Sunday, 29 June 2014

Exp 3 Final Submission

Article Mashup

Architecture, if it is to truly work with natural ecosystems, must be inspired by complexity and emergence, randomly breaking the boundaries and in a constant state of redefinition.  Natural order is self-organising and self-correcting, dynamically ruled by principles of uncertainty and of complementaritya machine for the living. Already living in a networked world more interconnected than ever, form and structure make even the simplest and straightforward programs spatially dynamic since natural and artificial order rely upon the same mechanisms for their working.  Urbanism as a state of mind has to have a theoretical basis that begins with the natural despite having been paralysed by a “city as a machine” vision that is one of the reasons of its failure on the urban scale. Predictions of the future state of a system must be innovative in terms of organisation and condition whilst preventing a dangerous situation where people analyse a situation as a mechanism isolated from the world.  The compilation of specific contexts can develop a human connected to the universe that knows the distinction between disruptive and engaged, each with their own unique characteristics and spatial conditioning. Contrary to what you would expect even intangible architectures must interfere with the real world and their life comes from their geometry. If there is a contradiction then something is wrong.  The highly symbolic perceived living quality comes from the changing and redefining of the space and the interaction between events.

-          http://www.archdaily.com/429404/unified-architectural-theory-chapter-1/
-          http://www.quantumcity.com/publication/urbanism-and-architectures-of-the-quantum-paradigm/
-          http://www.archdaily.com/104724/ad-classics-maison-bordeaux-oma/ 

 Sketch Perspectives



Textures 



Lumion Environments

Coastal Gorge on the West Coast of South Africa
First Lumion Environment

Inspiration for Second Draft Lumion Environment - Lofoten Islands, Norway 
Second Lumion Environment Sunny Day

Snowfall in the Environment

Illustrates the blending of the bridge and the surrounding environment



Moving Elements


Folly



Final Image Captures


Models and Environments

Lumion:


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hnonp9h7dnywp9l/AADfshqeXOhd1d-9K5dQ-Pf2a

Sketchup:


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hnonp9h7dnywp9l/AADfshqeXOhd1d-9K5dQ-Pf2a


Sunday, 22 June 2014

Exp 3 Week 5

Peer Evaluation






Exp 3 Week 4

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Exp 3 Week 3

Plan Development 

Diller + Scofidio -The Slow House 

The Slow House Plan

Plan Redrawn
I decided to multiply the entire plan and then attach these two Slow House units together to form an S shaped plan.
Attached Plans
My Theory, based on the property of emergence in the natural world then dictated that I create individual singular elements and combine them in the shape of these attached plans. The dotted lines which begun as a drawing aid then naturally became the support structure of the bridge.
This unitised structure when conceived in section then became a stepped structure as per the converging nature of the Slow House plan. The steps moved progressively down from the central structure.
Stepped Structure which clearly shows the support structure fanning out
The Slow House Plan was also then applied internally to help create a hierarchy of space within the structure. In particular the meeting places and offices for students, academic staff and general purpose staff.

Internal Plan in model dictated by Slow House plan


First Draft Model

Inspiration for Second Draft Lumion Environment - Lofoten Islands, Norway 


First Draft Model in Lumion

Showing the School Spanning the Ice River Mouth




Exp 3 Week 2

The Moving Elements:


Exp 3 Week 1

Article Mashup


Architecture, if it is to truly work with natural ecosystems, must be inspired by complexity and emergence, randomly breaking the boundaries and in a constant state of redefinition.  Natural order is self-organising and self-correcting, dynamically ruled by principles of uncertainty and of complementarity; a machine for the living. Already living in a networked world more interconnected than ever, form and structure make even the simplest and straightforward programs spatially dynamic since natural and artificial order rely upon the same mechanisms for their working.  Urbanism as a state of mind has to have a theoretical basis that begins with the natural despite having been paralysed by a “city as a machine” vision that is one of the reasons of its failure on the urban scale. Predictions of the future state of a system must be innovative in terms of organisation and condition whilst preventing a dangerous situation where people analyse a situation as a mechanism isolated from the world.  The compilation of specific contexts can develop a human connected to the universe that knows the distinction between disruptive and engaged, each with their own unique characteristics and spatial conditioning. Contrary to what you would expect even intangible architectures must interfere with the real world and their life comes from their geometry. If there is a contradiction then something is wrong.  The highly symbolic perceived living quality comes from the changing and redefining of the space and the interaction between events.

-          http://www.archdaily.com/429404/unified-architectural-theory-chapter-1/
-          http://www.quantumcity.com/publication/urbanism-and-architectures-of-the-quantum-paradigm/
-          http://www.archdaily.com/104724/ad-classics-maison-bordeaux-oma/ 


18 One-Point Perspectives


Draft Lumion Environment


Coastal Gorge on the West Coast of South Africa

Draft Lumion Environment

Perspective in Draft Lumion Environment