anca trestian - unit 4
First exercise For this first step we needed to choose 5 immages that we consider interesting. They should be photographs, interesting artwork that we admire, and an architecture scheme.
Slot, Lower Antelope Canyon Navajo Reservation, Arizona - photograper Kenneth Parker This Canyon is located on Navajo land, near Arizona. The curvy slots were formed by erosion.
Litography by Jean Arp (poet, sculptor and painter) Better known for his voluptous sculpture, Jean Arp was also expressing art through painting. This canvas in particular, can be an inspiration for an architect, suggesting the partition of a house for example.
Cappadocia - Turkey This amazing landscape lies in eastern Anatolia, in the center of Turkey. It was home for the Hittite powerin the 18th century, BC. This curvy rocks have vulcanic origin, and were shaped by erosion, resultting a surreal terrain, which this civilisation, carved and used as dwellings.
Zaha Hadid Architects - Conceptual Lines and hubs - architecture This drawing shows how can a minimum curvature grid can be very descriptive. I also admire this drawing for the reason that is a work of art by itself, exceeding its main architectural condition, overlapping into a graphic field.
“Permutation” by Mary Martin Martin’s work, employs the design of a half square, cut diagonally, which is engage in repetition, creating 2 dimensional tesselated shapes, within a regular permutation system. The effect created is of a 3 dimensional sculpture.
Mary “roof”-
Martin’s first
step in creating a shape without planar constraits 1)stretching the constituent points of the plane have obtained the strart for a roof that seems imponderable. Still this does not create a shape, having an obvious display of the start in its consistance.
2)dematerialising
the
plane
towards
its
adges
creates
a
lighter
“roof”
3) reflection / refraction
The immage I have chosen for this exercise is the only one that is not curvy, trying to see a staght corners goemetry input woud develop. The shape obtained would have different projections on each plane of the carthesian system. Also each of its sectiones would look different and the most important no addaptation of a terrain would be shown in the design. 4)shadow projection gives birth to anothe 2 dimentional draving that is a more clear representation of a 3 dimensional object, and can also restart the process of modifying 3 dimensionally. Therefore this can be the start for a n infinit creation method, one that would always modify a shape and its projection in a certain range, but get a different output each time.
conveIxity
concavity
conveIxity
I have chosen one of the immages obtained in the previous exercise. By mirroring it , I have beggiining to define space, expanding the enclosure to 2 planes that can stand for a roof and a ground condition. No walls are embedded yet, creating the next step of this exercise. I have ignored the tesselation refering strictly to the edges of the plane.
vertical repetition Every space obtained by repetition of a hyperbolic module has 2 openings that are perpendicular oriented. Eachlevel has a different orientation but is defined by the same shapes.
This edges were straight at the beggining, forming a hyperboloid, by curving this edges the surface would have more richness and would eventually have a better addaptation to a terrain if choosen for a project.
The output of this exercise is can represent a 3 dimensional texture that can be repeted toward construction of a large scale building, but it still not completely respond to a shape that is detaching completely from the plane. The dashed line represents the result of forces applyed for this module and will be extended in a closer approach for the next exercise.
convex / concave
concavity
enhances the need of
,induces conveIxity
thearea that almost unites the cieling with the ground wil l always bring into whoever is standing there
concavity
concavity
concavity
repetition of a space will always direct to infinity, making a space seem larger than it really is, making it popular as if one module is understood or known, all the essembly should be the same.
Space defined by a non flat shell would suggest different human responses. On the other hand, a flat space would inhibit movement and reduce communication. Every recess would attract groups of people, enhance communication and induce intimacy. Every opened space would direct people to its corners and attract attention to its highest and lower point, where a flat place would reduce every position to the same level of human undestanding, any movement being given by other factors.
inhabitance
PLASTER
PLASTER
withthis models i have tries to define the convex concave relationshib between vertical and horisontal. I For this I have pored plaster into a sock and left it dry. The shape resulted in a concave / convex rigid shel that displays the ideea in the renderings
Anexperimentthatwentwrongwastryingtorepresenttheparaboloidmodelintoa3dmodelItryied to use string which I dipped in plaster and it was supposed to het riggid, but it did not get enogh strainght after 2 days of leaving it to dry and it just collapsed.
perspectives showing vertical enclosure
drawing machine Trying to represent the wires in a dierent way than by moving their bezier point in one of the software that I would usually use for my 3d modelling. Therefore I created a program that , withe the help of controllers will be able to handle easier a 3d wire construction
how it works For dening a curve, processing needs a 4 point input, with their x and y
rhino After reaching a n iteresting level of curvature display in the processing drawing the file needs to be imported in Rhino. Here, with the help of Grasshopper , I have set links between all curves involved in the preocess.
C(x4,y4)
bezier
A(x1,y1)
B(x2,y2)
C(x3,y3)
processing output imported i n Rhino
Grasshopper links all the curvature together
3d max renderings
ends gether
of at
all wires both edges
are linked toof the model
main wire keeps the shape together, havinga thiker diameter that is harder to be manipulate drawing machine Trying to represent the wires in a dierent way than by moving their bezier point in one of the software that I would usually use for my 3d modelling. Therefore I created a program that , withe the help of controllers will be able to handle easier a 3d wire construction
secondary wires are thinner, therefore easiar to manipulate, creating a modifiable shape
visual communication
fluid space
Kitchen
Living room Dormitory
Bathroom Dormitory
Bathroom
fluid space Isollation of the individual is one of the problems of the mothern age, where people are assalted by techonlogie, prefferin a computer interface that the actual human contact. This type of house proposes a space with no boarders, were visual contact can continue in the interior whitout being blocked by any bariers. Therefore the doors have been replaced by space. Thus the intimacy still needs to be provided, there are nooks, recessed walls and hideways without avcompletely closing any room.
Isollation of the individual is one of the problems of the mothern age, where people are assalted by techonlogie, prefferin a computer interface that the actual human contact. This type of house proposes a space with no boarders, were visual contact can continue in the interior whitout being blocked by any bariers. Therefore the doors have been replaced by space. Thus the intimacy still needs to be provided, there are nooks, recessed walls and hideways without avcompletely closing any room.
Garage
front front
Living room Bathroom Bathroom
Living room
Kitchen
Kitchen
Patio
Dormitory
Dormitory
Patio Dormitory Garage
Garage
fluid space Dormitory
This series of picture shows the emergence of oil that slowly unites into one single buble. In the same way, the urban villa links all the rooms thrru opening s that are permanently open.
plan plan
perspective
1st step Considering all functions that the house would have and their relations in plan and elevation.
living room kitchen dormitory dormitory bathroom garage
Adjoining out any 3rd step Developing walls and shaping the amount of the interior openings between spaces. Exterior openings regarding sun exposing.
all spaces consideration for
together interstitial
2nd step withmembrane
final display Showes the exterior shape that has a different addaptation than the interior, that is for the sun
different ways of devinding a solar pannel
S living room
kitchen dormitory
a dormitory
storage
b
solar pannels Orientation of the roof permits usage of photovoltaic modules that follow the triangulate partitions of the folded roof
solar pannels display
interior axonometry
intrerior inhabitance Spaces are connected visually at all time, respecting the intimacy of every member of the family by creating “hideaways�. expanding with new members Interior space can be repatitioned without any exterior intervence. Expanding in this case means rebuilding the partitions, adding of terring down a wall would easily recreate the interior scenario, without showing any changes to the exterior. no corners For preventing temperature loss, the walls floors and ceiling , fillet without any straight corners. terrain addaptation Any difference of height can be undertaken by a smooth translation of the floor height, the only things that are completely flat in this type of house would be the furniture (beds, kitchen countertables, desks etc.) depht Looking at the ant galleries, a house partitiones should be build by the family needs of more or less members, common usage or intimacy. Changes that involve different needs at one point , should not involve the exterior of the house, which deals with a larger number of users, consequently with a different architecture.
june
understanding the material The drawing machines helped to determine a shape that would eliminate the outside constraints, disregarding the ground or ceiling, simulating imponderability. This model is testing the material (that would be used for the interior insulation) giving depht to the output created using this process, testing its strains and flaws by manual carving. The result can simulatethe perfect reproduction of a 2d model. This prototype evolves also regarding ergonomics, all the wholes that it has can fit at least one hand. The interior is very difficult to shape , as all the layers that form the model, were glued together before carving. Therefore, on a large scale that would regard the interior of the solar house, going under a certain radius would be avoided.
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altitude angle Shows the sunrays cast in different seasons, and how they penetrate the facade. bearing angle It showes the position of the sunrise and sunset , at various times of the year in Goteborg, Sweeden. The dashe line in the draving shows the position of sunrise and sunset in relation to true north, known as the bearing angle. This e three positions marked in the drawing represent winter solstice (22 December), spring echinox (22 March), summer solstice (22 June), fall echinox (22 September) The angle of the sun in relation with th e true north also changes during the day as the sun courses across the sky (actually as the Earth rotates). The numbers in circles in the illustration represent the time of the day. doble glazing The double glazing, which is oriented towards south, increases thermal gain and combined with thermal mass, stores it and prevents overheating. The two bedrooms are also directed towards South, capturing as much sun as they can for warming the winters.
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altitude angle
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W 5
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10 12
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10 bearing angle
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NOON
plaster model
Thick thermal mass walls are used in the north part of the house for absorbing and storing the heat. The darck surface of the wood facade enhances sunlight absorbtion, transforming it into heat energy.
Thick thermal mass walls are used in the north part of the house for absorbing and storing the heat. The darck surface of the wood facade enhances sunlight absorbtion, transforming it into heat energy.
All
partition
walls
are
living room 30 sq m + 0, 00
kitchen 16 sq m
plastered.
The tessaleted roof is always oriented to the sun,, trying to gaint the most sunlight windfang + 0, 00
- 0, 30 The small garden, that is guarded by the outside walls of the construction, is a reminder of spanish villas, meant to be used for recreation, adjpining one or more families in the outdoors.
bathroom - 0, 30
All walls that are not facing south have no openings
bathroom - 0, 75 patio + 0, 00
Storage is integrated in the walls , adding another layer for thermal insulation.
- 0, 90 Each room is heateddirectly from the solar light and it directs it through via convection
dormitory 12 sq m
children room 20 sq m
- 0, 90 garage - 3, 00 The house integrated partially in the ground, building so more thermo mass
The large garage fits 3 cars, and part of the pathway that serves the entrance of the house is covering its entrance.
plan sc. 1:100
right view sc. 1:100
june
no corners For preventing temperature loss, the walls floors and ceiling , fillet without any straight corners.
All the rooms have direct sunlight, even the kitchen that has no exterior wall dirrected towards South.
Thick thermal mass walls are used in the north part of the house for absorbing and storing the heat. The darck surface of the wood facade enhances sunlight absorbtion, transforming it into heat energy.
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Thermal mass is distributed on all wallsbesides the southern ones, spreading heat evenly through the house, helping to maintain an uniformal thermal confort.
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de living room + 0, 00
The building integrates part of its volume in the terrain, keeping the angle of the sloap, therefore having a different height in each room. By these response to ground conditiones, heat loss are also prevente by the earth around the walls of the house that act like an extra layer of thermo mass.
living room
dormitory children’s room
garage - 3, 00 vertical circulation
section sc. 1:50
front elevation
solar house location Gรถteborg , Google Maps The main reason for choosing this area is its beautiful view. Located at the end of a park, this parcel has the perfect orientation and terrain proposed in the solar program presented above. The terrain has a small slope that would integrate perfectly the northern walls of my dwellings, having on the left side the river. The sothern part of the city is an idustrialised area, with few housing areas. This corner has the quality of being urban but having the suburbian insollation, not having any major circulation trajectories around.
Gรถteborg , Google Maps
solar house location
Gรถteborg
Per Kirkebys sculpture, Gรถteborg , Google Maps
The fluid house interior concept is kep t also for the urban design of the house. Therefore recessed gardens will be provided for all villas, having one side fully facing the neighbours, inviting for human interraction. Spacing between houses also enhance interraction , keeping every neighbour linked by sight at any time on the outside.
Communicating bethween 2 rows
of
hallway houses
p a t i o
Communicating bethween 2 rows
of
hallway houses
front perspective
visual communication
scheme
This type of enclosure would be created for each 3 houses placed together. Walls for the hoses in front have no windows, the only way o seeing their back door neighbours is by the spacing between the houses urban villa extension house spacing
urban scale array Walls facing north have no windows, therefore the interior gardens can be seen by neigh bours by the houses down the street only through the spacing between the houses. The enclosure of each patio is formed also from the orientation of the back walls of the houses from the front row. This condition can be repetead , therefore an urban extension of the urban villa would look like a tree.
urban scale array