ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN STUDIO
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Design Journal MONIQUE PATSALIS 537801
||Week 1: Architecture as a
A designer that explores the complexity across architectural disciplines and is potential to discover humanness, body, psyche and spirit is Gregory Burgess. He believes architecture is a creative science or mathematical art that can be looked at from an environmental and healing perspective. His approach is rather unique as he lays out spaces by pre modern cosmic geometries from the Christian Buddhist and indigenous thought system which is evident in the Uluru cultural Centre. Burgess also has been the forefront of the community architecture, a practice of involving local communities as he lets new possibilities for a social life and social identity. He is an architect that puts himself INTO the site and draws/ designs for the community that defines the place they are in and the materialization. Although his target of cultural difference with surveillance and border control is not new, he considers the surveillance and border control of the first people in Australia. the imposition of another layer of new technology imported in the minds Set of the thematic universe and of modernism progress and land ownership is short cultural colonialism. He tries to put the past into the present with his designs with an autopoiesis way of communication which can be seen as Architecture’s Place within Society.
Quote: “Architecture that can bring the senses to life or awaken our senses, awaken our souls, if you like, is very important.”
Architect: Greg Burgess Project: Uluru Aboriginal Cultural Centre Location: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory
Uluru Aboriginal Cultural Centre is one of his organic works using natural forms and materials, as well as natural light. His work of the Centre is not a slick and predictable design, but a building of rough edges, bumps and distortions and natural forms..
a Discourse || Approach to Design..
fines the meaning of aboriginal architecture within the building with his design process being a goal he wanted to achieve. His approach to the design to the design is that he wanted indigenous people to be allowed to define who they are as a collective identity and how they wish to be portrayed through architecture and the environmental statements to the wider society and the outside the world. It was Gregory’s role as an architect to take these representations of identity to be express in its architectural form. He wanted this project to be of regional significance and national significance. The use of symbols are used to communicate to some level across groups. This monumental building was completely out of context with a vernacular matrix, so they provided historical and cultural context as an integral part of the whole while not distracting from the statement of the design brief. This building was known to be one of the best architectural practise to date because of its indigenous practise in arch design in project control. it represented the indigenous stakeholders. It is a place that gives experience and an emotional response to indigenous people and non-indigenous people in a respectful and spiritual way in terms of the place and design itself. with its maximum natural lighting and simulated natural environments
Why is it good? There is a set route through the centre to provide a variety of experiences. By entering through the Tjukurpa Tunnel visitors learn about the traditional and ancient culture of the area. Joint management and other topics of interest within the national park are presented in the Nintiringkupai Room (information desk). The aspirations of Anangu are presented in owned and operated businesses including Maruku Arts, Anangu Tours, Walkatjara Art and Ininti Cafe and Souvenirs. Beneficial in understanding the Werribee design brief because of its method of design and its way of approach towards the brief they had to follow is rather similar. Understanding the challenges of designing something cultural in Australia were identified and explored with those with knowledge and understanding of the culture itself and its limits to what can be conveyed throughout the design and what they wanted to achieve. Gregory Burjess understood that the plan recommended that a cultural centre be established for the following purposes: presentation of interpretive material relating to traditional culture, traditional song and dance display and sale of contemporary Aboriginal art and crafts display of historical contact t and park history, and the conduct of other appropriate Anangu controlled d cultural and commercial activities.
EOI: with observing the language of architecture and its disciplines, i believe that the autopoieses is a strong component when designing. Incorporating the landscape with the structure itself is what makes a building more meaningful and easier to communicate with its surroundings and the viewer. Researching the history of a particular area, understanding the culture and making a design in which one can experience and learn something from is a design that can be treasured and loved by those who experience the structure itself. With local materials used and with respecting the
||Week 1: Architecture Frank Lloyd right is an organic architect who uses free special flow as a method of planning. The way he composites a building such as the pi an wheel plan is a great example of how he designs as an architect. The Centre as the main “family” space, and everything else that is less important away from the centre, shows how he has meaning for every decision he makes. The rotation and movement with the way one navigates around the house with overlapping systems of geometry, makes one constantly move around the home. Each aspect of the house has a special meaning; his works act as a cell, so that all elements come together as a living organism. Like Gregory burgess, some of his inspiration is from a culture, a culture that is used in some of his works, for example the Japanese Imperial Hotel, Meiji Mura, near Nagoya. As you can see he’s a very horizontal designer and like burgess, he makes the landscape match with his building, he understands the surroundings and works well with it. Additionally, sometimes Frank Lloyd right uses materials from his surroundings in order to design such as stone and concrete which is also similar to Gregory. When observing and experiencing his domestic and institutional buildings, they are completely different. The institutional buildings are completely decentralized when comparing it to his pin wheel plan of a house; however he still makes it exciting for one to visit his works with a rather free navigation when wondering around. Furthermore Frank Lloyd right likes to use light as an important cultural tool in which I believe can connect with spirituality in a sense. He loves to make the interior of a structure to have a “wow factor” with the use of rich textures and other materials, making it completely different to the geometrical and plain outside. An architect such as Frank Lloyd Right, who seems to be a completely different architect compared to Gregory Burgess, still has some sort of similar architectural influences when it comes to designing in a way that they are both a way that they are both organic! They both have a spiritual religious cultural connection with the surroundings as well as their designs. Their work looks like it’s part of the landscape itself and matches with its surroundings in which I am truly inspired of.
A project previously done in Deakin university based on negativity and movement. At first i got an image of a woman moving and bending down, however if you take sequencial snap shots of her, and overlap each image, it would create layers of different shapes. Then we got a large piece of limestone and were given tools such as scrtew driver, drills, etc in oerder to create the same shape of the image in two separate squares of limestone. The main challenge was not breaking the limestone and going as close to the edge as possible. If we did not go as close to the edge as possible, our shape would not fit. Furthermorem the main concept was understanding form and space on a specific material.
e as a Discourse || A design focusing on culture and historic backgrounds.. With comparing the methods other architects have used in order to design, one of my hand drawn first year designs are similar in a way that I have made my design shelter as part of the landscape itself as well as try and convey a meaning with the design, into the history of the location. With a chosen place of ‘Petra tou Romiou’ which is Aphrodite’s rock, the birth place of a goddess in Cyprus, i wanted to try and excavate the rock itself and build inside it. The floor plan was inspired by a shell in which the goddess came out of as part of the Greek mythology in historic times I wanted to design something that has meaning. Additionally one of the requirements of the projects was to understand the weather of the area itself, the amount of rainfall, friendly materials, and to make it environmentally friendly with no electricity whatsoever. I used a green roof, drainage system, and also solar windows.
EOI: With observing the language of architecture and its disciplines, i believe that the autopoieses is a strong component when designing. Incorporating the landscape with the structure itself is what makes a building more meaningful and easier to communicate with its surroundings and the viewer. Researching the history of a particular area, understanding the culture and making a design in which one can experience and learn something from is a design that can be treasured and loved by those who experience the structure itself. With local materials used and with respecting the aboriginal cultures shows how great the architect went through a lot of depth and struggle to get this building right. I believe that this is a great example when designing for the weribee council because understanding what you are designing, who you are designing for, and how it is made and why, plays a dramatic role to the positive outcome of the design itself in the future.
||Week 2: Computat
Computational design is known to be the discipline of applying computational approaches to design problems, whether related to presentation, analysis or aesthetic expressions.^1 as we develop in technology, the relationship between computers and architects has intensified dramatically. The use of programming in modern day has changed the way in which we design things such as structures and even products for the marketing industry. It helps one try and make imagination into reality. However, with computational design, come limits to what can be done simply programmes such as AutoCad, ArchiCad, Rhino, Grasshopper and other programmes. It is easier to make accurate designs however it is limited in a sense that a programme can only do so much, which then makes our whole goal on the design approach change.
tional Design || Computation programmes such as rhino can be beneficial in parametric designs in terms of monitoring the whole process solution to managing our whole outlook on the project in a different way. It can be known that Understanding programming and it is useful in handling information beyond our perceptual capabilities
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A unique innovation.... Ezio Blasetti is a registered architect that holds a masters of science in advanced architectural design. He recently presented at( image on the left instructed by Ezio Blasetti on-optiman Structural Optimization (noS0) ) and experimenting with It as a discourse. Using limits in order to move forward may be a RMIT University with a number of other architects demonstrating some projects from computational design. The exploration of computation within highly speculative approaches to architectural craft that creates consistency and precision within
||Week 3: scriptin Scripting is part of a culture and can be seen as offering a different view and approach to creativity for architects. it opens a lot of doors for architects as it can be known as tool to achieve a designers best creativity level as it makes one think outside of the box. According to what culture is followed, I t can creates a new opportunity for new scales and the taking up of new space.
Scripting as a Culture.. Scripting can be divided into three different cultures: 1- Repetitive things 2- Problem solving 3- Exploration
Although scripting can be a way forward to design, the repetitive designs that can be used over and over again can be taken from anyone, which is the down side The understanding of maths gives a computational designer with conceptual and philosophic edge and better creative assistance a symbolic language to form abstractions of spatial and numerical relations in geometry. In other words, experimenting with scripting can extend design experimentation and may even be the key to lower production costs and a more sophisticated innovation to design.
" the designer who wants to be completely in control of the results must be in control of the process" A great example of scripting and the use of mathematical equations to produce point clouds, curves and surfaces. A basic construction of NURBS that explain parameters on curves and surfaces. We'll be using a series of scripting concepts from "introduction to scripting. as well as multiple rhino methods which was explained by enzio blasetti himself.
The procedure behind this work involves writing an algorithm that allows point agents to interact with a mesh surface. A mesh is then created as a response to the dimensions and the temporal conditions of the site, The Bartlett's own Wates House. Particular agents are then selected fromthe mesh object, and then the script is engaged, allowing the agents and their pathways to become selfreferential. The agents have an assigned attraction to the mesh object but they also have a flocking behaviour of between themselves. Amongst themselves, they align, cohere and separate. Finally, the agents have a radius of their own, which effects all of these parameters independently. “
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‘ Culture: Ezio uses both the first scripting culture number 2, the sense of being uncertain in order to move onto culture number 3 of exploration.
This building may also be considered a performance based design because the skin of a building responds to the weather conditions as well as programmatic distribution in a building tailoring panels is generated using multi- agent system which develops non linear patterns. The visual effect shows rapid phase changes in the pattern. The aperture are nested in the panel that allows different scales of openings to occur simultaneously on the facade in order to create mixed patterns responsive to different shading conditions. Apertures can be larger in areas where shading is needed relative to the analysis of the sun exposure or wind impact for cooling chimney effects.
EOI… Extremely interesting to work with such ideas, a design that works with the weather conditions along the Weribee highway would be eye-catching and also can be made in a green way. Just the idea
Reference List. http://www.biothing.org/?attachment_id=344 http://www.biothing.org/?cat=13 http://www.biothing.org/?cat=20
Great example and understanding of scripting and the mathematics used within it. http://code.algorithmicdesign.net/ParametrizationEquations
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KALAYS READINGS:
Matrix: Experimenting with different inputs and outputs, resulted in a number of outcomes in order to search for different design possibilities to further our development for the project. Using different forms of exploring with grasshopper, will be able to gain some ideas for parametric designs, Additionally some of the images produced did turn out broken. i personally liked this and the way they turned out. It shows that even if there is a problem, it can still turn out rather interesting. with reference to Paul Rudolph, ’All problems can never be solved’ This shows that, if one cant fix the problem, why not work with it?
Breadth Firstly reference to breadth first ( kalay 2006) exploration is used in order to figure out solutions before reaching a conclusion. when using a certain pattern, it can look completely different to what it is places on such as a curves, surfaces, planes, so it shows a manipulation to a number of parameters. Depth first: exploring relationships with features such as rotation, and playing around with attract or points, a great affect can be made. EOI: In regards to the gateway project, depending on the search method, more solutions can be extinguished with computational design.
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Week 5 – EOI: Research Project: CUT: Develop Airspace Tokyo Tokyo, Japan; Faulders Studio: The facade of the building compliments the area of the building with its natural colored exterior and artificial interior for the building. additionally, the origin aluminium panels, mostly used as sound insulation because of the loud freeways outside, are needed for the building. also the series of geometric patterns overlaid as voids on both layers of the exterior acts as a visually dynamic threshold between private and public. this building acts to buffer the inhabitants from the street begin a unifying enclosure system.
Andre De Gouveia Residence.
A unique glided aluminium facade made with panels that are mechanically stamped with two different sized slotted perforations. The Portuguese paving pattern as well as baroque inspired pattern shows a sense of rich material. The screens made of aluminium on the exterior fold as a way of allowing light enter the building. Additionally these patterns also make a rather detailed shadow when one enters
Carabanchel social housing. Madrid, Spain: Foreign Office Architects. Understanding on how to work well with space, this social housing was designed in order to function well on an elongated space. Also with the considerations of the scale of this project, customising of bamboo louvres that are folded frames provide shelter from the east west sun. This repetitive unit material can allow one to open and close the windows that change the exterior of the design. This then achieves the desires of the people who are living inside as opposed to what the architect wants in their design.
Restaurant Aoba-tei(aip). Sendai, Japan: Hitoshi abe + atelier hitoshi abe: The concept of soft boundary surfaces as used to develop this project. The surface takes the dorm of organic membrane that responds to the pressure of adjacent spaces which constitutes as an continuous interior wrapper. This is a cred steel armature to unite both levels. The material of the steel surface is used to make a connection to the outside to the inside.
Reverse Engineering
The reverse engineering case study is important because it makes understanding the whole process and its importance towards digital space. With the absence of physics in the real world it may be hard to show how a design will be able to perform structurally. Materials such as CNC milling as well as 3D printing are tools that must be employed in order to laser cut for fabrication with particular designed surfaces. Understanding digital fabrication has allowed architects and designers to explore a more complex geometry,. However the process of fabrication itself allows us to rethink the whole entire design process from the beginning. The flattening of a 3D object that is virtual is needed in order for us to be able to make a certain design in reality in terms of the consideration of scale and reference to sites,.
Week 5 – EOI: Research Project: CUT.Develope McCormick Tribune Campus Center: A major design challenge was the noise of the public transit tracks passing over the lot. so the challenge was to find a solution to this which was done by enclosing a 530-foot (160 m) section of the tracks in a stainless steel tube passing over the building. The tube’s support structure is completely independent of the building’s, to minimize vibration passing between them.
Gantenbein Vineyard Facade. Flasch, Switzerland: Gramazio & Kohler in cooperation with Bearth & deplazez. A facade designed in order to for fermentation to take place to process grapes as well as a wine storage cellar and a roof terrace for wine tasting and receptions. This was done by masonry infill between the concrete skeleton in order to have temperature as well as sunlight to filer the fermentation room. Additionally, the bricks that were laid with an offset that allows indirect sunlight to come through the masonry wall, had poly carbonate panels in order for wind and rain to not come in the interior spaces. As the bricks reflect sunlight differently and gives shade to each piece of brick giving it a rather unique and animated affect, from a distance, a pixelated look may be given. Also, if one was to move around the building, the perception of the structure changes to a representation and a pure material sensation which is rather fascinating. The layers have been created with 2 layers of image samplers in grasshopper, one of grapes and the other of bricks. This is evident in the photos on the right, merging both images creates the end result of the building in itself.
Reverse engineering: Input- Surface Associative Technique- Image Sampler Output- Rotate Plane
Spanish pavilion expo 2005 Aichi Japan Foreign Office Architects. a traditional inspired building from the Islamic culture gives an expression of a rich era. The spatial organisation and structural elements of the arches vaults show a connection to history. The fabrication is organised into a panel of six units dused together through the geometries within the pane. Each hexagonal tile is tinted with one of six colours to signify the countries culture. Furthermore the differentiated surfaces of repetition show a rather artistic and colour feel for the viewer. I liked how the building stuck to tradition and was able to merge history, culture, colours, shape and make it into a more modern abstract feel within the site which i believe will help with the EOI design in terms of understanding how to bring many ideas into one.
Jogn Lewis department store Leicester united kingdom: Foreign office architects. A cultural and historical reference made from double glazed facade to make a net like curtain to provide private to the interior while also providing natural light entering as well as the view of the city from the inside the store. Each layer made with a vintage textile pattern on a four panelled facade to make a textile like expression to the envelope of the building. The interior of the building made with a ceramic frit pattern that is mirrored with the exterior gives a perception that changes according to the movement of the sun. A performance based design that increases visual complexity shows a rather simple shape however looks rather detail from a distance. The image sampler in grasshopper can be used in with two surfaces can be moved with an attractor in order to change way of each shape moves. DIOR GINZA: Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan: Office of Kumiko Inui. The designed facade was inspired from the pattern of the "lady Dior" signature handbag. The image 2.3 illustrates the concept and the effects of the facade of the Store with he idea of creating virtual images by overlaying several screens at a certain distance in between them. in terms of the building itself, The programme was developed as a double layer skin made of two separate aluminium surfaces. The design matches the loud bold feel of its surroundings and the design of the facade shows a ghost like volume made from luminous effects of its greatly detailed surfaces. At night, the perforations are illuminated and the building appears as an apparition at night in terms of comparing it to the stark contracts in daylight.
<< The image on the left shows the concept of panametric design of the facade of Dior Ginza. (http://ppd-spr2010.tumblr.com/post/420593033/ deceiving-apertures)
Children’s museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Santa Monica, California Perkins Eastman, Pittsburgh:
The reverse engineering for the ned khan building was made with: Input-surface grids AssociativeTechnique- Image sampler Ouput- 3d Rotation
One of many of NedKahns work are based on different affects using weather or light as a tool to make movement or reflect such as the seismic sea,or the micro turbines,are great examples of using natural resources to help a structure perform on its own. One of the buildings however has been the three story steel and glass building designed as a digitized cloud or an articulated cloud that reflects the sky and changes according strength of the wind during the time of day. This design particular caught my eye because of the fact that the designer used the weather as a tool in order to animate his facade. Designed by a kinetic screen of many white acrylic panels that flutter with the wind, giving it an effect of rippling clouds moving across the sky. With considerations of heat and materials and accuracy, the result is rather remarkable when viewing it in action. Furthermore, when trying to do this in grasshopper, it is the understanding of the reverse engineer panels of Ned khans design of the cloud in order to create these performance based effects
Precedents
With parametric modelling, rapid prototyping can be done, which allows us to achieve and optimised form .
Understanding teh discourse between trial and error will form a number of selections of to explore and experiment with for the gateway project.
LONGCHAMP STAIRS This unusual unique design of stairs is designed by Heatherwick studio. This staircase is a perfect example of what we wish to achieve. Something different, something that people will remember and find unusual and interesting to the eye, yet exciting and fun. A great symbol of distortion to an everyday necessity in life to get to another level.
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ORL CLINIC MAL-VI ARCHITECTS The ORL Clinic is design by the MalVi Architects and it is situated in Greece. It is a bulging shape which is derived from the form of an acoustic wave creating a usual flat surface, and creating an informal abstract shape.
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an organic design. The inspiration of the building was its natural climate. . Although it may look to be formally expressive the imagination plays a huge role into how one would interpret the structure.
Parametric modelling allows us to do rapid prototypical, optimized form can be achieved. Trial and error can be done to find out the selection/rejection of parametric modelling—matrix, what forms can be created, what worked and what didn’t. Scripting cultures: why is it relevant and how we can use it. Scripting cultures allows us to do more rapid prototyping.
Case study focus The contour inspired interior of the restaurant may be designed in order to create a form of landscape within the structure itself. The design can also be considered as a wave like ceiling of layered wood that flow around the restaurant. The interesting part of the project is the fact that the architect managed to overlap any structural problems and create a fancy restaurant out from an abandoned place. Evident in the photos below, you can see that he made the columns that hold the roof up a method of decoration. The fact that he didn’t like the look of columns, he was able to get a problem, and make good use out of it. This idea within itself shows that the Architect can overcome issues if one thinks outside the box. Everything is there for a reason in order for the structure to be held up correctly, and you can do whatever you like to the structure in order to make it as unique as possible.
Forming contours on a surface. input: surface grids->brep planes-> bounding box-> explode-> list item= prep frames. Brep Frames-> brep plane = contour lines. Additionally, with points On, we were able to extrude to different directions until we were able to mirror the BanQ restaurant. moreover, while experimenting with the surface, using the same method that was used at the beginning, the brep and plane section was extruded multiple times in order to achieve thickness and depth giving it a more thicker look.
GRASSHOPPER DEFINITION:
NESTING:
EOI: Research Projects CUT: Develop
Inspired by the interior of the
Banq restaurant, we decided to make a small version of the contour/wind inspired roof. The reason why we decided to do so, is because it simply conveys movement and perception towards a simple structure. when one moves around the ban restaurant, it gives a rather animated feel of the design as it changes because of the in proportional sizes of the contour lines. The image onm the left shoes the different shading of the model to emphasize the different sizes and heights of the design.
Experiment one: The use of contours as topography that is inspired by the banq restaurant acts differently when viewed from a certain perspective. the " swaying and undulating"are seen with the video we made as a group showing a the undulating affect of the contours. seeing the structural parts from different angles made the design look completely different. As a group, we wanted to embrace it and so we wanted to continue further exploring this perspective with movement method.
Experiment 2: With inspiration from the ned khan building, we wanted to add a sense of movement to our contour design. Creating dynamic contours that moved with wind was a great idea, however we did not have success because of the materials that were chosen.
Experiment 3. Experimenting with light and shadows that entered our contour model had a rather impressive outcome because according to where the light would enter, it would create a number of different shapes. This would be interesting experimenting with the movement of the sun throughout the day on the site.
The image below and on the right illustrates the shadows that are are made when light reflects through only some of the spaces. According to where the sun hits, will change where the shadows are placed and perceived according to the angle of where one is standing.
PHYSICAL MODEL
However the problem with this model that was encountered once finished is the fact that it could not be worked with. With the use of wood as a material, it would not be great to work with in certain weather conditions, and the weathering would be rather negative. Also, after working with the model, we noticed that there was not much else we could do in order to make it perform better as a design. We wanted to do something more interesting that was not done before. Something that did not seem so boring as plane contouring lines that SEEM to change with movement. We want something that actually DOES change as opposed to just focusing on ones perception of the design. A new approach to something different that can be distorted and more easy to work with was our new aim.
Moving on... With the trial and error of the contour model, we understood that we DID like the fact that it performed in a way that the detailing would be rather interesting when one views the design from front on. With reference to the banq restaurant, on how the fact that if one was to look up into the roof, there was a surprise view of the interior roof construction detail, it was inevitable for us to focus on detail. This then lead us to move onto a more intricate approach with lace as well as experiment more with different materials since the wooden approach failed dramatically due to the overly simple design as well as the material used.
EOI: With reference to the site, i believe that
shifting away from contouring was the right choice. Lace will enable us to work with detail and create intricate designs that aren’t simple. Setting a challenge would be beneficial for us to see how everything would work in different environments with different materials and designs. Additionally, taking a more experimental approach will help us choose an appropriate material and shape for the site.
Lace!!! A great detailed approach to computational design. With the use of rhino and grasshopper, we are able to create a number of intricate patterns that differ from the everyday average projects because it is interesting to see how a design is perceived when one looks closer to a design. It may look completely different from a distance, however when zoomed in, it is a whole new different unexpected pattern.
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Precedents
Concrete Lace Doreen Westphal
Materials Metal, Concrete Made from ultra high performance concrete and different suspension materials like ribbon or 1mm steal cable. The making process included the suspensions casted inside the lace-shaped concrete tiles. This was rather fascinating because concrete and lace are two designs/ materials that one would never think to put together, which gave it a rather interesting feel.
Cheongsam Elise Benjamin
Materials Garment: sheet copper, saw-pierced by hand, raised and formed
Using lace and designing something that fits a certain person in a certain way with a certain material reminded me of the design brief.
Why lace? We wanted to push ourselves in a sense that lace generally seems as if it is a soft elegant design, however we wanted to merge it with a more structural material such as metal. This was inspired by the concrete precedent as well as the metal made dresswith combination of two extremes.
EXPERIMENTING WITH LACE & COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN
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Intricate patterns and designs seem different from a distance, and different from up close. It is the detail and making of different shapes that makes something interesting. Creating a shape in rhino and referencing it with definitions such as surface normals and outputs such as components, we can create shapes and rotate them until we create a beautiful design that can be worked with. It was also interesting to see how some of the designs distort-
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PLASTIC
Polypropylene: Fabricated at fablab. Polyproplene
Positive: very flexible material
Negative: does not keep its shape.
Shading & flexibility of the material
Plastic Positive: Looks Great and easy to make intricate patterns.
Negative: Impossible to distort and snapping is easy
EXPERIMENTING WITH SHAPE.
As a group, we originally wanted to do a number of different designs, and join them together similar to the design procedure of the AA- ETH pavilion 2011 and then work out a shape. However we realised that making a shape so small and intricate limited our designs which will be mentioned later on.
SHAPE & POSITIONING OF DESIGN
Overlapping the same design over each other gives a rather interesting affect that changes the design entirely into a whole new different image
Out of all the ways we decided to work with the 'lemon’ shape design, we found that we were limited in what we could do with it. Due to the fact that we all wanted this lemon like shape design with intricate patterns inside, we decided to work with what we wanted and make it into something different by distorting our original design creating it to be an abnormal shape.
Aluminium Panel 1
15cm in length
A design that was laser cutted onto a 1.5mm thick piece of aluminium. ( Programmed engineering)
Negative: - Difficult to laser cut onto such a small piece because of the intricate detail. - Difficult to distort due to thickness. - Hard to work with
Positive: - Strong material - Looks great in certain environments - Recyclable - Does not rust
Aluminium Panel size 2
Thinner and a larger piece of aluminium cut in order to distort it. we noticed that if we used a larger piece, we could still do the amount of detail we wanted so we could use the material without defaults being caused.
How are we going to make an interesting design from just bending a flat piece of metal? We must experiment in order to find out what the limits are of this certain material.....
72cm in length
DETAIL FOCUS:
Experimenting with different materials
WAX
Positive: Melt and make new shapes very easily.
Negative: Easy to melt, extremely brittle.
SOLDERING
Melting metal in order to achieve the detailed part of a certain area of the model.
Negative: Dried too quickly Positive: Fragile when thin
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTATION..
We liked the aluminium, so with experimentation of the soldering, we noticed that ALTHOUGH the first experiment with the small panel did not work due to thickness, with souldering, we were able to realise that the thinner the part of the metal, the more malleable and fragile it was. This then made us decide that we COULD use aluminium. We would have to alter the design intricacy and largen the sheet of metal as well as make the aluminium thinner in order to make it more malleable and easy to work with.
SUCCESS!!!!!! We did e did not just want a flat intricate design. As a group, we had troubles deciding what we could do with the design, however due to the experimentation outcome with the soldering, we realised that we could bend the design without low risk of breakage. Bending each piece of the detail was great because we could make a flat 2D design, and make it 3d by pulling out pieces and stretching them. This was interesting because it was like using computational design benefits in reality. The use of being able to make something into 3d on rhino from a simple flat surface was then
SITE PLAN In order to show the best qualities of the design we decided to create a rather unique site plan using black acrylic. The use of metal and black mirror like surface would really make our design pop. Also, the black base reflected our model like a shading tool without the need of light, showing how the design would reflect onto the site when the light hits. 1536.38
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DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT
Reflection of grey sky to the model.
Aluminium and rain
View from driver.
With aluminium, it is important to consider the thickness of the material for flexibility. The thicker the material, the less flexible it will be. Additionally, according to the design, the more detail and closer detail, the less flexible it is due to thickness and less spacing between each line.
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Understanding how our model would act towards certain hectic weather conditions. With the use of anchors, it is also possible that they will move with string winds in the soil, also according the model to change shape overtime.
Positive effects of light is that the reflection of the material will have a great colour contrast to the sky. as well as its surroundings. Acting as a camouflage affect
LIGHT
Site plan
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CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAM: Design concept illustrations
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INSTALLATION CONCEPTS
Installation: In order to assemble this structure on site, it would have to be cut in parts and screwed together. There would have to be four trips considering that the design is 72 metres in length and approximately 25 in height according to the amount of bending. The use of aluminium will contrast well with the environment in terms of colour. The reflection of the blue or grey sky during different seasons will have a vast relationship with the colouring of the material which will look rather pretty.
ICONIC FEATURES OF SITE The interesting part of the design is that because we were able to create a 3 dimensional shape by distorting the model,, people who are driving on the road are able to see all the details of each angle. By distorting the design, instead of only viewing the pattern from above or below, the distortion of it allowed it to be seen from every direction in different ways The large scale of 72 metres in length and 24 metres in height is rather iconic It is beneficial to design something like this on the site because aluminium does not rust, and it is sustainable through time. Also, because it is metal, it is able to be melted and made into something else for future use ( recylclabe).
Learning Objectives
Throughout the semester, i have broadened my knowledge dramatically in term tion to projects. With no understanding of how to use rhino and grasshopper, try make impossible imaginative designs possible. Mixing definitions, shapes, gramme, however to challenge ourselves to make different designs by experim puter and seeing it on a material was rather exciting. At first i did not underst stand as the weeks went by, and fully understood it once the fabrication proces in order to try different shapes on different materials lead to a positive outcom volved and understanding what lines can be crossed with computational desig new level. It was not just making a certain design, it was actually making a des ric design enabled us to create a variety of patterns a short amount of time, an in reality in terms of how it will work with the environment, and how one perc a different way and using the term ‘ discourse’ as a tool to moving forward. A something interesting. I found that without experimentation before mid seme more hands on approach helped me get further to understanding the project. rication was not so expensive, i believe that we could have achieved so much m tion of cost is vital in order to be an architect for the future. It helped me see h what my design approach is.
Additionally, in regards to the presentation, i believe that arguing a point of vi portant also, not just the whole outlook of the design, however it includes the correctly scaled model. This course has developed my understanding when i really is. Also, the use of computational design helped me realise that i can tak grammes such as archicad that can not design certain shapes, geometries like g ing programmes can help an architect move forward and design something th
In conclusion, with reference to the first lecture and quoting Stranislav, i do be lieve that Studio Air has challenged me in an extreme way with in terms of co exciting being able to fabricate and understand that managing time, following environment is overall important when it comes to pursuing this as a career. i
and Outcomes
ms of knowing the capabilities of the use of computational designs with rela, i have grown to become fond of it. The use of computational design has helped and using the whole learning process as a challenge, not to just learn the promenting with different methods of design. By designing something on the comtand what was meant by architecture as a discourse, however i began to underss commenced. It made me believe that risking different materials, money, time me. I have realised that no problems will be solved unless experimentation is ingns. I found that rhino and grasshopper was able to take designing onto a whole sign that was abstract as well as making it perform in an animated way. Parametnd i found that the challenge was understanding how these patterns will perform ceives it. The challenge was being able to make a simple intricate design act in challenge such as this involved risk taking and distortions in order to create ester, i did not understand what it was we were meant to be doing, i Found that a However i felt that the limitations were the fact that the cost was an issue. If fabmore than our final. Although that may have been an issue for us, the considerahow problems can be solved by making a few alterations that can still work with
iew is essential and leads to a better success. The presentation is extremely immounting boards, a well prepared and clearly structured speech and finally a it comes to good quality work and realising the importance of following a brief ke a design that i have imaged and make it into a reality. Using problems and prograsshopper and rhino can, has helped me see how experimentation and amazhat has less limitations in comparison to other programmes.
elieve that this class has questioned whether architecture is the right path. I beompleting a project with only being alloud to use one programme. I found it g the brief, consideration of materials site and how they would work in a certain in terms of exploring more precedents with future designs as inspiration as well
TIME LAPSE
FINAL MODEL
References Laser cut for alluminium: http://www.progeng.com.au/ Laser Cut for site model acrylic: http://www.agholding.com.au/ Cocncrete Lace: http://retaildesignblog.net/2012/02/06/concrete-lace-by-doreen-westphal-studio/