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mies van der rohe farnsworth house 1951 Mies van der Rohe uses plane line and point very heavily in his work, as you can see by the images too buildings the Barcelona pavilion and Farnsworth house exhibit large sweeping planes which act as flat roofs for the buildings which are support by columns which represent line. Both houses are laid out in open plan and where the walls converge with each other creates the point.
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denton corker marshall melbourne museum 2000 norman foster hearst tower 2006
Norms Fosters Hearst tower in New York city shows that planes in skyscrapers and towers do not have to sit with the guidelines rectangular like geometry. Fosters use of outlined triangular planes, converging at each point of the triangle create a contrasting form that distinguishes it from its surrounding buildings
Denton Corker Marshall have created some of the most iconic buildings throughout the city of Melbourne form the museum and the exhibition building to the yellow sticking up things which are seen when one drives to Melbourne airport. DCM have a unique style which is distinctly associated with the city of Melbourne and it relies very heavily on the idea of point line and plane. This is most evident in their work of the late 90’s and early 00’s in the movement funded buildings which have come to shape Melbourne. The museum and exhibition centre both have large, sweeping, plane roofs which act as the key element of the design as-well as this DCM feature heavily the use of line in the structure of the building
Point line and plane model This model was an exploration of how an abstract form can be created by intersecting and changing angles and sizes of planes, I didn’t want to make something very geometric and simple. Each plane intersects at a specific point creating form and shelter. When the model is viewed at from above it is evident how the thin planes create lines when viewed from thins angle, also the planes themselves could be considered lines intersecting at a point.
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Louis Kahn Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban 1961-1982 completed Louis Kahn’s building the National Parliament House of Bangladesh is made of large concrete blocks creating varying simple mass forms with large openings. There are eight mass block forms are placed in a octagon around the octagonal shape which houses the parliamentary chambers. the building uses reinforced concrete as its main material to create the mass.
FLW Guggenheim 1937
Gaudi Casa mila 1906-1912
The main feature of this famous building is its invert ziggurat shape which stands out in contrast to the other more convention buildings which line 5th avenue. the exterior of this building features bright almost white stone finish and sweeping curved forms to create the mass of the main building. inside the building has a large skylight hemispheric dome and is design to walk down from the top to the bottom, ramps allow people to achieve this and match the exterior form of the building
As with most of Gaudi’s work this building evokes heavily the idea of natural form, an almost melting effect making the building’s facade look like it will drip away. the curved mass is a stark contrast to the geometric like forms seen on other buildings of the time. the melting like effect limestone mass more of a natural look
M as s d r aw i n g Done in charcoal this drawing displays how the subtraction of mass can create an architectural or designed space. Other than the darkest blacks representing the ground or rock, the tone of the charcoal is then used to show how light will act in the space, the darker it goes the further away form the hole it is. The form is very smooth and creates a very natural effect rather than the contrast of something that looks very man made. As far as the design goes there are two main sections one which gets most of the light and the other a cave like section that gets progressively darker as you move away from the light
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Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Peter Rice, Gianfranco Franchini, Mike Davies, Pompidou centre 1971
The prime example of frame and infill, the Pompidou center took the buildings structure and inverted it so there for all the structural frame work and elements feature on the outside of the building. At the time it was very controversial because of the way in which it contrasts classical French architecture making a huge statement. Other than its visible frame another key element to the design of the Pompidou is how it uses glass at high levels to create a vertigo effect among its visitors
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Gehery DZ Bank atrium 2000
Piet Mondrian composition en rouge jaune bleu et noir 1926
The office conference, and residential building located in berlin features are simple grid like frame, but what I find interesting about this building is Gehrys use of infill, obviously glass but also the large aluminum sculpture that sits in the middle of the atrium or in this case frame structure. The aluminum infill structure acts as a loft level and allows for extra offices, rooms etc.
Mondrain’s painting the “composition en rouge jaune bleu et noir� is a classic example of frame and infill in art, the use of the strong black frame contrasted by the blue yellow and red blocks offset on a white background.
Frame and infill model The base of the model is a exaggerated gird form which follows the basic structure of two bays by two bays. Each cube has three faces and are stacked together to create the intertwining grid structure. Then for the infill the flat elements were Perspex sheets to represent glass, the volume infill’s were cylindrical and cube forms, 1 fold’s were a triangular shape folded and a curved sheet and the four fold elements were two similar sheets creating a Gehry like form. The four fold and one fold elements were placed to look like they were wrapping in and out out the grid frame showing that the model is not restricted by its grid form. 4-fold
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Essentially what my design is, is a cantilever glass pavilion where visitors can either sit or stand inside or out to enjoy views from above, below and all around the surroundings of herring island from the Yarra river to the city skyline. Once entered there is a secret room which can be accessed via a hidden ramp which leads one family at a time underground. there they are greeted with wrapping projections and music which plays all around them, they can either sit or stand to experience this.
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Adalberto Libera Casa Malaparte 1937
James Turrell The Turrell skyspace Rice University 2012
Philipp Johnson Glass house 1949
Featured in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film, Contempt (Le Mépris) and Situated on a point of an island on the Isle of Capri in Italy Casa Malaparte is one of the best examples of contemporary Italian architecture. Structural wide the is a red masonry box with reverse pyramidal stairs leading to the roof patio. It is this strong form of the reverse pyramidal staircase leading up to a large box that use in my design, initially I just had a cantilevered cube with a complicated way or reaching the top, once I found this building it pulled all my ideas together and compressed my design ideas allowing my to have a straight forward and strong idea.
The work of James Turrell was my initial inspiration for this pavilion, I very much liked the way in which he uses simple geometry to frame the view and landscape and create light and I thought that this would resonate perfectly to the natural landscape and surroundings of herring island. Turrells ideas are evident in my work through the celling of the two levels which are simple offset squares but neatly frame the sky when looking up and give an almost vertigo effect of looking down. Also in the way the benches are placed to allow people to sit at look up though the aperture to infinity and around at the landscape
What I took from this precedent “the glass house” was mainly materials, the way in which the glass and the steel black frame blends into its environment almost floating among the landscape is something I thought would work well for the Herring island pavilion, especially for the part the cantilevers over the water, adding glass will give it that extra effect.
Above are a section of drawings and sketches of my idea generation, which feature the early ideas before the top was added and the initial sketches of the idea which are on the top left. Placed right is an image of my conceptable model which laid the basis for my design, the models main focus was to show how i will use the subtraction of mass to create the underground compartment and as such use the subtracted mass to create the form above ground.
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The red dashed lines represent the main walking path though out the island. There is very much a set walking path that journeys around the northern side of and cuts through weaving through the man made bush land, artworks and eventually leads you to the gallery. The dash blue lines represent the section of herring island that is defined by a path.
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Situated on the boundary line between richmond and south Yarra, Herring islands location shows that isolation is possible in such and urban setting. Context wise surrounding the island is mainly residential homes but down the road is the busy chapel street shopping strip and across the other side of the river is the commercial real estate, factories and where houses of richmond. The main issue with the context of the island is its close proximity to the city link free way thus amounting to a large amount of gas fumes and noise effecting the proposed design. Also to note there is a cafe and the Como landing which is close by to where the boat leaves for the island. Situated on the boundary line between richmond and south Yarra, Herring islands location shows that isolation is possible in such and urban setting. Context wise surrounding the island is mainly residential homes but down the road is the busy chapel street shopping strip and across the other side of the river is the commercial real estate, factories and where houses of richmond. The main issue with the context of the island is its close proximity to the city link free way thus amounting to a large amount of gas fumes and noise effecting the proposed design. Also to note there is a cafe and the Como landing which is close by to where the boat leaves for the island.
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Throughout Herring island there are many structures in place, some of which will be need to be removed in order to make room for the new design. the most important of the exiting structures are the landings which accommodate for boats and vessels to reach the island. Other structures include the art gallery, picnic area and various sculptures.
chosen site: western point
T H E H E R R I N G I S L A N D p av i l i o n Chosen Site
The site chosen is located ON the western point of the island, I chose this site because of its city views, its close proximity to the waters edge which allowed the ability to challenge what is the ground plane/ on ground by cantilevering the pavilion over the water,the ability to create a strong visual presence on the island that attracts visitors from both the city link and alexander avenue and easy access to and from via boat and also bus stop parallel.
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