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
SCALE 1:750
1. LEVEL EXHIBITION
DOUBLEHEIGHT LARGE SCALE
SCALE 1:1000
EXHIBITION LOW LIGHT
LECTURE HALL CAFFEE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE STAFF
2. LEVEL EXHIBITION
DOUBLEHEIGHT LARGE SCALE
SCALE 1:1000
EXHIBITION LOW LIGHT
3. LEVEL EXHIBITION
SCALE 1:1000
DOUBLEHEIGHT LARGE SCALE
EVENTSPACE
SECTION AA'
SECTION BB'
SCALE 1:1000
SCALE 1:1000
SECTION CC'
SECTION DD'
SOUTHWEST ELEVATION
NORTHEAST ELEVATION
SOUTHEAST ELEVATION
NORTHWEST ELEVATION
SCALE 1:1000
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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2
4 5
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Insulated glazing
2
Steel beam
3
Mullion-transom system (steel)
4
countersunk screw
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Silikon sealing material