Journal c

STUDIO AIR 2018, SEMESTER 1 TUTOR: SEAN GUY JINGQIAN GU, 800378 JOURNAL PART C

CONTENTS PART C: DETAILED DESIGN C0. Reviewing Part B C1. Design Concept C2. Tectonic Elements & Prototypes C3. Final Detail Model C4. Learning Objectives & Outcomes

C0. Reviewing Part B The right two facades were from the interm presentation and the development in part B journal. For the intial idea what we follow the original building shape and want it to be Baroque. While this facade has many problems. The first one is for the columns it is not related to the behavior just refelect the shape of bird and flowers and the detial is on the top of the capital it cannot be seen. The facade in any form is fine but it also did not showing the behavior or any related meaning from the shape. Because at that peroid of time what we think the behavior for these two is the movement of flying and the growth of flower. So after the presentation we tring tocreate the bottom facade to be more connected. But either of them did not represent the behavior and the relationship to the northcode town hall.

So in the following steps what we need to do for the further design is : 1 deep explore the behavior of the bird and flower 2 site analysis: what is the actually need and how to apply the behavior on 3 design the facade and the column 4 fabrication

C1. Design Concept-Behavior of Bird

Behavior of White Neck heron The male has also been observed displaying a dance of the following movements: starting at a norm body. Stretching its head skyward and pumping its head three to four times over the course of a minu

What we want to use this behavior as the base shape for the design of columns and facade. As the design and showing the movement can imitate the animation how to show the movement and the p is divided the movement and time into small part. Another is comprese the time and the movement t the second idea it can clearly show the concept of movement, while the second will show the similar acceleration in linear motion. But either the movements of neck or the leg are not linear and represent

mal stance, the bird brings its body into a horizontal position, throwing its head back nearly reaching the ute. With legs bent, exclaiming an "oomph" call or guttural croak.

e behavior of dancing for attracting female is an obvious movement which wants to reference into the photo taken for sport. One is use each stop picture and combines to show a period of movement which together and create the surface. We finally decided to use the similar idea as animation, comparing with result as the develop one from Part B. For the familar things it will be easy to see the movement like the t in the second way may comfuse.

C1. Design Concept-Behavior of Flower

Behavior of Large bindweed: 1. it twines around other plants in a counter-clock direction.

2. producing from late spring to the end of summer 3.the seeds disperse and thrive in fields, borders, roadsides and open woods 4. it can grow very fast and the seeds can remain viable for 30 years 5. the flower is radially symmetrical 6. the fruit is dry and splits open when ripe 7. it is mostly white or pale pink color with five darker stripes 8. there are five tepals and they are fused into a cup or tube For the behavior usage we want to avoid the basic shape copy but as we research the folower the only intresting thing is the rotation of the flower. So this will used as the main concept in our design.

C1. Design Concept-Site Analysis

SHADOW

Summer Spring&Autumn Winter

CIRCULATION Low Population

High Population

FUCTION Northcote town Hall Church Commercial Residential Car Park Empty Space

What we find through the analysis of the Northcote Town Hall is that it located at the central of the area and works as the public space for the exhibition of art and activities center. The left diagrams trying to analysis the space through function, circulation and shadow to explore and help the design. What we expected to create a new town hall wchich maintains the original function of the building, it also be a social open space for people to join. As it is at the central of Northcote, It should be obivious and the focus of the surrounding.

C1. Design Concept- Final Design

SIT

TE PLAN

PLAN

For the final design is in the anticlockwise circle buiding ,which uses glass as the main element, it not just shows the concept we want the openess and easy to stand out from the surrounding building but also the reflect of the growth of flower. As the building used to be space mainly for public exhibition on arts and other activities. So the the cuivy walls are suitable for guiding people to watch arts and the centural circle for the general activies.

SECTION

Using glass can obviously provide the sense of openess and the light of the building while it also cannot be the support of the sturecture and may cause too much light and heat into the building.

So the first floor is supported by the column and the resolution for the facade is apply with shutters along the deceration of the facade it also works as the structure frames. Also the curve glass may cause more cost on acctural construction.

For the columns what we want it to be the represent of the dance of male white necked heron for the dance the key is the repete action of its neck so the column shows the cirulation from stand still to the neck close to its body. The five necks forms the shape of the flower. As the repete of moving necks the flower also be the sense of growth and the openess.

For the decerations on the glass it represents the heron's legs movement as it dances. It is obvious that most of our design use the circle and repeting which is not just imiate the movement or the shape, it also represent the similara idea as the behavior we chosen. Either the anticlockwise or the bird's dance they all shows the growth as time pass. Thus we also apply this idea in.

C2. Tectonic Elements & Prototypes Laser cut This project involves the conception and design of a new column order based on subdivision processes. It explores how subdivision can define and embellish this column order with an elaborate system of ornament.

A full-scale, 2.7-meter high variant of the columns was fabricated as a layered model using 1mm sheet. Each sheet was individually cut using a laser cutter.

Sheets are stacked and held together by poles that run through a common core.

The calculation of the cutting path for each sheet takes place in several steps. First, the six million faces of the 3D model are intersected with a plane representing the sheet. This step generates individual line segments that are tested for self-intersection and subsequently combined to form polygons. Next, a polygon-in-polygon test deletes interior polygons.

A series of filters then ensures that convex polygons with peninsulas maintain a minimum isthmus width. In a final step, an interior offset is calculated with the aim of hollowing out the slice to reduce weight.

While the mean diameter of the column is 50cm, the circumference as measured by the cutting path can reach up to 8 meters due to jaggedness and frequent reversals of curvature.

C2. Tectonic Elements & Prototypes 3D Print

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C2. Test Laser Cut Column Detial

C2. Test of Shutter

C3. Final Detail Model-3D

C3. Final Detail Model-3D process

Using 3d print for the column as the left photos show it was not the simple process that send the model and got the final we wanted result. It is supported by supported member and have to get it off . Also in the final 3d print model it was cut into the half and glued together. Comparing with the digital model in our concept the column loss the detial on it. This happens in many reasons, the main problem is that as we convert the rhion file to the 3d printer it recoginsed the detials as wrong. Also the detial printing will cost more time and money on it. As we print we trying to avoid waiting too long at school so we print it outside, comparing the printer in school using grams as acount the printer we use give more smooth finsh and using bounding box as acount. In general, although there is already the skill for 3d print and heard of 3d printed house, 3d print is still not the main approach to do the construction as its limited in size, time and cost. But 3d printing is still the good idea to quickly get proposal test model in comlex shape and helping further development.

C3. Laser Cut Detial

C3. Final Detail Model-Laser Cut Process

C3. Final Detail Model-Laser Cut Process

compering with the 3d printing, laser cut meet our concept whcih contains all the detial we want and it is more cost efficent than 3d printing. And similar as we test in c2 whch is in scale of 1: 2 to make it perfectly layering together we use 3 holes to make it goes shight. While this method still has limitation that for most of the material used in laser cut is easy to get wet and not suitable for the real usage. But the similar column is used for just exhibition, so for me weather the column is really suitable for consturction is still a question.

C4. Learning Objectives & Outcomes

The feedback for our final presentation is for the column we did find out the suitable behavior but which took too much time and finally fix the shape of it. This also makes the chain result that we have few time for further testing. And for this I agree, while the column said it is still remains the simple shape copy. For this I am not fully agree with it, although use just one column and see it does like the picture and copy, our design for this movement is trying to sepreate movement into pieces and use all to represent the movement. However, untill I finish this Part of Journal I relase this may not be the best solution to represent the movement , using transpercy of changing material from transprace material to more solid may aslo work. Anyway, this may be the solution but we do not have time to test.

C4. Learning Objectives & Outcomes

After this 12 weeks study of the parametric design, I know more about it. But I think for this design I still some how use computer as a tool to real my design rather than a tool to improve the design itself. The grasshopper in this design process works for making the column's detial become complex and beautiful.

But in the actural facade design the parametry just works for the solar information provider.

And I am not sure either our technique lackness or the program itself, we can not finally find the suitable shaded. In this deign what I feel the design concept or the overall direction is still controled by architects but for the information or the detial changes or the deceration the parametry helps designers to save the process and make decisions. Thus, I think for the parametric design process it was not just one way either just a tool or helper, in the design its both side.