High-rise Building

University of Jordan, Design 5, 0902423

High-rise Building, Ph.D. Nancy Al-Assaf Studio, Malak Mansour 0180669

Description...................................... 04 Fourth Floor Plan............................. 23 Mesh Reduction Taxonomy............. 05 Hotel Floor Plan 1............................ 24 Fragmentation Process................... 06 Hotel Floor Plan 2............................ 25 Fragmentation Process................... 07 Restaurant Floor Plan 1................... 26 Taxonomy Generation 1.................. 08 Restaurant Floor Plan 2................... 27 Taxonomy Generation 2.................. 09 Exterior Shot 1................................. 28 Compositions.................................. 10 Exploded View................................. 29 GH Script..........................................11 Chunk View 1................................... 30 Front Elevation................................ 12 Chunk View 2................................... 31 Right Elevation.................................13 Exterior Shot 2................................ 32 Back Elevation................................ 14 Interior Shot 1................................. 33 Left Elevation.................................. 15 Interior Shot 2................................. 34 Longitude & Transverse Sections..... 16 Exterior Shot 3................................ 35 Two Ways Sective.............................17 Interior Shot 3................................. 36 Site Plan.......................................... 18 Interior Shot 4..................................37 Ground Floor Plan........................... 19 Zoning Diagram.............................. 38 First Floor Plan................................ 20 Service Diagram.............................. 39 Second Floor Plan........................... 21 Structure Diagram.......................... 40 Third Floor Plan............................... 22 Circulation Diagram........................ 41

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Description

“What’s gone, but still seen?”

“What’s still, but seen gone?”

Kevah Akbar

Do objects have histories of their own, and if yes, can they forget them, become confused, entangled with each other, estranged from their initial state, if they had any recollection of that time and place.

This project was initiated from three distinct pebbles found under a Roman tomb in a historical prison located in Irbid, Jordan.

These pebbles were selected for their peculiar qualities, the specific way in which they meet the earth, so distant and removed. Against contact.

Theyappearasiftheyareabouttodetachthemselvesfrom their context and depart. They are elusive and strange, monolithic and self-sufficient, hostile and threatening.

A series of operations followed to estrange and investigate the formal qualities of these artifacts, they were modeled by following Monge’s method of orthographic projections, converted to SubD surfaces then back to meshes. A series of mesh reduction operations were conducted that resulted in a diverse set of alternatives that could be plugged in another set of operations that ultimately estrange the object and question the limits of the designer’s knowledge and understanding of any object they work with during their design process.

The object ultimately recedes from reality leaving the designer with trances of its initial state, against interpretation or understanding.

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Pebble I

Pebble II

Peb

Mesh Reduction Taxonomy

bble III

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Fragmentation Process

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“I am for richness of meaning rather than clarity of meaning; for the implicit function.

I prefer ‘both-and’ to ‘either-or’ , black and white, and sometimes gray, to black or white.”

Robert Venturi

In order to further investigate the formal qualities of these artifacts Grasshopper was used to write a script that allows an initial volume to be plugged in then fragmented by another set of volumes controlled parametrically using sliders. The final script functioned like a factory production line with clear input and output points and a set of operations in between.

This operation resulted in a surprising set of objects that bear a family resemblance to the initial objects.

The next step was to experiment with ways of pairing these fragments to produce multiple options and to look for connections and successful formal arrangements between unrelated fragments.

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Taxonomy Generation 1

(08-B)

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(08-A)

(08-C)

Taxonomy Generation 2 Figure (08-A) Low-poly + Low-poly Figure (08-B) High-poly+High-poly Figure (08-C) Low-poly+Hight-poly

“A plinth It’s like the object can detach and move, it’s agile and mobile, It floats above the site, It’s about architecture wanting to be in a place It’s the object communicating about the nature of the place it’s in, Architecture in different contexts, Imagine you’re not looking at a building on a site, but a big battleship!

Aircraft carrier, It’s a threatening thing, It went from being a pastoral thing to a work of armament” Jeff Kipins

Figure (09-D) Mixture

(09-A)

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Compositions

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GH Script

Podium Sub

Tower&Podium

Tower Add I

Tower Add II

Tower Sub

Tower Add III

Tower Add IV Tower Body

Tower Inlays

Tower

Tower Floors Site Sub

Site

Site

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Front Elevation

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Right Elevation

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Back Elevation

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Left Elevation

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Longitude & Transverse Sections

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Two Ways Sective

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Site Plan

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Ground Floor Plan

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First Floor Plan

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Second Floor Plan

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Third Floor Plan

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Fourth Floor Plan

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Hotel Floor Plan 1

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Hotel Floor Plan 2

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Restaurant Floor Plan 1

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Restaurant Floor Plan 2

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Exterior Shot 1

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Exploded View

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Chunk View 1

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Chunk View 2

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Exterior Shot 2

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Interior Shot 1

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Interior Shot 2

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Exterior Shot 3

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Interior Shot 3

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Interior Shot 4

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Zoning Diagram

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Service Diagram

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Structure Diagram

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Circulation Diagram

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