Jhonnatan Salazar Gomez
CONTEXT
1.BRIEF&SPECIFICATION 2.LA SAGRADA FAMILIA 3.EXPERIMENTING 4.DEVELOPMENT 5.DEVELOPMENT 6.HALLGRIMSKIRKJA CHURCH 7.RESEARCH 8.MODELS 9.EL ROSARIO 10.RESEARCH 11.DEVLOPMENT 12.EXPERIMENTING 13.MODELS 14.MODELS 15.RESEARCH 16.EXPERIMENTING 17.EXPERIMENTING 18.RESEARCH 19.MIDDLE EASTERN STREETLAMPS 20.SALAVADOR DALI 21.RESEARCH 22.EXPERIMENTING 23.EXPERIMENTING 24.SEATING 25. EXPERIMENTING 26. CATHOLIC CHURCH OF TRANSFIGURATION 27. WHALE SHAPE 28. SEATING 29. SETTING 30. DESIGNS 31. FINAL MODEL 32. MAIN BUILDING 33. SECOND ELEMENT 34.INTERIOR 35. PICTURES 36. PICTURES
Brief Theme: Growth and Evolution When the fossil fuels record came about many architects and designers exploited the use of these cast and preserved object and living things on stone to create their own structures and buildings. My job is to do the same with nature exploit its wealth in forms and shapes and make it the source of inspiration for a building. Further suggestions: - Bacteria, roots, braches, cells - History, political war, religion - Volcanoes, coral reefs, rivers - Electrical components, the internet
Specification I will be gathering research and bringing forward designs and ideas to build a church because I chose to focus on the religion aspect of my theme. I will have to consider the where the entrance of the church will be as well as, the seating area, the setting and location, weather conditions and whether to include an complementary second function. I will have to look at already built churches and structures that will help inspire my very own church keeping in mind the theme of growth and evolution.
Gathering idea - Create a building that you need to explore more and more as you go in. - There is always a fight against religion ( build it in a arena to represent the war) -
Thorns to gate the church form the war, also represents the crown of thorns.
la Sagrada Família is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site,and in November 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it a minor basilica, as distinct from a cathedral which must be the seat of a bishop. Construction of Sagrada Família had commenced in 1882, Gaudí became involved in 1883, taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveauforms. Gaudí devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death at age 73 in 1926 less than a quarter of the project was complete. Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completion date of 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death.
LA SAGRADA FAMILIA
Experimenting La Sagrada Familia consist of remarkably built columns that help to the visual of the cathedral. They hold an very interesting form and a texture that connote long melted candles. It’s very clever because it plays around with expectations of what you see inside a church which is mostly always lit candles around the church but in this case Gaudi is placing the candles outside into the world. I like the shape of the columns so I tried using my own techniques and tried to recreate a similar shape with wire
Development From the long column structure I tried to replicate form La Sagarada Familia. I manipulated the form by twisting and adding more material into the shape, I added string of wool and attached it to each column and then pinned down a nail in front of all the wire and attached the string to the nail which gave me the shape below. The development gave my model more vision and helped shape it into the illusion of a building where I can have the inside of the circle of wire where the church will be And then have the nail the entrance to the building. The structure would created complications With figuring out where everything would go because of how complicated and elaborate the model is and it would make it difficult for people to be in the model on a rainy day.
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Development I developed my model further using the wool I used in my last model and placed it in a different manner. I tried to think of a way to not make the model look so messy and elaborate and make it easier for a cold or rainy day, so I tried closing the top and joining each point of my column together which gave me another completely different element for my model where I can think about having the inside in the round.
Hallgrímskirkja is a Lutheran parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 73 meters (244 ft), it is the largest church in Iceland and the sixth tallest architectural structure in Iceland after Longwave radio mast Hellissandur. State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson is said to have designed it to resemble the basalt lava flows of Iceland's landscape. It took 38 years to build the church. Construction work began in 1945 and ended in 1986. Situated in the centre of Reykjavík, it is one of the city's best-known landmarks and is visible throughout the city. The church is also used as an observation tower. An observer can take a lift up to the viewing deck and view Reykjavík and the surrounding mountains.
HALLGRIMSKIRKJA CHURCH Iceland
Research HallgrĂmskirkja is a building that hold a magnificent form that consist of 3D rectangles like columns (which reflects back to the shape of La Sagrada Familia). I went over the shape and then used the shape to create my own structure which you can see on the bottom right. It’s a building that consists of tall 3D rectangles that fall on the one opposite and just carries on further down. It creates a roof to my structure. I recreated my structure using some wood pieces.
Ruben Martinez, one of El Salvador's most prominent sculptors designed a church that "wouldn't get in the way of the public and that wouldn't run from God," meaning that there would be no structures or distractions from the building itself (posts, blinding light through windows, etc) to interfere with services or people's devotion. The end result, finished in 1971, is a building that challenges the ideas of modern churches and is renowned as one of the most unique churches in the Americas. From the outside it resembles a concrete airplane hangar with a dome shaped roof and a nondescript grey and red-brick construction. But when you walk inside at sundown the stained glass in the ceiling filters the light in a rainbow of color that splashes across the alter, it fills you with a sense of wonder. Additionally, the 12 stages of the cross, designed in Martinez's unique style of metal and rock, turn this place of worship into a masterpiece of art.
EL ROSARIO
Research El Rosario is a church based in San Salvador. It is a rough looking building which many people could confuse it from old and broken down but once you enter it would reveal its beauty. What I find most fascinating about this church is the sue of stained glass windows and how clever the designer used the windows to cover one side of the whole church, where the sun rises which then reflects all the colour back into the church. The second element is how the windows are all in uniform which reminds me of the skin of a fish so I decided to research more on the skin of fishes and use it to help inspire me on a building design and the inspiration sticks with the growth and evolution theme. I used fish scale images that I researched and created structured that inspired me from the form of the images which I will show in the next page.
Development
Experimenting From the inspiration I gained from the church in San Salvador which was the use of the stain glass windows and the fish scale pattern I used the material in the bottom images which I spray painted different colour to represent the stain glass . I creased the material and manipulated it to form the windows and make it curved.
The whole building would be made out of glass and each rectangle that I creased into the material would be the stain glass windows and each window will have different colors which will then reflect back into the building once the sun shine hits the glass, just like El Rosario Church in San Salvador. I developed and played around with the material in the following images by placing it in different forms and adding more materials and colour.
I really liked the use of colors that El Rosario had which helped the building come to life, so I added more material that obtained very bright vivid colors that helped develop my design idea.
Experimenting In this model I gathered materials that included interesting and eye catching colors and shapes in order to create another building always keeping in mind the use of the stained glass and colors in El Rosario. This model I produced is a tall structure with an interesting idea of a garden that surrounds it. I thought about the form of this building and tried to picture how the interior of the building would be, so I thought I could do the church with various floors each one containing more and more seating area in the round for people to pray and I would place the alter in the middle which would give everyone a perfect and equal view.
Experimenting The hand sculpture I found laying around I thought I could use it o make an interesting design for a church, it stood out to me because I have also found the shape of a hand an interesting form and it also not only fits in with my growth and evolution theme but it also connotes religion which would be perfect for a church.
Saudi Arabian Street Lamps Saudi Arabia a rich country that could be known for its another wealth architecture and tourism, have created the beautiful and astonishing invention of the street lamps that during the day open up to form an umbrella for shade on the unbearably hot weather which then folds back into a street lamps to shine light on the streets during the night. This creation is very clearly thoughtful and practical because it clearly thinks about the needs to adapt to the country weather and is a invention that is worth wild. I would like to take this idea of the street lamps/umbrellas and incorporated it into my own design and models to the use of the people that would use my church.
Salvador Dali was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figures, Spain. Dali was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dali's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
SALVADOR DALI
Research Salvador Dali is my favorite painter because I like the way he uses his art to portray a message very symbiotic personally and politically. The reason why I tried to incorporate Salvador Dali into my design work and se him as inspiration is because also has a sort of theme of nature objects in his work for example animals, human parts or in this example a tree and this helped me use his work and also find inspiration form a source that will help me stick to my them of growth and evolution. I used the image on the left of the tree which is one of Dali’s art because I liked the form that it held and I thought I could make a building out of this source. The other images are existing structures that have similarities to Dali’s tree.
Experimenting
From the inspiration of Dali’s tree I used the roots to get inspired to create my model in the middle. I think it’s a very unique structure that really holds an organic feature goes with the theme of growth and evolution.
I tried to develop my model by keeping a very similar out line but changed the material I used to draw with and choose a different color which you can see on the right image
During my research I found a picture online of the interior of a building that I loved because its on the round, different form your typical church and it really reminded me of my interpretation of the tree because the inside of the building follows the same outline of mine and fits perfectly like a jigsaw to what my model would look like inside and what I would like it to look like.
Seating
Also went further with my research of Dali’s interpretation of the tree and used how the leaves and branches were structured to create the interior of the building . You can see this interpretation of the inside of my structure on the top left image I made the alter in the middle which then the branches stemming out are the corridors that lead to the leaves which are the seating area for the people wanting to use my church.
There is another of Dali’s art that I used which is his drawing of the human eye and I decided to use this piece of work because it also help me stick to my theme of growth and evolution. I liked the stretched out form that he used in his work and the interpretation of the eye so I used very similar shapes to create the model on the right. It is a building that has a for of a maze that leads to the main building at the back.
This amazing project of catholic church of transfiguration was created by London based design studio DOS Architects. This concept have won a competition to design a 2000-seat church in Lagos, Nigeria. The project consists of variously-sized arches at four-meter intervals, creating a swooping roof. This steel structure will contain a two-storey congregation hall with glazing at either end emphasizing the hall’s height.
Catholic Church of Transfiguration
Whale Shape
Catholic church of Transfiguration holds a similar form of a whale, I can see clearly the source inspiration as the font of the building is wide and curves down to the tale of the building just like the body of a whale. It is an amazing building that is both very creative and beautiful. It is wide enough to hold a large number of people and the beauty to attract its audience. The structure also brings me back to my theme of growth and evolution.
Setting
This environment where the building below is set is off a hill on top of the ocean which creates a breath taking scenery for a church especially for a wedding. This image I find it during my research online which really inspired me to produce my own model onto of the ocean. The image also comes equipped with a insight to the interior of the church and how the architect set it out, it is very traditional but I would consider having my seating area in the round like I have been experimenting with thorough out my work.
Designs
I used the image on the previous page to produce some of my own drawings that would be set on top of the ocean. You can see this resembles the structure of the image, as I drew my structures in a circular form.
I also gathered inspiration from the research I did on La Sagrada Familia and included the long columns I design at the beginning of my presentation. I used the columns in two forms, first to cover my building around and have them gradually growing into a point and then I did another design and I had the columns all in one level but have them underneath my building which made the whole structure more uniformed and it meant I can have a another floor underneath
This is my final design and the model I produced to show my final outcome from all the inspiration and research I gathered. This model follows inspiration from the Catholic Church of Transfiguration, La Sagrada Familia, the setting that I researched, the information I gathered from churches in the round and the Saudi Arabian street lamps.
FINAL MODEL
My final model consists of a main building which is the church which stems of the side of a hill and another floor underneath the main building. The main inspiration for the design of the main building is from the catholic church of transfiguration. It follows the same form of the whale and I chose to follow this structure because it’s the building that I think inspired me to create a similar building that would effectively follow its purpose and fit with the setting that I chose to stick with which is on top of the sea with another floor underneath. It’s the perfect building for any sort of weather as it will shield the people on a rainy day and let the light shine in as the front of the building would be made out of glass (like El Rosario) to let the sun shine in.
Second Element The floor that is attached from underneath the main building I created it to carry out another use that will complement my church. The bottom floor would be used as a reception hall for weddings and any other part concepts. I thought It is a perfect function that would go splendidly with my church not only because it would have an amazing view of the sea it would be right with the church and it would also be accompanied with the scenery of on the hill. The pillars that support the roof and the main building above is inspired from my interpretation the pillars of La Sagrada Familia and I used it because its a amazing landmark that I'm a big fan of and inspired very interesting models of work. I will also incorporate the Saudi Arabian Street lamps that I will place on the hill that will form a path that will leads to the entrance of the church.
Interior And the magic doesn’t stop outside. As from my research I have been looking at churches in the round instead of your typically organized seating you always see. The inside of my church will follow my research and I will also be in the round like the example in the images on this page.
Each row of seating will increase in level so everyone as an equal view of the alter and not heads in the front of them blocking their view. The building will also be big enough to have a second floor of seating.
Jhonnatan Salazar Gomez