Please Flip Me Through
Research Project Studio Air
Linda Ruxi Julian Kit
metropolitan melbourne <120km/h
sculptures
prince highway motorist entry abstarct aspiration intent
exciting
wyndham city gateway
new identity
feeling
inspires eye catching
visual art arrival experience
heritage
nature environment werribee river
k road cliff wildlife sancturies
â&#x20AC;&#x153;challenging contentsâ&#x20AC;?
design solution
parametric modelling search process
â&#x20AC;&#x153;parametrics can provide for a powerful conception of architectural form by describing a range of posibilities, replacing in the process stable with variable, singularity with multiplicityâ&#x20AC;&#x153; - Branko Kolarevic
scripting technique
grasshopper definitions
input association output
nature theme
The Wyndham City council aims for a gateway design to achieve abstract forms that inspires positive arrival experience and emphasis the natural environment, histories and heritage of municipality. In relation to the topic of nature, the concept was inspired by the very basic form of nature: plants. From the invisible cells, formulating a physical stem which grows leafs and petals in repetition, generating a flower; it is the concept of parts to whole in architecture: the interrelation between components which formulates the structure from the very foundation. From this origin, the design process experiments the extent in which seamless dots formulates a line, and lines formulates an image, shadow, light and motion from very simple adjustments in various combination of Input, Association and Outputs; embracing design aim. In accordance to Kalayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Media: Principles, Theories, and Methods of Computer Aided Design, the design process develops through rationalization for easy fabrication in later stage.
matrix combinations
surface normal + image sampler + rotation Rotation inspires motion in design, in addition to image sampler and surface normal forms soft delicate flows of lines and points which demonstrates abstract moving effect of driving on the Princes Freeway.
explicit grid + image sampler + circle A combination of explicit grid, image sampler and circles produces digital design of visual organic formation. Simple multiplication of circles and arbitrary voids produces blurred abstract image, allowing different interpretation of whether the image is a part of a larger image or itself a complete picture of an abstract form.
CASE STUDY
AOBA TEI
restaurant
hitoshi abe
intention
soft surface boundary - to recreate the characteristic natural environment of Sendai into the restaurant - The curvature form of perforated steel imitates the road side Zelkovas tree, and through innovative digital designs of perforation in the material, the backlit lighting projects the image of trees and produces a seamless â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;soft boundary surfaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; which show the continuity from roadside landscape into interior space of Aoba Tei.
how he achieve?
- by using wrapping method of the choosen representative image through the entire curvature form - using CNC router - a standardized peforated hole size of 4mm, 6mm, 9mm with 15mm spacing
how innovative?
“our anchestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty in shadows, ultimately to guide shadows, heavy shadows against light shadows“ - Junichiro Tanizaki(Novelist) , in “In Praise of Shadow“
“compressed shadow space transition” Hitoshi innovatively incorporated the traditional japanese architecture into the modern setting of Aoba Tei restaurant, using the features of progressive shadows and light from the transparency of rice paper in the traditional Japanese home. “They limit light, reduce contrast, and have an earthy aroma” The transitional experience from dark to light in correspondance with funtionality of rooms. He cleverly uses modern materials and methods to manipulate light and shadow in an enclosed environment. His project suceeds in which he uses perforated steel and artificial lighting, materials and methods very much opposite to nature and used to frabricate the atmosphere of the Sendai landscape.
abstarct aspiration intent Sendai Emblematic Landscade
feeling
aoba tei restaurant
inspires
heritage zelkova tree
eye catching nature environment
definition proccess a reverse-engineered study
test 1 TECHNIQUES INPUT : SQUARE GRID LINE + ASSOCIATION : IMAGE SAMPLER + OUTPUT : CIRCLE
SCALE : 0.09
SCALE : 0.11
SCALE : 0.13
SCALE : 0.15
SCALE : 0.18
SCALE : 0.20
SCALE : 0.23
SCALE : 0.25
SCALE : 0.28
test 2 TECHNIQUES INPUT : SQUARE GRID LINE + ASSOCIATION : IMAGE SAMPLER + OUTPUT : CIRCLE
SCALE : 0.04
SCALE : 0.06
SCALE : 0.08
SCALE : 0.10
SCALE : 0.15
SCALE : 0.20
Manipulation of Scale Constrast Density Light and Shadow SCALE : 0.25
test 3 TECHNIQUES INPUT : SQUARE GRIDLINE + ASSOCIATION : IMAGE SAMPLER + RATIONALISATION + OUTPUT : CIRCLE
4mm,6mm,9mm spacing 15mm
12mm,16mm,18mm spacing 20mm
2mm,4mm,5mm spacing 15mm
4.5mm,6mm,10mm spacing 20mm
2.5mm,1.5mm,3mm spacing 15mm
3.5mm,7mm,8mm spacing 20mm
material effects Restaurant Aoba Tei by Hitoshi Abe â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;establishes a visual dialogueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; between the characteristic landscapes of Sendai into the internal environment of the restaurant. This case study provides further architectural philosophy, exploring the boundary of relationship between nature and the materiality. What is materiality? What is nature? All material is a formed of nature in one way or another, then where does the line lie to separate the two? Thus leads to the experimentation of physical abilities of cardboard. It is stiff and rigid similar to perforated steel (materiality) used in Aoba Tei, and under submergence it softens, bends like wood (nature) over long period of environmental exposure. Our aim to produce an imitation of Aoba Tei restaurant but also to further explore the transition of space, which cardboard is used as a physical transition medium (distortion of materiality and nature) between the external and internal space. The perforation of material imitates and projects nature and the sensation of natural environment.
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assembly methods
The Aoba Tei restaurant was welded onsite with specialised professional craftmanship. Craftman were able to deform the steel panels at key points by heating and chilling.
thin framing element is used to permenantly prop the steel/cardboard into the desired curvature form; setting the wall in place.
The assembly methods of the model is similar to Aoba Tei restaurant. A
The steel walls were assembled from smaller segments; the model presented is at the scale of 1:5 to the steel panels. Perforated steel was precasted and assembled on site. Our model was laser cutted and assembled accordingly to the framming.
conclusion The two major attributes that were adopted into the fabrication are: - the concept:
using nature and traditional context
The idea is unique, as it incorporates the very nature of the environment into the material itself. Not only projecting impression of nature but physically altering material form corresponding to Zelkovas trees. - the method:
digital fabrication, industrial production
Aoba Tei restaurant is innovative in many aspects. Material choice is cheap and easily assembled; prefabrication allows time efficiency in construction of the building. The design will be cheap, time efficient, easily assembled, an inspirational visual public art, and abstract form of nature.
Effectively borrow the major advantageous methods that restaurant Aoba Tei consists and cultivated according to the aim of Wyndham City Gateway design.