Part B

PART B. DESIGN APPROACH Meng Du

Zifei Jiang

Siyu Li

Wei Liu

B. 1. 0 DESIGN FOCUS SECTIONING

Sectioning is chosen as the approach for the project because it can provide special visual experience of movement. The dynamic visual experience leads to the continuality of the structure that emphasizes the concept of speed. On the other hand, the sectioning also allows the flexibility to respond to the surrounding environment. And under the sectioning approach, the structure is easy fabricated which is more efficient and economic.

1. Speed, Movement Visual effect – it can represent speed (the speed is created by a moving object, and sectioning explores every single movement of the object that forms “speed”) 2. Self-supporting sections - Structure is the new skin of architecture 3. Flexibility - Response to environment 4. Pre-fabrication - Easy to contraction, economic construction (efficiency) 5. Light & Shade 6. Materiality

B.1.1 PRECEDENT PROJECT BanQ Restaurant Formal name of project: BanQ Location: Boston, Massachusetts Completion Date: February 2008 Owner: Mark Raab and Hemant Chowdhry of SOWA Restaurant Group, LLC Architect: Office dA, Inc.

The restaurant is located at an old bank hall building, and in order to hide building infrastructures the striated wood-slatted system is developed. The system occupies the ceiling area and “drips� to the dining spaces as well. The mass is cut into section and using the rib-like fragments. This sectioning strategy provides flexibility to the space, and every piece of sections can be generated separately. According to Beth Broome, there is no two pieces are alike. And even the location of each piece is unique. Those unique parameters formulate the continuous member, and the continuous members respond to the ceiling topography as well.

This ceiling project is definitely eye-catching and interesting, and the continuous member also provides a visual effect of movement. For the Wyndham City Gateway project, the arrival experience is highlighted. In this case, the movement effect can make the experience interesting. And the sense of dynamic and motion can also be interpreted with the design.

From this precedent, some characteristics of sectioning are explored. And those characters such as movement, continuality and flexibility make sectioning to be the right approach for the Wyndham City Gateway project.

Rhino & Grasshopper Image

Reference Beth Broome, 2009, Architectural Record. http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/ archives/restaurants/09_BanQ/ BanQ/ Office dA, Archi Daily http://www.archdaily.com/42581/banq-office-da/#

BanQ Restaurant Formal name of project: BanQ Location: Boston, Massachusetts Completion Date: February 2008 Owner: Mark Raab and Hemant Chowdhry of SOWA Restaurant Group, LLC Architect: Office dA, Inc. This pavilion is inspired by the natural structure of sea urchin.The pavilion hall embodies characteristics such as hign efficiency, strong adaptability, light weight, large capacity and flexcibility, which attrctive studets and vistors sitting and enjoy it. Design and digital model are beased on relevant materials in parameters principles. Design calculation process is generated by a FEM simulation and measurement of the geometry. The material calculation in the field shows the feasibility of computational design and materialization. It suggested a good way to future desgn, insteading traditional physical modeling design.

The entire structure consists of 80 radial wood strips that form a pair of segmental arch multi-dimensional systerm. This kind of sectioning structure is very convenient to manufacture.After a numbers of experiments on bending capacity of wood, designers found a way that connect these separated section with tension and bending function and close it into a torus structure with 3.5 meters span and 10 meters This structure use simple socket and bolt connection rathert han common meticulously steel nodes. The inherent stress of whole system is greatly increased its loading capacity. More than 500 wood elements with its own inpidual geometry were based on ac omplex computational design .

This pavilion is inspired by the natural structure of sea urchin.The pavilion hall embodies characteristics such as hign efficiency, strong adaptability, light weight, large capacity and flexcibility, which attrctive studets and vistors sitting and enjoy it. Design and digital model are beased on relevant materials in parameters principles. Design calculation process is generated by a FEM simulation and measurement of the geometry. The material calculation in the field shows the feasibility of computational design and materialization. It suggested a good way to future desgn, insteading traditional physical modeling design.

ICD + ITKE Research Pavilion 2011

3D model showing the computer-generated position The entire structure consists of 80 radial wood strips that form a pair of segmental arch multidimensional systerm. More than 500 wood elements with its own inpidual geometry were based on a complex computational design . This kind of sectioning structure is very convenient to manufacture.After a numbers of experiments on bending capacity of wood, designers found a way that connect these separated section with tension and bending function and close it into a torus structure with 3.5 meters span and 10 meters.

This structure use simple socket and bolt connection rather than common meticulously steel nodes.The inherent stress of whole system is greatly increased its loading capacity.

Reference

http://www.achimmenges.net/?p=4443 http://www.detail-online.com/architecture/topics/teaching-by-doing-a-research-pavilion-in-stutt-

One Main Street

Why section is valid and interesting to the Wynhdam Watergate Project?

1 Section can create dramatic visual effects, hence encourages ongoing interests towards the municipality 2 Section can be flexible, therefore easy to adapt and respond to the existing landscape 3 Section as a whole can stand by itself without other support, and present a sculpcture-like appearance, thus can create an icon that conveys the local art culpture 4 Section is easy to be prefabricated and assembled on site. The whole design process can be done digitally, contributing to the new architectural

Driftwood AA Summer Pavilion 2009

Concept Author - Danecia Sibingo joined by Design Team - Lyn Hayek, Yoo Jin Kim and Taeyoung Lee Unit Tutors - Martin Self and Charles Walker

Driftwood AA Summer Pavilion 2009 The driftwood AA Summer Pavilion was a full design proposal for a summer pavilion to be situated in the corner of Bedford Square in the center of London. The design ideas were established by a digital-generated script which manipulated the lines in a parallel and continuous fashion, creating line drawings which shaped the plan basis. The design is playing the concept between art and architecture. It is neither ecological adventure nor science but a sculpture. It embraces the idea of invention, dynamic movement, new materials and aesthetic intelligence.

In this structure all panels are different and it consists of 28 layers. The panels are made of plywood which is easy to prefabricate in the manufacture with low costs. The project is intended to achieve less than fifteen percent material wastage therefore the plywood used hides an overall internal ‘Kerto’ structural system which is a renewable resource.

This dynamic sculpture standing in the center of a wide and open square with classical buildings around is definitely attractive and interesting. Its shape is indelible and eye-catching. Visitors would like to have a look what is going on here. However, the project is not only remarkable for its dynamic shape, its surface and details are full of stories as well. It is constructed under the concept of sectioning. All panels are added layer by layer. The thick structure consists of serried panel members. The serried effect is quite amusing since it looks hard to make. It is also the characteristic of sectioning.

The driftwood AA Summer Pavilion was a full design proposal for a summer pavilion to be situated in the corner of Bedford Square in the center of London. The design ideas were established by a digital-generated script which manipulated the lines in a parallel and continuous fashion, creating line drawings which shaped the plan basis. The design is playing the concept between art and architecture. It is neither ecological adventure nor science but a sculpture. It embraces the idea of invention, dynamic movement, new materials and aesthetic intelligence.

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/driftwood_pavilion_design.htm http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/25/driftwood-by-danecia-sibingo/

B. 2. CASE STUDY 1.0

In the Grasshopper definition of this project, the ceiling topography is proved as the basic surface, and section lines are created by a separated curve. This curve determines the direction of the section lings. After extrude from the section lines, each individual piece of “ribs� that formed the ceiling in the restaurant is created.

Shadow Analysis

B. 3. CASE STUDY 2.0 BRIEF ANALYSIS

What is expected in the Wyndham City Gateway Project and why section?

Wyndham City Gateway Project is looking for an eye-catching, exciting installation at the western gateway as a prominent indicator for an entry statement into the municipality.

By the introduction of such an iconic visual arts component, the project should enrich the local culture, form a new identifier for the area, thus encourage ongoing interest in the municipality and the sense of pride in the local community. Ultimately, this design should propose innovative, inspiring ideas for the generation of a new discourse.

Hence in our design proposal, the major focus is to evoke an exciting spatial experience for the arrivals on the highway by creating a sense of procession along the high way with the installation of a series of sectional planes.

Nave of church (Space of procession) -repeating elements leading attention the movement of people towards the centre at the other end.

Arch door of Church -consisting of a series of sectional planes, drawing the attention of the arrivals towards to door