Textures

The 36 custom textures were divided into 6 movement-related terms (last 3 chosen by me) and 6 artistic themes:

Model with applied textures and plans from previous week task:

Plans

Plans based upon the Golden Ratio used in Villa Rotunda's plan, by the renowned architect Palladio

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PATH AND OFFICES

GALLERY  AND EXPLANATIONS

MEETING ROOMS AND ACCOMMODATIONS 

LIBRARY (black) - Ground Level

COMPUTER LABS (NE delimitation) - Level 1

STUDY LOUNGE (SW delimitation) - Level 2

*assume North is upwards.

 STUDIO AND WORKSHOPS 

LECTURE THEATRE

1st Model - Moving Elements

Model obtained through 3D cross modifications:

After further modifications:

Sunrise:

Sunset:

The idea of the moving element is that this large wall on the Studios and Workshops area will be able to move from one side to the other, as a shading device but also energy source (solar panels to be added) for the self-sufficient building.

The other moving element (spinning columns to the spiral staircases access) purpose is to add dynamism and life to the entrances. However it also privileges the students who live in the bridge's college, for they have their own private entrance. 

VIDEO

"Path of Victory"
STUDENT ACCOMODATION

Lecture Theatre
Studio Spaces
Offices for Academic Staff
Offices for General Staff
Workshop
Computer Labs
Gallery
Research Space for Academic Staff
Meeting Rooms for Staff
Meeting Rooms for Students
Library

2x3: 2 Points Perspective - 3D Cross Variations + Massing Elements

(Some faces are shaded differently - despite being on the same orientation - because it indicates the massing elements that were added.)

Dynamic. Expansion. Spiral.

Connection. Helical. Bent.

Thin. Tall. Light.

Colossal. Elongated. Platforms.

Accessibility. Angularity. Interruption.

Brutal. Monolith. Labyrinthine.

Creation of an Article

CLASH OF ARCHITECTURE TITANS: THE DILEMMA OF MODERN HOUSING

The Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia, upon recommendation from Alejandro Aravena, have announced that 98 percent of everything that is built and designed today is “pure shit”. “Houses today are not attached to a value”-Raphael Sperry, founder of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. 

Frank Gehry claimed that there’s no sense of design, no respect for humanity or for anything else [in houses projects these days]. This was Gehry’s response to Deanna VanBuren’s thesis project, that consisted in a [housing complex in] Paquetá Island, in the middle of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, which both integrates [dwellings] with a school of [architecture] and is embedded within the community. 

Paulo Mendes da Rocha has used his thesis project to add to this debate, [defending that] VanBuren’s thesis could be the radical approach answer to the stretched [housing] system in the city of Rio. 

Amongst several international architects, Mendes da Rocha [has been] both criticizing and defending current architecture, however, as a designer of houses and apartment buildings, the Brazilian architect supports VanBurren, [saying she is] rethinking what a house can achieve, positing it as a place where [dwellers] and students can learn from each other, giving students the chance to get a sense of the real-life situations which they study, and offering the [residents] intellectual stimulation and a deeper understanding of the [architectural] structure in which they are entangled. 

REFERENCE LIST:

"Paulo Mendes Da Rocha Awarded Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement." ArchDaily. 2016. Accessed May 07, 2016. http://www.archdaily.com/786934/paulo-mendes-da-rocha-awarded-golden-lion-for-lifetime-achievement-venice-biennale-2016-reporting-from-the-front.

"Frank Gehry Claims Today's Architecture Is (Mostly)." ArchDaily. 2014. Accessed May 07, 2016. http://www.archdaily.com/560673/frank-gehry-claims-today-s-architecture-is-mostly-pure-shit/.

"A Radical New Approach to Prison Design." ArchDaily. 2014. Accessed May 07, 2016. http://www.archdaily.com/464371/a-radical-new-approach-to-prison-design.

6x3: 1 Point Perspective - 3D Cross Variations

p.s.: I shall perfect my drawings before final submission...

Experiment Two

THE TWO CONCEPTS
Do the two concepts suggest a distinctive and significant approach to engaging with the theme the student has chosen? 

A rebellion from convention. (Utzon)

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An appearance influenced by the activity. (Laplastrier)

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Fusion of innovative design and effective arrangement.

THE 12 SKETCH AXONOMETRICS
Do the 12 sketch axonometrics communicate a distinctive and significant approach the student has taken with respect to each concept and their possible relationship to one of the themes? 

1. Architecture is not static, it keeps evolving.

2. A marriage of form and function.

3. An appearance influenced by activity. 

4. Changing perspective for the viewer. 

 5. A rebellion from convention.

6. Undefined Threshold.

THE 36 CUSTOM TEXTURES
Do the 36 custom textures demonstrate enquiry and experimentation with respect to ideas of light and shadow? 

THE IMAGE CAPTURES AND ARCHITECTURE 
Do the image captures demonstrate that the student has thought about the relative size of each element, what their proportions are, their orientation, how texture, colour and shadow map over their surfaces and how all of the above work together to establish the balance or otherwise of their scheme  

Rebelling from conventional positioning, the tram stop was placed close to the University Gym, unlike most which were placed by the University Mall.

During the day, a glass ceiling provides natural lighting, and at night, lamps on the corner of each level do the job.

Dark texture on the walls and custom made timber texture (with medium texture) on the floor of tram stop. Different levels focusing on better distribution of people.

Besides stairs, ramps were also added for accessing the platform of the the tram stop.

Furthermore, the ceiling is slightly elevated so air flow, inside the stop, occurs - assuring natural ventilation.

LINK TO LUMION FOLDER AND SKETCHUP MODEL