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







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Article - 
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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
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Thursday, 23 August 2012

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REFLECTION

It is an odd way of thinking, but alike other courses it opens up a new branch while it is not a topic everyone seems to take interest in, you really need to soak up the good stuff. This is kind of a thing i enjoy representing architecture through all types of media except the model making part, something i am terrible at also, getting glue on my hands and taking weeks to get it off. Apart from that i found it fun doing realistic renderings as well as a challenge at times but I have learnt quite a bit from Photoshop techniques. dissecting buildings and breaking down concepts can be mind numbing with thoughts that do not end and hitting brick walls and asking yourself where do you go from here. The work load could be a pain to get through and it somehow all ends up together sifting through ten folders with twenty different files differentiated by a letter organizing and disorganizing it as multiple things go wrong. Possibly worth it.
Also if you were wondering why my model hasn't changed at all, There were no recommendations as much as i would liked to have change it.



Electronic Submission

2 x A3 Posters



Renderings

Night time Render

South perspective render

Inner north perspective render

North render


The textures and most of this was done through Photoshop i chose textures particularly the ground to have a certain irregularity about it as if it was breaking apart which i found to go well with the concepts of Fragmentation and Organized chaos. Textures on the concrete i tried to make it seem more realistic adding lights and bolt holes. Adding additional shadows and highlights, and i took shots where i think would help exaggerate and accentuate the strengths.I also tried to get the grass/land to seem to push the building into the water.

Physical model

Why this as a physical model?
The concepts have a beginning, which is a simple geometric form, each face shows something different so. the idea that breaking down a geometric form where it should be seen in finer detail of what it is made of. Many tiny fragments which create a clean shape.





DRAFT RENDERS - REFINING





Just to show a peek of the process that goes through into final renders. There are much more failed images than these to get the lighting and such.