AA Pavillion - Bad Hair Sichen (Michael) Li 914064
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Digital Design - Module 01 Semester 1, 2018 Sichen Li
(914064) Daniel Parker, Studio 6
Week One
Reading: Zeara Polo, A. 2010. Between Ideas and Matters.
According to Zeara-Polo, the diagram does not play a representational role in the design process but provides an organisational and can have a performative quality depending on how it is deployed. Explain how Diagram is different from Signs and Symbols? (100 words Maximum)
With reference to the writings of Charles Peirce, an icon is a form of signage that denotes the characteristics of it’s ‘dynamic object’. The icon expresses the functions, qualities and properties of an object in a material manner, but is inarbiturary as such materiality is does not affect the object’s performance in any way. Index, on the other hand, manifests the influence of its dynamic object through an action which leaves a physical mark. Such relationship between form and content is materially linked, but not explicitly so. The symbol represents it’s dynamic object in a formal manner, where a competely arbitrary and immaterial connection exists between form and content. Diagrams differ from the three forms of signage in that it does not hold a representational role for its dynamic object. The effectiveness of diagrams depend heavily on its employment, as its understanding relies on physical constructs, concepts and percepts.
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Week One
Precedent Analysis
Clockwise: Figure 1: Precedent image Figure 2: Perspective view of bad hair’s core geometry Figure 3: Provided drawings detailing how the cone’s geometry relates to the timber members Figure 4: Right side elevation view of layer 1
Reference for precendent image: Folding Architecture. (2015). AA Summer Pavilions. [online] Available at: https://project4rosemary.weebly.com/blog/aa-summer-pavilions [Accessed 3 Mar. 2018].
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Week Two
Reading: Hertzberger H. 2005. The in-between and The Habitable Space Between Things, from Lessons for Students in Architecture.
Herzberger discusses how design should not be extreme in its functionality. Use your precedent study to explain how the pavilion allows for an appropriation of use. (100 words Maximum)
Design, like diagrams, are perceived in varying ways by different individuals due to construcst, percepts and concepts. Such dependency on the viewer means that an extremely functional approach will force individuals to adhere to a singular set of rules while interacting with the design. Many individuals will steer away from the design if they feel a lack of freedom. For example, though the ‘Bad Hair’ pavilion designed by AA was intended to be a pavillion, its form adapts to many functions, allowing pedestrians to use the numerous beams in whichever way they see fit (such as sitting).
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Week Two Isometric
North-East Isometric of Bad Hair This isometric was made from the north-eastern angle to best show the circulation and threshold of the structure. The isometric was made from 4 layers, with layer 4 containing 2 beams and layers 1, 2 and 3 containing 4. The modelling process began with using the core geometry provided, which included dimensions for the cone, dome and radius, as guides for tracing more accurately. Each beam was built as a closed curve and then rotated and translated into position. Then, the curve is offset by the width of the beam. Cross sections are then built in order to use the ‘sweep1’ function. After generating the polysurface of 1 beam, the other beams are reflected and rotated into place. The process was repeated for the other layers. In terms of circulation, the bad hair pavilion has 4 large openings that act as entrances. However, one of them are blocked off by a streetlight. As the bad hair is located away from a footpath, people are less likely to use it a throughfare. Instead, intrigued by its unique form, people are more likely to enter from one of the three remaining entrances, circumabulate to inspect its structural elements, and then leave. This generates a concentrated circular movement. With regard to threshold, although the bad hair does not have any ‘walls’, per se, the high density of beams in some areas creates an ‘implicit threshold’, from which privacy is provided. This pavilion is not a pavilion in the traditional sense, as it does not display artifact. The bad hair itself can be seen as the sole display item of the pavilion, intriguing individuals with its unique form.
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Week Two
Diagrams
Circulation Diagram
Threshold Diagram
The diagram above shows the circular circulation of the pavilion/
The threshold diagram above shows the physical thresholds in a darker colour, while the lighter colour represents the implicit threshold.
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Appendix Process
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Appendix Process
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