WEEK 3

School/Bridge in Lumion 

Plan 

Section

Inspiration 

WEEK 2

2pt Perspectives: 

Concepts describe the 2pt perspectives from left to right: 

*Form follows function 

*touch the earth lightly 

*form follows function

*The house is a machine for living 

*plan libre

*less is a bore 

*Ornament and crime 

*stability / static 

*Architecture must burn 

*from abstract to real 

*Architecture should be self organising like nature 

*defensible space 

*Complexity and contradiction 

*monumentally informal 

*balance of contradicting parts 

*yes is more 

*less is more 

*architecture is the art of how to waste space 

Moving Elements (Music-Architecture Theory) 

Moving Element 1: 

I was inspired by the OperaLab Pavillion, where people can move up and down in their seats.  

I tried making a vertical screen with this idea of moving seats, this could occupy a lecture space where students will have the freedom to "move around" when viewing lecture content. 

When the seats are moving, it looks like music notes on across a stave, 

or even dials on a sound control system. 

Moving Element 2:

Piano Lid "Roof" - I think the mechanism of a piano lid is quite interesting (balance of weights). This could be used for an area in the architecture school, such as a meeting space where the ceiling opens. 

I also find that the interior of a piano has rather interesting qualities, the image below almost looks like a room with some louvers at the top. 

WEEK 1 Updated Ideas

Here is another version of the landscape, inspired by Govett's Leap in the Blue Mountains.

THEORY VERSION 2 

Good things come in small packages, and should be used to our advantage. Architecture encourages us to step out of our disciplinary comfort zones, and learn by collaborating with one another through activities such as workshops. It is important to be able to see the key elements of problems to be systematic and logical, whilst also being innovative in design and practice. This cultivation of diversity will allow us to generate new and interesting solutions to improve society. 

Other Idea for a Theory

As abstract art forms based on rhythm, proportion and harmony, architecture and music share a clear cultural lineage. Now, through digital expression, architecture can attain new heights of creative supremacy. With this in mind, we should step out of our disciplinary comfort zones and collaborate with one another through activities such as workshops. Like musicians in an orchestra. This will lead to a cultivation of diversity that will allow for the generation of new and interesting ideas. Future architects will be able to see the key elements of problems, to be systematic and logical, whilst also being innovative in design and practice.  

Architecture:  

http://www.architectural-review.com/essays/architecture-becomes-music/8647050.article

Engineering:  

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/higher-maths-a-plus-but-not-the-only-way-for-engineering-20131219-2zmst.html

Architectural Computing 

http://architectureau.com/articles/frontier-learning/

EXP3 WEEK 1

Week 1 ! Below are the 6 sets of one pt perspectives which combine T Blocks together:  Wasn't too sure about the theories, I also used some quotes related to architecture.  








Interconnected yet distinct 

                                                                                       

Less is a bore 

Yes is more 

  Balance of contradicting parts        Monumentally Informal 

Stability/Static 








Constant reflections of the past 

Architecture must burn 

Defensible Space 





   Monumentally Informal 

   

Architecture as a translation of music 








Creating wide spaces and small spaces 

Yearning for timelessness





 Architecture should be self organising, like nature. 


      From abstract to the real 










Architecture is the how of how to waste space 



      Plan libre 

     Touch the earth lightly 

LANDSCAPE

Having grown up in NSW, my lumion landscape was inspired by Govett's Leap in the Blue Mountains region. I had the opportunity to hike this trail when I did the Duke of Ed. Award and it was a great experience. 

 Govett's Leap 

Environment in Lumion 

Article Mashup 

I read 3 articles and came up with these ideas .. still needs work but here is what I have so far: 

Possible Theory: "Outside the box, connect the dots"

(encouraging people to extend beyond their fields of knowledge and learn from one another) 

- Architecture's ability to shape tomorrow's places is more significant than its role in producing buildings.

- Architecture is not just about the act of building, but also about the building of relationships between people.  

- Architecture should encourage us to think about the abundance of knowledge that is present within society, and how knowledge from different fields can be utilised to achieve a common vision. We should strive to step out of our disciplinary comfort zones, and learn by collaborating with one another. Good things come in small packages, and we must acquire the skills to seek out and harness everyone's abilities.  

- In the field of engineering, it is important to be able to see the key elements of problems, to be systematic and logical and to persevere. 

- Technology is bridging gaps in communication between architects and engineers. Architectural-computing have become increasingly important to developing innovation in design and practice, especially in the cultivation of diversity.

Links

Architecture:

http://smh.domain.com.au/architects/more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts-20140501-37jme.html

Engineering: 

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/higher-maths-a-plus-but-not-the-only-way-for-engineering-20131219-2zmst.html

Architectural Computing 

http://architectureau.com/articles/frontier-learning/

THEORY VERSION 2 

Good things come in small packages, and should be used to our advantage.

Architecture encourages us to step out of our our disciplinary comfort zones, and learn by collaborating with one another through activities such as workshops. It  is important to be able to see the key elements of problems, to be systematic and logical, whilst also being innovative in design and practice. This cultivation of diversity will allow us to generate new and interesting solutions to improve society. 

*Other Idea for a Possible Theory 

As abstract art forms based on rhythm, proportion and harmony, architecture and music share a clear cultural lineage. Now, through digital expression, architecture can attain new heights of creative supremacy.

With this in mind, we should step out of our disciplinary comfort zones and by collaborate with one another through activities such as workshops, like musicians in an orchestra.  This will lead to a cultivation of diversity that will allow for the generation of new and interesting ideas.

Future architects* will be able see the key elements of problems, to be systematic and logical, whilst also being innovative in design and practice.

Architecture: 

http://www.architectural-review.com/essays/architecture-becomes-music/8647050.article

Engineering: 

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/higher-maths-a-plus-but-not-the-only-way-for-engineering-20131219-2zmst.html

Architectural Computing 

http://architectureau.com/articles/frontier-learning/

EXP 2 FINAL SUBMISSION

Electroliquid Aggregation

The blurring of boundaries between small and monumental elements from disorientation sparks the development of broader minded perspectives, allowing people from different backgrounds to understand each other better. 

18 Axonometrics 

Concepts for Ricardo Porro (Left Column):

1) Horizontality vs Verticality

2) Absence of Distinct Orientation

3) Heavy, homogenous frames as 

    indeterminate outlines of space

Concepts for Aldo Van Eyck (Middle Column) 

1) Displacement of different forms to create light and shadow.

2) Modularity blurring the distinction between small and monumental.

3) Unity and Harmonisation of overlapping geometry.

Electroliquid Aggregations (Right Column) 

1)  horizontal displacement and expansion of different verticality forms creates a space that is playful in light and shadow. 

2) The blurring of boundaries between small and monumental elements from disorientation sparks the development of broader minded perspectives, allowing people from different backgrounds to understand each other better.

3) The interplay between overlapping geometry and indeterminate outlines of space reminds of the importance of unity and harmony in our opinions and actions. 

Model in Sketchup

 

36 Textures 

Chosen Textures

 Light: This swirling, curving pattern can be seen in the circulation of the monument. Initially confusing, it encourages us to persevere and think more openly.

Medium: Used to define the meeting space, the alternation between blanks squares and dark squares and between horizontal and vertical lines suggest that a fusion may eventually take place (like ideas).











Dark: This texture was initially a set of interlocking zigzags and was inspired by the inseparability of black from white. It is applied only at the extremities of the monuments when viewed from different perspectives.

Images from Lumion 

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The monuments are situated on a lake at the edge of the surrounding mountains. 

Visitors must take the ramp at the bottom in order to get to the "meeting point". 

Not evident from the previous image, the path is guided by the geometry of the first monument. This disorientation tests the patience of the visitors..

 The vertical beam is the part of the 2nd monument and encloses a set of stairs which lead to the highest level.

This is the most extreme point, where we are closest to physically "touching" the landscape but the balcony prevents us from going further. However the shadow could be seen as having already achieved this, and we are reminded of the beauty of nature by the waterfall.

Use of the space at nighttime. The stairs reaching the meeting point are not visible from all sides whilst the stairs in the vertical beam are completely concealed. 

 

 Detail: 

These two curved benches are supposed to embrace one another, to encourage the exchange of ideas.