Earthbook: Remake

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: EARTH S1, 2016 SUBJECT STUDENT BOOK Joshua Christian

733315 Elizabeth Kate Watt|Studio 2

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Pavillion of Se

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Table of Content 1.0 THREE RELATIONSHIPS 1.1 Point/Line/Plane 1.2 Mass 1.3 Frame & Infill 2.0 CONCEPT MASS COLLAGE 3.0 HERRING ISLAND. SOMETHING LIKE A PAVILION 3.1 Site analysis and Conceptacle 3.2 Concept and Sketch design 3.3 Design Development 3.4 Final Design drawings 3.5 Final Design Model 4.0 REFLECTION 5.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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1.0 THREE RELATIONSHIPS

The first three excercises which includes: Point/ Line/ Plane, Mass, and Frame/Infill exploration of forms, and initial excercise for the final project. each excercise includes the process of design thinking and expression of the ideas in both intellectual and pragmatic aporach in designing. The purpose of these excercise is to explore the form of above, on, and under the ground in which are to be expressed in the final project.

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1.1 POINT / LINE / PLANE IDEAS:

-Experience -Eploration

Figure 1. Church of Light, Ibaraki, Japan, by Tadao Ando

The first techtonic excercise explores the possibilities between the relationship of points, lines, and planes and how this relation could create an experience for the users. The model also plays with shadows, how each elements cast shadows to create an interesting aesthetic, inspired by Tadao Ando’s Church of Light The point line plane model is more of an pragmatic approach to explore the relationship between the three elements. it is also to explore an individuality of experience on how one might see, feel, and relate to the model through various on foot perspective

Figure 2. Victoria Arts Center

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1.2 MASS IDEAS:

-Experience -Dark x Light -Quantity massing

Figure 3. Frank Gehry’s House, Santa Monica

A continuation of exploring the experience. This excercise focuses on the composition of positive and negative elements and how it both expressed the heaviness, intellectually and spiritually through a drawing. The precedents taken are the pyramids and Frank Gehry’s house, to explore the idea of Mass in terms of both quantity and quality.

The drawing consists of a randomized charocal strokes and smudges in which cluster the whole page. the intensity of the charcoal varies to create an expression of psychological burden that one might experience. The composition of dark/light is to create a 1-point perspective view as the carved negative space, or the white is to be focused, suggesting an idea of hope, in the midst of burden.

Figure 4. Research Institute of Experimental Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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1.3 FRAME/INFILL IDEAS:

-Symbolism -Exploration

Figure 5. Melbourne Hoddle Grid

The last excercise explores the relationship between the previous 2 excercises.

It employs more of a narrative rather than intellectual, and serves and idea of symbolism of permanence and transcience. THe precedents taken are the Eamses house and the Melbourne Hoddle Grid, in which both are examples of static and dynamic Frame/Infill idea.

The model serves as an expression of a 3D frame/infill with an idea of symbolism, explored through the transcient and permanent characteristic of frame/infill, whereas the precedents only expresses the 2D variation. An idea of symbolism is expressed through mass, and point/line/plane forms, in which symbolizes a degradation within a frame of time (pseudo-frame) and space (real-frame).

Figure 6. Eameses’ House

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2.0 Collage IDEAS:

- Clusterring - Fracturing

The collage serves a purpose to explore more about the idea of mass. Since the original idea is about clusterring, the drawing is copied and then cut into small triangular pieces, and then attached to the original mass drawing in a clustered and chaotic way. the composition of the white papers of the other drawings fused well with the original image to create a new whole visual efect, but still serving the purpose of expressing heaviness. The composition of light and dark is now different than the previous one, in which the composition of the negative space is increased, creating a chaotic expression without any focal point, differ from the original image.

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3.0 HERRING ISLAND. SOMETHING LIKE A PAVILION Brief:

-To create a 200 years time capsule -To create a design where the visibility only limited to 1 person -To create a space where the recording is listened to only 1 person

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Built Forms

Empty Land

Pathways

Veg Vegetation g

Noise

Sun Diagram

Dock Entrance

3.1 SITE ANALYSIS The Island has a bowl shape structure. Therefore, users of the island have already felt alienated and isolated from the urban structure of Melbourne and its feeling, in addition to the distance of the island from the CBD. Therefore, it could be said that the island itself is already a secret. Should a place of keeping secrets is placed within the island, it would be a place of secret, within the place of secrets.

The chosen site is at the picnic area, since it has the biggest potential of using the building. moreover, the picnic area has no restroom, therefore, building the pavilion here would provide such services and a sculptural structure.

Site Plan 1:500@A3

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Materials: -Concrete on top -Balsa Wood -Tracing Paper

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3.2 CONCEPT AND SKETCH DESIGN The conceptacle is to explore the main view of secrecy, which is secret as a burden. Therefore, out of the three excercises, Mass would be the focus in here.

Figure 4. Research Institute of Experimental Medicine, Berlin, Germany

The precedents are taken from an idea of a burden, emotionally in an abstract manner, and in a manner of something real and concrete. Moreover, as the purpose of these excercises is to explore the relationship of space with the ground (above/on/under the ground), the mass that is to be explored is above and under the ground. As such, the precedents that are taken are the Berlin research institute, which communicates the mass, concretely, and the Viet cong spike trap, that expresses the burden underground emotionally through pain.

The conceptacle is to bring and expresses on what the precedents and the early ideas are. Therefore, the selection of materials and texture is to be considered. The conceptacle is a frame that has a point/line/plane infill in which is crushed by a mass block of concrete. It is to communicate the idea of heaviness and burden on how one heavy object become a burden to anything beneath it and buried them.

Figure 7. Viet cong punji trap

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3.3 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT The idea of mass is taken as the main idea. The first design sketches are to express the idea of the conceptacle, burden and burial. The plan developed from and abstract form into a more rational one, inspired by Herzog and Demeuron’s Serpentine Pavilion, in a collaboration with Ai Wei Wei. the pavilion involves and underground structure and a single planar roof. After a few sketching, contextualization and research on brutalist architecture, the form of the plan evolves from an abstract form into a more rational grid-based form.

The grid provides the proportion of the mass, and to provide putting another elements of the frame/infill and PLP into the plan/elevation. In the footsteps of the modernist to find a golden ratio, the grid provides a perfect proportion of the plan and elevation.

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Spatial Label

Floor Plan 1:100@A3

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1. Chair Storage 2. Male Toilet 3. Female Toilet 4. Disabled Toilet 5. Open Space 6. Stone Mass

3.4 FINAL DESIGN DRAWINGS

The final design is a geometrical shape of mass, with a variation of organized point-plane of columns, walls and void to provide light.

The image on the left shows the placement of the walls and columns according to the grid. Some walls are thicker than another is because of structural issue.

One of the conclusions made while researching is that heaviness is expressed the most when there is a structural stability and a logical support, in which it expresses the sense of gravity and mass on the supported structure.

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South Elevation, 1:100@A3

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South Section, 1:100@A3

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West Elevation, 1:100@A3

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West Section, 1:100@A3

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3.4.1 Elevation-Section Diagram

The Building is 1200 mm buried underground, to create the idea of enclosure from the secret, and the idea of a burden, in which it expresses the heaviness of the top slab, in which “sinks� the whole building underground, as if the ground is not strong enough to prevent the building from sinking.

The overall mass form of the section and the elevation has the same proportion and grid with the plan. Deliberately designed this way to stand firm on the rationality of mass through the modernists use of grids.

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3.5 FINAL DESIGN MODEL

The final model visualizes the abstract idea, into something real. It expresses the proportion of the space, the lighting, and texture. Texture is also considered as it is one aspect of architecture, in which Peter Zumthor has once said, that architecture is not just about form, but is about texture, composition, ambience, lighting and shadow, etcetera. The rigid structure is to emphasize the property of concrete, in this case, through the use of shotcrete. The rest of the structure is made using smooth concrete to hold the idea of simple massive form.

The whole space has an ambience of dark, deliberately made to emphasize the contrast between dark, as dark is also considered to be an “illusory mass�.

The light is controlled and played to create a linear form, therefore creating a line-plane form.

Chairs and table are provided for guests, since it’s a picnic area, one might find comfortable in an introverted space such as this pavilion.

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In the Solid Mass of concrete block, there is a hole for one hand. Guests can be intrigued to put inside their hand to the whole to search the secret of the mass, concealed within a chamber inside the block.

The chamber is fill with a secret. Unknown to the outside. One may say that its empty, another said its a statue, or a random object. The hole is deep enough for a human hand to reach the top of the chamber, therefore, the guests have to use their speculate what is in the chamber.

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In Search for Identity

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4.0 REFLECTION

It has been a good project, fun otherwise. I learn the relationship between above, on, and under the ground of a structure, because as an architect, these are the spaces that is to be considered in my work field, and i will encounter these situation very often in my professional career. Moreover, I had a chance to practice again the design process, exploration of ideas, making models, and knowing the possibilities that I can make. I also learn on how I would design a space, my style, my identity and language in architecture, although I am still practice and develop my skills and still searching of my language.

I also learn about what a building is, especially a pavilion. After further researches on serpentine pavilions throughout the years, I realized that a pavilion, is the simplest architectural language, expressed by a particular architect. Moreover, Pavilion is also a very small scale “building experimentation� on structure, construction, materials, texture, aesthetic, lighting, and robotics capability. From this knowledge, I can re-make this project on and on in a means of searching my architectural language, developing and practice again and again to prepare myself for the professional year.

I have to be honest, since this is my first big design studio, I have made a few mistakes, for example, I did not make a good site analysis, in which at the latter stage, I found that designing my building was to be difficult. Different from designing environments, I was lost a bit in the studio midst of the semester and almost could not go back to the right track. Furthermore, I realized that the whole design process is important in each stage because all of it relates to the final design, therefore this has to be taken account to my future design.

But in overall, I am really happy to be able to remake this project, even though it’s not perfect, and I am really grateful with my bad report mark, although I was sad about it, but I realized that I had made a mistake, and therefore I have to learn from that mistake again. Upon remaking this project, I still find difficult to design, because of my biggest mistake, which is a lack of information in site analysis.

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5.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Figure 1. Church of Light, Ibaraki, Japan, by Tadao Ando http://openbuildings.com/buildings/church-of-the-light-profile-2976 Figure 2. Self Photograph

Figure 3. Frank Gehry’s House, Santa Monica http://www.archdaily.com/67321/gehry-residence-frank-gehry Figure 4. Research Institute of Experimental Medicine, Berlin, Germany http://brutalism.online/brutalist-buildings/20-germany/412-research-institute-for-experimental-medicine-fem-formerly-ztl-central-animal-laboratory-berlingermany Figure 5. Melbourne Hoddle Grid https://theurbananalyst.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/the-hoddle-grid-as-the-emergence-of-modernity-in-melbourne/ Figure 6. Eamses House http://eamesfoundation.org/house/photo-gallery/ Figure 7. Viet cong punji trap http://peteralanlloyd.com/general-news/viet-cong-booby-traps-during-the-vietnam-war/

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