Indiscernible: Incapable of being discerned; scarcely discernible or perceptible1 Bare Architecture: a poststructural exploration of the interface between architecture and the body2
1. "Indiscernible Definition And Meaning | Collins English Dictionary", Collinsdictionary.Com, 2020, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/indiscernible. 2. CHRIS L SMITH, BARE ARCHITECTURE, 1st ed. (London: BLOOMSBURY, 2017).
Content Utzon Analysis Site Analysis Conceptual Development Final Proposal Appendix Bibliography
Image refernce : "Can Lis: Jørn Utzon's Family Summer House In Mallorca | Yellowtrace", Yellowtrace, 2020, https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/can-lis-jorn-utzon-summer-house-mallorca-spain-architecture-classic/.
Utzon Analysis Analysis 1 Analysis 2
Image refernce : "Can Lis: Jørn Utzon's Family Summer House In Mallorca | Yellowtrace", Yellowtrace, 2020, https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/can-lis-jorn-utzon-summer-house-mallorca-spain-architecture-classic/.
Can Lis - Mallorca, Spain, 1971. A Jørn Utzon precedent study. For overall orientation, Utzon gains inspiration from site. Then he uses his own Expansiva theory to create a basic modular unit, and to build up a variety of different building elements to create opportunities for people to move through. The manipulation and obstruction of free movement within the building, creates indiscernible movements which draw people around and get them to the focal points to look out.
Analysis 1 How does utzon Intended to plan out the whole spaces in relation to site throuvgh using his own rule?
1. Mark out the building boundary
2. Separating and generating building size and portion according to different functionality of the space
Dormitory Patio Dormitory Kitchen, Dining and Large Patio Living
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Analysis 2 How does Utzon develop his bare architectural elements (“leading apparatus”) in the use of “Expansiva” theory?
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There is a gradual change of column and wall portion of each functional spaces
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Image from: Central mapping authority of NSW, material provided by USYD ADP faculty
Site Analysis The Discovery of Artificial & Natural Elements (that might generate Indiscernable Experience)
Analysis 1 Analysis 2
From the discovery of the patterns and elements of a larger context, to a closer analyzation of the contour threshold of the city and the domain, I can find out a variety of both natural and artificial elements that might indiscernibly causing people to move to certain space, which provides many possibilities for my architecture to be as an extension for those indiscernible movements. There are also elements around the site have great potential to be dissected, manipulated and experimented to generate possibilities in architectural experience, which can be further referred for developing my design.
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The Site - General Location & Traffic to surrounding spots
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Analysis 1 Continuity in Overall Context
Both city parklands and folded curves along the coastline helps create indiscernible movement for people to walk to certain space, which provide possibilities for extending those indiscernible experience to the site.
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Natural Slope of Lawn
Artificial Staircase & Platforms
Zooming to a closer scale, I discover the overall contour from both city and the domain creates upward movement towards the site. The natural and artificial elements may be extracted and transformed to develop architectural elements for developing my design.
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Analysis 2 Elements Extraction, Dissection and Manipulation
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Through extracting, dissecting and manipulating both architectural and natural elements around the site, help provide inspiration for designing and arranging architectural elements for my design, with an integration of vision and body movement.
Conceptual Development Development 1 Development 2
Development 1 — Building Form Generation from Context This architectural project arises from the study of Jørn Utzon’s residence Can Lis and takes into consideration a deep understanding of how Utzon oriented his overall cluster of buildings, designed and arrange different architectural elements to help his architecture perfectly sit within the site, while integrating with human experience within the space.
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10. Different height of the building volume helps set up hierarchy (primary & secondary building)
11. The exposure of stairs on the facade oriented to the main theatre building, helps the main theatre stand out
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1:500 Site Model, Front Facade View (White Foam, White 3D Extruder Material, Semi-Translucent Rasin Printer Material)
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Development 2 — Architectural Element Intervention The overall context of Sydney has lots of continuation of elements (greeneries, folded coastlines...) which let people indiscernibly walk to certain places, whereas the site is located at the threshold of city and the domain, creates great possibilities for continuing the indiscernible experience and experimenting the space with the “bare architectural elements”. Stairs, walls, platforms, columns and louvres, all together leads people into different functional spaces, while generating thresholds within a threshold.
a) Walls
* Open walls for semi-private space
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* Experiment: open walls shifting to create indiscernible experience in semi-public space
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Process Model: The shifting of walls (5mm Black foam board 5mm, 2mm white screen board)
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High Walls lifting up the views toward the high rise (city view)
Height change in walls helps lifting people’s view
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Process Model: Height change in walls helps lifting people’s view (5mm Black foam board 5mm, 2mm white screen board)
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* Enclosed Wall for privacy
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Puzzle-like wall arrangement creating threshold and privacy for internal functional spaces
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Channel of threshold: The walls, the passage apparatus that indiscerniblly leads people to different domain
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b) Columns
1 rows of column
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Refering to the column arrangement techniques from Utzon studies
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Process Model:Assembling columns for generating indiscernible experience (5mm Black foam board, 2mm white screen board, 3mm square timber strip)
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Apply it to connect all main functional spaces of my design
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c) Staircases and Platforms
Dynamic (Level Change)
Level change before entering a platform
Stepping down from a raised platform
Constant (Level Unchange)
Standing on a raised platform
*Height level changes in relation to human scale (Refering from Utzon Studies)
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Standing on a lower platform
Process Model:Experiment on staircases (5mm Black foam board 5mm, 2mm white screen board, 3mm square timber strip)
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Using Staircase as continuation of the upward/downward movement following the contour
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d) Louvres
Horizontal Ararngement
Vertical Ararngement
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More intensive, smaller and thinner louvre blade — Creating sense of privacy and solidity
Less intensive, Large and wider louvre blade — Creating an airy ,ascending sense, lifting up the views
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d) Double-Skin Feature
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Inner Skin: Danpalon Glass (Semi-Translucent) Ensure privacy, enable light
Outer Skin: Machanical Aluminum Louvre Open and close to suit for different type of use for the theatre
This feature makes the space more dynamic while creates beautiful shadows for the interior, making the space a threshold between the extent of private and public
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Ingetrating the 2 notions
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1:50 Detail Model: A threshold within a threshold — Theatre Entrance (Plaster, 6mm Plywood, 12mm Poplar Plywood, 0.5mm Trolase(Metallic Silver), 0.8mm Polypropylene Frosted
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Process models (Top View): The bare architecture / The Indiscernible Movements (5mm Black foam board 5mm, 2mm white screen board, 3mm square timber strip)
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Process models (Perspective View)
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1:500 Site Model, Bird Eye View (White Foam, White 3D Extruder Material, Semi-Translucent Rasin Printer Material) Conceptual Representation of materiality and exposure of platforms to represent the transition of privacy, semiprivate, and public transition within the cluster of buildings.
Relationship with the surrounding building texture (Drawing overlay on model photo)
Final Proposal Architectural Drawings, Renders and Model Photos
A new theatre and exhibition space is proposed at the "domain threshold" between city and the domain parkland in Sydney CBD, with an initial idea of opening up the space, exposing the architectural elements, blurring the boundaries and creating indiscernible experience. Going through both Utzon study and site analysis help me set up the overall arrangement of the space, compose the details and create all those "bare architecture" to link the site boundary and as ways to create indiscernible experience.
Facade Elevation (East Elevation)
Isometric Drawing
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Roof Plan
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1. Reception and Interior Exhibition / Event Space 2. Cafe Shop 3. Exterior Theatre 4. The Verandah 5. Bookstore 6. Storage 7. Male Toilet 8. Female Toilet
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9. Staff Room / Meeting Space 10. Sky Bridge 11. Large Patio (for various external activities, flexible for use) 12. Interior Theatre 13. Outdoor Bar / Exhibition & Event Space, Viewing deck
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First Floor Plan
The stairs and platforms within the site are created to be as a link to the site boundary and an extension of the site contour.
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Integrating staircases and platforms: Section A 1:200 (Staff Office, Meeting room, Interior Gallery and Reception)
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The 2 domains of reception / indoor exhibition area is distinguished and blurred with 2 large platforms. Height level can bring people to different domain but they are not visually blocked between one another.
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Integrating staircases and platforms/ Walls, Entrance Threshold: Section B 1:200 (Cafe, Bookstore, Toilet, Storage, Indoor Theatre, Large Patio)
The theatre is located at the centre of the cluster of buildings and platforms the Double-skin structure is a main technique used in designing the theatre building. The machine-running louvres (outer skin) can either open or close, combines with the semi-translucent Danpalon glass(inner-skin), gives a sense of dynamic for the theatre to adapt to different type of performance. Let the theatre stand out from the overall cluster of buildings with its unique characteristic.
Brighter space or lecture and talk show.
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Darker space for movie show, orchestra or small concert
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For bathroom / storage, main theatre, reception / indoor exhibition and staff room are all using "threshold of entrance" to connect the indoor / outdoor domain.
Sky Bridge — Primary Spine connecting all volumes; Entrance of main theatre and staff floor
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Threshold moment — Entrance of bathrooms and storage room
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The varandah between cafe and bookstore — Columns as a media to generate indiscernible experience.
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The large patio is a spacious multifunctional area that can accommodate various public events. The domain parkland is being as a beautiful natural background of those events.
Possibility 1: Public presentation, speech, or small shows.
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Possibility 2: Temporary ourdoor exhibition
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Possibility 3: Extension of the resting area for cafe / bar
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* Or just remain as its original function — a spacious viewing patio
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Experiment in Walls / Sunny Outdoor Stage: Section C 1:200 (Outdoor Theatre, Outdoor Bar / Exhibition & Event Space, Secondary Viewing deck)
The fully opened roof platform is an experiment for the architectural element arrangement. The grid was primarily set as a schema prior to arranging the space. The walls are randomly shifting within a fixed boundary, creating gaps for enabling indiscernible experience. Some gaps between walls are enough for a person to pass through, some are quite narrow that can only allow a glimpse through the gap. The gradually raising wall height "cut off" the people and exhibited sculpture into fragments, attract people to walk through the whole space.
Internal framing / The indiscernible experience — Outdoor bar and exhibition area
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The orientation of the outdoor theatre allow it to get abundant sunlight during the day. The fully open space providing opportunities for street performer or other organisation to book the place.
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The negative space between volumes creates a great opportunity for circulation. The light bricks are paved, with a variety of Australian native shaded plants to create an beautiful oxygenated public space.
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Exploded Isometric Drawing
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Appendix Model Photos of 1:200
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Bibliography
SMITH, CHRIS L. BARE ARCHITECTURE. 1st ed. London: BLOOMSBURY, 2017. "Indiscernible Definition And Meaning | Collins English Dictionary". Collinsdictionary.Com, 2020. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/indiscernible. "Can Lis: Jørn Utzon's Family Summer House In Mallorca | Yellowtrace". Yellowtrace, 2020. https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/can-lis-jorn-utzon-summer-house-mallorcaspain-architecture-classic/. Map of Sydney, Central mapping authority of NSW, material provided by USYD ADP faculty "Google Maps". Google Maps, 2020. https://maps.google.com/.