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ARCHITECTURAL JOURNLSTUDIO AIR

ZHEN TONG 502944

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Week 1-EOI: Case for Innovation :Understanding the Course: Architecture as Discourse

How does architecture discourse come out?

Because of design challenges comes To Products challenges To Good service challenges To Interfaces challenges To Multiuser systems and network challenges To Projects challenges Finally Discourse comes

Architecture as Discourse : With the external world serving as an unconscious precisely because it is external and , architecture as discourse also embodies a form of virtue. it connects the way people think , behave in their daily life. I understand architecture as a system of communications Design intelligence is collective intelligence that envolves within its own self-referential network of communications. Use dwgs, written words from website, books, magazines to communicate,focus key distinctions, concepts, codes. Values, methods and media. The system of communication itself specifies not only its own elements - what in each case is a unit of communication that cannot be further divided - but also its structures. Apply to what we learnt before, In relation to buildings, archi- tecture has to do with the planning, designing and constructing form, space and ambience that reflect functional, technical, social, environmental, and aesthetic considerations. It requires the creative manipulation and coordination of material, technology, light and shadow.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture

Content :

Week 1 – EOI: Case for Innovation: Architecture as a Discourse Week 2 – EOI: Case for Innovation: Computation in Architecture Week 3 – EOI: Case for Innovation: Parametric Design Week 4 – EOI: Research Project: CUT: Develop Week 5 – EOI: Research Project: CUT: Develop Week 6 – EOI: Research Project: CUT: Develop Week 7 – EOI: Research Project: CUT: Fabricate Week 8 – EOI: Research Project: CUT: Fabricate Week 9 - Project development

Week 10- physical model at 1:50 (details, surface treatments and performative intent)Week 11-A1 posters : Innovative nature of Design proposal

Week 12 - Reflection

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The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is the result of a unique collaboration between the Basque authorities and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The museum is the cor-nerstone of the redevelopment of Bilbao, which has entailed major architectural projects by some of the most renowned architects in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guggenheim_Museum_Bilbao

http://www.archidose.org/Jul99/071299.html

Reference:

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a pinnacle in Gehry’s outstanding architectural career as well as in the field of museum design. It remains unsurpassed in its integration of art and archi-tecture, maintaining an aesthetic and programmatic unity.

Understanding it as architectural discourse, Guggenheim Museum used the new technology to generate its design, this building showcase how powerful the technology applies in its building that the idea is transended by architect from scratch of paper to real 3d metalic building. From the way of construction and seamless material integration, the building itself is an art sculpture provokes that it is the wonder of architectural history has changed the way we think of modern-ism architecture and it create a new era that architecture start to move towards deconstruction-ism which is post modern architecture.

I choose this building as architectural discourse is because it demonstrates new technologies in construction method which is change the architecture revolution, make architects dare to dream more . The project rejected all the traditional design both internally and externally, the new tech-nology also appears in the joints between two materials which forms the art scupture.

What’s more, it is seamlessly integrated into the urban context, unfolding its interconnecting shapes of stone, glass and titanium on a long site along the Nervión River in the old industrial heart of the city; the material it used and the construction methods are all moving to a higher level because of the emergence of this building.

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAOBilbao, Spain 1991–97

Social aspects The sculpture look building itself start engage with visitors whoever has come to this site be-fore, it demonstrates liability of this building together with art pieces., which attract people moving forward to figure out how the artistic gallery space works internally.

Formlism The museum has succeeded in creating an iconic identity for Bilbao. twisted forms that break conventions of building design. This sculpture piece is trying to communicate with us that it is representing art in Bibao, attract people to go in.

Functionalism exhibition and gallery space inside, peice of art work outside, draw people from all over the world, create engagement for people

Design feature

While modest from street lev-el, it is most impressive when viewed from the river. Eleven thousand square meters of exhibition space are distrib-uted over nineteen galleries, ten of which follow a classic orthogonal plan that can be identified from the exterior by their stone finishes.

The remaining nine galleries are irregularly shaped and can be identified from the outside by their swirling organic forms and titanium cladding.

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Barcelona PavilionMies van der Rohe

According to what Mies van der Rohe’s developing for this project is that the free flow-ing space which using walls as planes in isolation, joined by sliding elements or glass and wall expressed as a single ele-ment with space flowing around it which has been regarded as an aesthetic feature of his work.

This is essential quality of the form that it assumes in this instance also evokes a subtle traditional resonance.

Material approach

Glass, steel and four different kinds of marble (Roman trav-ertine, green Alpine marble, ancient green marble from Greece and golden onyx from the Atlas Mountains) were used for the reconstruction

Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona_Pavilionhttp://www.archdaily.com/109135/ad-classics-barcelona-pavilion-mies-van-der-rohe/

Explain architecture as discourse

Material approach show-ing the uniqueness of whole project. In a way it reflects the lavishness of this building. As what we define architecture is a way for communication. this project carries out the information of lavish lifestyle. Use of sliding wall panels presents the idea of more choices of living.

Conclusion: Architecture as discourse means architecture is not just a fixed object, it can be changing all the time. And materility is a way to express the orna-ments.

Sliding wall panels on plan view

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Design Feature:

Bioclimatic design, Menara Mesiniaga + Ken Yeang

http://www.jetsongreen.com/2006/11/skyscraper_sund_3-4.html

Explain architecture as discourse

1.Ecological value

This idea is incorporate with the idea of ecology living into design, which is well define the relationship between nature and living. green plants generate good views for users on each floors. As which has been argued in the reading that architecture is a way of communication, so in this building I can define that architecture here is allow communication between human with nature, which has added ecological value.

2. Economical value In order to make these plants living, this building have to design with energy efficiecy intent. I argue architecture discourse is a new technology envolvement in the building system to serve better needs for human, which here using solar energy is to maximize the use of natural energy generate more economical value for human.

I choose this building to explain architecture discourse as the this building change the way we define architecture. As architecture is always cost money for maintenance, while this building has positive effect on economic value as well as ecological value.

The building design reduces long-term maintenance costs and lowers energy use. On the north + south facades, curtain wall glazing minimizes solar gain. On the east + west facades, aluminum fins and louvers provide sun shading.

All the office floor terraces have sliding doors that allow the occupants to control natural ventilation. The trussed steel + aluminum sunroof also incorporates solar panels that power the building. Some other features include the skycourt, vertical landscaping, and naturally ventilated core.

The Menara Mesiniaga is the epitome of building design that reflects climate character-istics specific to the location of the building.

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Digital architecture What is digital architecture? and what is that for ?

Digital architecture can be understood only in this extended historical perspective. That’s the reason why contemporary digital architecture starts with an overview of the itinerary leading from the rise of the society of information to the advent of digital cul-ture and the successive ways it has impacted on architecture.

There are some thinking between information, digital technology and architecture. No doubt that the most immediate consequence of the use of computer is without doubt the possibilities it offers to manipulate complex geometries. In an attempt to go beyond the mere seduction of computer- produced forms, architects have become increasingly interested in the core principles involved in parametric design. Digital architecture create potentials in innovative hybrid materi-als, digital fabrication and non – standard customization, as well as innovative strategies for environmentally sustainable respon-sive and intelligent buildings.

This new phase of production emphasize greater control over the symbiotic relationship between technique, process, an outcome. Parametric modelling open to new possiblities for design, rather than just problem solving, it allows more possiblities for facade and form design as well.

Week 2 - EOI: Case for Innovation:INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING IN ARCHITECTURE “ parametric design, it is the parameter design that are declared, not its shape. By assigning different values to the parameters, different objects or configurations can be created, equations can be used to describe the relationship between objects, thus defining associative geometry.” - Kolarevic ( 2003.p.17)

Reference : https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu.

New Technology - Key to CreationCase study: Watercube by PTW architects Engage with new design techniques

Rapid prototyping was used to physically model the complex structure, both to convey the idea to the judges of the design competition which is an ideal way to create a model of the Water Cube. Arup used two separate types: sintered nylon powder and solidified epoxy resin. The process is also called stereo lithography. To create the rapid prototype model, Arup exported the Microstation 3D model to an STL file (stereolithography).

InnovationBy introducing Rapid prototyping in design technique, more variety can be generated in a shorter time frame compared to normal prototyping, which is considered a new creation in computational architec-tural design technique nowadays.

Reference : http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/watercube/

This prototype model allows architect test out the materiality and fixing method in a fast and advanced way.

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Week 3 EOI: Case for Innovation: Parametric Design Understanding of Scripting programming/culture

Scripting is the capability offered by almost all design software packages that allows the user to adapt, customise or completely reconfigure software around their own predilections and modes of working.

Major advantages of scripting

Scripting critique give the opportunities that scripting offers to shift design practice in a new directions, can we anticipate significant shifts in architectural culture and its critique? what are the major advantages for scripting?

Increase productivity

“This automation of repetitive aspects design means a greater potential outcome for same investment of time “

1.Inventiveness It equip designers ability to invent new ideas and design and try something different.

2. Variety relative to opportunity

Scripting generation is more from the creation of inventive articulated patterns, and the small- scale installations to the full scale architectural projects where scripting can unleash an entire universe of opportunities for architectural space. ( Matias del Campo, SPAN)

3. Scripting offers new ways of exploring design by means of computation simplify architect’s job In the past, we spend alot time and research and model making together with drafting tools. with this technique, these have helped drastically increase the productivity of architects, and helped in commercialising architectural projects.

My argument will be whether it is good ro not to use this technique for design, as most of the work are using programming and computional tools which control by maths and instead of drawings. although it simplify architect’s work, but it doesn’t mean architects are just dealing with programming stuff all the time. I argue that architect’s role still need to include human-ist, urbanist and educators.

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Case study

What I see scripting culture is a productivity tool as it could produce different patterning for the design by changing the input setting, it’s really an efficient way to achieve as many as we need to get the best of the design suit to architect’s need.

Scripting culture is a way to combine geometry and mathmetics. scripting can be seen as offer-ing an alternative view of creativity. with a set of knowledge of mathmetics. thus, we need to think in a algorithmical way instead.

the interior of the space will include a com-mercial zone with restaurants and cinemas known as the agora. the interior spaces refer-ence the basis of three systems of crystaliza-tion characteristic of calcite.

A chosen project

I have choosen this project done by Guallart which is denia castle cultural park . we can see that its continusion the theme of mountain-ous architectural landforms.

for the town. Gullart’s design intention is to blur the exterior and interior through the fluid design connecting the landscape into archi-tecture form with consideration of the site context and geographic factors.

Interior perspective

Guallart’s goal was to “ create an artificial topography understood not as a skin, but as a genetic expression of the structure of the original stone of the quarry. “

Inspired by the angular forms of the limestone and the rhombohedra calcite crystals that make up the structural system for the hill.

Relation to digital architectural discourse

Though digital movement, Guallart has acheived the rhombohedra calcite crystal form. He use digital scripting tool to create modular object and geometric patterning to form a skin covering the whole mountain with crystalized spaces inside( can refer to the interior perspective and the section)Without scripting tool, its really hard to achieve such a large scale crystallized form in an efficient way.

Reference:http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8183/artificial-mountain-design.htmlAntoine picon,2010, digital culture in architecture an introduction for the design professions

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Week 4 - EOI: Research Project: CUT: Develop Definition exploration:

How such approach may give rise to innovative design solutions to the Wyndham Gateway Project?

Wyndham gateway project is to propose new, inspiring and brave ideas, to generate a new discourse. by introducing this new technique of achieving the design both asthetically and meaningfully, we can start with precedents study to see the effect on site

programming which keep trying with different combination to test out how the patterns will be look like and select the right one to elaborate.

Input/Association//Output matrix Combinations

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Performative architecture:

what performative architecture is and its role in the design process and product. In the scope of performative architecture the aim is to focus what a building does rather than what it is and the fact that architecture should have the capability of being adaptable to changing time, conditions and environment. A design problem is taken under consideration and designed from the scope of performative architecture. Architecture can be given performative capacity through the movement of people around and through a building. The experience of structures spatial presence and materiality along with the engagement of the eye and the body which makes architecture performative.

Research Project:

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Our design philosophy:

Our intention is to create an advanced innovative spatial experience, which connect with the great city’s development, exchange idea with suburban fringe area.

Our idea is that the building itself start engagement with people who pass by this gateway It brings new thoughts to people and challenge people to figure out the

Make people involve in the development progress of the city. As people pass by this gateway with active response towards what they see, and trying to question and figure out what hap-pens around, create engagement among people and city. The gateway project encourages discourse.

What they see on site: the gateway project demonstrate the changes of building appearance which symbolize development of city , use of idea of ” form follow performance”

Thus, Exciting, eye catching design starts...

What’s existing on site ?

Nature zone: Werribee Open range zoo Werribee Park mansion National equestrian centre Water treatment plant Ramsar convention Wetlands

Our intention is to create an advanced innovative spatial experience, which connect with the great city’s development, exchange idea with suburban fringe area.

Citizen of wyndham city will witness the evolution that tech-nology brings in our life.

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Slicing, reflection

Hills Place“Fibre optics to generate a coloured moiré pattern providing dynamic visu-al interest and a feeling of depth to what would otherwise be a blank wall” (Arch Daily <http://www.archdaily.com/34887/10-hills-place-amanda-levete-architects/>, 2012)

Kinetic, making the invis-ible visible, air,

Articulated Cloud“ Translucent white acrylic panels that flutter in the wind, creating a dynamic surface that responds to air movemen.” “Its appearance changing dramatically with variations in light conditions, weather, and time of day.” (Christine and René, 2008, p.112)

Perforation, image map-ping, layering

Dior Ginza“ The facade was developed as a double-layed skin comprised of two independent surface, perforated layer and inner layer with fiber-optically illuminated. “ (Ben, 2010,p.105)

Contouring

BANQ RestaurantBelow the ceiling, the functional as-pects of a dining space are fabricated with warm woods and relaminated bamboo amplifying the striping affect already at play throughout the space. (Arch Daily <http://www.archdaily.com/42581/banq-office-da/>, 2012)

layering,voronoi patterning

Airspace Tokyo“A series of digitally-generated geometric patterns which were then overlaid and projected as voids which puncture the two layers of the façade.” (Ben, 2010,p.88)

Perforation, layering, weathering

De Young Musuem“The copper façade was designed to simulate the effects of natural light filering through a canopy of trees.” (Ben, 2010,p.75)“A series of plaster mockups to study the variable parameters for the per-foration and debossing techniques.” (Ben, 2010,p.76)

Perforation, tiling, repeti-tion

Andre de Gouveia Residence“Arrangement of two different sizes of slotted perforations produces an im-age reminiscent of calcada patterns.” (Ben, 2010,p.69)

Stacking, Rotation, Image mapping

“ As the surface of each brick reflects sunlight differently according to its angle relative to the facade, the build-ing surfaces appear from a distance as a pixelated composition.” (Ben, 2010, p.180)

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Colour and cut surface

Image: UN Studio, 2012, www.unstudio.com/, accessible on 18 March 2012)

Floating, Sculptural Form

“... introduces a floating and multi-directional space...The pavilion is sculptural, highly accessible, function-ing as an urban activator.”

UN Studio <www.unstudio.com/> , 2012

Burnham pavilion

Architect Ben Van BerkelLocation Millenium Park, Chicago, USA2007

Case for Innovation

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Colour

La Defense OfficesArchitect Ben Van BerkelLocation Almere, Netherlands1999-2004“The malleability of colors” achieves “phenomenological”.

Kolarevic, 2003. P9

Image: http://www.buildingbutler.com/bd/UNStudio/Almere/La-Defense/621

The exterior façade reflects the larger urban condition, while the interior façades of the courtyards have been designed with the office tenants in mind. These façades are clad with glass panels in which a multi- colored foil is integrated and, depending on the time of day and the angle of incidence, a variety of different colours are reflected, animating the courtyards.

ReferenceBen Pell (2010) ‘Restaurant Aoba-Tei’, in The Articulate Surface : Orna-ment and Technology in Contemporary Architecture (Basel, London: Birkhäuser ; Springer distributor) p. 54 - 59

Perforation Pattern on Continuous Surface

Aoba-Tei RestaurantArchitect Hitoshi AbeLocation Sendai, Japan2005

“Unfolding the digitally-generated three-dimensional shapes into a limited variety of discrete, two-dimensional sections, installers were able to accu-rately deform each area on-site and assemble the steel surface as a smooth and continuous membrane.” (Ben, 2010, p. 56)

Digital design can create unfolding and continuous form that conventions can not create.

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Lighting to engage public

White Noise/ White LightHöweler + Yoon / MY StudioLocation Athens2005

“Depending on the time of day, number of people, and trajectories of movement, the project is constantly being choreo-graphed by the cumulative interaction of the public. “

ReferenceBig Heart Gets a Second Chance in Times Square (2012) http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/31954 accessible on 25 April 2012

Big Heart Gets a Second Chance in Times Square

Architect Freecell StudioLocation Times Square, USYear 2012

Lighting to engage public

Big Heart Gets a second chance in Times SquareArchitect Freecall StudioTimes Square US2012

“ Four-hundred LED-lit acrylic tubes wrap a cube that bounds a suspended heart” “when touched the heart grows brighter” (Big Heart Gets a Second Chance in Times Square ( http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/31954> 2012)

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Aqua Tower

Ripple effect facade Create dialogue with community

“ Curve cantilevers of exposed floor edges at the building periphery that give this building a remarkable amor-phous feel“

It create a strong connection to the outdoors and the city, as well as form the tower’s distinctive undulating ap-pearance(http://www.studiogang.net/work/2004/aqua)

Week 8-EOI: Research Project: CUT: Fabrication

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Lighting Exploration

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After EOI Design Development

Case study 1: Tjibacu Cultural Centre in Noumea, New Caledonia Renzo Piano, architect, 1998

Rose of Wind direction versus Wind speed in km/h

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Idea of wheel gear show the mechanism relationship between each cylinder pattern movement

wind movement - first cylinder- the first cylinder - the rest of cylinder

Idea of Open barzza

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Site discovery

Chemical manufacturingat south west side of the site

airport terminal at south west side of the site

Site Plan 1:2000

Project proposal

There are some new found out onto the site, we can see from these two potos, the south west part from the site, there are airport and chemical manufacturing. even though there’s distance from out site, but these are the most impact ones which maybe have special impact onto our design.

we had an idea that combine all the characteristics of our site within the cylinder form turbine, which include the endangered glass pattern, with airport sounds and chemical manufacuring metalitic and industral look. when car pas through it, they can experience the dense version of wydham city. so the gateway project itself is introducing people how the currunt wdynham city is about.

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Showcase of the grass plains, windy climate and chemi-

cal manufacturing industry synonymous with Melbourne’s

West. Expressing the value of these historically undervalued

characteristics as an exquisite vertical wind turbine. Ambigu-

ous, it neither fully becomes a work of infrastructure, or of

public art.

Viewed from a distance it borrows from the iconic formal

language of Wyndham’s chemical manufacturing plants,

seeking to establish a feeling of place. Traffic passing under-

neath are exposed to a brief but exaggerated experience

of the endangered grassplain ecosystem on which much of

Wyndham’s development is occuring.

Perforated panels are common in contemporary design as

a means to economically apply ornamentation, detail and

craft to a surface, usually facades. Here it is applied not only

for the ornamental quality of the patterned sheet steel, but

also as part of the turbine blade design. Adjustments in per-

foration size give the two fold advantage of meeting struc-

tural weight constraints and wind load opportunities. This

construction technique is the key to mediating between the

functioning of an electricity-generating wind turbine and

the aesthetic ambitions held in this proposal for Wyndham

City’s Gateway Project.

Wahlenbergia stricta (Native Bluebells)

Grasslands Species of Wyndham

With less than 1% of the original grassland community left in Victoria, the Western Victorian Basalt Plains Grasslands is one of the states most endangered vegetation communities and features prominently in rural Wyndham, although it is under threat from urban expansion, weed invasion and land management practices.

Stackhousia monogyna (Creamy Candles)

Pimelea curviflora (Curved Rice-flower) Burchardia umbellate

Blur grass Lily Pimelea spinescens (Spiny Rice-flower)

Project interpretation

Showcase of the grass plains, windy climate and chemi-

cal manufacturing industry synonymous with Mel-

bourne’s West. Expressing the value of these historically

undervalued characteristics as an exquisite vertical

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Wydham City native grasslands of Victoria’s Volcanic Plain, which are listed as critically endangered under the Federal Government’s Environ-ment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

Pattern development

In order to educate people to be more aware of environmental issues, our ideas is that using the Silhouette from these endangered grass put, using grasshopper definition -image sampler create perforation according to the shape.

We suggest that the whole size can be continous variation. largest perforation at the edge of the panel to reduce the weight there, while smallest perforationat centre part of the panel, so it will see a gradual effect of pattern variation from, heavy in the centre,light at the edge.

Using Cut definition to create grass shape

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Macro 1:1000 physical model photos showing light and shadow Photograph these models using amacro lense and a photo stage under controlled lighting conditions.

We fabricate the model in 1000 scale to test out how it looks in rela-tion to the site

There is a motor underneath of the central core sitting on the site, which is the generator of the fan.

Shadow casting effect on the drive way which reflect the patterns of the panel on the ground, it turns to be the feature on the road, the roatat-ing effect also turn the static shadow lines to be the motion on the land-scape.

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Week 9 Micro design

Research for construction method

Case Study: London eye

Its steel design forms an “A” shape, with two large tapered legs at the base -- 65 feet (20 meters) apart and each over 190 feet (58 meters) in length. The legs lean toward the river at a 65-degree angle. Cable backstays keep the frame from tilting into the river -- they’re anchored to the top of the frame and then buried in a concrete foundation 108 feet (33 meters) deep.

The wheel part of the London Eye resembles a bicycle wheel -- with a spindle and hub connected to the rim by 64 cables, or spokes. Sixteen additional rotation cables are attached to the hub at an opposing angle to ensure there’s no lag between the turning of the rim and the turning of the hub. The spindle itself is supported by the frame on one side only (cantilevered), and the frame holds the wheel over the river. The London Eye can withstand winds of a 50-year storm, the worst storm anticipated to occur once in a period of 50 years, and if it’s ever struck by lightning, the strike would be conducted to the ground with no harm to passengers. Reference

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/london-eye1.htm

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Windmill technology

Generated by wind energy convert energy to electricityeletricity generate the motor

Wyndy City

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open swageclose swage

http://www.bashpint.com/forged_closed_swage.php

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/442898491/forged_open_swage_sockets.html

http://www.vernoncorp.com/products/blackdia-mondwireropeslings/swagewireropeassemblies.html

all design details and surface treatments communicate its performative intent

Physical prototype model testing joinery or structural ele-ments

Top capping

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Detail plan to show connection between panel arm to central core

Detail section to show connection between panel arm to central and core and cable joints

Option 1: steel member

Construction detail and design vector drawings

Option 2 : truss system

Construction detail drawings

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02.Photograph the 1:200 scale model under controlled lighting using a photo stage.

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Week 10 01. a physical model at 1:50

Assemble the detail model by bolts and nuts Physical prototype model testing joinery or structural elements

Document the fabrication process using high-quality vector drawings.

1.

2. 3.

4. 5. Add the cable to link the beam and core

Prototype one panel from the fan, install the panel onto the centre core

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03 Produce physical models of details of your design exploring material performance and effects underexternal environmental conditions. Explore stretching, bending, melt-ing, blowing, weathering, burning, etc).

Showcase of the grass plains, windy climate and chemical manufacturing industry synonymous with Mel-bourne’s West. Expressing the value of these historically undervalued characteristics as an exquisite vertical wind turbine. Ambiguous, it neither fully becomes a work of infrastructure, or of public art.

Viewed from a distance it borrows from the iconic formal language of Wyndham’s chemical manufacturing plants, seeking to establish a feeling of place. Traffic passing underneath are exposed to a brief but exagger-ated experience of the endangered grassplain ecosystem on which much of Wyndham’s development is oc-curing.

Perforated panels are common in contemporary design as a means to economically apply ornamentation, detail and craft to a surface, usually facades. Here it is applied not only for the ornamental quality of the pat-terned sheet steel, but also as part of the turbine blade design. Adjustments in perforation size give the two fold advantage of meeting structural weight constraints and wind load opportunities. This construction tech-nique is the key to mediating between the functioning of an electricity-generating wind turbine and the aes-thetic ambitions held in this proposal for Wyndham City’s Gateway Project.

Horizontal tensioned cable system anchored at each blade. Generator within vertical structure.

Proposal for Wyndham City’s Gateway Competition

May 2012

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04.Produce a 1 minute draft cut of stop-motion animation demon-strating model performance under environmental conditions.

Project proposal conclusionDesign advantages

Wyndy City has really achieve the wyndham city’s gateway project’s purpoe , create a fo-cal point of iconic scale and presence and encourage a sense of pride within the local community.

With mention of energy recycle which make wyndham city ever green.

It allow user to rethink about the city and find the dwellingness back.

Treasure the city more when noticing of what panels are communicating.

The Simple design make people think and reflect more on themselves and environment.

That’s the purpose of our design, architecture for communication!!!

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Learning Objectives and Outcomes: Final

III.1. Personal Background and Learning Objectives

Personal Background I am from Shanghai and I have some experience with architecture before since 2007. I studied in singapore when I was 18 and graduate in 2010 with diploma in architecture. what I have learnt in my previous school is both design and technical knowledge. but with less critical thinking and philosophical per-spects.

I start working from 2010 onwards. My first job is working in a multi-na-tional global corporated architecture company in singapore. and my role is an architecture assistant. that’s when I start to get abit of under-standing how to deal with local developer. After working for1 year. I switch to work in mediumm small com-pany which they emphasize on design instead focus on production.After working for half a year, I decide to leave for study, as I feel I need to build up deep understading about architec-ture sooner the better.

Learning progress:

My initial argument of digital architecture it that digital architecture provide architect’s design ability but with more focus on digital tech-niques itself with less consideration of the context and cultural issues. For example, Beijing Olympic “Bird Nest” stadium designed by archi-tect Herzog de Meuron, its famous for materiality . My experience with this building is that it itself is considered as a land mak building in Beijing located in the centralized area , but there are not any site specific design onto the building facade. Instead, this building has turned to be architect’s experiment of digital architecture’s material-ity and tectonic interlacing steel sections fully demonstrate ability of digital architecture which focus on presenting the state of develop-ment.

The function of digital architecture is to benefit the architects to have more possibilities of design techniques which is easy to convert archi-tect’s thoughts into drawings, To what extent is digital architecture in its present state of develop-ment, responsive to the context? Answer lies primarily in its participa-tion in the reconfiguration of the city in terms of sensory stimulation. Digital design is clearly geared towards the satisfaction of senses.

After this study, we insist of using the idea of create engagement with environment, awareness of Wydham city is focal point to reinforce people’s presence onto the site. It is not just a iconic building itself with less meaning for the time being.

During the group work, I know more about what an architect’s role is. Always there are disagreement in the meeting, but architects need to have skills of insisting of their own ideas with compromising other better suggestion. It’s not a simple job to deal with sometimes. In the industry ,architects still need to fulfill clients’ needs but they also need to have their own voice to insist what they should do and edu-cate the clients to take their suggestions, for eg, design with sustain-ability in mind or environmental friendly. That’s also the reason why we need to complete our master study to get the recognition from the authority , so the suggestion we made will have more weight and our environmental knowledge can be applied into real projects.

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Lerning objectives :

1. learn to make persuasive arguments with thinking criti-cally. Develop innovative solutions.contemporary computation and have an opportunity to practice this un derstanding by developing textual and visual narratives. learn to work with people.

2. Try new way of designing, Learn new types of structures, new types of usages, new construction methods and so on. Design innovation becomes the most significant competi-tive advantage that distinguishes architects from other stakeholders already involved in building (such as develop-ers). Computation brings significant new capabilities into designing and allows radical redefinition of typical design challenges.

3. Learn new tools and techniques can constrain creativity and the only way to cope with such constraints. Grasshopper is far from an ideal platform but it provides a flexible toolset and is supported by a vibrant community. Most importantly, it exposes the mathematical, geometrical and computa-tional concepts that are directly applicable to many other programs. Finally,Grasshopper is a flexible platform that can be easily extend-ed with various plugins.

4. learn design workflows which designing is likely to define future architectural practice. both conceptual and technical learning, familiar with practical implications of parametric modelling, exposes students to fabrication at a simpler level of individual building elements,

5.learning to manage the project in a group and equip with the knowledge of successful project develop-ment.

6. build up foundation for the knowlege of architecture theory and history and desgin ideas

Learning outcomes

1. Basic understanding of digital architectural designDigital architecture can be understood only in this extended histori-cal perspective Since deconstructionism.contemporary digital archi-tecture starts with an overview of the itinerary leading from the rise of the society of information to the advent of digital culture and the successive ways it has impacted on architecture. No doubt that the most immediate consequence of the use of computer offers to ma-nipulate complex geometries. In an attempt to go beyond the mere seduction of computer- produced forms, architects have become increasingly interested in the core principles involved in parametric design.

2. Have abit of knowledge of how to use rhino and grasshopper understand the relationship between parametric design and architec-ture as discourse

3. Grasp set of skills to produce high quality drawings, such as rhino illustrator photoshop and indesign.

4. Understand abit more about how the project team are running for architecture practice.

5. Learnt the skill of arguing, listening and compromising when comes to project meeting, I can’t just keep quiet. need to voice out for what we argue for. with open mind to accept people’s better suggestions.

Future Work

After 12 weeks study for studio air, its not long enough for me to fully grasp the skills in digital architectural design. I have developed a basic knowledge of what digital architecture can benefit architects in terms of the way to achieve dynamic form and tackle with technical issues. Whats more. I have learnt indesign and illustrator, rhino and grasshopper as advantages for me to have better solutions for design and presentation drawings. The readings are useful to provide the fundamental theories regarding to different part of architecture. In the future, I would prefer to experience the real digital architecture design practice in real working force. And applied what I have under-stand the role of architect into the workforce.

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