Module 2 - Design Week 4 Journal Matthew Law Hao Wei 641246
Module 2 - Design Scheurer and Stehling Reading Reflection + TED Video In Thomas Heatherwick’s presentation, he mentioned about large, bulky buildings being souless and cold. Thomas and company has won a competition in ShangHai. There are 250 exhibition pavilions, 250 countries competiting along with Thomas, who is representating Britian. He has the idea of spreading out, combining nature with the exhibition centre. Seeds are chosen as the only element for this exhibition centre. Like our project, Thomas has able to foresee the final form of the building through a basic element in which is a glass tube, with seeds stored within. The idea of spreading out has helped me a lot in terms of developing my lantern form. In the Scheurer and Stehling Reading, it talked about Architecture being a process of communication. Recently the trend of design has changed from being solid and regular into more of an abstract form of shape. Architectural Design does not stop even though you can define the shape of the overall shape. Other desinging components can have big impacts towards the ultimate form of design. For what you have consider as the final form of shape for the design, the outcome can be absolutely different.
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Orthographic Photos of Clay Model
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Digitalised Clay Model
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Developing Model
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Using Paneling Tools for Model Development