Thursday, 15 May 2014
Assignment 3: Interim 1
Friday, 9 May 2014
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.
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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.
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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.
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| 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).
Saturday, 19 April 2014
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.
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
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.
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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
Thursday, 3 April 2014
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
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