The Bridge

The School of Architecture

Article chosen: The buildings are alive: in biology, designers and architects seek answers. 
(http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-buildings-are-alive-in-biology-designers-and-architects-seek-answers/)

Keywords: challenge, alive, valuable.

Theory: The challenge in constructing a valuable structure is to keep the built environment alive.

Articulating volumes of spaces around the Square House UNSW

One point perspectives 

Two point perspectives

Textures regarding movement

Floor plan chosen: Herzog & de meuron house for a new media collector

Curved surface for gallery spaces

Three levels with the middle floor exposed to the environment.

Curved partitions for interior spaces.

Moving Elements:

1) The "moving screen" - screen/ window of the lecture room is constructed of smart glass which the opacity changes under the influence of electricity.

2) the lift - The lift located on the end of the school is built in a clear case, in which the movements of it can be seen both inside and outside of the building.

Plans of the final design

Ground floor: 

- computer lab

- studio spaces

- offices

- meeting spaces

- gallery

- research spaces

First floor:

- pathway

- coffee area

Second floor:

- library

- lecture theatre

Sketchup model

(colours of parts are changed for material application in Lumion environment )

Lumion Environment

Overview

Gallery

Studio spaces

Hallway

Staff office

Meeting room

Sky garden

Lecture hall

Library

Cafe

Studio

THE SPACE BETWEEN

ARCHITECTURAL ISSUE: The Stop. 

ARCHITECTURAL CONVENTION: Monumental Architecture.

ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGE: Articulating figure and ground in 3 dimensions.

THE ARTISTS: 

· Teodoro González de León

“The number one goal of architecture is to create useful objects. We create useful objects for the city to experience them - but also so that those objects move us.”

The STOP is created as part of the public transport system, but it also plays a big part as a monumental architecture. A stop in some way is a representation of this area or community. Residents and visitors meet and move off to places. It is a connection point for the circulation. In my design, the stop is quite open with a pedestrian bridge across Anzac Parade. It provides shelter and allows natural daylight to the platform at the same time. People moving through or waiting at the stop experience similar spatial qualities and transit through to other destinations. University is a place to teach and inspire, the open design with some level constraints also resemble the essence behind.  

· David Adjaye 

“His ideas are about light, airy spaces that were infused with a sense of vibrancy and were designed to draw the community in.”

The final design of the structure is inspired by this concept of David Adjaye. “Light” and “Airy” spaces are what I tried to create along the progress of this experiment. This light rail stop is designed for an area which holds a large circulation of commuters, mostly students. By approaching it from the purpose of “drawing the people in” the entrance to stop from the Kensington campus side is constructed to be bigger and more open. This functional purpose of this idea is to lessen the burden at university rush hours. The center panel/cover is situated facing north this way it allows more natural lighting.

The experiment started creating amalgamations of rectangular prisms inspired by concepts of the artists. 

The second stage is the development of combined configurations and curvilinear structures. 

6 series of light-to-dark hand drawn textures. (followed by chosen textures applied to model)

Light

Medium

Heavy

Experimenting with structures and environment in Lumion. 

Captures from the first week (II+III)

Sketchup Model 

Link to Lumion file: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B98O3H65Cbgsb1BxS3lBVElsWnM/view?usp=sharing

Captures of model in site (Lumion)

THE DATUM

Clients:

Issey Miyake (Upper-Level Studio)
      -Japanese technology-driven fashion Designer.

Magnus Walker (Underground Studio)
      -English Porche remix artist 


Words:
 Issey Miyake: Inspire, Gradient, Geometric.
Magnus Walker: Accelerate, Speed, Chaotic.


Final choice of Words: Inspire + Chaotic


Progress of experiment:

18 Section Drawings from words:

Stairs

The four initial ideas of stairs to connect the spaces.

36 Textures.

Some textures are chosen and applied to digital model.

Development of Sketchup model

Initial idea 

Developed draft

Final design

Sketchup model



Animation of sections

Animation for stairs

Animation of property on site