Grace Creati_M1 Journal

Digital Design - Module 01 Semester 1, 2018 Grace Creati

(913143) Xiaoran Huang + Studio 8

Week One

Reading: Zeara Polo, A. 2010. Between Ideas and Matters.

According to Zeara-Polo, the diagram does not play a representational role in the design process but provides an organisational and can have a performative quality depending on how it is deployed. Explain how Diagram is different from Signs and Symbols? (100 words Maximum)

A diagram is initially a simple reductive plan of what one is trying to achieve to invoke feeling and mood for participants for a given space. It is basically a blueprint of what one is trying to achieve with the resources available, and can then be expanded upon and developed as ideas are furthered.

Unlike signs and symbols, which often have an iconographic bent with the aim of evoking emotion and existing connection, a diagram can be deemed to be more emotionally neutral and a linear method to develop a project over time.

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Week One

Precedent Analysis

Precedent - AA Pavilion “Bad Hair� https://project4rosemary.weebly.com/ Top left - Plan of central mass of layer 1 Top right - Perspective of creating planes between the 2D lines Botton left - Perspective of final double twisting element Due to the number of layers, and individual sections within these layers, the process of modelling was extensive and required a number of skills both known and recently learnt. The image of the precedent (on the left) above shows the first layer on which two people are sitting. The 3 images to the right show the process of modelling this double twisting element, that both intersects with the ground and the central mass of the first layer. The process consisted of getting the curves, for the extended double twisting footing in plan view, from the provided technical drawings and then finding a way to translate this from 2D into a 3D form, to further link it up with the previously formed mass (plan view). Through forming a series of planes between the provided lines a 3D layout was formed. The lines were then lofted to create a surfaced form (perspective view) which could then be replicated and applied to the other parts if layer 1, finally completing remodeling of the entire layer.

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Week Two

Reading: Hertzberger H. 2005. The in-between and The Habitable Space Between Things, from Lessons for Students in Architecture.

Herzberger discuss how design should not be extreme in its functionality. Use your precedent study to explain how the pavilion allows for an appropriation of use. (100 words Maximum)

The AA Pavilion - Bad Hair provides an ideal opportunity to examine flexibility of designed spaces to provide “accommodating potential� of use. The footing sections of layers 1 and 4 intersect with the ground in a way which would allow for these areas to be adopted as casual seating. The shapes encourage use by either individuals or small groups to gather socially or share meals. These areas could also be utilised by children for play spaces without the need to incorporate explicit playground equipment. While it is stated on signage around the pavilion that it should not be climbed, it is very likely that people will endeavour to explore and enjoy the structure in this way.

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Week Two

Isometric

AA Pavilion - Bad Hair

As the name ‘Bad Hair’, and its spindly form, suggests the pavilion structural design was born out of a student’s experience drying their entanglement of wet hair.

This inspiration can clearly be seen in the final design with this central concept being carried through to physical construction. The isometric view of the digitally reconstructed ‘Bad Hair’ Pavilion demonstrates the integral relationship between the 4 varying constructed layers of the design and materiality.

All layers of the pavilion require joinery to form a singular beam or a completely layer composition. Therefore, the composite parts and joinery are key elements of the build and have been digitally modelled and composed to show the constructability of the structure. The materiality of the structure is also an important aspect of its form, aesthetic and construction. Consisting of compiled laminated timber segments this material detail highlights the expansive curves and the versatility of such a material as wood when subjected to new techniques and technologies for design. Due to the focus of constituent parts every layer beam was modelled in its distinguishable parts and then joined together. These were then subjected to angle changes and replication to then compose the larger layer structures. These are successfully fit together showing that the structural plans can be followed seamlessly through to the point of construction, a goal of many architectural builds.

Although this process was more time consuming in modelling each element it was an important lesson about the transition from digital buildability to actual physical construction, a transition which can experience some disconnect in projects especially between architect and builder.

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Week Two Diagrams

Permeable connective expanses

Structure

Constructed materiality of layers

Primary Circulation Space

Circulation paths First layer structure

Pedestrian Circulation Diagram

Thresholds (Permeability) Diagram

Insert a brief description of your diagram here.

Insert a brief description of your diagram here.

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Week Two

Circulation

Circulation Consideration The type of circulation the is the focus of the diagram is pedestrian circulation as this is a very important thing to consider when it comes to a public pavilion. Due to the height of individual layers and their intersecting points with each other, and the ground, the ability for one to walk comfortably through the space varies. This creates different programmatic abilities within the structure between demographic groups, such as between a child and adults. A child is able to access and experience the smaller openings more readily, giving them a naturally individual perspective on the structure and how one may circulate around or within it. Given layer 4 beams consist of two upturned curves at each end this had been adopted as a potential seating. This has changed the circulation around the structure as people pause and rest upon it but potentially don’t enter the bulbus void under the curvaceous beam system.

Structure

Primary Circulation Space

Circulation paths

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Week Two Thresholds

Threshold Consideration Permeable connective expanses

Although the pavilion is more open than enclosed there is a separation, threshold between the surrounding area and the theoretical volume within the tendrils of the pavilion. The thresholds that have been explored in this documented digital reconstruction are the structure, its materiality and the permeable connective expanses.

Constructed materiality of layers

First layer structure

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Appendix

Process - Layer 1

Tracing lines on plan to get curves

Rotated 90 degrees and copy set to distance of 312mm

Completed lines

Lofting

Final piece

Putting pieces together to form main arch

Duplicted and fitted together

Plan view of main Layer 1 structure

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Appendix

Process - Layer 1

Plan lines

Positioning lines to make 3D

Creating planes to form 3D curves

Attaching footing to main structure

Final double twisted footing for Layer 1

Final Layuer 1 plan

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Lofting 3D lines

Appendix

Process - Component Pieces

Layer 2 Components and whole section

Layer 1 Components and whole section

Layer 4 Components and whole section

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Appendix

Creating Diagrams

Defining outer circulation

Defining inner circulation

Constructing permeable surface threshold

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Appendix

Process - Scaling Trials

1:50

1:10

1:20

Multiple scales were trialed but the one that fit the template best and was able to show the destail sufficiently was a 1:30 scale. The same was done for the diagram drawings and the most successful scale was 1:50.

1:25

1:30

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Appendix

Final Viepoints

Elevation

Isometric

Plan

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