Digital Design - Portfolio Semester 1, 2019 Yuchun Wang 957700 Siavash Maleick + 19
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I am motivated by the appreciation of the beauty of architecture. It has the capacity to create infinite spacial experiences. This subject, Digital design, taught me that there is always a logic of the architecture. Each architectural design holds a reason related to the activities of human. In the presetation of my design concept, rather than use the words like ‘organic‘ or ‘dynamic‘, I explain more about the threhold, circulation, pause area.
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YUCHUN WANG yuchunw@student.unimelb.edu.au https://942994759.wixsite.com/yuchunw
EUCATION: 2018 - current
The University of Melbourne Bachelor of Design
2015-2017
SKILLS: Rhino Grasshopper Unreal Photoshop Illustrator Indesign
UNSW Foundation
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As an architecture student, I believed ‘less is more‘. I aim to create architecture with simpilicity which allows the user to explore the possibility of utilization in reality. Additionally, I pay fair attention on the integration of landscape and built form. The landscape is a impoartant factor that influence and improve the whole design. The design of Queen Victoria Graden Pavilion reflects my concept of applying one form (curve) in both landscape and architecture which create different functions.
My design of the pavilion holds potential and could be developed further in terms of structure and arrangement of
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GENERATING DESIGN THROUGH DIGITAL PROCESS
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Moreover, I have abtained many practical skills such as parametric modeling (rhino + grasshopper) and physical fabrication (laser cut and 3D print) throughout this semester. Those media enhance the way I communicate and represent my design visually.
PRECEDENT STUDY
QUEEN VICTORIA GARDEN PAVILION
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PRECEDENT STUDY
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Precedent Study & Model
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Analysis Diagram
PRECEDENT STUDY
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Name:
Afterparty
Status:
Temporary Pavilion
Size:
6000 sf
Location:
MoMA PS1, NYC
Designer:
MOS Architect Firm
Materiality:
Thatched skin Steel structure Aluminum surface
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CONCEPT
OF RHINO MODEL
‘Afterparty’ is aimed to investigate a new way of design after a party of formalism architecture. It provides a space in primitive state where people could cool down and relax. Architects has mainly manipulated the height, opening and density of a chimeny form. These qualities vary and influence the pause area and circulation of human activities. The walls could be considered as the rigorous threshole which defined the boundary of space. However, the pavilion itself has a more fluid threhold since they are all connected and provide many interesting view connection.
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PAUSE AREA DIAGRAM
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Structure
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Pause Area
12:00 pm In summer, people tend to pause under the area where is shadow and open. Shadow provides cool atmosphere while open area provide more visibility.
Visibility
17:00 pm The area of the sectors represents the range of visibility. The bigger the sector is, the more people can see. As the open area (shelter with bigger openings) provides wide range of visibility, visitors could obtain a sense of control of the surroundings. Therefore there are high possibility for them to pause within open area.
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N DIAGRAM
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
Height
The 6 shelters in lightest grey (highest) has small openings at the top and small arches as well. Therefore, they can be considered as the enclosed area compared to the rest.
Intimacy The shelters which are low and with big opening are considered to be more open while the shelters which are high and with small opening are considered to be more enclosed. This is quality influence the movement of people.
Circulation The movement of people in enclosed space tends to be active​ because there is an amount of uncertainty of space around them. The uncertainty might cause a sense of curiosity and insecure. Therefore, they may walk more to explore the space.
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MODULE 2-A SURFACE AND WAFFLE STRUCTURE 09
Design Matrix
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Isometric View of Model
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Parametric Design
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Physical Model
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DESIGN MATRIX
Matrix In this matrix, how the works developed should be looked from left to right. I have examined series of analysis for each design through different aspects. The first row shows the interior threshold and the exterior threshold extended by the shape of the surfaces. The second row represents the sun diagram in a certain time (10am) during the day. The third row show the the panels of each surfaces. The fourth row can be seen as a result of the first three rows. By integrating these factors above, I generate the final circulation and pause area diagram.
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ISOMETRIC VIEW Inclined angle provides different threshold.
Final Project This panels create the exterior space with a certain degree of privacy as the panels helps to enclosed the space around people. It also provides a lean on surface which people might pause.The waffle structure creates a large entrance and large interior space.The inclined angle of
Waffle forms big entrance.
surfaces provides different threshold that catch different sunlight and shadows. Panels provides rest area.
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PARAMETRIC DESIGN PROCESS 2. Point & Edge Selection
3. Make Surface
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1. Generate Box 4. Grid
6. Panels
5. Offset Grid Adjusted by Cruve Attractor
The script of two surfaces starts with constructing a 150 × 150 × 150mm box and extracting edges by using command “DeBrep“. Four curves are selected by using command “List Item”. Each curve is separated into five even parts with points on by using command “Divide Curve”. Then the lines are constructed by connecting two points which can be adjusted. The surface is made by “Loft” command. The 5 × 5 grid on each surface is created by command “Surface Domain Number“. The height and direction of grid can be adjusted by commands “Offset Grid” and “Point Attraction”. This provides more variations in scale and trend of paneling units. The moved grid, original grid and the geometries become input for command “Morph 3D” which can produce paneled surfaces. As two geometries are chosen and applied on one surface, I use command “Sift Pattern” to create a true and false pattern for the arrangement of geometries.
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PHYSICAL FABRICATION
All of the waffles and panels are printed by laser cuting and further assembled by hand.
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PHOTO OF MODEL
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Boolean Objects and Geometries
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Sections
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Specific Study
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MODULE 2-B SOLID AND VOID 14
Design Matrix
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Isometric View of Model
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Parametric Design
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Physical Fabrication
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Physical Model
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DESIGN MATRIX
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Matrix In this matrix, how the works developed should be looked from left to right. I changed the density of my geometries and adjust the height. The last row represents the outcome of those adjustments.
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The first column can is my first iteration which gives me an idea of how the height and openings of structure changes the privacy of space. so moved to the final work, I add more complexity with height and openings. To increase the distinction between private and public space. I also use the structure to shape the frame of view.
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ISOMETRIC VIEW
The privacy rate increases when the level of room rises.
The privacy rate decreases when the level of room goes up and more connected to the public area. The big opening of the room also make the intimacy of space decreases.
Open space framed a big entrance where is surrounded by sitting area and leaning area.
Final Project A lots of complexity with height and openings to increase the distinction between private and public space. I also use the structure to shape the frame of view. Therefore, in this design, people could experience many different spaces with interesting view connections to other levels.
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PARAMETRIC DESIGN PROCESS
The script of Task B also starts with building a 150 × 150 × 150mm box and deconstructing them by command “DeBrep”. Then the grid is created by command “Surface Domain Number”. I insert “Point Attraction” o manipulate the internal structure to create different types of space. Then I use “Cellulate 3D Grid” to creat mesh. The centroids can be found by command “Volume”. This helps me to locate the boolean objects. I basically build up cylinders and deconstruct them into separated surfaces. I use command “scale” to adjuest the upper and lower circle. Then “loft” them in Rhino to build my own geometries.
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PHYSICAL FABRICATION
This small modules is fabricated by 3D print.
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PHOTO OF MODEL
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MODULE 3 QUEEN VICTORIA GARDEN 21
Isometric View
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Parametric Design
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Physical Model
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Physical Fabrication
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Analysis Diagram
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Render Image
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ISOMETRIC VIEW
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PARAMETRIC DESIGN
The script of M3 starts from command “Series” for “Construct Points”. Then here points are manipulated and shaped by command “Graph Mapper” for Z direction. I use” Interpolate” to generate curve from points and then “Divide curve” and “Line SDL” to produce line segment in X and Y direction. This curves are also changed length by command “Graph Mapper”. Next, I use “Sweep1” command to build the upper surface of the pavilion. The lower surface is made by the same process but I adjust the “Domain” in Z direction to give the whole structure different thickness. Lastly, I use “Flatten Tree” to help me “Loft” the two surfaces in order to create the vertical section. Then this three surfaces are joined into one polysurface by command“JoinBrep”.
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PHYSICAL MODEL
Isometric View
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PHYSICAL MODEL
Elevation View
Isometric View
Isometric View
Front View
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PHYSICAL FABRICATION
I firstly export stl.file from rhino and then import it into makerbot. The settings has been changed into digital design setting provided by next lab.
For the landscape, I use contour commend to generate different layers. Then I copy and paste them into laser cut template provided by fab lab. The material choosen is mountboard with 1mm.
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STRUCTURE ANALYSIS DIAGRAM
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Opening
9:00 am
The opening is built along the iso curves of the structure surfaces.
Vertical Structure
12:00 pm Low and thick area touches the ground to achieve a stable suppott while high and thin area makes the whole structure less heavy.
Horizontal Structure
17:00 pm
The shelter has been partly enlarged in horizontal direction in order to provide more shade for cooling and retreating.
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CIRCULATION and PASUE AREA DIAGRAM
Threshold
Height
Circulation
Intimacy
The threshold is defined by the plan view of the whole pavilion as in summer, the activities are tend to happen under the shelter rather than the area which is exposed to sun.
There area four main circulations. Three of them cross through the three separated part of the presenter’s shelter while one cross through the walk path between the audience sitting area and the presenter’s shelter.
Circulation The dense pause area I highlight them in red while the loose pause area is indicated in white. The pause area is mainly round the pavilion and the landscape where is low. The privacy is influenced by the terrain. The area where is underground level is considered to be private. When the level goes up, the privacy rate decreases.
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Pause Area
RANDER IMAGE . DAYTIME
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RENDER IMAGE . NIGHTIME
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Digital D Semester
Design 1, 2019
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