Lillian Xiao

Friday, 14 June 2013

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.

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

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

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

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.

Sunday, 5 May 2013

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.