PART A
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PUALIZATION
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A.0 INTRODUCTION A.1 DESIGN FUTURING 1.1 CASE STUDY 1 1.2 CASE STUDY 2 A.2 DESIGN COMPUTATION 2.1 CASE STUDY 1 2.2 CASE STUDY 2 A.3 COMPOSITION/GENERATION 3.1 CASE STUDY 1 3.2 CASE STUDY 2 A.4 CONCLUSION A.5 LEARNING OUTCOME A.6 APPENDIX
A.0 INTRODUCTION
I am Yujing Wang, a third year architecture student in the university of Melbourne. I choose architecture because it holds the ability to give from to an idea that otherwise would just remain intangible in the minds. After two years of study, i find that architecture not only represents ideas. it also generates ideas through visualization and diagramatic methods. By taking the earth and water studio in the last two years of study architecture, i realized that my interest lie in visualsing architecture and architecture therory, particularly the complex and ever changing relationship between the rational and emorional humanity, life style and social regulations. The architecture reflects our ever changing beliefs, practices and attitudes. The tectonic studies of earth studios was really helpful and inspiring for me. They helped me to break down the complicated design into the smaller pieces of every week and understand the rationally behind them. The model of earth is the interpration of the secret space to reflect the humanity and contains the human activities in both underground and aboveground. Also, the presedent research was another useful session of my design. Learning from the presedents was not only about simply copying and shape, but also follow the spatial organization and spirits.
Also, the water studio lead me to learn from the master--Louis Kahn. I receive lots of theory and tecniques of architecture by using the symmertrical and geometrical building form. At the same time, my water building also highlights the lighting performance and people circulation. That let me know that architecture is the functional method to achieve the value of society.
A.1 DESIGN FUTURING
“ In today’s ultranetwarked world, it makes more sense to think of design as a process that continuously defines a system’s roles rather than its outcomes. ” ---John Thackara
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Architecture, which defines people’s bahaviours and ways of living, is no longer about apperence nor style. We see the growing importance of design as it shapes the perception of material world. 2 We can assert that the architecture is the celebration of rational and emotional thinking and reflect the personality of human. At the same time, architecture style create a range of fashion trends in the world nowadays. Architecture design is a haven for creativity and artistry, also private the visual enjoyment for human. Secondly, architecture design should combine and mirror the local social circumstances and cultures to enhance the positive effects ot the world. As what Brad mentioned in 3 the lecture, ‘architectures should become the facilitator of flow’. According to Fry, in order to achieve sustainability, not only the design process and techniques should be changed, but also the ideology and entire mindset.2 The evolutionary design intelligence should be introduced. Intelligent design has been the diligent workhorse of human progress. It has shaped politics, math, literature,science and more. There is good reason for us to cherish it, to upload it as perhaps uniquely human. Additionally, sustainability is now a buzzword both among professionals and scholars. However, though climate change and resource depletion are now widely recognized by business as major challenges, and while new practices like ‘green design’ have emerged, efforts towards change remain weak and fragmented. Design futuring systematically presents ideas and methods for design as an good option to respond the ethical, political, social and ecological norms and leisure need of human. 1. Thackara John (2005). In the Bubble: Designing in the complex world ( Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), p.224 2. Tony Fry (2008). Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics and New Practices (Oxfords: Berg), pp. 1-16 3. Wood, John (2007). Design for Micro-Utopias: Making the Unthinkable Possible (Aldershot: Gower)
1.1 CASE STUDY 1 KHALEESI TOWER
1.2 CASE STUDY 2 WHITE TREE HOUSE Additionally, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto designed plans for a tower block shaped like a pine cone with balconies sprouting outwards in all directions, as part of a series of “modern follies” underway in Montpellier, France. The White Tree Tower has 17-storey mixed-use tower will follow Fujimoto’s ideology that architecture should reflect forms found in nature. From the project’s concept phase, the architects were heavily inspired by Montpellier’s tradition of outdoor living. This builiding inspired by the efficient properties of natural environment--trees. This is the combinational function building including restauant, art gallaery, offices, bar with balconies view and other common area. The designer attempt to install the functional area by using lots of facade treatment. They put large range of functional area at the outside of builiding.These kind of option let the apperance of house doesn’t only limited by aesthetic effects but also contains the social effects and become the important media for human daliy life. Also, The curvature serves two purposes because this part of the facade offers the best exposure and viewpoint but does not block the view for neighboring residences. Located at the crossroads of several major thoroughfares, including the Lez river and the motorway, the project will also encompass the extension of the riverside park. This attainable passage will make the interesting representaion of the residents’ curculation and these kinds of design attract more attentions from the tourists. At the same time, considering about the future possibilities, this kind of design also encourage the human communication with the natural environment and biology. The balconies are proportioned to make people gravitate toward the outdoors, like leaves fanning out to soak up the warm nourishing sunlight. The large opening of the room will decrease the consumption of the artificial lighting then decrease the energy usage. This is the good way to improve the environmental sustainability.