Architecture Design Studio AIR University of Melbourne 2012
Linda Feng 380911
The Western Gateway Design is an opportunity to express and produce a work of art that represents the fast growing city of Wyndham City. To bring together the unique and wide range of features, symbolic of the Wyndham District; it is proposed that the design of the installation to be a symbolism of continuity and growth of the Wyndham City both physically but also in nature, history, social, and heritage.
EOI .
um
XI
AX
s, M ect r t i h Arc utho did by a a a H aph Zah togr o h P
se Mu
Proposal
In many ways, aim is similar t of Museum Spa ring Island, cre of discovery an arriving at Wyn maze like plan to create a sen crecy to stimul ers’ sense of cu expectation. Int the surround e and sculptures and enrich cult tage, choice of rammed earth.
Similar to two g ple of state of a museum in Ital Children’s Disc in Damascus. M um ‘integrates surrounding en incorporates th vironment into geometric form for itself and no spirit of Rome. sar Children’s D tre challenges movements in Contrasting wit city, but produc tic design proje development o pality.
Zaha Hadid Architects
part of the to the design ace for Hereating a sense nd anticipation ndham City. Its n is designed nse of selate by passuriosity and tegrating with environment s to preserve tural herimaterial was .
great examart, the MAXXI ly and Massar covery Centre MAXXI museitself with its nvironment.’ It he urban enan effective m that speaks ourishes the . While MasDiscover Centhe horizontal the Arab city. th the present cing a futurisects the future of the munici-
Herring Island Gallery proposal. Photograph by author
“MAXXI supercedes the notion of museum as ‘object’ or fixed entity, presenting instead ‘a field of buildings’ accessible to all, with no firm boundary between what is ‘within’ and what ‘without’. Central to this new reality – its primary force – is a confluence of lines – walls that constantly intersect and separate to create indoor and outdoor spaces.”
s, MAXXI: Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy, 2009, Photograph by Iwan Baan, http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/maxxi/
Henning Larsen Architects, Massar Children’s Discovery Centre, Damascus, Syria, Source: http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/0800-0899/0820-massar-childr
rens-discovery-centre.aspx
‘empower
playful and dazzling
labyrinth
‘
journeys
The two influential designs create a form of architectural discourse; no longer in the conventional cell structure but in ‘fragmented geometry’. The fluidity suggests motion, and encourages movement within. With the fast growing technology, what was once unimaginable designs are now a reality. In which such technology will be a large and important part of the installation design, to create a distinctive design that will capture passers-by’s’ attention. In assistance to creation of a unique piece of art that will further develop architectural discourse and will be remember as the symbol of the Wyndham City.
‘Ive heard about’ by R&Sie, is a habitable organism, self-reproducing, autopoietic system, grows and adapts to its inhabitants. Francois Roche imagines a programmable construction engine – the Viab, improvises as it assembles the structure (walls, cables, pipes etc.) The Viab produces according to the needs and desires of the dwellers. “Its inhabitants are immunized because they are both vectors and protectors of this complexity.”
“Tangled, intertwined, it seems to be a city, or rather a fragment of a city.” Roche seeks to form non-forms of interwoven geometries derived from impulses of human occupation.
New territories< rsie@new-territories.com>, 2005, I’ve heard about, Webblog post, Viewed 14th March 2012, <http://www.new-territories.com/I%27veheardabout.htm>
“Tangled, intertwined, it seems to be a city, or rather a fragment of a city.” Roche seeks to form non-forms of interwoven geometries derived from impulses of human occupation. Roche exploits notions in computer generated fabrications and applies to architecture. His idea originated from a robot ‘contour crafter’ invented by Behrokh Khoshnevis, much like a 3D printing system which produces wet cement from a nozzle and the programmable trowel levels the cement in position. Similar concept has been seen in nature, termite mounts are created from the molding of mud. Its form is shaped by the activities within, interdependent of the termites. This contemporary computational technique allows a glimpse of possibility to the design proposal for Western Gateway Design. The Wyndham City as a growing organism expanding from Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Point Cook, Wyndham Vale, Truganina and Tarneit. Its development coordinates with the needs and desires of growing number of residents. The design would incorporate the progression of the Wyndham City as a continuous evolving entity.