EXP 3 - week 3

EXP 3 - week 2

Move Effect

Valley (updated)

2 pt. perspectives

EXP 3 - week 1

Himalayan Valley

Mashup

There is only one orientation that is acceptable. All others are wrong. It was absolutely surgical. However if we treat buildings more like organisms, which we can have relationships with, and thinking holistically about the entire building envelope system, we can create active printed structures that can transform and reconfigure – change shape, appearance, and properties - that respond to external cues.

In a traditional suspension bridge like San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate, engineers use inches-wide steel cables to hang thousands of tons of concrete and steel over water, and those big cables anchor to the shore. It is commonly left up to the engineers to develop and architects to specify. If more architects get involved in the development, there is greater potential for thinking holistically about the entire building envelope system. Rather, [Tibbits] asks: “Why can’t we use it to produce material structures that we couldn’t have produced in other ways? To create active printed structures that can transform and reconfigure—change shape, appearance, and properties. Therefore, they become actuators, sensors, and physical computing devices.”

Building the anchorage house required incredible precision. "For each strand, only one spot is okay," Maroney says. "All others are wrong. There is only one orientation that is acceptable. It was absolutely surgical."  It’ll change our perception of buildings dramatically. No longer will we expect walls to be sealed, floors to be hard and buildings to be static. Buildings will be more like organisms, which we can have relationships with! In practical terms, this means products that respond to external cues—tire treads that change shape on ice, or smart shoes that respond to track conditions. “One of the biggest hurdles in making smart devices is power, you don’t want battery packs everywhere, wires running through everything. If you can print structures that transform on the fly, it’s a huge application.”

1:How They Built the Record-Setting New Bay Bridge Span

2:When Biology Inspires Architecture: An Interview with Doris Kim Sung

3:Seaweed, Salt, Potatoes, & More: Seven Unusual Materials with Architectural Applications

1 pt. Perspectives

EXP2 - Final Submission

Electroliquid Aggregation:

Heavy homogeneous frames as indeterminate outlines of spaces.
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Unity and Harmonisation of overlapping geometry.
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The use of heavy homogeneous frames unifies the space constructed by overlapping geometric shapes.

18 Sketches

Left: Heavy homogeneous frames as indeterminate outlines of spaces.

Right: Horizontal expansion vs verticality.

Left: Organised forms arranged in a labyrinthian way.

Right: Absence of distinct orientation.

Unity and Harmonisation of overlapping geometry.

Displacement of different forms to create light and shadow.

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Horizontal expansion vs verticality + Organised forms arranged in a labyrinthian way

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Unity and Harmonisation of overlapping geometry + Heavy homogeneous frames as indeterminate outlines of spaces

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Absence of distinct orientation + Displacement of different forms to create light and shadow

36 Textures

Lumion

The tunnel leading towards the meeting space, defined and outlined by a series of thick frames separated with a mixture of transparent glass and open void. Inspired by Ricardo Porro's use of "heavy homogeneous frames as indeterminate outlines of spaces," this tunnel is equally opaque as it is translucent, thus creating the indeterminate outline.

The platform extrudes off the vertical members of the monument, skewering through the two circular geometries. This component of the structure is symmetrical and polished, embodying  Aldo Van Eyck's "unity and harmonisation of overlapping geometry."

Standing near the middle of the platform, the circular outline and glass pane overlaps and creates a frame around the distant landscape. This demonstrates the combination of heavy frames and overlapping geometries in promoting the significance and beauty of space.

Model Files

Sketchup:

Lumion:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/48286740/monument%20final.ls4

OR
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/znv4efuwoscw8qv/pk7Zwerc4D

EXP2 - Week 2

Heavy homogeneous frames as indeterminate outlines of spaces.
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Unity and Harmonisation of overlapping geometry.
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The use of heavy homogeneous frames unifies the space constructed by overlapping geometric shapes.