CRACK
BARLOW MOTORS MADELEINE HODGE TUTOR: LEE-ANN JOY
CONCEPT This project explores the idea of cracking through tessellated patterns created by the façade. Despite a lavish lifestyle, patriarch, Alec Barlow drove his family into bankruptcy. The stress of trying to save his empire saw Barlow crack under the pressure and ultimately he took his own life. This idea of pressure and breakdown was the focus of my project. Like the Barlow family, the site has clear stresses, with it being boxed in by other buildings. This pressure causes cracking throughout the building, mainly on the north to south axis.
INITIAL CONCEPT MODEL
CRACKS IN NATURE
TRIANGULAR GEOMETRY FOUND IN NATURE
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My initial idea was to create a façade informed by crumpled paper to represent the building being squashed by external forces. This led to exploring form digitally, allowing for standardization and further form finding. To explore the idea of cracking further, I looked into how cracks form in nature. Being an emergent process it appears to be random but occurs as a pattern caused by a series of parameters. An example of this is mud flats, where after the rains the flats dry up in the hot climate and a cracking pattern develops. The parameters for the mud flats could be seen as climate and soil type.
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SIGNAGE ON NORTH FACADE
To recreate this process, I used the idea of Conway’s Game of Life; a computer game in which the player inputs a series of rules which runs the game. In designing the floor plans I created a set of rules in which triangles, informed by the façade, were placed into a grid. The cracks in between the triangles and the triangles immediately adjacent to them were applied as floor space. The remaining triangles created the voids. Whilst the pattern is tessellated, it changes and adapts according to the rules. This patterning is etched in the floor.
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COMPUTATIONAL FORM FINDING
TRIANGULATION OF SECTION LINE
FACADE SECTIONING
SEPARATION OF TRIANGLES FROM SECTION LINE
RESULTING SECTION LINE
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SIGNAGE ON SOUTH FACADE
ARRANGEMENT OF TRIANGLES IN GRID
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EXPRESSION OF NEGATIVE SPACE
ADDITION OF IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TRIANGLES
TESSELATION OF PATTERN SCALE 1:500
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LEGEND: 1. Public Car Park 2. Fire Escape Stairs 3. Public lift 4. Private lift to penthouse 5. Reception 6. Lexus Car Show Room 7. Sales Points 8. Male toilets (public) 9. Female toilets (public) 10. Car park manager’s office 11. Service centre manager’s office 12. Lexus Service centre 13. Service centre waiting area 14. Staff break room. 15. Male toilets and changeroom (staff ) 16. Female toilets and changroom (staff ) 17. Exclusive car park 18. Office 19. Boardroom 20. Miniature golf course 21. Miniature golf kiosk 22. Cafe storage/ pantry 23. Cafe 24. Central Plant Room Area 25. Air Filter Room 26. Air Handling Unit 27. Cooling Towers Room 28. Boiler Room
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