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RMIT Architecture Master of Architecture Design Studio 2019 Semester 2 In Part Whole - A Discrete Architecture: Gilles Retsin Group 2 Liam Kuhnell s3431770 Justin Yuk Pong Hui s3460734 Prisca May Yan Kwan s3641220
Contents Introduction Discourse Precedent
Aggregation
Testing Catalogue
Fabrication Assembly Structure Details Cable Connections Details
Architectural Speculation Architecture Elements Library Housing Block Arrangement
Housing Block Conceptual Plan Floor Plan Perspective
Model
1:4 Plywood Model Laser Cut Model
Final Presentation Layout Final Presentation Layout
Introduction
Discrete Architecture
Discrete architecture is definitely not a new topic, but the idea of how identical yet autonomous parts could be represented in a housing block – which is the most realistic and practical outcome. It concerns social, economic and political consequences of a shift towards full automation because in a world plagued with housing crisis where millions live without an adequate shelter, this project explores how production chain for architecture could produce housing more quickly and efficiently, and we’re not talking about automating the current housing structures, in this project we design for automation and there’s a difference in it.
Discourse
A discrete object, a part, or a building block creating architecture again, is not a new notion but more of a return to historical housing where natural stone or timber logs are used as the parts. Through analysing and cataloguing the scale and resolution of existing parts and building for instance the log house or the twig house and classifying according to their scale. The limitation of today’s typical parts for example a brick is the limited patterns or forms that a brick can collectively produce. A brick cannot form a whole, only a section of a whole; a wall, a pier, a floor. Through these exercises we were able to pick and decide on the scale and resolution of our parts. It is a set of parts with an unfamiliar architectural scale which we are proposing has the ability to create parts that through additive measure can create vastly different wholes.
Discourse
Familarity
Scale
Familiarity - Scale Architectural Elements
Familarity
Familarity Familarity
Familarity
Capsule Houses
Log house
Familarity Familarity
Familarity
Familarity Familarity
Capsule Capsule Houses Houses
LogLog house house
Scale
Scale Scale
Familiarity - Scale Whole
Scale
Familiarity - Scale Parts
Scale Scale
Scale
Familiarity - Scale Combine
Scale Scale
Precedent
Log House
Twig House
Geometry Exploration
Geometry Exploration
Leopard Skin
Orca Skin
Architectural Speculation
Architecture Elements Library
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COLUMNS
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FLOORS
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FLOORS
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FLOORS
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ORNAMENT
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STEP
SLAB
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Housing Block Arrangement
Bamboo Housing in Carabanchel by Foreign Office Architects(FOA)
Core
Apartment
Housing Block Reference
Core
Apartment
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Housing Block Arrangement
Core
Core Pattern
Apart Slab Beam
tment m Pattern
Apartment
Apartment Wall Pattern
Housing Block
Conceptual Plan
Floor Plan
Blow-Up Plan - Apartments
Blow-Up Plan - Apartments
Blow-Up Plan - Apartments
Front Perspective
Exterior View
Side Perspective
Exterior View
Lobby
Living Room
Study Room
Bedroom
Physical Models
Phototype - 1:4
Presentation