Week Five

Below are my marking schedules, one done by Lenna and one by Matt (from another tutorial).

My Lumion environment and my Sketchup file are in my Google drive folder: Click here

Below are some images of my finished model.

Lecture theatre, view from inside

Lecture theatre, view from outside, with offices for academic/research staff located off the lecture theatre. The theatre's entrance is through a walkway that leads into the main walkway connecting Tyree building with the Squarehouse.

Office for academic staff or research staff, connected to the lecture theatre. The glass door between the two rooms is frosted to ensure privacy.

View from above, you can see the lecture theatre, the adjoining offices, and a beautiful view of the main walkway which embodies both organic and geometric form through the rectangular tunnel through a series of glass spheres of varying sizes. The gallery is also visible.

Here the gallery lies in the foreground, connecting to a wide walkway which leads towards the squarehouse. From this viewpoint we can also see the library in the distance.

The library, consisting of three levels accessible by elevator from the walkway shown previously, offers both casual and comfortable seating for reading and relaxation, as well as desk seating for study. Off to the left, one of the three study/studio spaces is visible. These spaces are private rooms that can be used for tutorials/studios, or booked by groups of students for group study sessions.

A look inside the library

View of the library from the other perspective, where all three study spaces are visible. 

A closer look at the study space on the top floor of the library. The lecture theatre is also visible in the background.

Another view of the library, showing that the study spaces can navigate around a circular axis to avoid too much sun exposure.

The workshop, located near the Squarehouse.

In the bottom right hand corner, we can see the walkway that connects the Squarehouse to the rest of the model. We can also see the workshop nearby, and the computer lab nearby as well.

A closer look at the computer labs

View from the Squarehouse

A closer look at the walkway that connects the Squarehouse to the model. This walkway similarly combines organic form with geometric.

The view at dusk from the walkway

View from the walkway towards the Squarehouse

Week Four

Below are my 36 textures. The first 3 columns are the words we were given - linear, rotational and scalar. I decided to use the words oscillate, displace and shuffle for the remaining half of the textures.

Keeping in mind that the textures should aid movement throughout the building, I chose the following three textures to apply to my design.

This texture implies movement in different directions, and I applied it on a few elements of the model, one of them being the elevator between the main walkway and the workshop/computer labs

I used this texture most heavily in the model, as I feel the design helps aid movement. This texture was used for the tunnel walkway between the Taree building, the new lecture hall and the other communal spaces, eg. Library and workshop/computer labs. 

This texture was applied in various areas of the model, mainly on the floor of the library and in the lecture theatre. This texture was a part of the 'shuffle' section of the textures, and thus applies better to areas with minimal movement rather than walkways.

Week Three

I chose the plan of the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito to inspire the plan and then section of my design. The building is a library located in Miyagi, Japan. The internal design of Sendai Mediatheque was composed with educational efficiency at the forefront; sharing the same major concern as my bridge/building for UNSW. It also relates to my theory about both geometric and natural forms, as my first thought when I saw the building was that the shape as a whole is incredibly rigid and geometric, but the internal columns are a beautiful mix between the geometric circles, and the natural and organic swaying shape of the columns - reminiscent, to me, as tree trunks.

Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi Japan

Sendai Mediatheque, section 

Sendai Mediatheque plan

My adapted plan

After I adapted my plan, I reimagined the plan as a section. I did this by simply rotating the plan 90 degrees so that it now acts as a section. I decided to imagine these circular shapes as now 3D spheres, acting as the learning spaces in the building. Some of them will overlap, and will be positioned in varying positions in the foreground/background.

Week Two

Below are my two-point perspective drawings.

In front of you

Below you

In front of you

Below you

Above you

Above you

I have decided that for my moving elements, the additional massing elements will rotate around the larger elements according to the sun patterns. The larger glass spheres will be the communal areas, such as the library, lecture theatre, workshop etc. and the smaller spherical elements off some of these larger ones will act as private spaces, eg. Studio/study rooms, or offices for staff.

This movement ties in with my architectural theory as it mirrors the sun's natural cycle, drawing on organic inspiration, as well as displaying exact geometric beauty.

Below are some images of these moving elements in different positions; note that the smaller elements rotate slowly throughout the day in order to optimise shade and privacy from the larger supporting elements.

Week One

My Architectural Theory

As I am studing civil engineering, I found an article relating the connection between mathematics and architecture, and the beauty of geometric forms. The article, as well as this Youtube video 'Nature by Numbers' helped me create my theory to inspire this experiment:

'The fusion of both organic and precise geometric form creates seamless architectural beauty'

Essentially, as I study both engineering and architecture, I am able to see the beauty of mathematics and science and the ability for geometric forms to interact with each other and the surroundings to create an interesting and incredibly unique design. Throughout the rest of the experiment I will draw upon my theory, aiming to include as many geometric forms as possible, interacting with each other in a way that creates more and more organic and unique forms.