ARCH1390 Ricky: September 2012

Thursday 20 September 2012

Precedent study - rethink

Phaeno science center Zaha hadid and Igualada Cemetery by Enric Miralles

Fragmentation and Organized chaos -
These concepts of Fragmentation and Organized chaos uncovered along with some addition ideas like movement. There is always a certain vibe in each space where these concepts all break the modern foundation of defined spaces where walls, ceiling and floors meet at 90 degrees, differentiating, transforming, molding as you move from one space to another.

Phaeno science center - Zaha hadid
Gives visitors a certain experience from arrival to entering the premises. The building appears to be simple geometric shape with many bits that seem to be cut out and replaced with either glass, lights or left. fragmentation taken in a different context where bits are chipped away and organized to fit a need where it is non standardized.

Igualada Cemetery - Enric Miralles
A Cemetery with the idea of where the past and present meet. it is interesting where built in multilevel style, walls acting like retaining walls. The walls where they appear to be inserted into the ground to stop the land from tipping over. The layout of the walls create a path and idea of movement where it is interesting in how it is set out. The piece of materials used appear like a normal plane for only so long and breaks into other geometries. Organized in a way where there is a nostalgic sense with the land and the dead.

Proposition
With the both Hadid and Miralles working on commercial type buildings it would be interesting if these were transformed into a residential form, how normal living spaces are transformed.

Another proposal of having these concepts integrated as a shipyard where appears if it was washed up on sea.

last proposal would be a memorial, i believe the concepts and the sculptural form embraces and idea of rememberence, names would be embellished into the form. The fragmentation resembling a piece of each memory.

Phaeno science Center - Zaha Hadid

Igualada Cemetery - Enric Miralles

References -

Images -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorcasino/2707442635/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorcasino/2708252776/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorcasino/2707441075/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorcasino/2708265342/

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpmlngGy5V1qaez4go1_500.jpg

http://yoavweiss.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/weiss_igualada_cemetery1.jpg

http://waterscapes.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/am-case-study-ai3.pdf

http://waterscapes.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/blogboard13.jpg

http://waterscapes.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/blogboard15.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/katrinkalden/6918988971/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/katrinkalden/6918461837/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/katrinkalden/6919224023/

http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0602phaeno.asp 10/9/2012

http://web.ebscohost.com.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/ehost/detail?sid=332525ef-66bb-4bb0-b38d-a9f2bd7a48f9%40sessionmgr10&vid=1&hid=24&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=vth&AN=20004161

http://www.constructalia.com/repository/transfer/en/resources/ContenidoProyect/00727860Foto_big.jpg

http://www.arcspace.com/architects/hadid/phaeno/21phaeno.jpg

http://www.arcspace.com/architects/hadid/phaeno/22phaeno.jpg

http://www.constructalia.com/repository/transfer/en/resources/ContenidoProyect/00727863Foto_big.jpg

http://benodwyer12.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/digital-render-for-the-phaeno-science-center-wolfsburg-1999.jpg?w=238

http://74fdc.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/phaeno-science-centre-rendering.jpg

Article -

http://www.arranz.net/web.arch-mag.com/2e/cafe/cafe1t.html

Book -

EL croquis 72 II - Richard C. Levene y Fernado Marques Cecilia

Thursday 13 September 2012

Precedent study

Original concepts of fragmentation and organized chaos i see these buildings having some more slightly interesting ideas where its more like chunks cut away which represent the idea of fragmentation, a much less dissolved form in comparison to Vitra fire station. Denver art museum eludes this idea of a object moments before shattering.

The chunks cut away from Phaeno science center are possibly random but in a way that it is organized in a manner. In Denver art museum the shattered shapes still intact with bits extruding out.

Some other ideas which i have not mentioned which i do seem to see is that there is a journey in all of these buildings including Vitra fire station in that when walking through the pillars of Phaeno science center or toppling members from Vitra and Denver art museum its almost magically nostalgic. Wrote more than i thought oh well.

Possibly functions -

Residential - concepts seen in a smaller scale would be interesting

skyscraper - all three of these buildings are more of a horizontal manner

Third function I havent decided yet, just waitttttt

Phaeno science center - Zaha Hadid

Denver Art Museum - Daniel Libeskind

References

Phaeno science center images -