Partb by jv16694

STUDIO AIR 2015, SEMESTER 1, TUTORS STUDENT NAME

B.1 BIOMIMICRY More often than not we see oursleves being influence by the biology of this planet, it is and should be a major field and a broad one at that. Unlike the basis for biomimicry most of the other field are based around a respective technique or general formation of the structure, whereby biomimicry is not constrained within these premises. Not only is its aesthetic qualities inspiring but the performance properties within the natural blueprint of this planet is unlimited to the eye and free to be extracted and manipulated to fit our criteria. However biomimicry architecture is not just about designing to the overall form but can also be use to change the design strategy as well [] such as using the bones microscopic filling to design a structure or sub structure. However building within the parameters of biomimicry can more often or not lead to more aesthetically driven designs where the function is only later incorporated with it. Furthermore in an article by Buraczynski [] it brought up the fact that creating a purely biomimiced design carry the risk of human error magnifying as like a ecosystem biomimicry architecture need every aspect of their design to work together or risk disturbing the whole buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Humans are simply mimicking nature- not creating a flawless and cloned copyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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B.2 CASE STUDY 1

SPANISH PAVILION FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS

THIS BUILDING LOCATED WITHIN AICHI, JAPAN WAS SPAIN’S PROPOSAL FOR THE 2005 WORLD EXPO AND CONSISTED OF FOUR TESSELLATED FACADE WHICH CAPS A SERIES OF SEVERAL ROUND VOLUMES WITHIN THE INTERIOR WHICH CAN BE DESCRIBED AS ‘ ORNATE GOTHIC VAULTS, ISLAMIC DOMES AND FACETED VAULTS’. [IMAGE] WHICH WAS TO EMULATE THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM AND ISLAM IN SPAIN. ADDITIONALLY THE HEXAGONAL LATTICE DRAWS INFLUENCE FROM HISTORICAL SPANISH ARCHITECTURE WITH THE COLOURS DYED TO THE SPANISH FLAG.[] THE HEXAGONAL TILES MORE SPECIFICALLY WERE MADE USING CUSTOM PRESSED CLAY BY THE COMPANY CERAMICA CUMELLA AND WERE HELD UP BY METALLIC REINFORCING.[] IN RELATIONSHIP TO MY DESIGN BRIEF THE BUILDING SHOWCASED A FABRICATION STYLE FOR ITS FACADE WHICH I WANTED TO EMULATE WITHIN MY DESIGN, BUT INSTEAD OF PATTERNING A FACADE I WANTED TO CULL AND EXTRACT A PATTERN IN WHICH I CAN USE AS A SET GROUND AREA. ONE OF THE REASONS I CHOSE THIS WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO DRAW REFERENCES FROM THE NATURAL BASALT FORMATION IN MY DESIGN AND THE SPANISH PAVILION GRASSHOPPER FUNCTION PROVIDED A STARTING POINT TO MY BRIEF.

THIS BUILDING LOCATED WITHIN AICHI, JAPAN WAS SPAIN’S PROPOSAL FOR THE 2005 WORLD EXPO AND CONSISTED OF FOUR TESSELLATED FACADE WHICH CAPS A SERIES OF SEVERAL ROUND VOLUMES WITHIN THE INTERIOR WHICH CAN BE DESCRIBED AS ‘ ORNATE GOTHIC VAULTS, ISLAMIC DOMES AND FACETED VAULTS’. [IMAGE] WHICH WAS TO EMULATE THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM AND ISLAM IN SPAIN. ADDITIONALLY THE HEXAGONAL LATTICE DRAWS INFLUENCE FROM HISTORICAL SPANISH ARCHITECTURE WITH THE COLOURS DYED TO THE SPANISH FLAG.[] THE HEXAGONAL TILES MORE SPECIFICALLY WERE MADE USING CUSTOM PRESSED CLAY BY THE COMPANY CERAMICA CUMELLA AND WERE HELD UP BY METALLIC REINFORCING.[] EXPERIMENTING WITH IMAGE SAMPLING IN RELATIONSHIP TO MY DESIGN BRIEF THE BUILDING SHOWCASED A FABRICATION STYLE FOR ITS FACADE 6

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EXPERIMENTING WITH CURVE INPUTS

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EXPERIMENTING WITH SCALE

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EXPERIMENTING WITH CURVE EXTRUSIONS

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EXPERIMENTING WITH CURVE EXTRUSIONS

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B.3 CASE STUDY 2 THIS SECOND CASE STUDY WAS MORE OF FINDING A SUITABLE STRUCTURAL MAKEUP FOR MY DESIGN. MY INITIAL RESPONSE TO PROVIDING A FILTRATION SYSTEM REQUIRED ME TO PROVIDE A STRUCTURAL FORM SEPARATED FROM THE FILTERS AS THE VARIATING FILTER DENSITY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPORT FOR LIVE LOADS AS I WANTED TO DESIGN THE STRUCTURE WITH THE SECONDARY PURPOSE OF A BRIDGE. THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE ITSELF IS RECREATIONAL AND CHANGES FORM ITS FORM THROUGH STILTS ATTACHED TO THE PANELS.

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REENGINEERING CASE STUDY 2

1/ USING CULLED PATTERN AND BOUNDING BOX I MADE A UNDERLINING SURFACE.

2/ OFFSETTED INITIAL CURVES TO PRODUCE PANELS

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3/ USING ATTRACTOR POINTS I FORMED A STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO MY CASE STUDY 2.

4/ LINKED THE 2 LAYERS OF PANELS WITH A STRAIGHT CURVE AND EXTRUDING A CIRCLE ALONG IT TO PRODUCE THE VARIATING CONNNECTING POLES.

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B.5 TECHNIQUE PROTOTYPES

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REVIEW REVIEWS

THESE 3 RENDERS TO ME WERE THE ONES I WANT TO BASE MY FINAL APPROACH ON. I WANT TO CREATE A STRUCTURE WITH A OVERALL FORM OF HEXAGONAL EXTRUSIONS AND AN UNDERLYING PANEL AND POLE FORMATION. THIS IS DUE TO THE NEED FOR A SEPERATED STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS DUE TO THE VARIATING DENSITY OF THE FILTER WHICH CAN BE BRITTLE OR SOFT.

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B.5. TECHNIQUE PROTOTYPES

HERE I 3-D PRINTED A OVERALL FORMAT OF THE MODULES WHICH I WANTED TO FOLLOW. THE HEXAGONAL SHAPE I FIND WILL PREVENT CLOGGING OF LITTER.

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THE PANEL AND POLE STRUCTURE

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B.6. TECHNIQUE PROPOSAL

SITE ANALYSIS MERRY CREEK

The site chose within Merri Creek was a section of the river just a few hundred meters from Dwight Falls. The reason i chose this site was because i wanted an area which had realatively fast flowing water to maximise the effect of filteration but not so close that i lose flexibilty to experiment with my grasshopper model. The banks of the two section i chose were not very steep. I found a limited but wide range of people using the Merri creek trail path from cyclist to dog walkers and taught providing a secondary path which stems off the main site in the form of a bridge interesting and provide access to an island off by the Yarra.

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DWIGHT FALL

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Initially I had designed the individual hexagonal module to house different filter system according to their placement to the flow of the water, with low density filter at the front and ones lesser behind them in a gradient to filter out litters, oils and etc. I also wanted to create aeration in water and to achieve that I used gaps between the modules to force a single large body of water into smaller openings creating higher frequency of movement within the water. However after my presentation and consultation i decided to use the gaps themselves to filter out larger litter and have them minimise in size further in to trap smaller elements and have the modules themseleves to act as pumps which work to push a certain amount of river water (250ml1 litre) through a filtration system to obtain drinking quality water. (Image on bottom left) Modules are also adapted to the flood by having pockets of air and made of relatively light material to ensure they float to the river surface and trap litter.

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ENTRANCE HOLE (WATER) IS SMALLER IN DIAMETER THAN OUTPUT HOLE TO ENSURE MORE WATER IS PUSHED OUT TO THE FILTER SYSTEM.

FILTER SYSTEM

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B.7 LEARNING OUTCOME Part B was challenging in content and i was not use designing in a way where i had to decide on a fabrication method before designing an overall structure, however this also meant designing an overall form before consciously thinking up of one which was enlightening. The method I used also allowed for more flexibility in terms of layout and look forward to rendering my design in part c. What i wanttoexploreinpartcisthepumpmechanismandcreatingthat through 3d printing with maybe a spring mechanism and in section to see the various components in motion.

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