Assignment 3: Final Submission

Site model and Poster
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/j067t0xbrss8aen/AADn-VH8AvOg6zhKfrOwHOvYa

Animation
 http://youtu.be/sQZikMQHyLg

Assignment 3: Interim Animation Submission

http://youtu.be/WgV0bnQulOE

Assignment 3: Interim Submission 2 Poster

Assignment 3: Interim 1

For some reason my Dropbox link isn't linking so i have sent my site model as an email to both tutors.

Assignment 3: Concept Development

Concept Sketches

The Concept: The Living Organism

The Living Organism: The emerging green corridor.

A modern functioning city may reflect characteristics of a living organism. That organism is brought to life by the citizens within its heart. Citizens keep the organism alive, working within its many and varrying 'Organs' which in turn support and give life to the city. These Organs, can be anything from a office building to a cathedral, to a house, to a retail store. The city is only made alive by the citizens who maintain the varying organs, each  giving support in different ways to one another.

Citizens also have certain criteria that must be met in order to maintain their different duties. Businesses must be available to needs, banks must be alive to maintain currency, transport must be available to relocate individuals from their homes to their work. There becomes a natural balance between the different rolls of the organism, each playing an integral part.

Parks, Nature strips, Recreational areas and Green spaces are often overlooked for being a seperate from this organism, however it is arguable that they attribute more value to a larger amount of people then any other organism within the city.
it is also arguable that humans are born with an innate attraction to natural things, however due to current society, it is impeccable that we learn to survive within a built environment. Green spaces act as a compromise between the two contrasting needs. Architecture should work to support this network, not to destroy it.

 They are an interactive point. health quality, immerging call for this for sustainable course. even people that don't come to the ark. it enhancest he health quality of the city. the location of the park being right next to the hoispital, increaseing the park is too small for surrent.

When a green space is affected by a proposed design, it is important for the designer to 'give back' that space in an equal or advanced form to help keep this balance. Green spaces are of no less value then any other part of the city and play a vital roll in its makeup.

Below are some examples and points of inspiration where the architect has well informed nature within the built environment.

Assignment 3: Site Visit

In Week 8 we commenced the final assignment for Studio 3 with a field trip excursion to Randwick. 

The aim of the field trip was to gather site information and Photographs which will then be used to reconstruct a detailed site model of the area . We were then to use that site model to aid in our development of the design briefing and enhance the over all realism and appropriateness of the design solution.

The briefing was to design an end of the line tram station as a hypothetical solution for the new proposed Randwick to Bondi Junction tram line that would connect to the inner west. 

Above is just some of the images taken from the park centrally located in Randwick of the St. Andrews hospital across the road. We are to model all surrounding buildings and the like to give a good impression of the space.

Above image taken of the opposing houses along Coogee bay St from the Randwick park.

Other Students taking snaps of the site during our field trip and a small park bench overlooking the Geenspace Randwick park. 

Image taken at the head of the Park near the traffic lights joining Avoca road with Highstreet. The proposed tram line is to make its wayy through this intersection to stop at the park as the end of the line. 

Studio Exercise Week 8

1. Upload image of sight drawings and sketches of observations, location of different things

2. General Observations

- Modes of transport

Currently Car, Bus, Bike and Taxi are the main modes of transport through the area.

 Particularly present was the number of cars that went through the intersection (approximately 50-60 every 30 seconds traveled through the intersection at Avoca road and high street).

Assignment 2: Final Submission

Poster

Animation

http://youtu.be/O4fGwjUOGhc

 

 I originally intended to use a camera track view with a target path and camera path to achieve my animation, however I was unable to achieve an adequate curve that suited the modulating angles of the primitives to correctly fly through the spaces.

I am quite disappointed with this outcome however hope to still use my understanding for camera tracking for my third assignment.

Image of

You can see in the left image that the two curves that the target and camera path will follow, as of yet, I haven't been able to get a good view from these (the camera keeps rotating in interesting ways).

Grasshopper Final

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3imrb19yichehrp/qsVf_zk86s 

The Grasshopper file can be found in the above link
Note you must open both files to see corresponding model and grasshopper attractor method. 



There is quite alto of redundant coding which was not used in the final production of this assignment, however I have left the coding to show my experimentation process as well as my process for achieving my attractor.

Attractor method

Assignment 2: Interim Submission

 Submission Posters (2/2) and GH File:

 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e9k3eks5ukm03j5/b9kvOUkz1Q

Design proposal:
Using an Limitated Number slider I was able to create a Motion sensing architectural system that responded to the X and Y co-ordinants of a person within a building with reference to the location and angularture of the Sun. The System acts conjunction to their movements. Spheres are created, getting larger or smaller shifting in density to create more or less shading dependent on the suns power for that particular day.  

• Embed your animation [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZejRPgc44].

• Name your pdf using the format: arch1201-2014-<firstname>-<lastname>-project2.pdf


• Upload your pdf to your blog AND email your pdf to your tutor before 11am Friday 11 April 2014 (week 6).

Week Five Studio Exercise: For Data Dependency

TASK 1

1 Find a classmate to pair up with, who has a mock-up proposal which responds to the same environmental factor as you. 
Present to each other your design proposal then discuss and take notes in pairs, covering the following points: 
• Does the design proposal fulfill the basic requirements of the brief? 

I need to think about the different angles to provide ultimate shadow effects. 
if the angle is very steep you have to move the shapes closer to the side of the facility where as if its over head it will be directly in line with the occupant. 

• Is the design proposal a thoughtful and well-thought-out response to the brief? 

Yes though I need to think about the different shapes i need or grid and weither I am going to manipulate the shape and or size of my different over head elements. I am also needing to work out what the 

• What strengths and weaknesses can you identify of each other’s proposals? 

My Design, I need to think about angles and the actual shape and co-coordinating the shapes so that they close and open in reference to where the person is moving but also the location of the sun at different times of the day.

• Compare the design proposal to the examples shown in last week’s lecture. Are there similarities? Are there difference? Are these differences significant enough such that it is not an imitation? Is the design proposal innovative? 

Interactive with the person and buildable, original, in realtime hard to build. need to think about XY coordinates of the sun and the person. 

Bill Gates house

http://www.ihome.asia/blog-post-2/

Documentary a walk through of bill gates house:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqF9U9GhC9M

Lucus and I's ideas are very similar in the idea that an attractor is used to shield the occupant from the siun by manipulating shapes and or the number of shapes. 

TASK 2:Export your grasshopper document [File > Export Hi-Res image] and post it on your blog

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e9k3eks5ukm03j5/b9kvOUkz1Q

TASK 3: Create a new viewport setting that you will use to prepare your 3D animation.

Task 4

4 Prepare an animation for your poster. Watch Andrew Heumann’s video on recording data from slider components in 

Grasshopper [http://vimeo.com/39730831]. Then: 

• Modify Heumann’s definition to suit your dynamic architectural response (animating a control knob? Animating a 

Boolean toggle? Rotating a different object compared to a cube? Have more than 4 variables?). 

• Record a sample demonstrating your dynamic architectural response. 

• Export the animation images, ensuring you change the file extension from .bmp to .png [right-click the slider bar > 

animate]. 

• Animate the results using video editing software to compile the images into a video, e.g. in Adobe Premiere, import 

the images, change all their duration to 1 frame, and use the “make new sequence from clip” tool. 

• Post the resulting animation onto your blog

Task 5

Digitalised Poster

Independent Study

Task 1

1. Prepare your SketchUp model for importation into Rhinoceros. Ensure that double faces and redundant geometry are removed and that unused geometry and components in the model are purged (Window > Model Info > Statistics: purge). Ensure that components are grouped appropriately (consider components that will be static and components that might be parametric). Import your SketchUp file into Grasshopper. Experiment with the import settings to ensure your model imports appropriately (e.g. you may or may not want to weld geometry). 

Exporting From Sketchup into Rhino tutorial:

I encountered a number of problems delivering my model from sketch up into rhino. Firstly was my actual file had a lot of missing edges and faces which needed to be fixed. Because a lot of the shapes were generic within my model, I found it easy to fix this by quickly re sketching the shapes from scratch. This was a little more time consuming then I thought but enabled me to export successfully into rhino. 

I found this tutorial helpful in exporting my design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7jNPfP_9mI
Because I have been having trouble exporting my sketchup model, I did a practise 'Mock' export instead. 
My Practise Model in Sketch up before export:

After Export in Rhino

I am not sure weither or not the solid is suppose to look like this... 

2 Select 1 of your storyboards to develop in Rhinoceros and Grasshopper. Describe the key idea of the proposed architectural response in approximately 50 words. Post this description to your blog before next week’s studio class. 

One of the storyboards I wish to develop in rhino and grasshopper is the light shielding motion sensing device (storey board 1). 
I would need a series of points which are the base of a particular shape. The shape can be poly or circular changing the radius and number of sides using a number slider. I will also have an attractor method that uses an input (number slider or other) which will reflect that of the motion of an user (I will do something similar to the sphere and point method in last weeks tutorial task to achieve this). The points will reflect the position of the user and so will effectively shift and manipulate the outline or radius, position and number of sides of the exterior shielding shapes. I will condition the code so that the shapes become more dense whilst directly over the user and more sprawled to allow light to filter through into the facility. 

3 Program the basic functionality and create a mock-up of your selected storyboard by incorporating parts of your Rhinoceros model. Complete your mock-up proposal before next week’s studio class. 

Grasshopper File

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e9k3eks5ukm03j5/b9kvOUkz1Q

Grasshopper

Task 2

• Program a sphere that can move along an arc representing the sun’s path. Design the system so that you may specify the azimuth (sphere’s location along the arc’s length) and the altitude (arc’s rotation about the Y-axis). 

• Program a façade that responds to the shadows cast on it by the sphere, so that wherever there’s a shadow, there’s an opening. Try using the “exposure” component and assign a vector between the sphere and the façade.

• Reprogram the façade so that wherever there’s a shadow, there is an opening.

• Program a cube that can move along a circle centered on the origin. Design the system so that you may modify the cube’s location using a control knob. 

• Program a façade that responds to the cube (“attractor”), so that when the attractor is near, there are more openings.

• Reprogram your façade, so that when the attractor is near, there are fewer openings. 

Complete these Grasshopper tasks by 3pm. 

Grasshopper file:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e9k3eks5ukm03j5/b9kvOUkz1Q

Assignment 2: Week 4

Task 1


1) Reflect on the lecture and develop a matrix of 9 proposals for how yours (or a classmate’s) architecture from Project 1 could respond to its context. Each proposal should be a short description. Your matrix should include the three environmental factors (sun, wind and rain) on one axis, and the interactive methods (toggle switch, incremental slider, and infinitesimal slider) on the other axis, as shown in the matrix below. 

	Toggle	Incremental slider	Infinitesimal Slider
Sun	A shutter system using blades that turn in synchronization during the day and off during the night. The night allows light from the sky, moon and stars and during the day the shutters close to stop harsher lights from the sun entering the facility.	Using heat and colour senses to detect the penetration of the sun, a shield is activated to change colours that either let more or less light into the facility. Dark will absorb more the light colours and thus heat or shield the facility.	Motion sensing data that follows occupants throughout the house, shading in conjunction to their movements. Spheres are created, getting larger or smaller shifting in density to create more or less shading dependent on the suns power for that particular day.
Wind	A shielding device that either allows wind to enter into the house or stops it completely. Depending on the needs and desires of the users.	Responsive to direction of wind, which is also responsive to the positioning the of occupants to allow more wind or less (personal preference) depending on the location of the occupant. as a over all goal to get a good Cross ventilation.	Blades that rotate to generate power. The amount of power generated is dependent on the force of wind.
Rain	Shutters acting as a façade changing direction with the direction of rain, shifting angles. Usually not activated, however when there is rain (surface detecting) is pulled into action.	The different levels of rain and the intensity of the shield is increased to stop noise from entering the facilities. Watering system to water the gardens!!!	As the direction of rain changes, shields act as a barricade that stops the rain from entering the facility. This must be quick responsive and should be stronger at the point of impact channelling the rain into a catchment device.

Reflection on this weeks lecture. 

This Weeks Lecture looked at a number of existing and possible architecture designs that responded to some climatic factors such as Rain, Sun and Wind. Instead of a simple 'on' or 'off'' solution, a number of different examples were shown that offered a plethora of different combinations and levels in providing  a particular service. 



This particular example struck me as quite beautiful as the action of the wind moving over the metal surface moved fluidly like a liquid. It as had a functional aspect, shielding a multi-levelled Car park from the wind, however did not negate from aesthetic beauty and elevated part of the designers creativity. 

In My own design I want to not only build something functional, giving the occupants a services as such, but also create something valuable to an environment in a more abstract way. 



I quite enjoyed the customisability of this particular invention and found it most functional however elegant at the same time. I liked the automatic conditioning of the different panels very fascinating and fun to watch.

Task 2

Storey Board

1 Yet to explain and comment on each image. More images coming.