Unimelb undergraduate architecture portfolio

MENGYAN YU 732107

Architecture Portfolio

Selected Work 2016 -2018

Studio

Studio Fire Explore in a Fluid Space

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Studio Water Merge into landscape

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Studio Air Aether System

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Studio Earth Secret Corridor

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Content

Other works

My name is mengyan, i have finished the bachelor of environment at University of Melbourne. This portfolio shows selective work from Studio during the study period.

Construction Design

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Digital Design and Fabrication

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Studio Fire, semester 2, 2018, individual work.

Project Description: The aim is to design three new departments for Universality High School , a school established in 1930; the tree departments are: Renaissance Center, Sports Center and Learning Complex. The start point of Fluid Space is to create a space that totally different from the old school(close space, limited sun lights and traditional layout); additionally, add lots of extra spaces for students to social activity, group discussion, outdoor activities which according to the students’ needs and future pedagogy.

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Car park underground

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Royal Parade

Elevation from Story Street. Shows the Imaging making from the moan street, new building introduces a simple, white facade to the school, a strong contrast.

Image making View from royal parade and story street 1. 1930, North wing 2. 1968, the hall, technology and art buildings used first time 3. 1982, The Stella Langford Music Wing 4. 2004, a new Gene Technology Access Centre (GTAC) 5. 2006, An extension of the canteen 6. 2007, A fourth level extension to the South Wing 7. 2011-2014, Elizabeth Blackburn School of Sciences

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4 Old school has long corridor, a closed , dark space.

Long corridors exists in every building.

Complex material due to the history of school, the new building facade chosen a white, simple material.

New indoor space The time of old buildings built, indicate it’s a historical school.

Perspective

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Explore in a Fluid Space

Ground Floor Legend 1.Mutifunction Court 2. Female Changing Room for Welcome team 3.Female Changing Room for Home team 4. Coach office 5.Coach Office 6. Male Changing Room for Home team 7. Male Changing Room for Welcome team 8. Refresh area 9. Car park access door

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Smoothen

Open for courtyard

From finding: general brief

Dynamic Facade 2.

Form Finding

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Due to the aim is to change the space experience, a fluid space, the curve is used as the main design strategy.

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Underground Plan

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Ground Floor Plan

Classroom and common room

Open entirety,can be lecture, or space for rehearsal; or pace for community/ student party .

Gallery, wall can be exhibition panel

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First Floor Plan

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First Floor Legend 1.Locker Along the edge 2.Study Area 3.Retreat 4. Four classrooms 5.Common Room with flexible furniture 6. Storage for teacher 7. Teacher office 8. Kitchenette 9. Toilet 10. Retreat 11.Classroom 12. Void for staircase 13. Roof garden 14. Manager office 15. Parents meeting room

Ground Floor Legend 1.Stcak 2.Quite Study Area 3.Lecture 4. Computer Lab 5.Lib Staff Room/ Service room/ Project Room 6. Project based study area, for discussion 7. Three project room 8. Gym 9. Toilet 10. Changing room for Gym 11.Retreat 12. Entry for Sport Center 13. Cafe 14. Waiting Area 15. Reception 16. Entry for Sports Center 17. Bike Park 18. Sport center 19. Open space for activity education or social place 20.Plant room (the old one for GTAC) 21.Unisex toilet 22. Connect with old school 23. Entry

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Explore in a Fluid Space

Connect with original building

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Additional green spaces are added.

Perspective for courtyard, and roof garden. Student can do social activities, discussion, and activity education. Courtyard is 70 m2, which is enough for a class.

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Section B

Courtyard Roofgarden Self study area Classroom

Reserved green area can be used for events after school such as Market.

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Royal Parade

Additional activities space

Solar panel

Facade likes white pigment, pour from top to bottom; a smooth and fluid feeling is created.

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Legend

Entry

Facade

Stair circulation Public entry for sports center Student entry for sports center

Accessibility plan

Other entry

Dark

Facade inspired by Gallery of Media Library in Thionville; the white, clean with curves brings a fluid and dynamic feeling.

Private

Structure

Bright Inspiration

Gallery of Media Library in Thionville;

Sports Center Extrude underground car park columns

Top coat: Stolit (organic plaster) it’s professional for waterproof, also a great white,and flawless rendering result for facade.

Learning Complex

Facade Material

Renaissance Center

Stolit external plaster

Sun access

glazing

It can used for public, so located on ground floor.

Sun slight accessibility, cooperated with glazing, maximize the sun light access.

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Facade structure is attached to the primary structure

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Explore in a Fluid Space

Axo detail drawing Cutting from North to South. This drawing shows people activities in each functional space, also the function of east courtyard: a waiting area for after hours; a solo or small group study area.

Atrium, ground floor Atrium, for students group discussion due to in the future, group working and project based work is more important, atrium bring great day light.

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Stack, ground floor.

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The use of a ceramic surfacing with pearly and iridescent finishing responds the intention of generating a vibrant volume in constant change, a dynamic fluid feeling , due to daylight from the skylights changes observatory movements.

Court yard, first floor.

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Green area for students. The students do not have open space in the old school; so additional space is needed, it also provides lights for indoor space.

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Merge into landscape

Studio Water, semester 2, 2016, individual work.

Exist Boathouse

High-Raised Buildings

Traditional house stands next to the river edge

Project Description: The purpose of this studio is learning after architecture master, SANAA and Tyo Ito is chosen. Use the master’s principle to design a boat house (Including Boat Storage, Workshop, Restaurant, Cafe, Office, Hire courter,

Landmark

Gallery, Kiosk, Jetty, Car park) near the Yarra river, next to the series of boathouses. The beauty of the site is the great natural environment, therefore, the boathouse aims to be harmonious to its surrounding. As the result, the design concept is to merge into landscape by applying organic shapes and reflective material.

Site Green Area

High-Raised Buildings

Site is the only green area in the surrounding environments, across the river, Federation Square and those landmark can be seen from the site; it can be a great view for visitor in the boat house. The boat house could be a small view deck for public, not only a boat house.

Beautiful natural environment Trees, River, and Grass

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Bike circulation Special Car circulation for transportation boat

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therefore, the area can provide good place for visitors have fun: panic, sports, and even concerts.

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All space can be easy accessed. Organic shapes, which is more soft and more nature. The organic shape is defines by the open space between main functions. Each open space can enjoy different view of Yara river.

Inspiration Grace Farms / SANAA

open space view

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Merge into landscape River View

Cafe Restaurant

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Landmark View

The open space near the river, can see the great view next to the river edge; can see the canoe activities.

Due to the site is gently inclined, one open space can see the landmark, such as federation square.

Each open space can be used for events like White Night...

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High Separate all room on ground floor, instead of high-level build-

Inspired by tree

Pick up

Roof plan & First floor plan

ing, therefore, the low-level can be easier hidden, merge to the

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surroundings. The high density tree can hidden the space which has large mass.

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Skylight formation, due to the entire design is hidden by tree, which

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is one of the inspiration in this project.

Jetty

Cafe Relax

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Restaurant Curious Workshop/ Storage

Understand Office area

Encourage Gallery

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Relax

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Legend

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1 Boat Storage 2 Workshop 3 Restaurant(above)

Kiosk

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9 Jetty 10 Car park 11 Boathouse Grass Continued Sand road in the building

Floor Plan

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120mm columns /4m spacing

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is used in this project to support the roof, and

‘H�Shaped column can used into concrete wall. The aluminum cladding is used to reflect surroundings therefore, the project can merge into the landscape.

open space view

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Merge into landscape

North Elevation

View from the restaurant on the first floor, great view of city

North Section

Aluminum cladding

Glass wall

East Section Concrete wall/ slab

Explode diagram shows details of material and structure.

Inspiration of tree shaped facade, Tod’s, Tyo Ito.

Facade

Columns

Tree shaped facade with different area

Tree-trunk shaped

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Open

Most Privacy

Privacy

Semi-privacy

Boat storage

Workshop

Cafe/Restaurant

Office Area

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Strip and folding Research

Studio Air, semester 2, 2017, group of two. In group, i am responsible for digital design and fabrication.

Project Description: Use algorithmic design to design a system on human body, this system needs to fit on body but also fit under future context; in other words, the system can fix any issue in the future. In our system called Aether System, can protect people from air pollution.

The design start with research strip and folding technique and then use this algorithmic method to design the system; also fabricate it.

Case Study 1: Biothing Seroussi Pavilion

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Aether meansUPPER SKY , clean air in Greek mythology. our system use algorithmic design method to create a system can purify the dirty air. It is widely Grasshopper of case study 1

known that the air pollution is one of the most hu-

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man-made disaster in the world, and it will cause a significant damage to human body in the future. It is reported that, the air pollution directly leads the lung disease, such as Asthma, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), and even lung cancer. As our exploration in the part B, we use strips and folding technique to generate a bone, rib form, which inspired us the following scenario. We design a skelCase study 2 : Archipelago Pavilion, Chlmers University

eton which can hold a pair of sacrificial lungs in front

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of chest and extends on the shoulder. In our imagination, in future, the sacrificial lungs can absorb the dirty air firstly, then the clean and fresh air can be transferred into the body; once the fake lungs are entirely polluted, people can dispose them and buy new lungs in the store and install them in the skeleton system. Consequently, the entire system looks like a new bone system with new lungs without skin.

Successful Iteration from case study 2.

Therefore, people do not use their moth to breathe,

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they use the product we deign to survive under the severe air pollution.

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Aether System Further development

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Aether System

Successful Iteration from Part B

Form Finding in Part C

Fabrication Prototype

Final System

Case Study: Biothing Seroussi Pavillon 2017.10.15

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Sheet 2 of 2

Sheet 2 of 2

Plug-in: Mosquito Flow

Lungs

Shortest Work Plug-in

Final Artificial Lungs

Image1 resource: author,2017

As we know , our product is customised. As mentioned before, each users will have different shape system.

Each plug-in system company with a lung ; if the user wants, he can assign as many lung as he wants.

Lungs system, image resource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung

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SYSTEM

image resource: author ,2017

Bone Structure

Each component is composed by strips, in this case, according to the user’s body shape, we design 4 types of component in

Dirty air

different shapes. Therefore, after assembling,

Clean air

they can protect the artificial lungs properly.

Blood

The system is directly attached to the user’s rib, therefore, the blood in bone marrow will flow through the tubes in the system and then into artificial lung , which can maintain the lung healthy at least one month.

The artificial lung is grew up in our lab. It is direct-

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ly connected to the lung in user’s body; it only works for filter dirty air and transfer the clean air in to real lung. Usually, it renew monthly; but depends on the amount of lungs installed. Work principle shows in the image1.

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Connect to the artificial lung and absorb the clean air.

Blood in bone marrow maintain the system and

Blood Cycle Image2 resource: author,2017

This image shows the exchange of lung . The lungs which is bright shows the lung is health ; the dark one shows it need to be replaced (which is polluted by dirty air).

artificial lung health.

image resource: author ,2017

Plug-in

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Aether System Fabrication Process Insert

Etch

part A

This diagram shows how part A connect to the part B,

part A

the connection method is waffle connection. There are

Support

totally four support elements. Additionally, there are 24 openings while only 12 strips. The purpose for that is we

rections of strips. The purpose of this is to fit the body; differ-

actually, there12 strips connect to the part A. L > l, there-

Part B

can choose opening of which strips go through to ad-

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fore, the strips can be successfully insert into part A.

just the entire appearance of the entire component;

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therefore, we can make the physical model as similar as the digital.

There are four types of components, which differers in di-

This diagram only shows one strips connect to the part A;

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Opening for strip

As the concept of our design is to plug into the human body, (Shown in the image 2 and 3) we also do a surface to represent the body . The material is 0.38 mm Polypropylene which is thinner than the one in the prototype; therefore, the component is also become more flexible. There are totally 17 components, after bolting them on the surface , we overlap ending of each strips , then also bolt on the surface; therefore, a 3D form is generated.

The lung is 3D printed.

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Secret Corridor Studio Earth, semester 1, 2017, individual work.

Project Description: Using point/Lin/ Plane, Mass, Frame and infill techniques design a pavilion on Herring Island. The theme is “secret”.For the “Secret Corridor”, the corridors mainly lead people to the main area of the pavilion which including the functional spaces at ground level. Then People will lift up to the shelter between the trees. It likes a journey which people can find secret shelter spaces above ground and have rest in those secret small spaces, under the tree, enjoy the view at high point.

1 Audience 2 A Hill a River,Two Rocks and a Presence 3 Caim 4 Stone House 5 Steerage 6 Tanderrum 7 Ramp 8 Scaled Stem 9 Falling Fence (the artworks on the island) Gallery Picnic Shelter/ Electric BBQ Landing point

Topography Vegetation The south part on the island is more open than north part.

There is a low-lying land at the west, a potential location for development.

Noise Near the freeway is most noisy, therefore, for design location will not be chosen near those places, causing personally, “secret” is about quite.

Circulation

Site Plan, at the edge of the island, ending at the depression of the island. Therefore, for the journey i create, visitors can enjoy their journey from light to dark. The vegetation density is also heavy at the depression. The tree is an important part of secret of my project, so this location is chose.

The most heavy traffic happens near the landing points and near the sculptures, the density of people flow is also high.

Confirm the level

Produce a grid

Recomposed

Infill Cladding

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The concept model is mainly developed from the frame and infill exercises. As the model shows that the frame is the basic structure of the design and there are different infill system:1. The line infill forms a triangle space ; 2. the plane infill can be cladding system. Additionally, the ramp can be considered as an important el-

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ement. For the final design, stairs can be the main vertical circulation element. For the underground level, there is a nature cave which is inspired by the mass ex-

concept model

ercise. This part maybe the secret of the pavilion.

Sou Fujimoto’, Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2013

The precedent is mainly use the steel columns to form the wall, the roof, the floor; which looks like the steel composed illogically. This pavilion , personally, attracts me to enter or explore causing the unconventional formation. So i also want to use columns to form a pavilion with different cladding systems.

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A. Toilet B. Store1 (lockable) C. Store 2 D. Technical Room Corridors Ground Level 1st level 2nd level

section1 The stairs is much more invisible in the pavilion; in other world, the journey routine becomes more unclear when people enter the main area of the pavilion.

To cooperate with the high tree density at the main area, visitors explore in the pavilion under the trees. They can find secret shelter around trees. The journey is not simple and straight when they leave the corridors.

3rd level

The corridors mainly lead people to the main area of the pavilion which including the functional spaces at ground level. Then People will lift up to the shelter between the trees. It likes a journey which people can find secret shelter spaces above ground and have rest in those secret small spaces, under the tree, enjoy the view at high point.

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Main circulation

Circulation & journey

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The beginning of the journey is the corridors; lead people to the main area of the pavilion.

Then visitors start to explore in the pavilion; finding secret shelters around the trees. They can have food, chat with friend in those secret space.

The most exciting part is at the highest point, storyboard 11, like the ending, final part of the journey; the visitors can review the journey they have traveled; the circuitous corridors can be viewed; the visitors can understand what journey, routine they have done.

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A. Preliminary investigations & foundations A1. According the Geothermic report, Part O is near the Borehole1, therefore the foundation condition is that 0-0.15 is Admixed silt, clay, Crushed Basalt; betwee0.15-1.5m is silty clay which is high plastic. The underneath is the basalt rock.

A2. Landscape.

The slope of Part O is between 127.20 to 127.13(east) and 127.20 tp 127.12 (west). As a result, there is a slope on the site. The fill is required.

OTHER WORK

Construction Design

Individual work,2017 semester 1 Project Brief : By drawing axo drawing and modeling of part of real building( Western Bace) to identify, evaluate and engage with the technological underpinnings of architecture.

B. Footings B1.Strip Footing 1(sf1),which is 450 wide with 600 minimal depth. The reinforcement in it is 4-L12 top&btm.

B2.Precate Footing (PF1)is the pad footing with 200*200 with minimal depth 600 and it socket into highly weathered Basalt Rock . It supports the concrete Column above. N20 BARS is at bottom with 250 spacing and N16 Bars at top.

B3.Mass Concrete 15 Mpa, to highly weathered rock.

C. Concrete Floor C1.The ground floor slab is 150 Slab, SL 72 Top, 30 cover and 225 lapping sit on 0.2 Polythene Membrane, Slab is 150; also a layer of compressible cardboard avoid former.

C2. The first floor slab is 300mm hollow core panel (1195, with 300 hollow) +80mm Max screed.SL82 Fabric design for 4.0 Napa live load.

C3. 1CB1, 700w *600 D precast concrete beams by WESTON PRECAST (use grout tube connected to the PC1) C4. PC1. Precast column, PVC grout ducts with 1000 dowels protection.

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D. Structural Steels D1.The steel stud wall.

The Bridge Frame D2.1Fj1 and Cj4 at bottom D3.Top Chord, Bottom Chord 380 PFC bolts to the C4PB, castin plate D4.1B2 120*400 weld to 1B2. 1B2 supports 1Fj1and Cj4 D5.RB14 (200*75) use to fixed the cladding 50*40 PL cleat D6. Secondary steel frame. FC1(150) and Girts (100,150) 6 Cleat plate bolted. FC2 bolts to cast-in bracket in PC1/ 1CB1. 10 Plate bracket to RB1. Insulation(90mm R4.5) and sarking is needed with 8mm thermal break.

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Details for roof structure

Details for concert slab and reinforcement

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FFL130.90

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F. Cladding / Celling F1.Bw1 Brick/blockwork 1 : 390W x 190H x 90mmD concrete block F2. Bw2. Brick/blockwork 2 – feature concrete block pattern 200 full block: 390W x 190H x 190mmD, Pipe in it is inuslated.

F3. MC1 Metal cladding 1 – steel Express Panels with 294 Face’, 0.7mm thick folded Cor-ten panels, including breathable waterproof membrane, trims, fittings and flashings as recommended by supplier, natural finish F4.PLY2 Plywood 2 Austral Plywood ‘A-C Exterior Grade’ hoop pine plywood with A face exposed, 19mm thick, butt joined Seal: PF22 Stained finishes as noted on drawings F5. Suspend ceiling with furring channel, use clips fixed to the concrete slab.

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G. Window system G1.WG13 G2.DG.14 G3.W1.07 G4.W1.06

AWS ‘Series 826 Thermally Broken FrontGLAZE Framing’ 150x60mm aluminium frame window and door system, double glazed, front glazing, square beading, anodised finish. Anodised finish (generally): AN1 unless otherwise noted below)

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Folded Colodbond capping over 20MM R0.2 Thermal Break Rigid Insulation. PFC header with wealed pate support for window head.

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H. Finish H1.CP3 Ontera 457.2mm x 457.2mm x 7.3mm tiles H2.CN3 – polished concrete exposed aggregate CN3 Hytec Exposed aggregate concrete range, 32Mpa strength concrete H3.FM1 Floor mat 1 ‘Cocamat’ entry mat system, textured anodised aluminium tread rails with coir mat inserts, closed construction, solid brass matwell frame

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E. Roof E1.RB2 600*115 GL18 E2.RB1 380*100 PFC E3. Batten E4. Roof sheathing Versoclad with insulation minimum R 6.0 E5.Box Gutter 1:150 slope E6.PU1 HJ25090 Hy joists by Carter Holt Havey @900 Packer above to create 1:150 slope.

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Axo drawing

O Mengyan YU 732107 Tutorial 9 Evelyn Chin Western BACE Part O 1:20@A1.

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Digital Design and Fabrication Group work,2016 semester 1, I’m responsible for fabrication and concept design . The project is to design a sleeping pod, which protect users’ personal space. Our design principle is engaged by a selected object and using bone structure.

The TRIVISX Sculpture

Ideation: find the principle of selected object

The most interesting part of this sculpture is each component twists with one axis while each one points at different directions; the repetition also creates 3D volume. We change the each component as the polygons composed by triangles (inspired by the sketch model of Xuanly’s and mine); each angle is a pin joint. The body part which in the second design is change to the polygons and there is a main axis from the left shoulder to the right and all the polygons components are fixed on it through the center of themselves.

Sketch Model of our team Precedent research apply on design we use th repetition apply on the different distance along an axis,we also created different sizes of the same pattern being formed by pin and joint monument, we managed to create articulating joints that allows movement in our sleeping pod.

Due to the sleeping pod can change the status to protect personal space.

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Model by Author The most impressive system in the object is the pin joint and the expansion and contraction. In addition, the volume is created by the overlapping the first layout which is composed by four quadrilateral. The reason of using quadrilateral is that this shape has good flexible capacity; and there are four main axes, other angles can separate out.

The outer layer is fixed layer and the inner layer is flexible layer. When the user move head, the inner layer will rotate while stop by fixed layer; at the same time, the head part will also go down to cover the user’s face.

In addition, to make sure the whole piece can sit on the users’ body, we decide use the weight of the body part to pull down the whole structure, therefore we change the position of the holes in each component Prototype of two layer design (modeled by Hao)

from center to 1/3; hence the body part become longer to pull down the structure.

Model by Xuanly

Final Project

Model by HAO Prototype of the improved design ( modeled by Hao and author, )

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Details for axes

Normal Status

Joints

Axes

Normal Status

Joints

Open for protect personal space 18.