EXP 3: Floor Plans

EXP 3: FINAL SUBMISSION

MASHUP OF THREE NEWS ARTICLES

18 SKETCH PERSPECTIVES

36 CUSTOM TEXTURES

SKETCHUP MODEL + FOLLY + 2 ELEVATORS

IMAGE CAPTURES OF CRYENGINE ENVIRONMENT

CRYENGINE 3

EXP3: Selected Plan to Make into Section

Saint Benedict Chapel Plan by Peter Zumthor

EXP 3: Image Captures of CryEngine 3 Environment

4 REAL TIME IMAGE CAPTURES SHOWING DRAFT CRYENGINE3 ENVIRONMENT

5 REAL TIME IMAGE CAPTURES OF THE DEVELOPED CRYENGINE3 ENVIRONMENT:

This aerial oblique view of the bridge shows it spanning across the valley, connecting the island separated from the mainland. The size and curved futuristic form create intrigue in the viewer, reflecting my concept of stimulating an emotional response with the use of abstract forms.

This side view of the bridge shows how it spans the valley and exhibits its complex form supported by 6 pillars that are embedded in the cliff and mountain. 

This aerial view of the whole landscape shows just how it spans the valley and also the placement of the folly and meeting place. Its curved shape, inspired by Peter Zumthor's plan of the Brother Klaus Field Chapel reflects the shape of a leaf and a place of sanctuary, where that leaf shape form was adapted and opened up into a curved bridge. The shape combined with the bridge surrounded by green space reflects my concept of abstract forms responding to the environmental concerns of the present and future.

This image captures my two elevators, the one in the foreground, the Dean's elevator shaped in a similar curvilinear shape and the lower elevator, the students' elevator to transport class representatives to the folly and meeting space to discuss matters to improve the school including academic and environmental matters.

This is a closeup shot of my folly and meeting space where the curved shelter and leaf shape of the bridge and school is continued in the design. The symmetry and balance of the form also reflects that of the bridge and school.

OTHER IMAGES:

View of the bridge and school from the folly highlighting its magnitude and grandeur.

Entrance of the school through a general walkway that connects to the mainland. 

Closeup of the school with the overarching curved form that brings the whole school together.

Closeup of the bottom level which consists of three grand flights of stairs that lead from the main thoroughfare to the lecture theatre and library.

Balcony of the second floor where the workshop and research space for academic staff sits.

Side closeup view of the gallery space that is surrounded by glass walls as well as showing the vastness  of the school.

EXP 3: 36 Custom Textures

EXP 3: 18 Perspectives

EXP 3: Draft Bridge 2

Update of first draft of the bridge. The school is going to be within that curved shape with a circular glass floor where students probably may arrive via elevator (still to be put in) whilst looking down into the valley floor. 

EXP 3: Draft Bridge 1

This is my bridge so far but the bridge/buildings may be too big and I may try to wrap the school around the bridge in some way to make them one.

EXP 3: Mash Up

Architecture today is not just a discipline of combined design and engineering, rather, it has become an expression of beauty, art and modernisation as different artists showcase their borderless ideas transgressing into the future. Combining new ideas with traditional forms, postmodernist buildings may startle, surprise or even amuse.

Form and style became totally different with early concepts of houses, commercial complexes, hotels, and art spaces. Now, architecture is concerned not only with the sophistication of technology used or the intricacy of designs, but it is also aware of the need to preserve the environment as the human civilization continues to progress.

Deconstructivism, or Deconstruction, is an approach to building design that attempts to view architecture in bits and pieces. The basic elements of architecture are dismantled. Deconstructivist buildings may seem to have no visual logic. They may appear to be made up of unrelated, disharmonious abstract forms. Familiar shapes and details are used in unexpected ways. Buildings may incorporate symbols to make a statement or simply to delight the viewer.

Architecture, as a discipline, is a means to define and redefine the kind of civilization in the past, present, and in the future. It has also become an advocate of preserving life and advancement.

Overall theory: Design has become a combination of new ideas, abstract forms and technology that stimulates an emotional response while also responding to the environmental concerns of the present and future.




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EXP 3: Draft Valley

Source

Inspired Valley: Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan, China

 Distant view of valley

Closeup of cliff face

View of connecting river

Aerial view of whole valley

EXP 3: Architectural Theories

Architectural Theories

Mies van der Rohe - Less is more.

Louis Sullivan - Form follows function

Le Corbusier - Machine for living in

Phillip Johnson - Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Peter Eisenman - The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.

Adolf Loos - Supply and demand regulate architectural form.

EXP 2 FINAL SUBMISSION

TWO CONCEPTS

Zaha Hadid: 

Design as a growing organism that spreads through successive branches which form the structure "like fruits on the vine."

Norma Merrick Sklarek:

Pure geometric shapes.

Electroliquid Aggregation:

Design, defined by pure geometric shapes, can reflect a growing organism with successive branches which form the structure "like fruits on the vine."

36 CUSTOM TEXTURES

18 SKETCH AXONOMETRICS 

5 REAL TIME IMAGE CAPTURES SHOWING A CRYENGINE3 ENVIRONMENT

Bird's Eye View of Two Monuments

This image shows Norma Merrick Sklarek's monument inspired by "pure geometric shapes" hanging over the waterfall in a dynamic way, connected to a large meeting space, wide enough to fit Architecture, Architectural Computing and Engineering students all in one space. This is also connected to Zaha Hadid's monument where successive smaller parts branch out to reflect a "growing organism" and "fruits on the vine".

The meeting space has two routes of access from each side of the waterfall, including crossing a bridge to reach the space.

Daytime View of Norma Merrick Sklarek's Monument "Pure Geometric Shapes"

Glass floor cantilevered over the edge of the waterfall creates a dynamic monument of pure geometric shapes as students can walk up the different levels and view the waterfall from above to see water rushing down the cliff beneath their feet. A mixture of vertical and horizontal planes make it look monumental and reflect Sklarek's geometric designs.

Night Time View of Norma Merrick Sklarek's Monument 

Close up view of textures and the different geometric shapes within the monument as it is amplified by hidden lights. The rectangular prisms are arranged in a way so that students can move aorund in a dynamic way, following the various pathways to reach the glass overhang.

Daytime View of Zaha Hadid's Monument "fruits on the vine"

This monument is designed to spread across the terrain, branching out horizontally, following the terrain up the mountainous landscape as smaller sections, and also vertically as rectangular prisms protrude from different sides. This all reflects Zaha Hadid's designs of a 'growing organism that spreads through successive branches' to reflect fruits on the vine'.  

Night Time View of Zaha Hadid's Monument

Textures are amplified through the use of the many lights as well as highlighting the distinctive hexagonal pattern made up of triangles on the roof. This pattern breaks free from the confines of rectangular prisms, reflecting Hadid's fluid designs that aren't limited to usual building parameters, pushing the boundaries with her fluid structures.

 LINKS

Sketchup Model: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ow9qnp33q4sig1/ARCH1101_EXP2_Monument%201.skp

CryENGINE 3 Model:

http://www.mediafire.com/?98nrfjh9dlg2adi

Extra Images

EXP2: 18 Sketch Axonometrics

12 Axonometrics for Individual Architects - Zaha Hadid and Norma Merrick Sklarek

ZAHA HADID:

"Multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry to evoke the chaos of modern life."

Architecture as fluid geometries emerging from the landscape.

Spaces created by the funnelling of movement and communication.

NORMA MERRICK SKLAREK:

Grid-like forms.

Architecture as simple lines.

Purely geometric shapes.

Electroliquid Aggregation:

6 Axonometric Parallel Projections with Electroliquid Aggregation concepts.

Architecture with fluid, grid-like geometries that emerge from the landscape.

Simplistic lines define spaces created by the funnelling of movement and communication.

Fragmented geometric shapes with multiple perspective points, evoke the chaos of modern life.