SSoA, MAAD, Studio Make. Fall 2015, Project 2 Tianlun Yang Prof. Mark Meagher
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Design Intervention Proposal 1
Movable Structure Attachable Shelter Machenical Control
Brief This is one type of house that most people lives in the western countries. In this type of the house, there are a privite parking lot next to the house itself and has front garden and a back garden. This type of the house does not occupied entire of the parcel, instead leaves space between each other.
HOUSE TYPE 1
backyard Normally, the house of this type has relatively large backyard and can allow many activities. So, more affordale space could be used in this area, and could create a solution to allow people have leisure space when the weather is raining.
Planning of the house This house is common in the rural area because the space is relatively large. Due to the large space, the backyard is relatively large, and can be used for a lot of different activities. So in the large backyard, larger space could be used for the design.
HOUSE PLAN
Slidable House This structure is the first attempt that I designed, to make the structure that is moveble. This structure is controlled by the machenical systems, which can be manipulated by computer. When the function is necessary, the structure can be expended.
Design Intervention Proposal 2
Folding Structure Hidden Shelter Machenical Installation
Brief This is another type of the house which is most common in the city area. We called it Town House. In this type of the house, they array next to each other without a gap. The most notable thing of this is, the backyard is very small. and also the facade of the building sometimes next to the sidewalk, or just have a tiny gap.
HOUSE TYPE 2
backyard This type of the house has relatively small backyard due to the limitation of the affordable space. So, in this case, the design intervention in this kind of the backyard should be thinked deliberately in order to satisfy the site, and does not cause external troubles.
Planning of the house This house plan is most common in the western countries, with backyard and little front porch. This type of the house is very common in the urban area because the space in the urban is limited. These house called town house, which they next to each other without a gap.
HOUSE PLAN
Folding Structure Research
Computational Origami Parametric Design Digital Fabrication
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DESIGN INTERVENTION The design is intended to fit the possible site and given useful function for the people belong to this site. Also the design is applying the concept of folding structure in order to space the affordable space of the site. The design is interacting with the UK's weather, and can improve people's life by changing the outdoor space.
Folding Solution
Structure Closed When the structure closed, it forms a interior space for people doing activities when the weather is raining. It is relatively a small space which makes people feels comfortable and have privacy. The structure will perfectly fit with the surrounding environment.
EXPENDED sTRCUTURE SEcTION
sTRCUTURE folding solution
During the folding of the structure, it is folded in three steps. and then could be competely hidden into the ground. During these process, it require the machenical equipments to help it moving.
Structure opened When the structure opens, the exterior space could be used as normall, and without any difference than before. The folding structure is hidden underground and could be raised anytime if needed. This is very ideal for the climate in the UK because you will never know when will raining. And people like to enjoy the sunshire when it happens.
UNEXPENDED sTRCUTURE SEcTION
material and the strcture
Surface Pattern Research
Computaional Construction Parametric Design Digital Fabrication
The surface skin of the shelter is using the movable window structure, which is, the window can be opened in different degrees. One of the funtion is to ornemanr the shelter and another importatn reasion doing this is that can adjust the light cast into the shelter.
SURFACE ELEVATION
The roof surface is same as the wall surface, and have the movable window structure, which can adjust the amount of light get in to te shelter. The shape of the window can cast the shape of the shadow, which is a kind of ornament using the light.
TOP VIEW ELEVATION
The window shelter could be opend in different degrees, in order to access different levels of sunlight or environment light. When the window closed, it could make the frame folding structure move.
SURFACE EXPENSION SOLUTION
Tianlun Yang Present Š 2016 tyang14@sheffield.ac.uk Arts Tower, Western Bank