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STUDIO
MATT AMBLER FINN & HANNES
“IT IS POSSIBLE TO CLAIM THAT A DESIGNERS CREATIVITY IS LIMITED BY THE BY THE VERY PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO FREE THEIR IMAGINATION.” Terzidis, Kostas (2009) Algorithms for visual design using the processing language
CASE FOR INNOVATION
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ARCHITECTURE AS A DISCOURSE
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PROJECT PROPOSAL
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OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES
Me. I’m Matt Ambler, I’m 20 years old and completing my third year of this Environments Degree, with a major in Architecture. I work as a Cocktail Bartender, I live out in the ‘burbs and moved to Melbourne 3 years ago from country Victoria. I’ve always had a certain passion for Architecture, and knew it what was what I wanted to do from an early age. My experience with Digital Architecture is very limited, it isn’t a major interest of mine and I don’t really appreciate the whole Parametric Design thing. I have particular interest in sharp geometric forms, modernism and minimalism. I’m hands on, and design with a clear direction and insight into my final product. I like to control the processes and solutions in design, rather than an unknown program doing it for me. The content of this course will be a challenge, as well as the overall processes and outcomes of parametric design. But nethertheless, bring it on. I understand that Digital Architecture will become more and more dominant in the design world, as I am aware of the greater pool of possibilities associated with digital architecture combined with parametric design. Greater levels of complexity can be achieved, and those achievements can become fabricated accurately, creating new forms and aesthetics that were simply unattainable before. My appreciation for Architecture lies elsewhere. Modernism and the modern movement is my favourite style, with use of sharp geometries, minimal ornamentation, where the form of the design alone is ornate. Architecture for me is something drawn and designed from start to finish, where the design and the construction of that design is derived from a collection of different professionals. Architecture for me is functional, effectively creating an aesthetic shell in order to support a functine is ornate. Architecture for
Brick Country House (Unbuilt) -Mies van der Rohe (1923) The Brick Country House is my favourite modern design. It makes use of simplified shapes and surfaces, clustering towards the centre and across mutliple vertical levels. The emphasis on horizontality and it’s extension into space blurs the line between design and surroundings, built spaces and natural spaces. Walls thrust out into the surroundings, emphasising a natural relationship and connection to the site. This design was radical and was drawn up in 1923 in the height of the modern movement, it is a standout representation of the modern movement representating a shift in ideals.
Jewish Museum Berlin (1999) -Daniel Libeskind The Jewish Museum is an extraordinary design. Its overall form and layout is extremely unique, featuring sharp geometric angles kind of like how lightning is depicted. It is an aggressive design capable of evoking strong emotion, with its tall, dark and raw faรงade, completed with its unique diagonal slit windows. The inside is just as evoking, with strangely off-center spaces, dull skylights and large dark spaces. The building alone has the ability to spook you, representing a series of catastrophic events in Jewish History around Berlin. I love the consistency of form throughout the design, with sharp, diagonals created through relatively simple geometries. The building alone has an a ability to evoke emotion suiting superbly within its role.
reference Terdizis, kostas 2009, ‘algorithms for visual design using the processing language’ indianopolis, IN: Wiley, page: XX