ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: EARTH S1, 2016 SUBJECT STUDENT BOOK Sarah Fearn-Wannan 762096 Sarah Kahn - Studio #1
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CONTENTS: 1.0 THREE RELATIONSHIPS 1.1 Point/Line/Plane: Selected Precedents from your Blog + Selected images of your P/L/P model 1.2 Frame & Infill: Selected Precedents from your Blog + Selected images of your model and clean scans of your F&I drawing(s) 1.3 Mass: Selected Precedents from your Blog + Clean scans of your Mass drawings Integrate images with approx. 100 words describing the work 2.0 HERRING ISLAND. SOMETHING LIKE A PAVILION 2.1 Site analysis and Conceptacle: identify clearly with images what are the aspects of the site that interested you and the opportunities that you identified. Show and make sense of your Conceptacle as first approach to the brief and site response. 2.2 Concept and Sketch design: Sketches/Diagrams/Models of design development in reponse to the site and the brief 2.3 Design Development: Plans, sections, elevations, axonometric and /or models 2.4 Final Design drawings: Plans, sections, elevations, axonometric 2.5 Final Design Model: Include a photomontage Integrate images with approx. 100 words describing the work 3.0 Reflection. This section should be a critical reflection of your overall design process and experience. What have you learnt, what aspect of the studio did you find challenging? How can you improve your design and where do you think things went wrong or well? 4.0 Bibliography: Use Harvard system; http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/recite/citations/harvard/generalNotes.html
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1.0 THREE RELATIONSHIPS
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POINT / LINE / PLANE PRECEDENTS
Oslo Operahouse Snohetta (www.telegraph.com.uk)
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Squish Studio Saunders Architecture (inhabitat.com)
Melbourne Exhibition Centre Denton Corker Marshall (www.australianbridalservice.com.au)
1.1 POINT / LINE / PLANE
Throughout my precedent research I noticed that there were two forms of a point; columns defining a point of connection as well as slopes disappearing into a point. I included these both at opposite ends of my design. Furthermore, I discovered the effect of shadows defining new planes and used this idea to encourage usage of the negative areas underneath the folded plane. Overall, I explored the concept of suggesting uses via the varying heights and angles of the plane.
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FRAME & INFILL PRECEDENTS
Katsura Detached Palace Ishimoto Yasuhiro
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Lost Maze John Miller (www.dezeen.com)
Framing above verandah - S Fearn-Wannan 2016
1.2 FRAME & INFILL
An integral idea utilised in this design is the significance of repeated/mirroring dimenstions. The measurements and positioning of the bays relate to and reflect eachother. Some of the infill panels are “peeling� away from the rigid frame, highlighting the characteristic of the infill being temporary.
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FRAME & INFILL AXONOMETRIC SEQUENCE
Frame
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Frame + flat infill panels
Frame + flat infill panels + folded and solid infill
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MASS PRECEDENTS
Catacombs of Paris (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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Cliff Retreat Alex Hogrefe (visualizingarchitecture.com)
Apartments in construction - S Fearn-Wannan 2016
1.3 MASS This design is all about the progression through spaces which evoke contrasting experiences. Upon the approach, the exposed concrete panel indicates the scale of the space inside. Once inside the oppressive walkway, the light shafts point out steps and filter away as darkness overcomes. The first atrium is one of uncertainty where the cavernous space above is unknown. The user then must crouch through the entrance to the main atrium which is filled with light. The motion of exiting by opening the door is a contribution to the experience of those below as their light source varies.
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2.0 HERRING ISLAND. SOMETHING LIKE A PAVILION
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PROGRESSION TO PAVILION ENTRANCE & SITE ANALYSIS
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2.1 SITE ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTACLE
Through analysis of the island and numerous desirable locations, I came to select the viewing area just north of the main punt entrance jetty. The most important factors in choosing this site were that it is adjacent to the most highly used paths and that it is visible not only from these paths, but also from the cafe across the river. For me, this position is outwardly not secret so would be an interesting opportunity to draw out the process of accessing the entrance to the pavilion, playing on the curiosity of visitors. My conceptable is a set of stacked planes with space between each level. The overall effect is one that conveys floating through repeating elements.
CONCEPTACLE
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INITIAL CONCEPT
VIEW FROM CAFE
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2.2 CONCEPT AND SKETCH DESIGN
Using my conceptacle as the basis of my design intents, I wish to create a pavilion that appears to be a set of floating horizontal planes. My initial idea was to layer two platforms up from the ground plane of the existing viewing area. The platforms would dig into the slope on the west side and jut out over the drop-off on the east. I made a sketch model of this design but the overall effect is the opposite of floating. This is a key issue to resolve.
INTERIM SKETCH MODEL
In terms of the toilet block, I had thought that it should be accessible from the ground platform. I positioned it north of the pavilion but it then demanded too much visual attention and degraded the view from the cafe.
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RELOCATION OF TOILET BLOCK
RAISING PLATFORM ON COLUMNS
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2.3 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
PRECEDENT: GUELMIM SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, MOROCCO BY SAAD EL KABBAJ (kontraplan.com)
To resolve the important “floating” issue, I decided to place the lower platform on columns. This raises the slab of concrete off the ground and the space created underneath can be used as a playspace for children. Additionally, I had the idea to make the casing for the time capsule a continuous thick column between the interior room and beneath it. This makes the thick column visable when looking at the pavilion and may insight some curiosity as it breaks the grid pattern of the columns. I decided that the concept of floating needed to be further accentuated. This could be achieved by adding a third plane which would act as a ceiling when standing on the (now) middle platform. As this top plane is far more visible, it needed a more sophisticated technique to raise it in the air than just walls. My solution was found through some additional research where numerous slender columns are used to support a slab in a style that make it appear weightless. The toilet block needed to be relocated to a less prominent position. I placed it on the west side of the path, lining it up with the pavilion. This improves its accesibility while ensuring it doesn’t detract aesthetically from the main pavilion.
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SEQUENCE OF SPACES
PLAN 1:200
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2.4 FINAL DESIGN DRAWINGS
SECTION 1:200
The design provides a sequence of distinct spaces for the user. They enter from the pre-existing path, therefore begin on the ground plane with a precariousfeeling cantilever floating above them. The end of the viewing platform is filtered from the path via the columns but one can walk past the columns and experience being high amongst the trees. They would then decend the stairs into the compact, secluded, dark space where they can examine the time capsule. It is at this point that the user has discovered the reason for the singular thick column below. The final stage is the ability to walk to the end of the lower platform and appreciate the sensation of being below the original ground plane, yet floating above the steep drop-off to the river.
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VIRTUAL MODEL MADE ON RHINO // PHYSICAL MODEL OF CARDBOARD & PAPER
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2.5 FINAL DESIGN MODEL
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3.0 REFLECTION
I am very happy with my final design because I think that I have effectively met the requirements of the brief and prodused a pavilion which reflects my original design intentions and explores the ideas conveyed through my short projects. I believe that it responds to the site effectively. Given the short timeline we had to complete this task, I am satisfied with the level that my design and work reached. In particular, I pushed myself to learn new skills with computer programs and I think this is reflected in the imagery of my presentation. I would have liked to spend an extra few weeks to further develop my design. Some advice I was given by a tutor was to not push an idea until it breaks . While the “floating planes� concept is integral to my design, I feel that I pushed it to its limits and that the overall design would benefit from some varying ideas in places. Having said that, the effect of the floating planes is something I think is successful. If anything, I would have liked to add an entirely underground level to bring the user even closer to the water. Perhaps this underground space would instead convey a more grounded feeling to counter-balance the floating experience of the cantilevered platforms. Also I would have liked to further incorporate the effects of natural lighting into my interior spaces.
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4.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catacombs of Paris, photograph, viewed 22 March 2016, <www.dailymail.co.uk>. Guelmim School of Technology by Saad Ed Kabbal, photograph, viewed 14 May 2016, <kontraplan.com>. Hogrefe, A., 2016, Cliff Retreat, image, viewed 22 March 2016, <visualizingarchitecture.com>. Katsura Detached Palace by Ishimoto Yasuhiro, photograph, viewed 27 March 2016, <pinterest.com>. Lost Maze by John Miller, photograph, viewed 27 March 2016, <www.dezeen.com>. Melbourne Exhibition Centre by Denton Corker Marshall, photograph, viewed 30 May 2016, <www.australianbridalservice.com.au>. Nearmap, Herring Island, photomap, viewed 9 May 2016, <maps.au.nearmap.com>. Oslo Operahouse by Snohetta, photograph, viewed 5 March 2016, <www.telegraph.com.uk>. Squish Studio by Saunders Architecture, photograph, viewed 5 March 2016, <inhabitat.com>.
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SARAH FEARN-WANNAN 762096
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