STUDIO AIR JAKE BOURKE SEMESTER 1, 2017
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STUDIO AIR JAKE BOURKE | 761273 | MEHRNOUSH SEMESTER 1, 2017
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PART A: CONCEPTUALISING
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A.O: INTRODUCTION
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A.1: DESIGN FUTURING
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A.2: DESIGN COMPUTATION
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A.3: COMPOSITION GENERATION
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A.4: CONCLUSION
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A.5: LEARNING OUTCOMES
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A.6: APPENDIX—ALGORITHMIC SKETCHES
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PART A:
CONCEPTUALISING
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A.0: INTRODUCTION
JAKE A. BOURKE 20 Y/O
Currently, I’m completing my third year of the Bachelor of Environments, majoring in Architecture & Property, with an aim to start a property development firm with a strong focus on sustainable design.
Although, my experiences in rural Victoria were not all limiting, the school I attended ran a terrific technical program, allowing me to study a certificate II in engineering as part of my VCE. In this subject I received a perfect score of 50, and the Premiers award for excellence. The skills learnt about fabrication in this program have been invaluable for architecture, allowing me to excel in the construction subjects of my degree.
My history with design began early on, from as early as age 11 I would draw nothing but floor plans, eventually designing large, intricate buildings using early versions of SketchUp. At age 15, I submitted a proposal to the local council for a new Skate park, complete with elevations, renders and a 3D model. This design was later used as a main point of reference in the construction of the new Skate Park.
Since beginning University, I have focused mostly on using physical models and hand drawing to communicate my ideas, so Rhino and Grasshopper are very new to me. My knowledge of digital architecture is very low, and I aim to expand this over the duration of this semester.
From this point onward, I tailored my studies to focus on achieving my goal of studying architecture. The main hurdle was overcoming the social and economic boundaries set by my rural public school to achieve a score which would grant me entry into Architecture at Melbourne University.
I am interested in the use of programming to achieve mathematically logical outcomes in architecture, and look forward to establishing a new and exciting skillset in this subject. I believe this is the future of architecture. 8
PROJECT EXAMPLES
Designing Environments - S1 2015 / SketchUp + Indigo Render
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Studio Earth - S1 2016 / Physical Model
A.1: DESIGN FUTURING
NAGAKIN CAPSULE TOWER
Kurokawa’s Metabolist tower is a key example of how architecture can be considerate of the future. It achieved this by utilising replaceable capsules, which could be removed and refurbished over time.1 This concept was extremely groundbreaking at the time, for the architect considered a life cycle system for the building, rather than the conventional buildand-leave approach. This revolutionary tower is extremely popular in architectural history discourse for its considerate approach to life cycle. In this week’s lecture, life cycle is a point of focus when considering how buildings can be sustainable. This project has likely influenced many Metabolists to consider the life cycle of their designs, and will do so into the future. Being built in 1972, the tower is now at a point where the pods should be replaced. This has not taken place and as a result the tower has fallen into a state of disrepair.2 This brings forth conversation about how it could have been designed to make the replacement of the capsules feasible. Tony fry discusses the issue of human responsibility for “sustainable modes of planetary habitation” and to reduce the speed of ‘defuturing’.3 Kurokawa’s design was perhaps one of the first to consider the future impacts of their design. This design not only considers the future, but uses prefabrication as a construction technique, allowing the building to be constructed quickly and with less energy than a conventional tower. These aspects make the Nagakin Capsule Tower an important contribution to sustainable architectural design. 1
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"AD Classics: Nakagin Capsule Tower / Kisho Kurokawa", Archdaily, 2011 <http://www.archdaily.com/110745/ad-classics-nakagincapsule-tower-kisho-kurokawa> [accessed 2 March 2017]. 2
“ “ Archdaily, 2011.
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Tony Fry, Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics, And New Practice., 1st edn (London: Oxford, Berg, 2009), p. 6.
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PROJECT: NAGAKIN CAPSULE TOWER LOCATION: TOKYO ARCHITECT: KISHO KUROKAWA YEAR BUILT: 1972 SOURCE: ARCHDAILY
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A.1: DESIGN FUTURING
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MICHAEL
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TOWER
This project is the unbuilt Michael Schumacher Tower, which utilises the benefits of grasshopper to generate space optimised snowflake-like floorplans, and a climate responsive smart façade. The team at LAVA utilised new technology to create a smarter building than the industry standard, which, if effective in practice could be many times more energy efficient and liveable than a standard cost approach development.1 This is achieved by utilising grasshopper’s extensions and optimising the smart façade to react to the environment.2 The design of this skyscraper caters to the modern taste for high rise living whilst utilising new technology to optimise the building. Although not particularly visionary in terms or building typology, this design can be regarded as sustainable. In reference to the lecture content, this building fulfils the need for greater urban density to counteract unsustainable urban sprawl. Perhaps computer optimised skyscrapers have the capacity to achieve greater sustainability than other building types due to the lower carbon footprint of those who live there. The use of a full length smart façade and optimised snowflake floorplan is aligned with Dunne and Raby’s idea of “Radical Design”. This design looks to fully utilise and experiment with materials and design technology to achieve the four P’s mentioned in “Speculative Everything”. Plausible, Possible, Probable, and Preferable.3 1
"MSWCT Snowflake Tower » LAVA", L-A-V-A.Net, 2008 <http://www.l-a-v-a.net/projects/mswct-snowflake-tower-2/> [accessed 2 March 2017].
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"Laboratory For Visionary Architecture Snowflake Tower", Grasshopper3d.Com, 2009 <http://www.grasshopper3d.com/photo/albums/laboratory-for-visionary> [accessed 2 March 2017]. 3
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, And Social Dreaming, 1st edn (MA: MIT Press, 2013), pp. 3-5.
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PROJECT: MICHAEL SCHUMACHER TOWER LOCATION: ABU DHABI ARCHITECT: L.A.V.A YEAR BUILT: UNBUILT SOURCE: L.A.V.A
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