Representation ||
Place and Idea
Logan Smith a1694092
Table of contents. Place
Form
Elevations
1-2
Concept One
11-12
Prespective Views
3-4
Concept Two
13-14
Site Analysis - Sun Angles
5
Spatial Diagrams
15-16
Site Analysis - Access and Movement
6-7
Precidents
17-18
Reflection
19-20
Site Analysis - Ambient light 8 Luminosity
9-10
Idea
Material Sections, Plans
21
Exploded model
31-32
Extior Prespectives
22
Materials
33
Final Model
34
Internal Veiws
35-38
Flitration
39-40
Movement Elevations
23 24-25
Internal Prespectives 26-28 Opacity
29-30
Elevations
North Elevation 1:250
Eastern Elevation 1:200 South Elevation 1:250
Western arial view
Western ground view
Eastern ground view
Eastern arial view
Summer 9am
Winter 9am
Summer 12pm
Winter 12pm
Summer 3pm
Winter 3pm
Movement Movement throughout the site is quite large. It however is known that the most chosen routes are the paved area in the southeastern side of the site. Arrows indercate access points.
Social and Cultural Qualities The Math lawns is a flat opened space that is large enough to hold small to medium size events for the University. During normal semester the lawns are open and used by students to meet, study and socialise. As the students have many lectures in the Ingkarni Wardli and the Braggs Buildings meaning that there is a lot of foot traffic hourly. This space is always alive with people throughout the day with people who enjoy the natural environment for a place of temporary resting. After hours and even at night time there are still people moving throughout the space.
When designing a light pavilion for the math lawns the seating and lit areas need to be kept allowing for the continuous use of this space. The structure should also not hinder the movement in the space.
Braggs Building, Daytime.
Ingkarni Wardli, Daytime. Braggs Building, Night-time.
Ingkarni Wardli, Night-time.
Luminosity Luminosity is the energy emitted by natural light source, star, galaxy, or sun, per lumens over time. This is also the measurement used for determining the strength or brightness of light bulbs. Luminosity in architecture is the manipulation of light throughout a space. Doing this with natural light can create a sense of order in a space and achieving this can create an emotional connection with the site. They use scale to create a sense of wonderment. It is the first thing to consider when thinking about designing. The Sistine chapels in France are exceptional when playing with light. It manipulates it in a way to make people intrigued in what is there, what can be there, and this is done with light with other aspects such as corridors, stair cases and voids. In the picture below and right, light has been used in a way to create a intress in the prociding space and therefore making that path an interestign one to follow.
Concept 1
The idea behind the design is to create an immersive place of which will allow users to move through the site led by lights and design aspects that create an interesting place. Unknowingly moving through the spaces and becoming completely distracted by directions and brightness of light. Section 1:500
Concept 2
Creating a space that can be manipulated in many ways would allow for a greater and more diverse creative space. The design has no walls, excluding separation from seminar rooms to allow for noise cancelling. The space will utilise hanging lights and moveable columns to hang them to creating different spaces.
Section 1:500
Concept one Spatial diagrams
Spatial Diagrams Spaces were creating to fit the brief and then set to possible scales.
Locations were set to allow for movement led by interesting voids and bright spaces.
Techniques that create an immersive space were implemented by using bright colours and emitters.
Seminar Seminar
Reading Area/ Library Reception
Reception Exhibtion Space
Seminar
Seminar
Reading Area/ Library
Exhibtion Space
Reception
Seminar
Exhibtion Space
Reading Area/ Library Seminar
Plan 1:200
Concept two Spatial diagrams
Spatial Diagrams One large space was desired to allow for suitable configurations for when events. Issues with the design would be sound form seminar rooms.
Two rooms were created near the entrance large enough for seminar rooms to ensure that the rooms can be separate from the overall space.
Plan 1:200
Precidents for Idea one: The Sistine chapels in France. Many architects like to use light as one of thier focus pionts for buildings and structures. it can be mulipulated in many ways to create different feelings by altering intensady, colour and direction. The
Sistine chapels in France have used light as an attraction and therefore promoting an urge to explore and progress through a site with an positive attute. incorperating this into the design will create an imersive structure that people will automaticlly progress happily through and therefore produce a sucessful desgin.
Precidents for Idea two: While She Sleeps - Silence Speaks (feat. Oli Sykes) The music video for this particular song by While She Sleeps is filmed i one single warehouse but with the assitans of light and moveable panels many different sences are created and displayed throught the video. This gave me the idea to create a room that was to be seperated by light itself and also have some walls to only allow for noise canceling from the semanir rooms.
Reflection Reflection is the image that is created after light has contacted a material and bounced off onto I different surface. This can also be a colour or shade.
Reflection is when one thinks about the past and considers what actions were taken and weather it was the right one or not. Although everyone does it there is nothing that can be done to change to current situation but it is used to be more confident in future decisions. It is a self-improvement tactic.
In modern architecture many architects have been using mirrors and many other materials that reflect in design. Most of the reason they use these surfaces are to create a feel like there is a lot more space by instead of having an opaque surface the reflection allows there to be a reflected image. Reflective surface also helps the building blend better or completely into the surrounding environment. A great example of a design blending into its environment is the Tree Hotel by Tham & Videgard Arkitekter. This tree house has full facades of mirrors to reflect the surrounding trees almost as its own surface. These techniques allow them to create buildings and spaces that will not take any attention away from amazing places such as the beautiful forest this Hotel is in. Stpmj created the Invisible Barn, which is a three foot wide surface that is made of mirrors and form a particular angle appears to be quite a large barn. The goal of having the mirror is to blend it in but also take away any weight or size from the appearance of it. Architizer. (2017). Reflection Perfection: 7 Exemplars of Mirrored Architecture. [online] Available at: https://architizer.com/blog/reflection-perfection/ [Accessed 30 Oct. 2017].
Construction drawings
Plan 1:100
Plan 1:100
Site plan 1:1000
Section one 1:100
Section two 1:100
Movement
Elevations
East Elevation
North Elevation
Internal views Internal view: 1
Internal view: 2
Internal view: 3
This view is looking up to the two semanir room, the staircase, the reading area (benith the stairs) from next to the exibition space.
Internal view: 4
This view is looking down towards to the lit exibition space form the elevated seminar room above.
Opacity Opacity is the opposite of transparent. It is a solid state that is not penetrable by light and physical movement, therefore creates a barrier to block vision beyond that opaque object or wall.
Opacity is used to describe actions or characteristics of someone who people of objects. People may be considered opaque when they keep to themselves and avoid personal questions. This isn’t a negative aspect but many people are quick to judge and not accept these characteristics as they are afraid of the unknown. Objects that are solid an impenetrable by light and physical movement are also opaque.
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Exploded Model
Library floor
The base area for this structure is the Library area. The main section has bookshelves on the walls but also contains a exhibition space at the base of the stair case. Under the descending staircase is a raised seating area for people relax admire and read. The walls are a rough white concrete with aged rosewood for the stunning rowed bookshelves. The area is carpeted for noise reduction. Toilets are located near the elevator entrance, these are the only toilets in the structure.
Movem
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Seminar rooms
These room are lifted above the lower Library floor area and seem to be protruding from the walls as there is empty space around the rooms and has emitters in those empty spaces to prove the space. The rooms are made of a stained black concrete on the exterior and have glass panels for two of the walls with dark plaster board for the other two interior walls. The floor is sloped towards the front of the room with seating in the room.
Entrance
A solid concreate slanted rectangle situated north east corner of the western lawn on site to ensure that the walkways and popular gathering spots are free of new obstacles. With a surface area of twelve metres squared it doesn’t block the heritage space between Frome road and the Barr Smith Library.
Materials List Carpet
for noise cancelation in the Library and Seminar rooms.
Concrete
Structual material that is also used for the stairs and elevetior.
Stained Black Concrete
A dark visual cold material used for the exterior of the seminar rooms.
White ConcreteWall
A reflective material used in the Library room.
Aged Rosewood
A rich brown colour used for the bookshelves.
Scratched Silver
Used to support the transparent glass railing on the staircase.
Model of Light Pavilion
Internal view 1
Internal view 2
Internal view 3
Internal view 4
Filtration
Filtration is the process of filtering liquids to create a more pure and less diluted substance. It removes unwanted particles from and entity. Filtering is a method of thinking in which decisions are created by running scenarios through your head over and over again until you compile a greater and more beneficial result. It is also the action of refining entity’s buy completing many layers of the same action to create a more desired outcome or resultant.
Studio Symbiosis Architects have designed and built a traditional Indian office space for the company, Punjab Kesari, as seen as below. The main objective for the buildings was to reduce heat gain and optimize faรงade opening ratio ensuring no artificial light is required on a typical day. A Hexagonal pattern was used as a base to create the complex patterning of the wrapped faรงade. Throughout the faรงade there are different amounts of opacity that creates filtrated light. This varies from 81% to 27% opacity. This created a lux value throughout the building of around 500, which is optimal for an office space. The filtration of natural light through the intricate faรงade creates a closer to nature feel that improves work ethic whilst also creating a good amount of ventilation as well. Filtration in architecture can be used in many way. Alike the Punjab Kesari HQ, it can be used to filter light and air movement, ventilation, but also other aspects such as people, heat and many more. Discovering a way to do this whilst creating an appealing space is what Studio Symbiosis successfully did with these offices. Santos, S. (2017). Traditional Indian Architecture Meets Contemporary Office Space in This Naturally-Lit Design by Studio Symbiosis. [online] ArchDaily. Available at: https://www.archdaily.com/791383/traditional-indian-architecture-meets-contemporary-office-space-in-this-naturally-lit-design-by-studio-symbiosis [Accessed 26 Oct. 2017].
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