Digital Design - Module 01 Semester 1, 2019 Fiona Huang Vuong 1006251 Micheal Mack + Studio 23
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)
Diagrams can be used to take in complex concepts and ideas and produced them into something simple, by doing so it can be used to organise the relationships between spaces. Though diagrams may appear simple, the information portrayed in diagrams can be convoluted, for instance it is actually defining a space and highlighting organisational strategies within that space. Which leads to how diagrams are different from signs and symbols. Signs and symbols show a direct representation whereas diagrams shows the interventions between physical forms and organisation of a space or buildings.
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Week One
Precedent Analysis
Left to right: photo of Libeskind Serpentine Pavilion, plan, north elevation, perspective.
After I scaled the drawings, I started to model the pavilion by taking the north, south and west elevations provided and aligning them with the plan of the pavilion. I would outline the plane, drag a copy of the outline vertically up and begin visualising the construction of the pavilion from there. From there I would slowly start to form a 3D form by using ‘srfpt’ to make surfaces.
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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)
In the reading Herzberger mentioned about how the function of a design can be ‘flexible’ though the designer aims for it to serve as a specific function it may not follow that function at certain times. An example that Herzberger gave was the entrance of a school, one would think it is just a opening for students. However, eventually it became a meeting spot for students who are waiting for their parents. Therefore it show how there are different functions to a design. The Libeskind Pavilion shows the multiple functions of its entrance too, there are pictures that show the public sitting on the slight raised platform on the entrance. Showing how the community made an opening space into something that is for leisure and discussion. Libeskind pavilion functions as a cafe, lecture theatre and gallery party venue hence showing that it can shift from formal to informal space.
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Week Two Isometric
Libeskind Serpentine Pavilion Here is an isopmetric view of the my designated pavilion. Throughout the modelling process the exterior of the pavilion was the most focused upon. This is because the plans, sections and elevations provided to us were pixelated and hard to decipher. I have learnt that circulation is more than just people walking from one entrance to another, it takes into consideration to buildings around it. For instance one of the entrances faces a path, suggesting there may be more people walking through that entrance as they may be curious with the unique oragami form of the pavilion. The concept of this precedent is based on ‘‘oragami’ and is called the ‘eighteen folds’. The pavilion is created by folding the planes. The circulation goes inside the pavilion and branches off to different directions hence the dynamic design of the pavilion. The dynamic design also brings forth multiple entrances which would be one of the main guides for how people move inside the pavilion.
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Week Two
Diagrams
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Appendix Process
I ook the elevation, plan and section drawings of the pavlion.
From there I would start to trace the and outline the pavilion.
Aligned them to all together to make the modelling process easier. Looked at the section to get an idea of the height.
I would connect the top horizontal line and bottom horizontal line to get a plane. After joining all together it forms the pavilion.
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I would make surfaces using ‘srfpt’, join them all together and then use ‘offsetsrf’ (distance 300). This gives the surface thickness and makes it realistic.
Appendix Process
Moving to the internal structure of the the pavilion. To make the bars I would first use ‘dupedge’ and select the edges I would to duplicate. These edges would then be divided to how many bars there is based on the pictures.
After that I would make a 100 x 100mm box. ‘Orient’ it and line it between the divide points. For overlaps I use ‘trim’ command to get rid of it.
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After that I would start to make the diagrams from the iso view. I would lift it up using the gumball tool.
Appendix Process
After doing some tweaks and adjustments to the diagrams layout. I would make 2d the diagrams (and the isometric of the pavilion). I would do some touching up, e.g connecting missing lines. Then export it as a adobe illustrator file.
I would adjust the line weights using adoble illustrator from there I would open it in photoshop and start to overlay the rendered version of the pavilion with the drawings. This gives dimension to the isometric.
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Afterwords I put all the files into the template in inDesign, I would also add text as well as assess the overall layout of the my work, .