ANALYSIS OF THE CHURCH OF JACOBINS

Iteration Of The Design Proposal

The project is based on the case study of the Church of the Jacobins in Toulous, France, whose architecture significantly impact the development of the Gothique meridional (Southern Gothic) style. In the case study, I worked on the adjacent vaulting region between the apse and the naves, which include all the typical vectors and genetic code producing Gothic vaultings. I choose this part as a prototype to analyze how the two dimensional vector generate the three dimensional vaulting and corresponding volume.

Deconstruct The Prototype

VECTOR IN 3D CONSTRUCTION PROCESS: AXONOMETRIC

ESTIMATED GENERATION PROCESS BETWEEN THE ADJACENCY REGION

After capturing the basic prototype, a series of deconstruction studies including the analysis of the single vaulting and the composite vaulting are executed, which varies from the 2D projection construction process to the 3D vaulting construction process.

Above analysis provides sufficient information for me to contemplate the possible merging evolution of the vector between the fan vaulting system and rib vaulting system in the projection. Practically, the evolution process of the adjacency region is the unification between orthodox vector and radiant vector, which reveals prominent collision of the directionality whether from the 2D projection plane or 3D vaulting.

Part A

Stereotomy Study Of The Prototype

Stereotomy is conducted to analyze the potential geometry relationship of the vector both in 2D and 3D, and the basic prototype (composite vaulting) is further streamlined into two representative parts, which defined by part A and part B separately. Those two parts will be applied into the subsequent research on the generation methodology of the "spatial directionality composition".

Descriptive Geometry Study Parta

In order to explore the possible variation of the volume under part A of the prototype, I use an essential threedimensional operation, rotation, to perform a hypothetical spatial manipulation based part A in motion. Subsequently, descriptive geometry is implemented to analyze the geometric form of the "space vector composition" in the original sense. Additionally, the radius of each rotation is 1, 1, 2, 3, and 5 times the initial value r separately. The rotation operation is performed five times as a cycle, and a total of nine operations are executed.

Utilizing Part B to boolean with corresponding triangular prism.

Obtain the volume under the composite vaulting.

Utilizing the key vector in the volume, rotating it in 180 degree in X-Z plan and sweep it along the curve to form the surface.

Subsequently, offset the surface to split the 3D geometry into two seperated volume.

Utilizing the Mirro cuts as a tool to generate the target volume.

Obtain the proposal volume of the operation 1.

Circulation Ritualization Of Space

06. Coherence and Collapse Rethinking Mark Manders

University of Liverpool LSA ARCH302 & 352 Instructor: Mr. Devereau Ben David

Axo Drawing: Toxteth Park Pavilion

Tectonic Drawing: Toxteth Park Pavilion

COHERENCE AND COLLAPSE, PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP

The design manifesto-Coherence and Collapse-is drawn from the theory of quantum mechanics, which inspires from the artwork of Mark Manders. Mark Manders aims to force and rewrite certain events or scenarios occurring in the real world while those events and scenarios are rewritten by his “words”, the real objects, to construct another Mark Manders living in a fictional world. Whereas, in the quantum coherence and quantum collapse, or briefly, in the parallel universe, there are numerous timelines that exist outside the world we live. The two design studios are both authentically inspired from the manifesto of Coherence and Collapse while the two projects state different coping strategies and optimizing support to dealing with various accommodation schedule based on the argument.