). One fourth because that is the current build up area proportion in Wyndham. This represents the effective area that the community resides in Wyndham. 2. We stacked up 20 standard rebar meshes to represent the 20 years of population size projections. 3. Then we rotated each of the rebar meshes according the forecast population growth data, which is based on rather smooth curve visible as in the elevation as the drivers approach the gateway. So this represents dynamic change in population 4. Finally we used current change in estimated resident population to create the diameters of the loft which cars drive through the gateway. So here there is a contrast of the common road with current data, and the uncommon gateway with future data, suggesting a potential inspiring paradigm shift from a static heritage in the past towards a dynamic future as drivers pass through it.
Grasshopper definition to generate form
contruction method construction, we referred back to our concept of using the unorthodox out of the orthodox. We didn’t want any standard way of putting a column as it would destroy the concept as well as lose the interest of being lightweight and apperance of floating. So we research on how rebars can be made strong and found the key of to the stability of rebars is through the intersections and ties between rebar members. so we decided to use the common looking rebar to support vertically. we acknowledge that one thin rebar itself might not be able to support the structure, but the key is the number of intersections. With number, comes power. something we felt conceptually connected in empowering community in Wyndham through the unity of the individual members. To ground the structure, again we referred to our concept of using the unorthodox out of the orthodox. Normally, concrete is expressed and rebars are hidden, but in our design, we want to challenge that by inverting that assumption. So we have concrete slabs hidden on the ground to provide an attaching point to the rebars, while celebrating the rebar in its unhidden form.
Joining Method
Intersections are joint using loopan wires. Escellent quality can be achieved through using quality wire such as choice black annealed wire , galvanized wire and plastic coated.
Connection Method
A splice joint is a method of joining 2 members end to end using CABR Coupler for steel rebars. With Bar Break Performance CABR bar slice is a parallel thread mechanical splicing system designed for the connection of concrete reinforcing bars
Method of Support
5000mm x 12000mm edge beam into ground and rebar connected conventionallyto beams. Reinforcement placed 50mm offset from bottom of beam to provide compressive strength
for the drivers who pass through it the dynamic structure of a turning gateway with its complex shadows as a result of the overlapping of rebar. For a start, the rusty gateway will signal that there is something that is different about Wyndham, such uniqueness despite its common appearance. And the sense of dynamic change as one drives through the changing patterns and hues makes one wonder what is the meaning behind this gateway. And hopefully as people understand the gateway better, it becomes a thought provoking discourse of the effects of population growth, or be inspired.
We hope that through the uncommon use of a common material even like rebar to create such a gateway will add an exciting urban dimension to the City of Wyndham. With this gateway, we hope that the community there will reflect on the dynamic changes of the population growth in Wyndham and what that means to them even as they drive through that road day in and day out. With so many mass-housing estates that keep mushrooming which at times which dulls the senses, we hope to inspire the community in Wyndham that even out of the ordinariness of their suburbia, that something extraordinary can come out, and that power to do something extraordinary is in them
physical model
mock up model
site model
fabrication for our group wasn’t as succesful as we thought. at the beginning we trying to get material that represents rebar mesh best with rusting effect and that would copper wire but that’s pricy . We then proceed with chicken wire , the outcome was however horrible as the the cutting was tedious and the wire mesh cant be flatten as it always cures.This resulted our model not to achieve the airing effect not the stacking rythm . In the end , instead of showing the structure , we decided to fabricate our model using printed pvc sheet to demonstrate the rotation and shadow effect .i would say the model didnt turn out what we wanted to show ,however given more time we would explore with other materials .
feedback our model wasn’t well fabricated and didnt demonstrate the neither the airing effect between each stacks nor the shadow casted .Due to our fabrication method, structure wise was poorly demonstrated and our model seemed ‘air hooked’ Constuction methos wasn’t clear and the drivers for the design wasn’t necessary. Despite the lacking demonstration from our model , we did pull off with our renderings .We were told to do further exploration and there’s much more potential in our design. Our group were struggling for the past few weeks and only been able to come out with the outcome due to trting to stick back with our previous concept . from here we learnt that we should had took a decisive action much earlier and not resulting us rushing everthing in 1 week plus period . i’m however pleased that my group members were trying all their best to completing this task and being helpful .
3.1Gateway Project - Research
FURTHER EXPLORATION & REFINEMENT
exploration in this refinement stage we and decided to took the adviced given and take in the feedback . we explore with different wire mesh arrangement and density and also rotation angle using grasshopper . Besides we also explore with different mesh orientation and tested out the shadow casted on the road . during the process we also did incorporate the definition into one of our previous idea . with the further exploration we had, this resulted a far more wider range of posibilities and much more interesting ourcomes
horizontal mesh
mesh patterning
point rotation
form experimenting
previous idea
incorporrating new idea into old idea
spiral waves
our new concept was again create unorthodox through orthodox - rebar mesh the waves was created indicating the coast side of wyndham , the spiral wave tunnel creates an illusion as in one going through a waves to the other end signaling a transformation . the difference density caused by the stacked wire meshes will create different volume of shadoe on the ground
4.0 REFLECTION : Learning Outcomes
Design Studio Air has been a really tough challenge for me as I have to go through many of the case studies to understand how new architecture discourse have contributed to the built environment and contemporary architecture. I realized that besides learning through the precedents and theories, architecture evolve through the discoveries of new ways of thinking and technologies. The process of challenging the past with innovative approaches have driven to the new architecture discourse and this has become one of the objective of this course which is to master the soft skills of computing designs. Computing software such as Rhino and Grasshopper totally stranger to me .I like all my friends struggled dealing with this complicated software . As stated by Kalay (2004), design is a process that it engaged in when the current situation is different from a desired situation, and when the actions needed to transform the former into the the latter are not immediately obvious. This is true of applying the same architectural principles to the design for a home as it his for the design of a ‘sculpture’. The ability get from one situation, I found, was through the process of parametric design. As this is a new concept, it made the process of designing something I generally wouldn’t, simpler. The ‘thing’ being designed and the software encouraging the ‘things’ conception seemed a good way for me to step out of my comfort zone. In fact , by the end of this semester , I had found the software being really helpful in many ways and assisted me discovering new outcomes . With the helps and guides from each group members, we managed to get things solved and most importantly, from the communication and co-operation among the team members
Throughout the course, I believe it had strengthen my knowledge in architecture and made a better foundation for me. The overall studies have trained me to be able to think reflectively and master the soft skills besides the study of theories. Throughout the course, I had realised there are many more for me to be learnt and never satisfy with what I had got . I look forward to tackling my next studio and applying the knowledge I have obtained from this studio. Last but not least, I am truly grateful with the assist and guidance given by my tutor Jas and Alison . They had brought me back on the right tracks where I were lost in direction .
The process and tasks of this studio has introduced me to more elements of architecture that are not usually considered in me previous diploma course With the use of Rhino and Grasshopper, I have learnt how to utilize the digital tool to create various parametric design that I have never learnt before. By trying out different definitions and exploring the components in Grasshopper, I found that I managed to generate a variety of design possibilities for a given task. It truly allowed me to explore more with the experimentations to achieve the desired outcome by controlling the parameters and numeric inputs. The parametric designing tools has lead me to a new qualities and relationships where it open up our choices to the new thinking and its massive potential.