STUDIO AIR2016 SEMESTER 1YUEER WANG683623

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Introduction

Part A Conceptulisation

--A.1 Design Futuring.

My name is Yueer Wang, third year architecture student from the University of Melbourne.

Design is the magic created by the deisngers to give lives to building. Design is the soul of arcitecture. For me, design is like a door through which we can touch past and future, lke a window towards great architect’s thoughts. I love playing with geometric shapes, also fascinated by how buildings correspond to lights and shadows. Architecture has the beauty of complexity and simplicity, the beauty of material which represents historical time, the beauty of ‘always changing’.

This journey is aimed to illustarte and record the processes of digital dsign learning. It will be basically illustarted through: learning and using of digital softwares, drawing technique, reading and thinking, digital design products and self improvement after the study of this semester.

INTRODUCTION

YUEER WANG

A.1. DESIGN FUTURING

designed by MVRDV in 2007, located 35km from Seoul, South Korea.

Under the persistent increase of population, future urban design should utilize and explore vertical space to take in as much as population as possible. Thus comprehensive buildings using green energy with various functions are temporary needed.

Gwangyo centre is a conceptual high-density urban design, which includes a series of up growing hills called ‘ the nodes’ ( the 2 mian nodes has hollow structure) provide direct connection with nature and promote the further development in neighbouring regions. ‘ The nodes’ were designed for high density modern urban life. Designed functions include housing, offices, cultural facilities, retail, leisure, education as well as parking. Each level of the nodes has the ring-like structure serviced as balcony or outdoor space. Vertical high density design of Gwangyo centre is the concept illustrated how city can integrate with natural environment. It was planned to be built at 2011 but till now still not implemented.

Gwanggyo Power Centre MVRDVSeoul, South Korea

Figure 1.1: courtyard

The best part of Gwanggyo power centre’ design is its circulation system.

How does it archieved sufficient circulation?

Every level of the nodes has pushed out the ring a bit further than the previous level, form the out door space as well as the circulation space. The two main nodes has hollow structure, which connectcirculation inside and outside of the building. With the large area of outdoor vegetation, this eco friendly building has improve local climate and ventilation. The green building has less energy and water consumption. These are essential for future architecture design which consider more about relation between nature and human society.

The Gwanggyo take advantages of local topography as much as possible( integrated into the suurounding environment) . Large vertical structure ‘buildings’ are not seperate from each other, but connected and functioned as a whole green urban unit.

Figure 1.2: Section

The section shows the hollow structure of the two main building, which provide vertical and horizontal circulation of internal and external space.

Oceanscrappers ‘Aequorea’Vicent CallebautBelgain

Aequorea is a virtual future city design which was described as ‘ an oceanscrapper printed in 3D from the seventh contient’s garbage’. The city’s overall layout is imitating jellyfish, with comprehensive function in a normal city.

The highlight of this future city design is not only the mimucking idea of its extrodinary shape sitting on the ocean surface, but also the natural resources used as land built material. The city also has seaweed power transport system. Though it is still a conceptual design idea, according to the repid growth of population and development of modern technology, one day in the near feature it may come true.

Aequorea illustrate the connection between modern technology and design ideas. According to the recent techology which is putting effort on ‘green city’, this design idea thus been published as organic future city plan. Also because the demands of more environmental friendly city, technology has to follow the develop trend of the times. Thus Aequorea is the product of recent design demand.

Underwater structures has around 500 meters domed matines allow the access towards underground places. The curved dome structure ‘roof’ of the city will unctioned as the vegetable gardens and orchards. For the basic need of fresh vegetable and fruits away from the coast.

Modern city ‘s plams mostly are based on vertical design. Underwater city design today still facing techological problems. Aequorea is the first underwater city design published.

Figure 2.1. ~2.4 : Vertical Structure

The aequorea urban design is also a vetical urban space, but sits on the ocean. It mainly has 6 differnet vertical layers structures with different functions and covering areas. Structres above the water surface is the main city functioning structures. 5 of 6 layers (buikding evenlope) has green space, forming the entire organic and environmental friendly urban unit. It is made from 3D printing thus the entire structure can sit on the ocean surface. Residents can enjoy the sea view in the under sea-level rooms. Reticulated semi transpareant roof allow the infiltration of natural sunlight.

Figure 2.5 : Closer view

The giant curved roof forming the entrance of the harbour.

Figure 2.6: Inner city view

A.2. DESIGN COMPUTATION

Pleated InflationMark FronesArgeles, France

Pleated Inflation is a permanent

structure built as informal amphitheatre of a school

in France. The installion of this sculptule is made of

around 990 aluminium shingles with different colour.

Shingles are bond together with bolts to form the main

body which is consisted by archways and walles.

The overlapping of shrinfles create the supporting

force for the main structure going upwards.

The form was created by computer. Illustrated

by the company that the design was

developed through altering computational

protocols of structural form -finding, descriptive

geometry, and stress flow -driven porosity.

Does the design and built of Pleated Inflation possible without computer assistance?

The answer maybe no. Its unique structure has to

be formed by small suppoting elements in order to

form the arched roof. Digital design always have

better solution for how to make abstract idea come

into real. “Digital design might compress creative

thoughts by encouring ‘fake’ creativity.” Ideas maybe

stimulated as well as limited by computation. But for a

functional sculputure like Pleated Inflation, the design

idea was generate and amplified by computation.

Figure 2.1. : Elevation

Figure 2.2: Enlarged part of the arch

It is clear to see the small pieces of shingles. Hollow shingles allow the sunlight rhough the structure, create the beautiful shadows on the ground. The height of Pleated Inflation is around 6.4 meters, users can walk and explore the whole structure, whcih makes the sculpture more interactive on site.

Milan Expo 2015, UK PavillionWolfgang ButtressMilano, Italy

Award-winning British talent has been selected by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to conceive and build the Pavilion for the World Expo 2015 opening in Milan on the 1st of May. It is developed around the concept of the beehive and how new research and technology are helping to address food security and biodiversity.

Designed by Nottingham-based artist Wolfgang Buttress in collaboration with engineer Tristan Simmonds and Manchester-based architectural practice BDP, the immersive Pavilion has been entirely manufactured and constructed by York-based firm Stage One.

Visitors to the Pavilion follow the dance of a bee, travelling through a series of landscapes. The experience starts with a journey through an orchard, followed by a wildflower meadow and on to an impressive centrepiece: The Hive, a 14m-cubed sculptural element that uses light and sound to simulate the activity of a real beehive.Fundamental to the Hive concept is the spherical void in the centre of the Hive, which allows people to walk inside and experience the sensory representation of the bees’ activity. The LED light fittings, embedded into the aluminium node components, glow and pulsate to represent the activity captured via an accelerometer within a real beehive located almost a thousand miles away in Nottingham.

Reference listresource: http://www.mvrdv.nl/projects/417-gwanggyo-power-center

resource: http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mvrdv-architects-wins-gwanggyo-power-centre-competition-in-south-korea/

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/12/24/aequorea-vincent-callebaut-underwater-oceanscrapers-made-from-3d-printed-rubbish-ocean-plastic/

http://www.archdaily.com/779409/vincent-callebaut-imagines-oceanscraper-3d-printed-from-recycled-trash/567c1bd3e58ecea06b0002a1-vincent-callebaut-imagines-oceanscraper-3d-printed-from-recycled-trash-photo