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Parametrics Workshop 2010 at Tsinghua University
Scheffler + Partner Architects and Achim Menges, Hercules
Monument Visitor Centre competition entry, 2005
Parametric Desgin in Architecture
The ZA11 Pavilion designed by Dimitrie Stefanescu, Patrick Bedarf and Bogdan Hambasan.
The design is interesting in the way that it curves despite its rigid hexagonal form. It also shows the influence of each individual component on the other, with the hexagon being distorted, stretched and flattened with the slightest change in angle.
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Bridges designed by the students of the Tsinghua University course, illustrating the feel of the parametric design. With the holes in the facade used as windows, it can almost appear as a cage.
Scheffler + Partner Architects and Achim Menges, Hercules
Monument Visitor Centre competition entry, 2005
More information can be found on this design here
Scheffler + Partner Architects and Achim Menges, Hercules
Monument Visitor Centre competition entry, 2005
Knitting and Weaving
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Experiment with weaving method
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The knitting began with tight stitches, and with each line they were made looser. This was to create larger holes to let light through, and make it resemble the 50x50 pixel image (bottom right). The top right image is a potion of the knitting (from the left photo) converted to black and white.
Group 34 (MMT) Review ....KRIPZZZ BABY!
Group (34 MMT) review
In the final peer review in
accordance to the design paper, our group was tasked to review the complex and
integrated outer shell of the yet to be hotel exterior. In the presentation the group was critically
reviewed upon the clarity of the presentation, ideas and the precedent’s, which
resulted in their final designs for a utopia and dystopia. The hotel shells in
context also were vital as it aided in the explanation of categorising each
hotel as a utopia or a dystopia.
When critiquing the group’s work it
was a necessary aspect for us to familiarise our self with certain “know how”
and background information on the project. This was achieved through a formal
presentation in which the team showcased their design in the virtual world of
second life. The presentation was a key process, which allowed for us to
familiarise our self’s with the project in respect to the technical and
theoretical processes which allowed for the creation of complex and intricate
designs. The groups ability to talk us through there design was impressive as
they were able to virtually demonstrate the process of using rhino and the
“plug in” grasshopper to produce a mesh or weave engraving in a solid object
obtained through the planer surface produced by three or more lines.
One of the most necessary aspects
of the complied review was the group’s ability to integrate precedence into
their work; this was either to form around a utopia or a dystopia. However with
a lack of time and development issues the group was only able to produce one
such outer shell, which revolved around the dystopia. The group then exploited
their creativity on second life as an artificial prim was textured to impose a decayed,
yet raw atmosphere in which the dystopian hotel was to reside. The atmosphere
was presented exceptionally well as this allowed the viewer to feel the
extinguished nature of the hotel and also showcased the hotel in context to its
surrounding environment. The group was also tasked to produce a small footage,
as they would tour the hotel, this was exceptional in providing a overall view
of the hotel however there was a inadequate mastering of the video recording
software. The group could have also maximised the usage of the video footage,
in order to identify the main entrances/exits, or significant pathways. We as a
group felt that the single orbital approach when showcasing the hotel
compromised for the justice deserved.
Garden Cities and Shipping Crates
Garden City
Aberdeen's Garden City proposal aimed to create a new park within the city. Although the project has not gone ahead yet for various reasons, one of the possible reasons particularly stood out.
In Jan-Carlos Kucharek "review" of the city (RIBA Journal 2011), he mentions the need for danger within modern cities.
Aberdeen's Garden City proposal aimed to create a new park within the city. Although the project has not gone ahead yet for various reasons, one of the possible reasons particularly stood out.
"LSE’s Professor Richard Sennett talks
about the ‘need for danger’ within modern cities. I don’t think he means
real danger, but raw, urban spaces that are unmonitored, unmediated and
uninfluenced by other agendas"
Like the Garden City in The Ultimate City, maybe there is something missing in this new futuristic vision - similar to the way the Halloway felt there was something missing from his utopian home. He goes looking for the unknown over the suspension bridge, and felt he needed something else. He builds his vision and others feeling the same "need for danger" follow.
This could be something we explore when we make our utopian city - a plastic uniformity or a constrained environment that appears perfect but is not.
Hotels in Crates
Boxpark Shoreditch has dubbed itself as the world's first pop-up mall. Ever store - clothes shop or cafe - is fitted inside a shipping container that can be moved and "pop up" anywhere.
Could this be applied to a hotel? A container with only a necessary amount of space, raw and not trying to hide what it is.
Transmaterials
In our Transmaterial Cards one of the requirements was to enforce tactility within the depiction and explanation of the materials which we had decided to research. The group was greatly interested in Ceramics, Fibers and new developments from Wood formed structures which have been developed due to a greater molecular structure, thus allowing the material to perform exceptionally and be integrated efficiently within the design of our hotels.
Staircases on ArchiCAD
In the first design task it was required to produce two works showcasing the development of stairs in archicad, this was a complex task and required the virtual and physical know how of the stairs which were to be designed ( for example, Scale, physical forces, and safety ect.)
The first Stair which we designed was influenced by the mechanical elements and connections affiliated by the cogs and and gears within a watch, this was to subsequently reiterate the dystopia as it showcased the rawness or material, whilst also expressing the advanced and complex designs which were produced.
However this idea was completely contradicted by the design of the second staircase as it maintained its persona as that of a utopia. The stair was influenced by the iterative growth most commonly witnessed in the physical expanding layering of a seashell. With this design in mind we produced what is believed to be a elegance in the twist of stairs however only produced by a singular, but expanding shape.
The first Stair which we designed was influenced by the mechanical elements and connections affiliated by the cogs and and gears within a watch, this was to subsequently reiterate the dystopia as it showcased the rawness or material, whilst also expressing the advanced and complex designs which were produced.
However this idea was completely contradicted by the design of the second staircase as it maintained its persona as that of a utopia. The stair was influenced by the iterative growth most commonly witnessed in the physical expanding layering of a seashell. With this design in mind we produced what is believed to be a elegance in the twist of stairs however only produced by a singular, but expanding shape.
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