Studio 36 NGV--Journal_Zirui Zuo by zuo zirui

STUDIO 36 REFLECTIVE JOURNAL NGV PROJECT

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CONTENT Concept Iteration------------------------01 Urban Massing---------------------------20 Mid Review-------------------------------45 Further Research-------------------------72 Development toward final --------------87 Final Project-------------------------------115

FOREWORD project information The new NGV gallery project is located at the Southbank area of Melbourne, with two building sections in triangular sites that are connected by a promenade which sits 8 m above southbank Boulevard, nearly 220m long. The new NGV Contemporary shall exhibit contemporary art nationally and internationally included a program for indigenous contemporary practices. For the people who are already interested in the art field, the gallery encourages them to better appreciate and understand the work, also boost their creativity during the visit. For people who are not familiar with arts, the aim is to stimulate their interest through detailed instructions and art presentations. The design of the museum will also look at the integration with the surrounding vegetation through leaving openings on the promenade for trees and planting in the void. The promenade shall also connect to the garden behind the old NGV gallery for more efficient accessibility. The public engagement shall not only be focused on the internal exhibition area but the architecture itself through crossing outside and inside space. The design will also provide digital access with a variety of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) equipment to conquer the gallery space. For instance, people can interact with their mobile app to acquire more information/share thoughts for the artwork standing in front of them. For the final design statement refer to page 115

CONCEPT ITERATION From week 1 to 3, 15 basic conceptual models were made as fundamental inspirations for the following design. Each model shall be related to 1~2 architectural terms to indicate particular spatial forms.

Creation 1 Fragmentation: Combination of different cubic building segments, connecting together with a cross corridor underneath. Extruding in and out as openings.

Creation 2 Fragmentation/Optics: Facade is occupied by triangular elements, some are open as windows.The ceiling has three layers, each is full of triangular cuts to play with shadow and light.

Creation 3 illusion Using architectural elements from traditional buildings (arch, tower, staircase) to form a whole. Staircases are in different directions leading people to unknown position which form a illusional space. has three layers, each is full of triangular cuts to play with shadow and light.

Creation 4 Fragmentation/order and disorder: Several cubes are arranged randomly in this fixed frame. Their position can be freely manipulated to express the idea of dynamic within static.

Creation 5 Folding: A mountain-like form inside the cube. People are able to experience the changing angle of the internal wall .

Creation 6 Fragmetation/collage: A different expression of a climbing space. Cubes in different sizes, are stacking on each other to go surrounding the central tower.

Creation 7 Distortion/Blurring: Twisted pavilion with lines arranged in spiral method. The overlay of lines can cause a blurring effect.

Creation 8 Fragmentation/Optics: Starting from a basic cone form, building elements are extruding out as tree branches in different sizes. A courtyard in the middle. There are also openings in many of the extruded elements for light to enter the middle part.

Creation 9 Positive Negative: One part of the building is covered by the glass/ the other part is in pure white material to show the contrast.

NEGATIVE & POSITIVE

Creation 10 Illusion The line can be imagined as a continuous corridor, one connects to the other to form an endless loop.

Creation 11 Folding: The form is like stacked stones. Entering the pavilion is like enter a cave, full of surprises.

Creation 12 Distortion: Pure organic form, inspired by biological tissues. Inside can be interesting---there is no wall and all space are in different shapes.

Creation 13 Fragmentation/order disorder: Cellular form. Each cell may look the same, but many of them are in different depth and angle of inclination. Inspired by bee matrix.

Creation 14 Jumpcut/optic: Roof has beenJUMPCUT cutting out in different sizes of rectangular openings that echoes the extruded elements in the floor below.

Creation 15 Collage: A Combination of different building elements (cone, triangle, cube...) Each platform can be a different shape that are all linking to the main building.

Creation 16 Transparency/blurring: Half-transparent glass arranged in orderly layers as a smooth, fluid waving form. It was inspired by asian mountain drawings. People can see the outline of curves far away, in different TRANSPARENT depth.

URBAN MASSING During week 4-7, 10 urban massing models should be constructed with the primary thought of the site context. Since this project is not designing a single building but twin buildings connected with a promenade, the form can bring them together shall be one aspect to test.

URBAN MASSING OPTION 1 Key feature: ---Mountain-like waving form, connect the architecture with the nature. ---Waving pieces slice through the building ---Play with transparency & blurring ---Curved openings to make the building more dynamic ---Space can be generated between each wave intervals. ---lightness vs heaviness

The concept was developed based on iteration conceptual design no. 16 blurring. Precedent can be found in Gang Architects' Auqa tower design, 2010.

The design of Aqua tower uses the characteristcs from terrestrial topography, the facade of the building is like hills/water in a vertical landscape. The different shape in floor plans provide user different type of balconies, with consideration of views and natural light.

URBAN MASSING OPTION 2 Key feature: ---Traditional form link with old architecture, but new materials ---Arch element beneath ---Central triangular opening ---Stacking floor (P.S: this is an failed option, the building seems a little bit oldfashioned. It won't be considered to develop further.)

URBAN MASSING OPTION 3 (Selected in MID) Key feature: ---Smaller individual building blocks linked with each other as a whole. ---Openings extrude in and out for different light qualities. Can also used as display place. ---Opening in different sizes ---sculptural form

The inspiration was from Ningbo Museum by WangShu. Wangshu used local recycled material (Wapan) to form the exterior of the building, leaving windows in different sizes to bring visitors different light effects.

URBAN MASSING OPTION 4 (Selected in MID) Key feature: ---A little bit origami form ---Single way journey. People can visit the building through the lowest point to the highest point for different views. the level will gradually go up. ---Courtyard in the middle as seminar/public space To improve: ---Building height/orientation should follow the direction of natural light for more brightness. ---Promenade should be less zigzag and more straight. ---Perhaps rotate the building to suit best light/view.

URBAN MASSING OPTION 5 Key feature: ---Folding/ differnt blocks link together ---Openings in different sizes and shapes to play with natural light. ---The interlace between glass and non-tranparent building material ---Open corridors in between with more light.

URBAN MASSING OPTION 6 Key feature: ---Smooth form with different layers stacking on each other. ---Use of trigular element ---Clear distribution of space in different sizes ---Roof windows

Inspired by Miami Latin art museum by Fernando Romero The central concept behind the form is to build a 'cascade' of four overlapping terraces, with changes in each floor plane. Each plate allow space as sculptural park for outdoor social movement.

URBAN MASSING OPTION 7 Key feature: ---Extruded openings ---Folding form. ---Glass embeded inside rigid building ---People gather in the central atrium ---Obvious main entrance.

URBAN MASSING OPTION 8 Key feature: ---Different building blocks arranged in a collage method. ---From the plan it can be found that all building blockes can form together as one triangle. Similar to the concept of continential drift theory. ---All blocks are linked together by the central platform.

URBAN MASSING OPTION 9 Key feature: ---Different levels in different shapes. (Change in static) ---Different building elements embed in the main form for different spatial qualities. ---There is ramp goes through the whole building as guide for journey.

Inspired by Frank LIoyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum. People can experience the cotinuous floor plan through walking on the ramp in the atrium. As the image shown above, a rectangular element is extruded out from the spiral rounded main form to show contrast in form in a slightly collage method.

URBAN MASSING OPTION 10 Key feature: ---Sipral in plan ---Central pulic area hidden in the middle ---Basically single way journey. ---Comparision between a more straight rigid part of the building (left side) with a more curved spiral part (right side). ---People can skip the exhibiton area and go directly to the public event area. ---Tower in middle for more daylight/better views. ---Building height changes in serial progression way with several vertical layers.

MID SEMESTER Two Urban massing concept has been chosen to develop further. After the mid, only one of it will be the winner as final option.

SITE MAP & CONTEXT

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OPTION 1: Linear+Origami form Although there are two buildings, the continuation of the form can make it looks like one integrity. It's in origami opposite "C" shape, with the inclination in ceilings.

The exploded diagram of the south building indicates the idea of changing floor planes in a relatively linear journey. The higher the visitor goes, the smaller the floor area will be with a better view outside. It's a journey from the lowest point to the highest point, through the C-shaped corridor. 49

Exterior view of the south building

Exterior view of the north building

Form evolution diagrams

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OPTION 2: Stacking village The building is stacked by similar floor planes in similar but different shapes. The site has been divided into three parts connected by the sky bridge above, making the building looks separated and intact at the same time.

From the exploded diagram of the north building, it can be seen how each building element is connected and stacked. The building consists of different layers and shapes, like a small 'village.'

Exterior view of the south building

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Form evolution diagrams

STEP1: Divide the site to 3 parts

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RESEARCH Based on the mid-semester review outcome, option one was selected to be designed further. The most successful aspect of this building is the linear, fluid connection between the two parts. However, it also brings problems to investigate: spatially, what can happen in the linear corridor? How to make the space more attractive in a narrow linear space? Before continuing the development of the chosen option, a number of research has been conducted to explore successful gallery space and its building logic.

01. Foundation Louis Vuitton GALLERY: Fondation Louis Vuitton ARCHITECT: Frank Gehry LOCATION: Paris Year: 2014 Area: 11700 sqm Main construction material: wood glass concrete

PROGRAM The Foundation Louis Vuitton Museum is located in the suburban area of Paris which suppose to showcase the modern art collection of the LV brand. Through the combination of different building components (described as “icebergs”), the building can be represented with a sense of movement. FORM The form of the museum is like a giant ship that consists of several “icebergs”. It is said that Frank Gehry got the inspiration from the lightness of late 19th-century glass and garden architecture. It’s a quite classical Frank Gehry style design, with an assembly of different shaped building blocks referred to as the “iceberg” that forming together and covered by glass envelope. Since it’s located in the suburban area of Paris, the large usage of the glass panel can play with light and mirror effects that help the building to better integrate with the natural environment.

Museum conceptual sketch by Frank Gehry

View from above

MATERIALS & LAYERS As mentioned above, the building comprises an assemblage of serval “iceberg” clad in panels of fiber-reinforced concrete covered by large glass “sails” with woven woods. More than 19,000 concrete panels and 3,600 curved glass panels were used to form the facade that was simulated using advanced mathematical techniques and 3d modeling skills. Each white reinforced concrete panel weighs 35kg and is 40cm high, 25mm thick and 1.5m kong. The structure of the glass roof was designed with an environmentally-friendly concept to collect and reuse rainwater and improve its geothermal power level.

LIGHTING TECHNIQUES

With the perfect combination of glass and woven wood, the building was given its transparency with a continual change of shadow and light effect. For many exhibition rooms, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in an odd-shaped form, each designed with indirect skylight spilling down from the light well by tucked up into a higher softened sculpted cove.

INTERNAL SPACE HIGHLIGHTS Top-image: In the large hall area there are six monochrome colored panels in different sizes and colors on the wall that create a strong visual impact on the space. The color panels use a special fabric that allows sound to penetrate the surface. Mid-image: Walking through the “inside horizon” area visitors can enjoy themselves in the golden reflected columns group that creates the space more depth and uncertainty.

Colored Panels in Auditorium

“Inside the horizon” Corridor reflective columns

ORGANISATION OF SPACES The focus of the space was to create “not a box, but a stream” Walls, beams, and ribs act as linear, streaming elements that accentuate the directionality of the gallery spaces. Above the ground floor, the interior becomes more complex with varied levels and half-levels that served with several circulation routes. There’s one main stair on the west of the entrance and another to the east enclosed by glass panels. Visitors are able to climb up staircases underneath the glass panel to reach the roof-top garden with a great view of the surrounding forests.

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CIRCULATION & ORIENTATION There is a big auditorium on the ground floor covered by glass walls to accommodate up to 350 people. The lower level also has one small gallery and two larger flexible exhibition halls. Just close to the entrance and main gallery, there are bookstore and Cafe for people to stop and rest. People can appreciate work done by LV artists like Jeff Koons and Christian Boltanski in a total number of seven small gallery spaces on all floor levels. The glass-wall main entrance locates on the south side of the building that leads people to enter the lobby.

1. Entrance 2.Lobby 3. Auditorium 4. Cafe 5. Bookstore 6. Gallery 7. Chapel 8. Loading dock 9. Open to below 10. Terrace

02. Supsi Campus Project ARCHITECT: Kengo Kuma LOCATION: Mendrisio, Swizerland Year: 2013/ not built yet Area: 11700 sqm Main construction material: glass concrete stone

Main Design Concept Kengo Kuma designed an avenue connects the university to the city of Mendrisio. To overcome the existing shortcomings of the urban planning, this plan uses a pedestrian bridge as a long passageway integrated with the artificial landscape and public facilities. The main feature of Supsi campus is the ramp, it sloping in two directions to form a zig-zag shape where the roofs of inlines become open public spaces. The form is inspired by the layered stone arrangement in local traditional building roofs.

Material & lighting The building facade is equipped with alternating stones and aluminum panels that change with daylight. Natural light is an important and attractive part of this design. The large area of glass can guarantee sunlight throughout the year, and its high degree of thermal insulation can ensure that the building remains warm in the severe cold season in Switzerland. Kengo Kuma and his team paid close attention to the sunlight, temperature, and field of view issues in the building. They used this to determine what could be adjusted using the nuances of the school environment.

Although this is not a gallery project, how Kengo Kuma design the raltionship between outdoor walk and the building itself, also the use of linear space can be learned.

03. New Munch Museum ARCHITECT: Estudio herreros LOCATION: Olso, Norway Year: 2021 Area: 11000 sqm Main construction material: glass concrete aluminum

When first look at this project, it seems more like a commercial office building than a gallery building. Without much artistic expression in its exterior, it focuses on visitors' vertical experience. It will display more than 40,000 artworks when it open, with high floor usage efficiency.

The corridor provides the visitor a clear, linear experience; on the right side is the walkway with escalators to ensure vertical walk flow, where people can view the water. On the left side is the gallery exhibition area. As the plan shows below, cyan represents gallery space, and blue indicates the corridor.

People can gain the view of the city and water in the restaurant.

They used the perforated undulated aluminum panel as the double facade skin to filter direct sunlight. The wave of the metal panel echoes Munch's line in his paintings.

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT Now it is time to focus on the particular option toward the final outcome. At this point, the form is not the central focus of the project. The brief, the actual function, and its relationship with surroundings will be explored.

WEEK 8 Updated version: Form adjusted & material test

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WEEK 9 Updated version

What's new: ---start testing facade options ---added a double facade system at top ---using timber as columns, so that through glasses it might sort of remind people about the nature.

WEEK 10 Updated version

What's new: changes in promenade entrance & shape; inclined timber sticks instead of straight column.

As the previous image shows, at this stage, the timber columns became inclined with different angles to make the glass wall more lively, together with more interesting light effects. When mentioned about the timber, people think about trees; When people think about trees, they think about tree branches. This can be an approach to recall nature to the building. Below are precedents with a similar concept:

Tripoli Congress Centre, Tabanliogu Architects

The outter skin element in Gang architects' Writer theater in Glencoe. The timber trusses can connect nature with building culturally and provide direct visual links outside.

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Supporting columns option: The Y column. It is a quite common load-carrying column option in many constructions, including bridge and public infrastructure. The 'Y' shape also reminds people of trees, which can echo with the timber sticks.

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Double skin material consideration: While the translucent building materials filter the sunlight, they can also give the building a hazy beauty. Here are some material options for semi-transparent facade: Option 1 semi-transparent concrete

Italian pavilion in Shanghai Expo by Giampaolp Imbrighi

Although current technology is able to make it thin, it is still heavier than many other options, with more cost. Option 2: Fabric

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Option 3: semi-translucent glass (frosted glass)

Institute for Comtemporary Art, Steven Holl

Philharmonic Hall, Barozzi Veiga

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Option 3: Plastic (polycarbonate)

Nest we grow by Kengo Kuma & UC berkley

Aranya Kid's restaurant by Wutopia lab The final decision has been decided--polycarbonate. It's light, relatively lower cost and widely used. Like an glowing cube during night. 104

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WEEK 11-12 Updated version

What's new; Keep adjusting plans&form, putting some of the design concept into the north building. Start to making improvement to the promenade. What to do: Reduce glass to create more area for artwork; courtyard and promenade is still simple & old-fashioned that need further design.

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FINAL RESULT Design Statement

Although the brief requires the design of two buildings, their design concept and general form should be similar as one integrity so that people can easily recognize the tight relationship between the two buildings when they see them. Viewing from above, the twin buildings are in two opposite C-shaped connected by the promenade. People can freely shuttle between the old NGV building and the new buildings through the promenade. The promenade is full of greeneries and rest facilities to create an open social space. The journey through the building's interior is mainly linear, since then, the walking corridor area and the art gallery space have been distinguished clearly. As the floors rise, the actual floor slab will reduce its size, and people can get a good view through the highest floor of each building. The primary material used in these buildings is concrete, glass, and timber. The timber sticks are in different angles, running from the ground floor to the top floor to echo the tree trunks. The internal load-carrying Y-column also expresses the feel of the tree. To prevent excessive natural light from entering the gallery area, semi-translucent polycarbonate panels were placed as the buildings' double skin to reduce glare and heat while ensuring the space's visual connection as much as possible.

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