Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Experiment 2 submission
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| Angled overview shot of the entire structure. This "Bridge" connects to the Square House, Round House and the gym. |
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| Staircase leading to the roundhouse. The middle is lined up with flowers as a way to promote and accept the natural world. The custom texture is placed on the stairs as a means to act as a transition between the party life of the roundhouse and the studious life of a student, as the staircase leads to the library. The flowers also act as a signal to highlight the changing environment. |
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| This is a photo of the balcony outside the entrance of the library, overlooking the roundhouse. The custom textures on the floor promote the transition from one environment to the other, as explained before. The custom textures have also been added to the canopy above the benches. This area serves a variety of purposes, whether to study with mates, admire the view of the campus landscape or just resting. |
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| This is a photo of the courtyard platform that connects to the squarehouse. Here the main points of interests are the sand sculpture, the moving garden and the organic canopy. |
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| Here is the gallery space for students to present their architecture models. The models are to rise up from the display case in a similar manner to how plants in nature rise to acquire sunlight. |
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| This is a photo of the tunnel connecting the building to the campus gym. The custom texture on top surface of the tunnel signifies the rough transition from a learning environment to a physical one. |
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| This is a study area for students to relax and catch up on their lectures. Specifically placed within the staircase, a platform for movement, to signify that both activities complement one another. |
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| View from library overlooking the racecourse and beyond. |
Moving Elements
Due to complications while using Lumion I was unable to animate these movements on the software. Nevertheless, I will try my best to present my vision for the moving elements in my design.
This is a concept for the moving gardens which I planned to place in the recreational area leading up to the square house. The idea was for platforms holding significant flowers, such as the rose flower and the sunflower, to move side to side in a harmonious fashion. The significance of this movement is to highlight the relationship between man and nature, how civilization has come a long way from the stone ages to the point where we are able to manipulate the physical and genetic movements of nature. Similarly, nature is able to guide us emotionally due to the meanings and occasions that are exemplified with specific plants, thus for the inclusion of the aforementioned significant flowers.
This is an idea for the gallery section of my building. In this concept, the student's models would rise up the display case. The intention for this mechanism was to emulate the manner in which nature rises from the ground to bathe in the glory of sunlight, similarily the student is able to present their work with confidence as it rises up the display case.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Inspiration from organic architecture
One key feature in my proposed design is the recreational/study area on the first floor. I plan to make this an outdoor space as one of the representations of the theory I developed, of civilisation and nature working together, and plan to use a canopy inspired by organic architecture. Here I present the basic shape of the canopy.
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