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PUSH PLANAR

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RACHEL MEI-LAN TAN


PUSH PLANAR WEEK 05 09/30/2015


00 THINNESS 01 LEAF 02 PROGRAM 03 STRUCTURE


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THINNESS

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LINEARITY - MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE GROUND 5


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There is an evolution from the intuitive sense of building solid structures and massive walls: which is to develop an architecture that pushes the thinness to its limit (becoming a limit) and, therefore, producing a tectonic of efficiency.

TRAVERTINE : THE PYRAMID OF CESTIUS : PYRANESI 1750-1758

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Elements become ambiguous: surface becomes structure, structure becomes void, space exists and is inhabited wherever it can be.

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CLEAR NYLON : ON SPACE TIME FOAM : TOMAS SARACENO, MILAN 2013


SURFACE AREA : VOLUME RATIO | 729M2

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THE IDEA WOULD BE A TRULY PLANAR ARCHITECTURE +

THAT IS AT ONCE VOLUME & APPROACHING SURFACE +

IT EXISTS IN ONE DIMENSION BUT IS INVISIBLE IN ANOTHER +

AND HOW CAN IT STRUCTURALLY SUPPORT ITSELF?

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EAST-WEST/WEST-EAST : RICHARD SERRA, DOHA, QATAR 2014


THINNESS IN PLAN NATURALLY LEADS TO LOOKING TO ELEMENTS OF A WALL AND IT’S FUNCTION AS A DIVISION OF SPACES

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RUNNING FENCE : CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE, SONOMA, 1972-1976


PARTITION WALL

NATURE

limitless

NATURE

MAN

defined

NATURE

partition

divided

C

MAN

inhabitable

constrained limited

NATURE

OTHER

MAN

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OCCUPIABLE WALL limitless

NATURE

MAN

defined

NATURE

partition

divided

C

MAN

inhabitable

constrained limited

NATURE

OTHER

channeled

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MAN

partition subdivision


MATERIAL THICKNESS

WOVEN WALL COTTON FIBER 1 MM THICK

WOVEN - FIBER : 1MM

GLASS WALL 1.3 CM

GLASS : 1.3 CM

SCREEN PAPER + WOOD 2.5 CM THICK

SCREEN - PAPER + WOOD : 2.5 CM

STEEL PLATE 5 CM THICK

STEEL PLATE : 5CM

WOOD WALL 10CM

TIMBER : 10CM

CONCRETE WALL 15CM

CONCRETE : 15CM

BRICK WALL 21.5CM

BRICK : 21.5CM

MUDD WALL 25CM

STONE : 25CM

MUDD WALL 40CM

MUD : 40CM

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MATERIAL

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360

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390

90

PROGRAM + MATERIAL DICTATING FORM : DEFENSIVE WALL : DEFENSIVE + DIGITAL WALL

33 160

200

90

WEST BERLIN | EAST BERLIN

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USA |

OTHER |

| MEXICO

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BERLIN WALL

SECURE FENCE ACT

AUERILIAN WALL

1961-1989 Length: 155km Width: 23cm Height: 3.6 m Total Width: 1.2m Material: Concrete Panel

2006-current Length: 1125km Width: 3mm Height: 6.4 m Total Width: 1.2m Material: Concrete Panel

2006-current Length: 52km Width: 3.5m Height: 8 m Material: Brick faced concrete

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550

800

706

389

100

DEFENSIVE WALL + GATEWAY + AQUADUCT : DEFENSIVE WALL

600

160

335

90

OTHER | ROME

| MEXICO

SELF | OTHER

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E ACT

m

2m rete Panel

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AUERILIAN WALL 2006-current Length: 52km Width: 3.5m Height: 8 m Material: Brick faced concrete

GREAT WALL OF CHINA Length: 8852km Width: .6m Height: 5-8m Total Width: 5-6m Material: Stone, brick, tamped earth, wood


THESE TWO POSSIBILITIES OF THINNING & THICKENING BETWEEN IN_BETWEENS

PUSHING TOWARDS A VOLUMETRIC PLANARITY -

BECOME A TANDEM OPERATION STRATEGY _

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TORQUED ELLIPSES : RICHARD SERRA, 1996


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LEAF

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THINNESS WITHIN NATURE 25


HOW THIN?

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SURFACE AREA DETERMINED BY ABSORPTION OF SUNLIGHT

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PROGRAM OF SURVIVAL : SYSTEMICAL & MOST EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR CIRCULATION

SUN

ENERGY

CO²

ENERGY

H²O SUGAR

ENERGY

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LEAF GENERATES ENERGY WHICH NETWORKS IN A LARGER CONTEXT FOR REPRODUCTION

ENERGY ENERGY

CO²

ENERGY

FLOWERS FRUIT REPRODUCTION

SURVIVAL

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LEAF VENATION: RADIAL FORCE

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LEAF VENATION : LADDER | FEATHER

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FORM : SURFACE AREA IN RELATION TO WIND + SUNLIGHT + WEIGHT

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CIRCULATION : GATHERING POINTS + STRUCTURE

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PERIPHERAL DIVISION OF SPACES : CIRCULATION

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NETWORK OF LEAF : COVERING AREA

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AT THE SCALE OF A CITY BLOCK

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LEAF : AMSTERDAM CANAL

ANNE FRANK’S HOUSE

WESTMARKT

LELIEGRACHT

RAADHUISTRAAT

HARTENSTRAAT

WOLVENSTRAAT

RUNSTRAAT SECONDARY

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KEIZERS RIVER

PRIMARY

TERTIARY


THE LEAF VARIES ITS FORM AND STRUCTURE ADAPT TO UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTS WHICH DEFINE RESTRICTIONS

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7 BIOMES

ARCTIC

TAIGA

GRASSLAND

JUNGLE

DESERT OCREAN / RIVER

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BLADES

JUNGLE WET LACK OF SUNLIGHT

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SURFACE AREA DETERMINED BY ABSORPTION OF SUNLIGHT

ABUNDANT RAINFALL

ABUNDANT RAINFALLY, LACK OF SUNLIGTH

WIND IS STRONG

FILTERED SUNLIGHT

2% SUNLIGHT IN BOTTOM CANOPY EXTREMELY RICH SOIL

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DRIP TIPS AND WAXY SURFACES ALLOW WATER RUNOFF TO DISCOURAGE GROWTH OF BACTERIA AND FUNGI. CONCAVE CURVE TO DEFLECT WATER

SOFT, FIBROUS TISSUE LEAVES WHICH FACE HORIZONTALLY TO CAPTURE LIGHT FOR MORE PHOTOSYNETHESIS SHED WATER THROUGH STRUCTURES CALLED STOMATA

MOSS & LICHEN PHOTOSYNTEHSIZE UNDER EXTREMELY LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS, CAN GRAFT ON SURFACES.

CONTAIN A PIGMENT CALLED ANTHOCYANIN WHICH REFLECTS RED LIGHT, ABSORBS BLUE LIGHT. IT PROTECTS THE PHOTOSYNTEHTIC MECHANISM

LEAVES AREUP TO 8 FEET LONG TO ABSORB AS MUCH FILTERED SUNLIGHT


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DESERT DROUGHT

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DRY SOIL IS SANDY AND UNABLE TO HOLD WATER

DRYNESS

WIND IS STRONG

LACK OF WATER

INTENSE SUNGLIGHT

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WATER IS STORED IN THE STEM, SWOLLEN AND REPLETE LEAF WITH LOW SURFACE AREA : VOLUME RATIO

STEMS ARE SEPERATED INTO SEGMENTS THAT STORE WATER, ALLOWS EACH ARM TO SEPERATE SO THAT THE WATERSOURCE IS NOT COMPLETELY GONE. IF AN ARM FALLS OF IT ROOTS ITSELF AND GROWS

GROUND HUGGING SHRUBS, GROW IN CLUMPS TO PROTECT EACH OTHER FROM WIND AND COLD

LEAVES WITH HAIR ALLOW DEW TO COLLECT AND FUNNEL DOWN

LEAVES WITH HAIR HELP SHADE THE PLANT AND REDUCE WATER LOSS


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BLADES

DECIDUOUS FOUR SEASONS HOT SUMMER FREEZING WINTER

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SURFACE AREA DETERMINED BY ABSORPTION OF SUNLIGHT

FREEZING WINTER WET SEASON

MAXIMUM SUNLIGHT ABOSORPTION BEFORE LEAF IS SHED

MAXIMUM SUNLIGHT ABOSORPTION BEFORE LEAF IS SHED

ENDURING FREEZING WINTER

ABUNDANT RAINFALL IN SPRING & SUMMER

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LEAVES TURN COLOR BECAUSE PHOTOSYNTHESIS DEGRADES CHLOROPHYLL FOR SHORTER DAYSAND SHED TO PREVENT ENERGY LOSS

BROAD LARGE LEAVES TO MAKE FOOD FOR THE TREE

FAN SHAPED LEAVES THAT BEAR THE REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES, STEMS WITH SECONDARY GROWTH

RESILIENT LEAF LIFESPAN: 3 YEARS WAXY, ELIPSOIDAL SHAPE, VERY UPRIGHT, POINTY EDGES, THICK, LEATHERY

NEED MOISTURE FOR REPRODUCTION GROWTH - VASCULAR TISSUES, SPORE PRODUCING ORGAN ON UNRDERISE


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BLADES

CONIFEROUS (TAIGA)

W

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SURFACE AREA DETERMINED BY ABSORPTION OF SUNLIGHT

FREEZING WINTER

LACK OF SUNLIGHT IN FALL / WINTER

MAXIMUM SUNLIGHT ABOSORPTION BEFORE LEAF IS SHED

ENDURING FREEZING WINTER

ABUNDANT RAINFALL IN SPRING & SUMMER

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NEEDLE LIKE LEAVES WHICH SHAPE LOSES LESS WATER AND SHEDS SNOW EASILY LARGE SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO WHICH ALLOWS THE LEAF TO PHOTOSYNETHSIZE RIGHT AWAY

DARK COLOR LEAVES TO ALLOW MORE SOLAR HEAT TO BE ABSORBED

FAN SHAPED LEAVES THAT BEAR THE REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES, STEMS WITH SECONDARY GROWTH

RESILIENT LEAF LIFESPAN: 3 YEARS WAXY, ELIPSOIDAL SHAPE, VERY UPRIGHT, POINTY EDGES, THICK, LEATHERY

NEED MOISTURE FOR REPRODUCTION GROWTH - VASCULAR TISSUES, SPORE PRODUCING ORGAN ON UNRDERISE


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JUNGLE

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TAIGA

DECIDUOUS

DECIDUOUS

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SITE + PROGRAM

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ADAPTATION TO PROGRAM AND SITE 61


WE BEGIN TO LOOK BACK AT THE LEAF AGAIN TO RETROFIT THE STRUCTURE TO DIFFERENT SITES AND PROGRAMS

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FAVELLA : SAO PAULO

UNORGANIZED DENSITY FASTEST GROWING POPULATION IN THE WORLD ORGANIC GROWTH MEANDERING ROAD NETWORKS INTERSPERSED NODE ACTIVITY.

GROWTH

GROWTH GROWTH

GROWTH

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DIAGRAM STUDIES OF INFRASTRUCTURE

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NODES BASED ON EXISTING FABRIC SMALL AREAS TO TOUCHDOWN

PRIMARY WATER CIRCULATION SECONDARY PATH CIRCULATION

TERTIARY ARE MORE LOCALIZED CIRCULATION

NATURAL SEPARATION OF ENCLAVES PRODUCES DIFFERENT IDENTITIES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLOWS NEW NODES TO BE MADE

MULTIPLE WATER SOURCE STRATEGY

SEPARATION OF ENCLAVES


BEACH

TOURISM - URBAN EXODUS AND DENSITY OF PEOPLE, NOT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT BREAKWATERS - PREVENTING EROSION OF SAND PORTS WILDLIFE

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BEACH : BREAKWATER

PROGRAMMED WALLS THAT ALLOW WIND TO PASS THROUGH AND PROVIDE MINIMAL AMENITIES TO THE BEACH.

BREAKWATER THAT PROVIDE PROGRAM AS SMALL OCEAN POOLS

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BREAKWATER : PORT

BREAKWATER ORIENTED TO PRODUCE MORE SHORELINE SMALL AMENITIES FOR BEACH PROGRAM

BREAKWATER FOR A PORT SIMULTANEOUSLY A DOCK OR OTHER

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BREAKWATER : CORAL REEF

BREAKWATER WHICH IS SIMULTANEOUSLY AN UNDERWATER WALL WITH EMBEDDED STRUCTURE THAT ATTRACTS REEF LIFE - NEW AREA FOR CORAL REEF ATTRACTS ANIMALS, WHICH ATTRACTS PEOPLE

SECTION

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MANHATTAN : DENSITY IN THE GRID

ONLY 15% OF MANHATTAN IS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SPACE THE STREET IS 49% OF IT’S TOTAL AREA MAKE THE STREET PUBLIC ALSO SHIELDING VIEWS

AVENUE

STREET

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BREAKWATER

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PRIVATE PROGRAM VIEWING INTO PRIVATE PROGRAM WITHIN “STREETS”

GROUND LEVEL: ESTABLISH SMALL POINTS

10TH FLOOR : VERTICAL GARDEN ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR PRIVACY CURTAINS

20TH FLOOR : GARDEN ONLY CONTINUES WHERE VIEWING IN IS POSSIBLE


ADJACENCY

COLLAGED OVER DIAGRAM : UNTITLED : DONALD JUDD 1982

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ASSORTED FACADES : NEW YORK


OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW

VERTICAL GREENWALL

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SECTION DIAGRAM OF CIRCLATION

WATER NETWORK - SIMILAR TO THE LEAF

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EDUCATION

COMMUNITY

FACILITIES/ INFRASTRUCTURE

STATION BATHROOM MARKET WATER FILTRATION VENDING MACHINE

GARDEN AQUARIUM LIBRARY

CHURCH CINEMA PLAYGROUND PARK CEMETARY STAGE

CHURCH + MARKET CINEMA + AQUARIUM PLAYGROUND + STATION + GARDEN PARK + WATER FILTRATION + BATHROOM

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WATER FILTRATION

PARK

BATHROOM / FOUNTAIN

RELIGIOUS GATHERING

BACK HOUSE

MARKET

CINEMA CORN DRYING

GRAIN STORAGE

VENDING / DISTRIBUTION

PLAYGROUND

STATION

GARDEN

WATER STORAGE

CINEMA

CINEMA AQUARIUM

RESTAURANT

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STRUCTURE

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STRUCTURED DERIVED FROM THE ADAPTABILITY OF A LEAF 79


PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THINNESS : BENDING MOMENT

STIFF!

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PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THINNESS : BENDING MOMENT

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FORM STUDY ON HOW TO PRODUCE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO TORQUE A MATERIAL

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TORQUE

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180

270

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INVERTED PYRAMID

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COVERING MORE LENGTH MATERIALLY IN DEFINED ZONE

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PRE OR POST TENSION

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PRE OR POST TENSION

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BOW & ARROW : TENSION BY WEIGHT AND VERTICAL FORCE

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VARIATION IN FORCE

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TENSION & COMPRESSION WITH TWO ELEMENTS

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ELEMENT WORKS SINGULARLY IN TENSION & COMPRESSION

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SECTIONAL FORCES

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SECTIONAL FORCES

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FIXED POSITION

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FLEXING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FOR STIFFNESS

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THINN

FORM GEOMETRY

PROG

STRUCTURE

MATERIAL

DENSITY

BUILT ENVIRONMENT

SPATIAL LIMIT

FLOW PEO

PERCEIVED DIMENSION

HEIGHT

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NESS

EFFICIENCY

GRAM

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCE

MATERIAL

ELEMENTS LIGHT-AIR-WATER

W OF OPLE

ADAPTABILITY

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TIME / GROWTH



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