Digital Design - Module 01 Semester 1, 2019 Kyi Min Tun
(945307) Shiqi Tang + Studio 31
Week One
Reading: Zeara Polo, A. 2010. Between Ideas and Matters.
According to Zeara-Polo, the diagram does not play a representational role in the design process but provides an organisational and can have a performative quality depending on how it is deployed. Explain how Diagram is different from Signs and Symbols? (100 words Maximum)
According to Charles Peirce, signs are icons, indexes and symbols. Basically, icon is an expression of the material without any meaning related to the material. Index is a sign that expresses comparison using its form and content. A symbol is a sign that represents an unattianble idea or object in a simple form. On the other hand, according to Zeara-Polo, diagram is “a tool that describes relationships and prescribes performances in space�. It is a tool that compresses the information and the idea, and presents them in an abstract form for the person to able to understand and comprehend.
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Week One
Precedent Analysis
Plan View
Elevation (Back)
Elevation (Left)
At first, the plan view of the pavilion was drawn to laid out the foundation for the modeling. After accomplishing the details, the columns and rows were elevated as shown in elevation (back). At the end, the battens of the pavilion were added to the facade of the pavilion which can bee seen in elevation (left). Morby, Alice. “Claridge Architects’ Pavilion for Plants Out Of Place Exhibition.” Dezeen. July 17, 2018. Accessed March 17, 2019. https://www.dezeen. com/2015/10/13/claridge-architects-blackened-timber-pavilion-plants-out-of-place-exhibition-london-design-festival-2015/.
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Week Two
Reading: Hertzberger H. 2005. The in-between and The Habitable Space Between Things, from Lessons for Students in Architecture. Herzberger discusses how design should not be extreme in its functionality. Use your precedent study to explain how the pavilion allows for an appropriation of use. (100 words Maximum)
Herzberger believes that design should be used to create objects for people to use without focusing on or forcing functionality. He believes that the form of the objects will present intended functions and, gradually, unintended functionalities will be adopted by the people. Pavillions are structures with openings that provide shelters or passageways. Queen’s park pavilion is a shelter for art exhibitions in the park. Generally, people come visit this pavilion to wander around for a while to look at the exhibition. However, some of the untended functions presented by this pavilion are shelter from rain and sun, and a place to rest on dry surface rather than wet grass. Essentially, the design does not need to emphasize on the functionality as people will find other means to utilize the structure.
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Week Two
Isometric
Queen’s Park Pavilion Through the modeling process, the main goal was to replicate the model as realistically as possible without losing the major features of the structure. Columns and rows were carefully planned out. The battens of the pavilion were constructed to create the unique facade of this pavilion. The two glass panels and two ramps were added to complete the aesthetic of the pavilion. Nothing was left in terms of the asethetics of the pavilion. The circulation of this pavilion presented various ways that people could circulate this rectangular pavilion. Despite the form of corner edges, people would find ways to curve around and navigate on both shortest and longest paths. Moreover, Queen’s Park Pavilion is semi-solid structure with light and sound passing through while separating inside and outside space due to the battens. This is one of the thresholds that can be seen during the modelling. Another obvious one is the ramps. They are the transitional structures between the two spaces. Obviously, the key concepts of the precendent study is to teach the importances of the threshold and circulation in terms of design and diagrams. The project helps demonstrate the various ways to disect and compress the information of the model. Then, these data are used to visualize and present as diagrams. Through this process, the relationship between the diagram and any information such as threshold and circulation can clearly be observed and analyzed. This essential connection is something that designer can rely on for presentation of information.
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Week Two Diagrams
Circulation (Entrances & Exits)
Threshold (Structure)
The places for the circulation to begin and end at this pavilion are the entrances and exits. These darken features of the cubic forms of the pavilion are these entraces and exits.
It shows the skeletal structure of the pavilion with the ramps. The columns are what divides between inside and outside space of the pavilion. The threshold of the transition between these two settings are the ramps.
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Appendix
Process
Given Images
Plan view of the Queen’s Park Pavilion
Elevation of the Queen’s Park Pavilion
Isometric View of the Queen’s Park Pavilion
Outlining the images
The process of outlining the plan view of the Queen’s Park Pavilion
The setup of the different views of Queen’s Park Pavilion
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Appendix Process
Modeling and rendering the pavilion
Modeling of the base and ramp of the pavilion
Modeling of the columns and the roof frames of the pavilion
Modeling of the battens facade and the roof grid of the pavilion
Rendered isometric view of the pavilion with shadow
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Appendix
Process
Final Diagrams
Circulation paths of the pavilion (Circulation Diagram)
Circulation space of the pavilion (Circulation Diagram)
Battens facade of the pavilion (Threshold Diagram)
Three rooms of the pavilion (Threshold Diagram)
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