Architectural Studies 5 : Beyond Representation: April 2012

Monday 30 April 2012

3D Model of Seat and Body

1:50 Seat Model

The Transformation Outcome : 3D of Folie Model

Physical Model 1:50

Sunday 29 April 2012

Week Seven : Conceptual Sketches and Development of Analogue Model

Break Detail Drawing

Week 5 : 6 x 1:200 or 1:500 cross sections

Cross Section A

Cross Section B

Cross Section C

Cross Section D

Cross Section E

Cross Section F

Cross Section Site Map

Week 5 : Cross Section

As the key component to site analysis, within their groups students are to cut 6 cross sections through the site. [This number is a minimum, students may choose to do more than six]. These are to run from the cliff top to the river edge. These sections will be utilised through out the semester as a constant resource. The sections need not be large, 1:200 or 1:500 is sufficient. They are however to indicate the location of the sheds, the water level and the Storey Bridge. The sections are to work as a suite of drawings and should be presented one under the other so that we may map the changing nature of the site.
reference

01:: ‘Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art’. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002. +/or

02:: www.moma.org ‘The Changing of the Avant-Garde: Visionary Architectural Drawings from the Howard Gilman Collection’

03:: Spiller, Neil. ‘Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination’. London: Thames and Hudson, 2006.

Refer to the above sources for drawings. Although these sections are simple, uneditted directly derivative computer drawings are not acceptable. Consider, line weights in terms of what is cut, what is in elevation in the foreground versus in elevation in the background, presentation etc. Further references include drawings from Archigram [1960+70], Diller and Scofidio, Bernard Tschumi

requirements

6 x 1:200 or 1:500 cross sections to be completed by wk09 for the interim review
* students may wish to divide this task where by each person completes several sections.

Folie

My group has chosen to develop this folie for Project 2. We chose this one inparticular because, we believe the concept consists strong morals and additionally has produced a folie which reflects all the aspects to provide the user with the experience on Reflecting Absense.

Wednesday 25 April 2012

Week 7 : An Analogue Series

This task asks students to reconsider and extend upon the speculative drawings of task 03 ‘a room for the transformative body’ through constructing an analogue model. Each group is to construct an operable model. Consider the elements in your space that move or shift, open or close, expand or contract, and how these may best be modelled in order to diagram this movement. The model will infact serve as a diagram, illustrating the operative nature of the folie. Saying this, it is still important to consider the materiality of your folie as this will inform how your particular element moves, how it hinges, pivots, slides, or folds. Think carefully about how to construct the model. This is not a maquette. Further consider the operable elements in relation to the static elements in your folie and

the materials and/or techniques that speak to these qualities. The folie as a whole is to be modelled.

Students are not to simply replicate the design that has been conceived in 2D, rather the task is to be utilised to progress the scheme and reveal relationships and qualities previously undiscovered or concealed. This model is to be documented through a series of photographs that illustrates how the space changes. The photographs are to be presented in sequential order on a A3 sheet.

to bring for wk07

model making material [this can be a range of media; plaster, various types of cardboard, timber, paper, nylon/stocking material, resin, florist foam, perspex, string etc]

*this is an exploratory exercise that requires careful consideration of the qualities that you want to communicate and thus selecting the medium accordingly [keep in mind the course theme of ‘beyond representation’]

requirements

1 x 1:50 speculative model

Note that the models are to be ‘speculative’, they are to suggest what the space would be like to inhabit. This exercise is to be completed for the interim presentation and both photographs and the physical model is to be brought in.

Unique Site Analysis

This is my own unique research of the Howard Smith Wharf site. I have interpreted my analysis with my own unique touch. Understanding my chosen theme of 'Volatile Bodies', I have created a representation of my analysis incorporating an anatomy of skin, bones and viens.

Suburbia Map

Site Surrounding Context and Influences

Movement

Time

Morning to Dusk

Night to Day

Users Point of View

Week 6 : a room for the transformative body

Now that we have begun to work with a new conception of the body and have documented it, we will utilise this body to help us design a room that reflects its qualities. This room will be a revision of the folie, one which considers the newly discovered qualities of the body in order to inform the design of the room. Keep in mind that the body is not static, that it has perhaps changed form or size. Perhaps the standard dimensions of a simple seat or opening are no longer applicable to this body. In order to help design this room and think through the implications of this transformative body, the room is to have one of the elements listed below:

01. opening(s)

02. seat

03. stair

When working with this element consider the following in relation to the body: the placement, type and purpose/object. If working with the opening for example, is a hole in the wall, an operable opening (if so how is it operable), a threshold? What is the purpose of the opening? Where is it located? How big is it? How deep is it? Does it have a defined perimeter? Is it habitable? Does it let light in? Can you see out or can you see in? The key thing to keep in mind is that like the body, these elements need not be static. They can in fact move, be operable or transformed into different shapes, all to accommodate the ever changing body.

For task 03, you are to complete an operational speculative plan and sectional drawings that document this room.

to bring for wk06

drawing material for sketching and design [this can be a range of media; collage material, charcoal, ink, pencils and pens varying in thickness, acrylics etc]

requirements

1x1:20 operative speculative plan and 2x1:20 operative sectional drawings + insert your body into the space for scale purposes

Note that the drawings are to be ‘speculative’, they are to suggest what the space would be like to inhabit, to allude to light, textural and formal qualities. The drawings are not to represent a fully designed space, they are to be indicative of the space but must also consider the scale of the elements within the room. This exercise is to be completed for the wk07 tutorial and brought in for discussion.