STUDIO AIR 2017, SEMESTER 1, FINNIAN WARNOCK WENXI HAN
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PART A: CONCEPTUALIZATION Design Future Design Computation
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PART B: CRITERIA DESIGN
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My name is Wenxi Han, normally people call me “Wency�. I am the third year Environment student from the University of Melbourne. I have been get involved in architecture field for two years without any background. In these two years, Architecture as my study major provides me huge challenge and knowledge which makes me gain a lot. From the theoretical basic knowledge I have learnt in my first year to the actual practice in the second year, I find that architecture is the pinnacle of human art, not only because it perform as the combination of human knowledge, but also it is a kind of self-finding process. Architecture, as a subject term for human, how to make a comfortable environment for human to live? It is also need to question about. Last summer holiday I was back to my hometown Shanghai and worked in an architecture company for a month to gain some working experience. It should be said that the first real practical experience from academy to actual work and also transition from second year to third year. I was asked to design a sales office on Huoshan Mountain with the crews. Although the design outcome is not mature and has a lot of shortage need to improve. In that short period, the most thing I have learnt is how to design critically
or can be say that the flow of design process and the realization of my curlling up for most of my design, like for colour and for shape. Architecture, as subjects term design for human, need to show the intelligence for a man. Reflecting my understanding to my design is also an interesting part of architecture. So how to design something particular comfort for people to live? How to design something can balance the nature and human? How to design passion? How to jump out of the frame? These cognition and questions are extremely important and lead me to take firm steps to my further career life. Yes there are still a lot of thing I need to learn and to be honest, the things I know is only a tip of the iceberg. And I was really glad to take Air Studio in the first semester of Third year in the Melbourne University for my further study of architecture. With the previous learning experience, there are several things that I want to achieve from this Studio. 1. The way of designing with the parameter program to solve human problem. 2. Building my confidence on designing, try to use variety ways to solve the prolem passionatly and rationally. This book as the great platform for me to show my learning outcome for the Air Studio and even for the two years architecture learning.
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Part A: Conseptualization
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A.1 Design Futuring A.2 Design Computation A.3 Composition/ Generation A.4 Conclusion A.5 Learning Outcomes A.6 Appendix-Algorithmic Sketches
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DESIGN FUTURING CASE STUDY 1
Sparks Architects Pty Ltd 2/78 Memorial Dr, Eumundi QLD 4562, Australia Area: 344.0 m2 Project Year: 2016
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From 20th century onward, the style and the design process of architectures were made a huge change compare from the earlier century, modern architects in this century always want to figure out the truth and functionality for the architecture to create a more rational buildings to fit in time. With the increasing concern with the environment issues like global warming, people find the earth certainly do not have infinity resources and “human centralization� is just like a ridiculous joke. Sustainability, a totally environmental friendly word, is taken more seriously and popular to many fields even for architecture today. It can be said as the unavoidable trend for future design which is mentioned not only from the academic study but also the actual work as well.
This Tent House was designed by Sparks Architects. The building was built with the clear environmental consideration to create its own micro-climate surrounded by house. It perfectly achieves the basic two architectural elements in a sustainable way: shelter and security. In my opinion, a good building should be built with clear environmental consideration to create its, and a good designer should take social issues as their whole life responsibility to redirect a way for future. Just as Fry stated in the book “design as a ‘redirective practice’ able to take the diversity of humanity away from deepening the disaster of unsustainability toward the futuring character of
sustainability.”<p.15> The most fantastic part of this piece of work is the tent roof outside the operable box structure. the box roof has an automated sliding operation (as shown on the left) which can be opened in hot summer to get cooler and be closed in winter to keep warm inside. In the summer, cooperated with the tall trees surrounded, the tent roof also takes the brunt of the heat load and also maximum the ventilation in a sustainable way. Besides, the varied pitches of the tent roof maximize winter sun penetration and protects the east, wet and southern exposures. In this case, it can increase the comfort rate of the house without using too much energy. The way of solving
the shelter problem seems to be quite revolutionary, although the project is small, beyond this we can find intelligence, creation and responsibility to the nature world we live. To me, a good architecture should stand for man and above man and obviously this building achieve.
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DESIGN FUTURING CASE STUDY 2
Architect: Francois Valentiny Location: Shanghai 2010 World Expo Project Year: 2010
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In the year 2010, Shanghai held an unforgettable World Expo which was big celebration for the technology and future. The general theme of this exhibition was “Better City Better Life.” Representing the wish of humankind for a better living in future urban environment. In order to match the theme, we can find lots of pavilions were built for sustainability expectation. Luxembourg’s pavilion as a representation of the country has its own subtitle “Small is beautiful too” to illustrates the country’s population and geographical reality (500,000 inhabitants on a 2586 sq km surface). The design structure’s idea was from the Chinese term of its country name “forest and castle”, thus the pavilion was just like a tower with the green barriers around. There are many entrances for this building to ensure the circulation and strenghen the visiting experience.
As the â&#x20AC;&#x153;green heat of Europeâ&#x20AC;?, Luxembourg has been consistently attaching great importance to environmental protection. This building design to show a probability for sustainable city future and for short term exhibition, all the resources can be recycled and reduce the embodied energy. Steel was chose for the main structural material for this pavilion since maturity of Chinese steel industry. It was summer during the exhibition, there are no air conditioners settled in the pavilion and this is the most amazing part of this work. The special wood material which was delivered from Europe can absorb the humidity from the air, and released them at night to cool down the temperature and to reserve energy sustainment. The logical, the humanity and eco-friendly were all brought this piece of work as a great design for future.
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