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HAMZAH MANSOOR GRAZI PRADA KRISTIAN TAGLIAVENTO DARYL TAN Architecture Design Studio: AIR ABPL30048 Semester 1 2012
THECOMPETITIONBRIEF ARCHITECTUREINDISCOURSE:WYNDHAMCITYGATEWAYPROJECTBRIEF OBJECTIVES : ‘DEVELOP A PROPOSAL THAT INSPIRES AND ENRICHES THE MUNICIPALITY’ • ICONIC FEATURE • LONGEVITY IN APPEAL • DIALOGUE BETWEEN LANDSCAPE AND SCULPTURE • DAY-TIME AND NIGHTTIME VIEWING OUTCOME : THE LIVING AND BREATHING SCULPTURE • RESPOND TO THE INHERENT CULTURE OF WYNDHAM CITY • RESTORE WYNDHAM CITY AS A SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL HUB • REGENERATE THE LANDSCAPE • PROMOTE USER INTERACTION WITH THE SCULPTURE • DELIVER A STATEMENT, CHALLENGING THE SOCIAL NORM THEREFORE:REITERATETHECONSCIOUSCONNECTIONBETWEENTHELANDSCAPE,THEUSERANDTHESCULPTURE • CREATE A VENUE FOR CONTEMPLATION REGARDING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT • CRITIQUE THE ECONOMIC FORCES OF CONTEMPORARY URBANIZATION OF THE CITY •FORMULATEANAPPROACHTHATRESPONDSTOTHEIDEALIZATIONOFALIVING,BREATHINGSCULPTURE
ZA11 PAVILION CLJ02 WORKSHOP+DIMITRIE STEFANESCU
‘THEOBJECT,THROUGHITSTECTONIC CHARACTERISTICSTRIESTOMAKE LEGIBLETHENEWONTOLOGYWHICHIS SLOWLYDEFINEDBYCOMPUTATIONAL ARCHITECTUREANDTHUSBECOMESA SHOWCASEFORTHEDESIGNPROCESSES EMPOWERED BY DIGITAL TOOLS’ DIMITRIE STEFANESCU (2011)
PARAMETRICTECHNIQUES:RHINO + GRASSHOPPER • GEOMETRY GENERATION • LABELLING + ASSEMBLY • FABRICATION METHODS
IMPACTONTHESOCIAL+URBAN ENVIRONMENT • SCOPE OF EXPERIMENTATION • ARCHITECTURE AFFECT
HONEYCOMBMORPHOLOGY ANDREWKUDLESS+MATSYSDESIGNSTUDIO+ARCHITECTUREASSOCIATION
‘INTEGRATIONISINHERENTTONATURAL MATERIALSYSTEMS,FORTHEYHAVEBEEN DEVELOPEDTHROUGHEVOLUTIONARY MEANS WHICH INTRICATELY TIE TOGETHERTHEFORM,GROWTHAND BEHAVIOUROFTHEORGANISM[...]AN INTEGRATEDANDGENERATIVEDESIGN STRATEGYUSINGABIOMETICAPPROACH TOARCHITECTUREANDFABRICATION’ ANDREW KUDLESS (2004)
INTEGRATEDBIOMETICSTRATEGIES •RESPONSIVEMATERIALSYSTEM •BIODYNAMICSTRUCTUREDERIVED FROM NATURAL PHENOMENA •RESEARCHINTOAPPLICATIONSOF SCALEPATTERNINGSURFACESYSTEM
DYNAFORM
BERNHARD FRANKEN ARCHITEKTEN ‘GENERATED IN A COMPUTER SIMULATIONBYOVERLAPPINGTHE SPATIALLYTRANSLATEDDOPPLEREFFECT AND ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES’ BERNHARD FRANKEN (2001)
MATERIALITY+IMPLICATIONS •DUALETFEANDPVCMEMBRANE SKINWITHINFLATABLENEGATIVE SPACE/VACUUM •SKINSTRETCHEDLONGITUDINALLY OVERSTRUCTURETOCONFORM TO ARCHITECTURAL IDEA OF ACCELERATION
KINETIC ARCHITECTURE • ACCELERATION + MOVEMENT •INFLATABLESKININFORMSTHE RELATIONSHIPTOAIR+BREATHING
MEDIA-TIC
CLOUD 9 ARCHITECTURE STUDIO ‘IN THE DIGITAL INFORMATION ERA, ARCHITECTURE HAS TO BE A TECHNOLOGICALPLATFORM,INWHICH CONNECTIVITY,NEWMATERIALS,AND NANOTECHNOLOGYAREIMPORTANT’ RUIZ GELI (2011)
RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE •RESPONSIVETOSOCIO-ECONOMIC+ ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES • SELF-AWARENESS OF SPACE
DIAPHRAGM • SIMULATES THE KINETICS OF BREATHING •ETFECELLSINFLATEIMITATINGTHE PROCESSOFFIGHT/FLIGHTRESPONSE
TURBULENCE CUT + FABRICATE RESEARCH PROJECT
TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS •ALUMINIUMSPACEFRAMEINFORM ASENSEOFLIGHTNESS+FLEXIBILITY, BUTALSOSTRENGTH+INNOVATION
RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE •INTIMATEINTERACTIONBETWEEN ARCHITECTURE,THEENVIRONMENT+ THE VIEWERS/USERS •NON-STATIC/DYNAMICRELATIONSHIP BETWEENTHESCULPTURE+USERS •STIMULATEDBYAIRMOVEMENT
NATURAL COMPLEXITIES •OPTICALQUALITIESWHERESKIN AUGMENTS DUE TO WEATHER/ SEASONAL EVENTS
DIAPHRAGM THE KINETICS OF LIVING+BREATHING
PROTOTYPE ONE
PROTOTYPE TWO
PROTOTYPE THREE
PROTOTYPE FOUR
PROTOTYPE FIVE
PROTOTYPE SIX
SERPENTINE DREAM
THE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT: RESPONSIVE MORPHOGENESIS
CONTINUINGWITHDIGITALEXPERIMENTATION:DRAWING INSPIRATIONFROMTHEMEANDERINGRIVER+SERPENTFORM • USING GRASSHOPPERTO DICTATE AND DETERMINE THE RESPONSIVENESS OF SURFACE DEFORMATIONS •OPTIMIZINGTHESKINSTRUCTURETOESTABLISHSCALEAND ANGLESFORGREATERLIGHTPENETRATION+AIREXPERIENCE •SCULPTUREDFORMTOEMERGEFROMTHELANDSCAPE HIGHLIGHTINGCONNECTIONTOCONTEXT+USEREXPERIENCE •APPEARANCEOFENCLOSUREORCONSTRICTINGIT’S PREY,PROVIDESASENSEOFCONTEMPLATIONFORTHEDAILY COMMUTERSREGARDINGENVIRONMENTAL+ECONOMICHARM
EXPLORATIONINTOTHEAPPLICATIONSOFTHEPRIMARYNOTIONSDERIVEDFROMTHECASEOFINNOVATION. DISCOVERINGTHEINTERACTIVERELATIONSHIPBETWEENTHESCULPTURE,THEENVIRONMENTANDTHEUSERS THROUGHTHEANALYSISOFHOWTHECONCEPTOFAIR+TURBULENCECANCOMMUNICATEWITHTHEARCHITECTURAL SKIN+STRUCTURE.THEREFORERESEARCHWASCONDUCTEDTODETERMINEANAPPROPRIATESKINGEOMETRY.
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ECDYSIS: SCALE
KINETICS OF SCALE: REGENERATIVE STRUCTURE
ECDYSISLITERALLYMEANS‘TOTAKEOFF’OR‘STRIPDOWN’:APPLICATIONTO THE OVERALL CONCEPT OF REGENERATION. •DELIVERANICONICFEATURETHATINFORMSTHEDIALOGUEBETWEENTHE LANDSCAPE AND THE SCULPTURE. •ITERATIVEMODELLINGTECHNIQUESUSEDTOSCALETHEORIGINALVOLUME •RESPONDINGTOPREVIOUSEXPLORATIONSDEFININGUSEREXPERIENCE •RATIONALIZINGCONCEPTINTOAWORKINGOUTCOMEFORFABRICATION I.E. MATERIALITY AND JOINERY SYSTEM
BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS
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Competition Brief/Case For Innovation/Expression of Interest
‘Parametricdesignisinitselfnotsointeresting.Itneedsmeaning.Weneedto combinethepossibilitiesofthevirtualwithhowwedisciplinetherealinanewway’ - Ben van Berkel. UN Studio
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