ARCH_PORTFOLIO 2014

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2014 Matthew Hunter

ARCHITECTURAL COMUNICATIONS // ORIGAMI INSPIRED STRUCTURES

The study explores a series of origami inspired iterations, considered in the context of a fashion garment and architectural skin. The experiments examine a variety of origami patterns and their ability to be manipulated through a range of folds to achieve surface curvature.

VALLEY FOLDS

MOUNTAIN FOLDS

Hexagon grid

Second Skin: Adapted Grid

Third Skin: Adapted Grid

PATTERN ANALYSIS // Achievable fold of component before pattern deformation The iterations are simulated and analysed using the live physics engine, Kangaroo for Grasshopper.

A variety of folded pressures are applied, and the experiments look at the different responses and curvature achieved in the each of the forms.

Valley fold differentiation 21° Mountain fold differentiation 2°

Valley fold differentiation 25° Mountain fold differentiation 4°

Valley fold differentiation 31° Mountain fold differentiation 4°

Valley fold differentiation 115° Mountain fold differentiation 96°

Valley fold differentiation 118° Mountain fold differentiation 101°

Valley fold differentiation 99° Mountain fold differentiation 69°

Valley fold differentiation 102° Mountain fold differentiation 67°

SECOND SKIN // Fashion Garment

THIRD SKIN // Architectural skin

The experiments both digitally simulated in kangaroo physics engine and fabricated in the physical models suggest a direct correlation in the amount of fold pressure to the curvature of the surface.

They suggest that the origami like folded structure naturally creates curvature in its surface. This idea was adapted in the third skin experiment where the pattern is mapped onto a surface, and each of the components folds in accordance with its immediate surface curvature.

A variety of folded pressures and concentrated loads are applied to achieve different curvature in the form within a simulation.

MODULATED SCREEN INTERFACE // Folded pattern study

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO 302 // A contemporary art space for the AGNSW

CBD MARTIN PLACE ST. JAMES

AGNSW ROYAL BOTANICS GARDEN FRAGRANCE GARDEN

WOOLLOOMOOLOO BAY

City Park Sea

Key Points of Access Site

PLANNING // Correlation of skin, pathways and gallery spaces

SKIN

The pedestrian access to the site is projected onto the existing carpark, slicing the upper floor mezzanine level creating pathways above the double height gallery and event spaces below.

This level becomes a public space providing pedestrian access through the site, connecting the CBD, the New South Wales Art Gallery, the Woolloomooloo Bay and the Fragrance Garden.

The pathways are reflected within the floor plan of the levels below providing circulation and dividing the gallery and their associated spaces.

PATHWAYS

GALLERY SPACES

PATHWAYS

Eventspace

SPECIAL USE

Caffee Artist in residence Staff

EXHIBITION

// Organisation

// Circulation

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1. LEVEL EXHIBITION

DOUBLEHEIGHT LARGE SCALE

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EXHIBITION LOW LIGHT

LECTURE HALL CAFFEE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE STAFF

2. LEVEL EXHIBITION

DOUBLEHEIGHT LARGE SCALE

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EXHIBITION LOW LIGHT

3. LEVEL EXHIBITION

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DOUBLEHEIGHT LARGE SCALE

EVENTSPACE

SECTION AA'

SECTION BB'

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SECTION CC'

SECTION DD'

SOUTHWEST ELEVATION

NORTHEAST ELEVATION

SOUTHEAST ELEVATION

NORTHWEST ELEVATION

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SKIN ANALYSIS

The building envelope responds to and regulates the internal conditions of the spaces within, distributing light and controlling circulation.

The skin is projected down, penetrating the existing waffle slab, which provides support to the structural skin. The surface is manipulated to control the spatial qualities, with the distribution of light being based on the surface curvature.

Each component of the building envelope measures the intensity of the surface curvature and the opacity of the glazing is specified accordingly.

The pattern of the skin is derived from the previous studies of origami structural systems with the studies suggesting a direct correlation in the amount of fold to the curvature of the forms surface. The origami like folded structure naturally creates curvature in its surface. This principle was adopted within the building envelop where the pattern is mapped onto a surface, and each of the components derives its immediate surface curvature and folds accordingly.

CONSTRUCTION DETAIL

The structural skin is self-supportive with a diagrid of bracing steel rods above being fixed to the center point of the modules structure to provide bracing on all axes. These elements are acting in tension where the structure is convex & compression where it is concave. The steel fixings visible from within the interior spaces are always acting in compression with the modules inherent structure being stabilised through its structural triangulation.

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Insulated glazing

2

Steel beam

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Mullion-transom system (steel)

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countersunk screw

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Silikon sealing material