Tracing the space

Stage4/ProjectFinal_______Presentation Model

2008-11-08T18:04:00.004+11:00

Stage4/ProjectFinal_______Plans, Sections, Elevations

2008-11-08T17:57:00.002+11:00

Stage4/ProjectFinal_______Presentation

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The Coogee Bay Community centre is sited on the Coogee Oval and next to the precious Coogee beach. For such a precious site for the Coogee community, the coherence of a revolution of pitch roof was selected. The design has considered about gestures and urban forces with straight and inclined lines, bringing a new geometry with a careful balance giving a lot of public areas. People are happy to get into the environment with the association of outdoor and indoor spaces, as to bring a Coogee’s local memory and experience to everybody.

Precedents and cases are carefully selected in a range of contemporary solutions on shape, lighting and spatial planning. Including pitched roof which dominates the impression of the project.

Final adjustments on shapes and overall.

Stage3/The scheme_______Final

2008-10-18T02:57:00.005+11:00

Stage3/The scheme_______Plans, Elevations and Detail

2008-10-18T02:56:00.002+11:00

Stage3/The scheme_______Massing studies

2008-10-18T01:41:00.005+11:00

Stage3/The scheme_______Precedents2

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Process in developing the form of the building - Plan extruded into the 3-dimensional shape
Pitch roof - the coherence to the surrounding buildings

Some contemporary solutions:

Stage3/The scheme_______Cases

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Redfern Community Centre:
RCC shares a similar program and scale with the Coogee Bay Community Centre - the foyer spaces, administration, workshop. It has a clear and neat organisation to the plan - The foyer and the circulating space in the middle for the control to the program, large rooms sitting on one side and peripheral program on another.

Stanley Community Complex, Hong Kong, China:
A community centre of a larger scale, serving the community meeting spaces/library and the indoor sports centre in a decent detailing in materials and indoor/outdoor resting spaces.

Stage2/Esquisse_______Precedents1

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Quick Glance:

Stage2/Esquisse_______Workingouts

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Working on a smaller scale into the site, a couple of site specific aspects have been observed. Some short notes/thinking:

Entrance Point: A location of entrance point that can create a welcoming opening, that obviously a path into it, that brings the community into an enclosure, that local residents are willing to choose a pathway into.

View: The grandstand and its view has represented a memory of Coogee residents for their loving of the sports, the community centre has to be respectful by not blocking the view and not ripping off ( =] ) its historical status (e.g. the way it's been built, texture, the bricks). The site is occupying a length of approximately 100m to face the oval, the sport, the beach people, the sea, the pacific ocean and back in the reversed side, to showcase the community's activity.

Gesture: The exterior shapes? Very sharp overwhelming? Subtle? A sense of a "centre" of community at a glace to the people traveling around - A scale of a whole and united building - A positive solid shape/enclosure in contrast with the great open beach space.

Experience: How about the full experience from the street to the inside of the "community"? Where to go if i'm gathering for some sports? How about having some meeting in the cafe? How about bringing the child to the workshop for some drawing class?

Light: The lack of light can make a space too enclosed, sunlight can light up a path, but direct sunlight and heat, glare can be too annoying that people are getting rid of it.

Stage1/Tracing & Mapping_____Final

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Static/Dynamic area

Roads and journey

Wind path

Views

Hardness of view/threshold

Ex1/Tracing & Mapping_____5 Concepts

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Reciprocity

Threshold

Materiality

Insertion

Infrastructure

Ex1/Tracing & Mapping_____Workingouts

2008-08-30T14:43:00.002+10:00

Studio 4

2008-08-30T14:41:00.000+10:00

CBCC

Project 3 - Presentation

2008-06-16T21:57:00.011+10:00

Site Model:

Plan

Interior perspective

Section

Light quality

Site Plan

Project 3 - Final adjustment

2008-06-16T21:37:00.002+10:00

Basement plan

Project 3 - Design Development

2008-06-16T20:22:00.007+10:00

More sketches on exploration though sections, plan and perspective.
Scrap program informed by the research has brought life into the gallery.

I started to get material from my target artist.

Tracey Hoffatt:
Australian Photograph/Videograph artist based in Sydney, Brisband and Melbourne

Influence: Natural Landscape, Collage images, functions of the program (to be able to show video art)

A theatre-like enclosed form is developed. Big screen will be the major criteria for the main exhibition space, the exhibition space has been put into one whole chamber of a gathering space. That makes the gallery serve as well the function venue for visitors.

Landscape form is articulated in many ways through the free flow of line effect, symmetrical balance/scale n proportion of form.

Influences:

Project 3 - Research

2008-06-16T19:47:00.005+10:00

The research helped me most about the program of the gallery. The visit to the galleries located in Woollahra have informed me about how the essential functions of a gallery are articulated.

Location: Queen Street, Woollahra
Touch Galleries, Libby Edwards Galleries

Project 3 - Design Process

2008-06-16T17:02:00.007+10:00

The design of the parti is site oriented. I considered about the geometry of the urban fabric and the aspect of a corner site.

Surrounding context is explored to an ideal front and rear access to the gallery, that even more explains the sense of the site.

A combination of the site context and the characteristic of Newtown is as well explored. The force of Wilson Street is continued through by creating an axial effect for the 2 entrances facing Erskineville Road and the small garden at the side. Alongside with the side access feature of some Newtown buildings have influenced the way of forming a public gesture during the visit to the suburb.

Project 3 - Site Analysis

2008-06-16T16:27:00.006+10:00

Project 3 - Gallery/Shop House at King St., Newtown.

Site: 12 Erskineville Road, Newtown

Rather than focusing on King Street, I have been looking for the meaning of a gallery in the image of the whole Newtown community. The gallery is mean to be a resting point taken out from the busy main street that specific kind of customers who likes the art would stop and purify their mind to approach the gallery. The surrounding silent and humble environment would be a good place for art enthusiasts. In public circulation aspect, the force of the railway station, the public square to Wilson Street is notable. Together with Erskineville Road which locates the post office as another public building, the strong triangular geometry that expressed in the urban fabric created the spot as the best site for my gallery. It is the heart but the subtle corner of Newtown.

Site visit

Additional graphical analysis:

Transportation, Open space and Circulation

Strip retail defines the busy King Street

Shops that show immidiate connection to the site, Large red spot: Indian fine dining restaurant, Small red spot: small cafe at the roadside.

Project 2 - Final

2008-05-28T23:59:00.002+10:00

Axonometric - exploded

Poche - section and plan

Project 2 - Development

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The visualising sketches of the architecture:

Project 2 - The narrative

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Painting-

"Room in New York" by Edward Hopper

Interpretation:
Edward Hopper's hint on the painting in describing the urban scene is from the eyelevel/viewpoint of the same height from the apartment unit. Railway bridges are across everywhere between urban blocks and privacies of dwellers are lost.

Through the window, the two figures in the interior of the domestic set space gives the hint that they might be a couple. While they were having a very different activities - reading newspaper, playing with keys on the piano. Seperation of the figures are further expressed on the middle door defining the symmetrical line of the composition dividing the two. Such seperation of people, is common in a metropolitan life whose face stresses and challenges everyday on a high density living space.

My narrative: Creating a space for a couple which meeting can take place without intersecting each other

The Design:
The site of the interpreted space will be set on an urban scene with tight spaces. Materials can be cold and brutal.
Aims to fulfill on the design:-
- Urban/Metropolitan scene
- Cramped urban spaces
- Creating the public circulation
- Train bridges across blocks as "observation deck"
- Interior lights illuminates at night
- Figures' activities "Display" to the public
- Depressed mood of figures
- A whole space is shared but somehow seperated
- Seperated spaces but somehow allowing communication

Project 2 - Design Process

2008-05-04T14:56:00.002+10:00

I started up with a grid form of 9 of the cityscape to express a crampted metropolitan sense.
The figures' activities will be in the middle of the grid to form a focal point drawing attention from the public to display their activities. Gaps between the 9 boxes can be defining spaces as well.

The 3 dimensional relationship and liveliness of the grid can be manipulated by the rhythm of the heights of the "boxes".

Secondly, a busy stacks of different forms are being explored through sketches.

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The first concept was discarded due to the limitation of development in conveying the detailed "seperation" of spaces (figure) since it is a square form.
And then i turned to sketch for an actual shape for the space with a sensation of rectangular geometry.

Plan view -
A 2 rectangular overlapped form and connection is being achieved.
Random wrapping of geometric shapes are added as to describe the broader scene of the space.

The "crosses" are the position of the figures.

Now I have a first outline, this is a revision of qualities of the scheme:
Strength:
- "Difference in shape of space" meaning different figures, different gender (the man and woman), different activities (reading newspaper/playing piano)
- Symmetry
- Geometrical quality

Weakness:
- Surface area for window opening is too small
- Limited spaces for development on third dimension

Acquiring more inspiration: review of the source

The door on the painting's composition which visually seperates the two have drew my attention into an imagination of the third space:
- Is that the exit?
- Is that another room?
- What would the two people do on the third space?
- Would they enjoy being in the third space due to their relationship status?

Development of the third space:
The door as a circulation element can be translated to a vertical extension of the 2 spaces. i.e. a stair. In consideration of providing seperation, minimizing the visual communcation path and the circulation element to the third space, the ovelapped rectagle has accomodate the idea.

Stairs

The symmetry of the shape of the space has continued on the third dimension for the placement of stairs.
Idea of the crossing of the 2 stairs from different entrace from the 2 spaces has several strengths in terms of conveying the concept:
- Symmetry
- Openings entering the stairs is as well a resolution for the "limited visual communication"
- "Crossing" of circulation but figures doesn't meet can be a miniature of the metropolitan scene in New York of how people come across each other
- "Crossing" of stairs is a powerful experience that we can feel usually on shopping mall escalators.

Project 1 - Model Making

2008-05-04T14:55:00.003+10:00

In Studio:

Project 1 - Analytical diagrams

2008-05-04T14:54:00.000+10:00

Building: Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier
Task: Production of Parti and Poche diagram as the analysis material

Parti- The process of analysing Le Corbusier's spatial idea of Villa savoye is best done in plan since the idea of "free plan" that spaces and enclosures are designed in a free form inside the structural grid. Through parti diagrams of the building's enclosure, program, structure, geometry and circulation, there can be a clear understanding of the architect's idea through graphical representation.

Parti - Enclosure

Parti - Program

Parti - Structure

Parti - Geometry

Parti - Circulation

Poche - The space that is enjoyed by inhabitants are best represented in poche diagram with its clear expression of solid and voids through black and white and weighted lineworks. This diagram provides a study giving a clear section cut that gives a distinction of walls and rooms within.

Poche - Section

Peer Marking

2007-10-27T14:13:00.001+10:00

Others marking my work

Me marking other students' work

Filefront Homepage

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My Filefront Homepage -

http://hosted.filefront.com/nd740

Concepts

2007-10-24T18:31:00.000+10:00

Sketches of form and idea

Sketches for inspiration on custom textures

Elevator - The concept of the elevator/moving structure comes from the 'departure of ferry'. Passenger getting onto a ferry with the ramp on the opening on the pier. When the ferry departures and moves away from the pier, passengers can look back and start to understand the broader context of the environment around the pier that they have been to. To the similar sense, when client get onto the elevator, they can look back and start to know the broader context and the exterior form of the particular space they have been to.

Images

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Space 1 - Zhang Yin

The concept of Zhang Yin's space comes from her enoumous wealth by her scrap paper business. Literal form and colour of 'a bunch of scrap paper' as chambers and hence defining several interesting spaces. A flower-like form that's being created gives a sense of the blossom of her business.

Space 2 - Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata's space arrangement comes from his strong personality that brings his real success and position today. The hireachial and adventuruos path to the office describes his life throughout and on running the successful family business today.

Elevator Path + Meeting Space

Animations

2007-10-24T17:30:00.001+10:00

Elevator Path

Dining Table

36 Custom Textures

2007-10-23T03:19:00.001+10:00

Row from top to bottom representing -
Accelerate, Flash, Linear, Rapid, Rotational, Scalar

One and Two Point Perspectives

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18 One Point Perspectives

18 Two Point Perspectives

Draft Environment

2007-10-17T16:35:00.000+10:00

Exploration of forms

2007-10-03T11:09:00.001+10:00

Form explored from the plan view, rectangular geometric shapes being hanged around the bridge structure as the principal.

The elevator proposal - the exploration of the moving elements

Persepective sketches (incomplete)

2007-10-03T11:02:00.000+10:00

1 point persepectives

2 point perspectives

Unreal Draft Environment

2007-09-19T13:50:00.000+10:00

News article from clients

2007-09-12T16:04:00.000+10:00

Zhang Yin

Woman tops China's new rich list

China's rampant economy is creating a widening income gapPaper-recycling tycoon Zhang Yin has become the first woman to top the list of China's richest people, with a fortune of $3.4bn (£1.8bn).

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Sourced from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6039296.stm

Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata : The man with steely resolve

Ratan Tata grew up in the lap of luxury at a villa in the centre of Mumbai, parts of which went on to become Sterling Cinema and Deutsche Bank. In comparison, his current lifestyle is almost spartan.

[More]

Source from: http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/feb/05tata.htm

Carlos Slim

Carlos Slim: "The Key Is the Internet"

The Mexican mogul talks about his business philosophy -- and his plans to put Mexico in the vanguard of the digital revolution

Carlos Slim Helu, 60, is Latin America's wealthiest businessman, and for good reason: For the past two decades, he has shown an uncanny ability to spot undervalued companies and turn them into lean, profitable machines. Over the years, he has built an industrial, retail, and telecommunications empire with about $16 billion in annual sales.

[More]

Source from: http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_08/b3669023.htm

FileFront Homepage

2007-09-10T08:32:00.000+10:00

http://hosted.filefront.com/nd740/

Concepts

2007-09-10T08:03:00.000+10:00

Concept sketches

Unreal modelling construction

Electroliquid Aggregation + Final Model

2007-09-10T07:59:00.000+10:00

Quotes:

"There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that there is no boundary?" - Stephen Hawking

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin

'Electroliquid Aggregation' :

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge on things about boundary conditions of the universe; those who know little are so positively assert that the universe are so special for not having a boundary."

Brief comment:
The overall: The nearly symmetrical form of the two cubic shapes gives seanse of harmony while both has distinctive approach on reflecting clients' philosophy. Architectural interest is asserted on its attachment with the wall surface on its edge.

Inside the surface: Charles Darwin's space shows a contrast between the humble ignorance and the great knowledge. The small humble opening is sitting on the corner while it is the exit for metting another client. Light and shadow forms are as well extensively controlled.

Outside the surface: Stephen Hawking's space has a maze like pathway full of boundaries of different wall thickness ending up with the working corner overlooking the view at the other extreme end of the whole architectural structure. This contrast of the whole experience is relative to 'bounded' and 'boundless' quality of matter.

Unreal Modelling (First draft)

2007-09-05T14:07:00.000+10:00

18 axonometric drawings and 36 textures

2007-09-05T12:26:00.000+10:00

Quotes from my Clients

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Stephen Hawing: There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that there is no boundary?

Charles Darwin: Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

Florence Nightingale: Give us back our suffering, we cry to Heaven in our hearts — suffering rather than indifferentism; for out of nothing comes nothing. But out of suffering may come the cure. Better have pain than paralysis!

Finalized design screenshots

2007-08-20T09:56:00.001+10:00

Animations

2007-08-20T09:38:00.000+10:00

Storyboard:

My model on 3D warehouse

2007-08-20T09:35:00.000+10:00

For viewing my model through Google warehouse, Click Here

Textured Models

2007-08-15T13:31:00.002+10:00

Texture used: Fibrous, Dark, Rusty

Texture used: Shiny, Dull, Cold, Spongy

Selected custom textures

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Warm

Rusty

Shiny

Dull

Soft

Hairy

Cold

Scaly

Colourful

Spongy

Rough

Transparent

Elastic

Brittle

Cracked

Dense

Dark

Fibrous

Custom textures & Section drawings

2007-08-15T07:22:00.001+10:00

36 Textures

18 Sections

Something beautiful?

2007-08-15T07:12:00.000+10:00

Fender Stratocaster

Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

Stairs

2007-08-15T06:30:00.000+10:00

Stairs::

Section drawing: Stand, Eat

Modelling:

Modelling:

Section Drawing: Wheel, Distorted

Developed design on section drawings

2007-08-13T17:01:00.000+10:00

Section Drawings 1:

Word: Stand, Eat

Preliminary skethes

Model: STAND

Concrete, Fibro-cement penals

Model: EAT

Concrete, Steel, Glass

Section Drawings 2:

Word: Wheel, Distorted

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Stand, Eat

Stand

Eat

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ARCH1102 Architectural Studio Session One

Da Vinci: Last Supper

Jesus, Kill, Mysterious

Duchamp: Bicycle Wheel

Wheel, Stand, Upside down

Piccinini: Car Nuggets

Car, Eat, Distorted

Tsui: Project 5

Space, Open, Red