EXP3 Conceptual Mash Up

The multiple identity building is an experience cluster and a fusion concept combining tunnel-like shed, which is open at opposite ends. It is organized according to its various usages with a facade of 18 boxes several smaller boxes that are placed in an uneven grid. Different boxes were handed over to the various tenants. The exterior is an arrangement of different sized frames and in doing so it becomes porous to its context on either side. There exists an interior path that becomes a mediator - the luminous horizontal glazed line that runs like a tension fissure all the way through the building linking the two sides and allowing it to be the transition from one to the other. The energy flow can symbolise a dynamic relationship where the museum is the voice and will host the centre’s most important attractions. The energy line will exude into the urban space framing each window so that by night, it stands out. The building can flow from the city to the river to create a journey away from the external context into the world of the exhibits. It appears reborn, symbolically and functionally as open and fluid with its engagement of context and content. Here the environment will always be present as a location and a backdrop.

Article 1

‘Volt Berlin,’ J Mayer Architects, http://www.jmayerh.de/141-0-Volt-Berlin.html

Article 2

‘A First Glance at Zaha Hadid’s Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport,’ ArchDaily, http://www.archdaily.com/141274/a-first-glance-at-zaha-hadids-glasgow-riverside-museum-of-transport/

Article 3

‘Chungha in Gangnam by MVRDV,’ Dezeen, http://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/11/chungha-in-gangnam-by-mvrdv/

EXP2 Week 3 - Final Submission

'Electroliquid Aggregation'

The blurring of the interior and exterior, the structure and the environment creates an integrated whole that allows dynamic movement through the monument and thus encourages social interaction.

The monument can be seen as one interwoven structure - not just with the man made forms but with the environment itself. The cliffs of the mountain and the 'space between' create areas that blur the boundaries of the monument and so the mountain can be redefined as not just a setting but an integral part of the design.

The cliff ledge provides a seating and viewing area for the students and but also serves as a connection between the roof, the main platform and the curvelinear lounge bowl that lies behind this shot. The ledge encourages a variety of movement throughout the monument which increases social integration.

The curvelinear form really enhances the idea of shared circulation and not one restricted line of movement through the mutiple staircases leading to it. This shot also shows the interconnection between the two forms - how the exterior of one becomes caught inside the other. 

The materialty of the structure  makes the definition of the monument and the surroundings hard to distinguish. Here the lounge bowl is seen at the bottom right and while it is open to the elements, the sunken shape gives a feeling of enclosure or internal space.

Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ty0kxzltwbsh6q/EXP2v3.dae

EXP2 Week 3 Applied Textures

Light

This texture mirrors the rocky landscape in which the monument sits. It draws focus to the wall which creates and semi-enclosed space with the platform roof and the cliffs of the mountain.

Medium

The bowl acts as a circular bench for students to sit, interact and admire the view. As this is an important part of bringing people together I have highlighted it with the use of the medium texture. 

Dark

The darkness of the texture is used to enclose the space while still having the sides open and free. The dark 'wall, roof and entranceway assume an interior that is juxtaposed with the open sides that make one feel outdoors.

EXP2 Week 3 36 Custom Textures 'Light to Dark'

EXP 2 Week 2 Lumion and Sketchup Models

 

EXP 2 Week 2 - Electroliquid Aggregation/ 6 Combined Axonometrics

1. Electroliquid Aggregation - Limitation of excess and punctuated linear space to emphasise open space and create the freedom of movement through it

2. Electroliquid Aggregation - 

Making repetitive forms feel unique by the changing of scale and hence the creation of enclosed spaces that ultimately encourages social engagement. 

3. Electroliquid Aggregation - The blurring of the exterior and interior, the structure and the environment creates an integrated whole that allows dynamic movement through the monument and thus encourages social interaction.. 

EXP 2 Week 1 - 12 Axonometrics

1. Mies van der Rohe - Infinite freedom of space through punctuated linear space.

2. Mies van der Rohe - Intergration with the surroundings by the blurring of the interior and exterior

3. Mies van der Rohe - Limitation of excess to emphasise open space

4. MVRDV - Creating shared circulation to integrate the community

5. MVRDV - Making repetitive forms feel unique by changing materiality and scale

6. MVRDV - Encouraging social interaction through the enclosure of space