Week 2 submission (air)

STUDIO AIR 2016, SEMESTER 1, TUTORS LUKE KIM

CONTENTS 1.0 DESIGN FUTURE 1.1 CASE STUDY 1 1.2 CASE STUDY 2 2.0

INTRODUCTION

ABOUT ME

My name is Luke Kim, I am currently in my third year of architecture this semester. I was born in South Korea, and have moved to New Zealand at a young age, and completed my last year of high school at Pert`h, and ended up coming to Melbourne. Through my adaptation around varies of different cities, from dense to dispersed, I started to grow an interest in architecture by seeing how architecture is heavily influence by culture and function making every architecture unique and fascinating. I always thought architecture as the face of a city; how in every different city there is at least one architecture representing its city. My architecture goal is to one day design an architectural piece that can represent the city that I live in. architecture for me I believe is not just about the functionality or the aesthetics of the building rather its creating new experience for people ; my previous studio design have all reflected my way of designing; for example during studio water I have explored the experiencial factors of sound; and how the boathouse itself can enhance the sound qualities of nature. For studio Earth, the project was based around peoples field of vision, how it can be used to convey or a rise a question to the users of the importance of nature.

My overall exposure to studio includes ; design environment, studio earth, studio water and AA visiting school program. Through these studios I have taught myself softwares such as sketchup, photoshop, indesign, autocad and a bit of rhino and grasshopper.

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FIG.1: (STUDIO WATER -2ND YEAR 2ND SEMESTER)

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C O N C E P T UA L I Z AT I O N

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D E S I G N

F U T U R I N G Living in a more or less anthropocentric world, the act of designing is seen as an unsustainable process; “Digging our own graves.” Part A.1 “Design future” confronting the contemporary architecture; where Architect are trapped in this delusion which blinds us from seeing the future.

Answering the ‘design futuring’ question actually requires having a clear sense of what design needs to be mobilized for or against. Even more significantly, it means changing our thinking, then how and what we design. Equally, it also requires understanding that the ‘dialectic of sustainment’ is another basic feature of being human.

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“LANDSCAPE IS ARCHITECTURE,” DECLARES NOUVEL. “HERE WE HAVE CREATED A CONTINUIT Y SO THE FAÇADES EXTEND THE PARK INTO THE SKY” 10

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ATELIERS JEAN NOUVEL

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Location: LOT 1 Broadway, Central Park, Chippendale NSW 2008, Australia Design architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel.

Green Walls: Patrick Blanc Project Year: 2014

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n contemporary urbanized cities it is merely impossible to see any greenery, due to the conflicting relationship between urban growth and natural environment.

One central park challenges this perspective of design, where 250 different species of Australian flowers and plant are used as a system revolving around the design of the building. When seen from a distance the design almost looks as if the nature is embracing the building. The design represents a harmonies relationship between the building and nature; where the system work coherently bringing benefits to both system.

For example the plants are growing on the façade of the building providing natural shade; whereas it can also be seen as building direct the plants so that it gains the optimum sunlight possible. Additionally the incorporation of plants decreases the CO2 present on the site enhancing the inhabitants’ comfort and performance.

In order to facilitate this harmony, the design have featured the installation of motorised mirror which provides plants with sunlight in areas of design where there is no direct sun-exposure. “After dark the structure is a canvas for leading light artist Yann Kersalé’s LED art installation that carves a shimmering firework of movement in the sky. This brings a new starlit architectural shape to the One Central Park design.”

Referring back to the designing future sustainability is a very critical aspect in contemporary architectural practice.

There practically aren’t any architecture which can increasing or enhancing the concept of sustainability as the optimal condition is when the land is left alone. However since it is impossible for humans to move forward without any kind development. The One central park displays some sense of sustainability through the use of plants, where extra budget on shading can be lowered dramatically, lowering the embodied energy required for the construction. One Central park can be seen as a successful green building. This precedent have proven that architecture can be created to satisfy both human and nature, view architecture in a different spectrum.

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I N - O R B I T TOMAS SARACENO

Location: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Architects: TOMAS SARACENO Project Year: 2013 project statues: temporary installation “To describe the work means to describe the people who use it- and their emotions.”

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he In-orbit installation by Tomas Saraceno is a temporary installation to provide users the experience of weightlessness by suspending a steel net structure two-hundred meters above ground. This safety net, covers the distance of 2500 meters square. When viewed from below or from intermediate levels of the Standehaus, it gives the illusion of people floating on the air. In contemporary architecture the exploration of material is very limited where most of the building now a days are created using material such as concrete. Due to this factors architecture nowadays are seen very grounded and static. Therefore through this installation Tomas Saraceno is challenging the notion of contemporary architecture. He explores the nature of floating architecture to examine the relationship between a people movement with the space, which one day will change people perception on architecture and view it in a more wider spectrum.

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CO M P U TAT I O N Design in contemporary society is heavily driven by the use of technology such as softwares like, Autocad, Rhino and etc. Design Computation talks about the necessity of these computer aided software in architectural discourses. Some says it’s a tool in which frees the architects creativity in creating something new and extraordinary; on the other hand it is represented as the creator, in which architects are no longer needed. Part A.2 “Design Computation” will create an argument in which to prove how computation is a tools that enhances the architects’ ability to design and create; by analysising two precedents- Cooper Square and Yokohama terminal.

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Different to many other designing industries, Architecture are required to deal with external factors such as “site conditions.

Climate, functionality, cost, building codes and so forth.� Which make architecture a discourse that doesn’t solidly rely on the use of creativity but also the analytical aspects such as-calculating the load capacity of a material, the angle of shading devices and so forth. There is no universal design solution as all the sites are unique and factors that arise from these site are all independent.

Therefore in-order for architects to design computer programs are required to fasten the process of analytical thinking.

How does computing affect the design process ?

The modern architecture design evolved from development of simple schema to a more agorithmic process (e.g.grasshopper) where design is recorded with variable parameter to identity the optimum solution.

Not only this enhance the speed of design but also creates a more contextual design outcome. As represented in figure 1.1 Morphosis architects have generated a design process involving logical step to produce the optimum developed form of the atrium represented in Cooper Square.

Additionally through the aid of computation it allows designers to freely design complex curvy and irregular forms with a click of a button.

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THE COOPER SQUARE BY MORHOSIS ARCHITECTS, IS AN ACADENIC AND LABARATORY BUILDING WITH EXHIBTION GALLERY. THAT HAVE ATTEMPT TO INCORPORATE THE CHARACTERIESTIC OF CULTURE AND VIBRANT REPRESENTED BY THE 150 YEAR-OLD INSTITUION AND THE CITY ITSELF. THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING REPERSENT

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YO KO H A M A FOA

“Computers, by their nature, are superb analytical engines. If correctly programmed they can follow a line of reasoning to its logical conclusion. They will never tire, and never make silly mistakes and will gladly search through and correlate facts buried in the endless heaps of information they can store.” As stated by …. There are areas in which computers are far beyond the capability of normal human beings- however due to this outstanding performance the role of the architects are under looked and questioned. Due to the overpowering capability of the computer shadows the fact that computers are totally incapable of making up new decision; they lack any creative abilities or intuitions.

Which make it a nothing but a tool.

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T ER M I N A L

What are the ongoing and incoming changes within design and construcion industries?

Computing have brought a signifcant changes to the design and construction industries. As discussed previously the use of computing enhance the quality and the speed to both the industries. Additionally not only about that computing have created a communication system; which enables designers to share knowledge. computing have enhance the way in which we commucate ideas where computing allows architects to design beyond the limit of the two-demisional construction drawing, This also enables architecture to become more complex and can incorporate curved geometries that is difficult to achieve by normal means.

Can computing be used to refine practice?

It is obvious that the computing have bought siginificant changes in the way architects think and design. However this does not mean that practice have been re-defined. Ever since the architecture practice was create, it followed the trend represented during that era- where during the renasonnces era the value of aesthetic the use of ornament the movement of art and crafts are distinctly shown- During early stage of modern architecture the idea of simplicity, organic and function was arised.

In contemporary architecture the use of

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BIBILIOGRAPHY

Centralparksydney.com, 2016 <http://www.centralparksydney.com/live/onecentral-park/architecture-and-design> [accessed 6 March 2016] programmmierung, internetagentur, “Kunstsammlung NRW: Tomás Saraceno”, Kunstsammlung.de, 2016 <http://www.kunstsammlung.de/en/discover/

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