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brief
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site study
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research: precedents
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initial design concept
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proposal concept drawing
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design development
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research: materials & construction techniques
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design technical drawing
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site plan
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existing plan
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proposal plan
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design plan
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design elevations
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design sections
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details A
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detail B
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exploded detail drawing
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further construction information
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material schedule
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brief Releaf propose to install in Melbourne City Square which located in CBD area, at the corner of Swanston St and Collins St. City square was built for a major civic open space in the heart of city. Before Federation Square took over as Melbourne’s central meeting place, City square had the honor of being the city’s central piazza. In 1968 it has been installed as a temporary square; 1976 became a permanent square; 1990 about half of it was sold for the development of Westin Hotel. After several times of redeveloped, now it is a pedestrian plaza and former civic centre. Collins St was for a long time the centre of finance in Australia and is home to various banks of insurance. Due to its location, the peak time is major use by office workers during their lunch break. There is benches that office workers or pedestrians used to sit on, but it does not seems comfy enough for someone who really need to rest. Releaf is a rocking chair made using the technique of traditional boat construction to build a very organic shape. Releaf aim to provide engagers a sense of ‘release’ plus ‘relief’. By looking at the urban lifestyle, people repeat their daily life regularly and having workplace stress. Responding to the site, Releaf design for people who deserve to have a real rest and relaxation treatment. Releaf inspired by a falling leaf at the site. The act of releasing from a tree branch and free falling to the ground. The way how it free fall and carry by wind, swing along the wind gently. The meditative act seems like a leaf is dying at the same time, it has been relieved (in a perspective of human life). When people sitting and focus on balancing their body with the rocking chair, their brain might stop thinking of work or stress, just like a children stop crying in front of a candy.
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site study
human traffic & transport
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existing site condition : trees, statues, benches, cafe, light quality during day 1. Larry La Trobe, bronze statue of a dog 2. Burke snd Wills statue 3. Warin, the wooden wombat sculpture 4. Brunetti cafe
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INVESTIGATE SITUATION OF THE SITE Weekday !230-1400 Mostly office worker from company nearby. Having lunch, chatting or just sitting. x – people in group o – people alone
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research: precedents
Cocoon by Tanya Shukstelinsky place au changement is a project inviting neighbours of the site to build their habitat in an open space and giving a futuristic living experience. Other than presenting futuristic way of living, it influence me to choose a site that is similar to it while this project showing the group of people are come for the same purpose and their neighbourhood relationship. - Melbourne city square is a place of people gather from workplace around.
‘ Space can be divide for people who need space anytime, anywhere.’ This is what I have digested after knowing Cocoon. Cocoon is a impact space for one that focus on creating private space in public.
Barca Chairby Jacob Jorgensen Reference of its bending technique
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initial design concept
PLAY – a playful sapce build with a strong structure and different types of fabric to create different quality of light to the interior. The aim of layering up the spaces is to bring people up and nearer to trees which provide shades.
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STANDING SLEEP (part of PLAY)– a sleeping pod that has to sleep with a standing pose. Base and wall is design to cut in an angle that allow people to stand and lean against with a comfy position. This design is specific to people who like to rest for a while. Its to avoid late to a date or back to work after break time up. 9
releaf design concept
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design development
These are the shapes on how it forms. They are plan, elevation view of seat piece and elevation of bottom piece rocking base.
form of 2 pieces that combine and create a whole chair
Initial design of a human body contour seats at the top and a rocking leg that allow to rock in one direction forward and backward only.
Final looks of the chair that has a smooth curve for its base for rocking and careful design of its height which to keep its balancity while it can rock in any direction.
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First design for framing structure to put at the middle of shells to maintain the shape of bending planks.
To fix the problem of having a fragile structure in the first design that cannot afford high pressure, this is the improvement of it that refer to how people build of airplane’s wing.
Due to its organic shape, it is hard to place the frames without any holder. Therefore, to improve the sustainability and easier to build. This is the final looks which has inspired by the construction of boat. It has added with a backbone that fix frames to the specific positions then can be combine with ‘shells’ easily.
development of frames/ structure
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research: materials & construction http://www.artisanboatworks.com/ wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ Glued-EdgePlanking_FINAL.pdf http://www.christinedemerchant.com/ marine_plywood_grades.html http://www.gartsideboats.com
similar projects: https://www.davidtrubridge.com/collection/furniture/nananu/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--iPQIwSEJM
http://deanta.eu/carvel-chair.html
Carvel built or carvel planking is a method of boat building where hull planks are fastened edge to edge, gaining support from the frame and forming a smooth surface. Planking is applied over the frames, using screw bolts to hold each plank in place. Planks are fastened wherever they touch on the hull's framework -- at the stem, along the keel, at the stern, and to each frame -- but not to each other. Instead, when planking is complete, the hull is caulked, usually with cotton, which will act to seal the seams as the planks swell after the boat is launched. By forcing each plank against its neighbor, caulking also helps makes a boat's structure more rigid. (by bending plank into a certain curve, steam bend in plastic bag is the best option to let the planks strengthen and allow to twist. )
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To build this rocking sleeper chair which has contoured top and rocking base, it has to laminate into two pieces of different shapes plywood. The way of building these is Two-Part Bending Forms technique. Create the two pieces of a male(convex) /female(concave) form that match perfectly, while accounting for the thickness of the laminate layers. The flexible plywood is subjected to glue and pressure when its ready to clamp between male and female formers. Due to this pressure when the mould is released the flexible plywood remains in the moulded shape when sections of flexi-ply are glued together.
considered construction skill : lamination bending technique
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releaf rocking chair
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SCHOOL
RMIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
PROGRAM NAME
INTERIOR DESIGN COURSE NAME
ARCH 1096 INTERIOR DETAILING
STUDENT NAME
PROJECT: TITLE
SCALE
DOLIS LEE
URBAN ADORNMENTS: RELEASE
1:1000
STUDENT NUMBER
DRAWING TITLE
DATE
3476558
SITE PLAN
07/04/2016
P 01
P 02
P 03
C P06
1200
10
75
2200
B P06
C
B
P05
P06
L.W
C P06
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PLAN B
B P05
SCHOOL
RMIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
PROGRAM NAME
INTERIOR DESIGN COURSE NAME
ARCH 1096 INTERIOR DETAILING
STUDENT NAME
DOLIS LEE STUDENT NUMBER
3476558
PROJECT: TITLE
SCALE
URBAN ADORNMENTS: RELEAF
1:10
DRAWING TITLE
DATE
PLAN
07/04/2016
P 04
450
50
25
165
2200
6 P04
ELEVATION B
165
450
1200
7 P04
ELEVATION C
SCHOOL
RMIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
PROGRAM NAME
INTERIOR DESIGN COURSE NAME
ARCH 1096 INTERIOR DETAILING
STUDENT NAME
DOLIS LEE STUDENT NUMBER
3476558
PROJECT: TITLE
URBAN ADORNMENTS: RELEAF DRAWING TITLE
ELEVATION B & C
SCALE
1:20 DATE
14/04/2016
P 05
260
30
190
30
490
2200 30
520
30
260
30
330
backbone frame seat hulk carvel planked and to contour to the human body. rocker base carvel planked into a shape that allow rocking both side to side and front to back.
8 P04
SECTION B
1200
seat hulk rocker base
frame backbone
9 P04
SCHOOL
SECTION C
RMIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
PROGRAM NAME
INTERIOR DESIGN COURSE NAME
ARCH 1096 INTERIOR DETAILING
STUDENT NAME
PROJECT: TITLE
DOLIS LEE
URBAN ADORNMENTS: RELEAF
STUDENT NUMBER
DRAWING TITLE
3476558
SECTION B & C
SCALE
1:10 DATE
14/04/2016
P 06
8
25
bolts screw through seat slats frames and rocker base together. Refer to P06 section B
steam and clamp prior to drillings of counter sink and pilot.
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SECTION B
1:5
25
stainless steel slotted angle iron fix the backbone and frames in position, fastened with wood screws.
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SCHOOL
RMIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
PROGRAM NAME
INTERIOR DESIGN COURSE NAME
ARCH 1096 INTERIOR DETAILING
STUDENT NAME
DOLIS LEE STUDENT NUMBER
3476558
DETAIL B
1:1
PROJECT: TITLE
URBAN ADORNMENTS: RELEAF DRAWING TITLE
DETAIL A
SCALE
1:5; 1;1 DATE
14/04/2016
P 07
10
15 8
25 25
40mm hex cap screw. install at two ends to attach seat and rocker slats stably.
M.PL
backbone smooth cut to leave a gap for stability of the attachment next to it.
10 P06
SECTION B
1:5
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SCHOOL
RMIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
PROGRAM NAME
INTERIOR DESIGN COURSE NAME
ARCH 1096 INTERIOR DETAILING
STUDENT NAME
DOLIS LEE STUDENT NUMBER
3476558
DETAIL B
1:1
PROJECT: TITLE
URBAN ADORNMENTS: RELEAF DRAWING TITLE
DETAIL B
SCALE
1:5; 1:1 DATE
14/04/2016
P 08
carvel planked seat slats
back bone and frames
carvel planked rocker base
P 09
b
c
80
30
a
100
20
20
20
stainless steel angle bar
12 P06
b
a
a
a c
a
c
a
b
c 13 P06
SCHOOL
RMIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
PROGRAM NAME
INTERIOR DESIGN COURSE NAME
ARCH 1096 INTERIOR DETAILING
STUDENT NAME
DOLIS LEE STUDENT NUMBER
3476558
PROJECT: TITLE
URBAN ADORNMENTS: RELEAF DRAWING TITLE
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
SECTION
SCALE
1:1
DATE
14/04/2016
P 10
1:1
material schedule
code
details
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Scottish Larch Available variety lengths of 1.8-4.8m Sawn widths from 47-150mm Sawn thicknesses of 22, 30, 35, 50mm
supplier
RUSSWOOD LTD STATION SAWMILL NEWTONMORE SCOTLAND, UK M. PL
Gaboon Marine Plywood 2500mm x 1220mm (3.05 M2) European Made British Standard 1088 (Lloyd’s available) Light Weight Waterproof and Boil Proof Glue No Core Voids
U2/82 BRUNEL RD SEAFORD 3198 VIC
Stainless Steel Angle custom size
4/63-69 BOUNDRY RD NORTH MELBOURNE 3051 VIC
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