Theory (5%)
Architectural design is distinctly informed by its ability to facilitate fluid movement in a dynamic way, through the flexibility of its physical form; thus, unique connections between people and spaces are formed, by blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior, and natural and artificial.
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The Architecture (50%)
Immediate focus is drawn towards the white piping that runs across the glass body, defining the curves of the bridge's shape. The overall design is intended to recall the natural environment, the lines inspired by geological rock forms, the ripples and motion of water, aged trees and landscape contours. The structure's transparency creates an open atmosphere and strengthens connections between students through the visibility while also creating a direct contact to the natural environment from inside the building. The repetition of organic wooden shapes introduces the idea of bridging the natural and manmade world.
Simultaneously acting as a recreational garden area and outdoor lecture theatre, the quintessence o interior and exterior grey area is found above the roundhouse. While the dome is at its most enclosed, it becomes a shelter and also a place of learning - as either a lecture hall or studio/workshop area. While its 'open' the space is transformed into a relaxed lawn for both students and staff at the heart of the bridge, connected to both the library and main walkway.
The flexible, curved glass and piping is uniformly broken with thin white pillars that support each level, which otherwise seem to be suspended above the viewer, creating a sense of direction and movement through the walkway. To further diminish boundaries between interior and exterior, a single tree is placed in the centre of the floor. The poles almost echo the lone tree, in a manmade imitation of an organic environment.
The studio spaces which encourage creative and unique thinking are unconfined by walls, instead they are open areas visible to each other and from outside.
The ribbed ceiling creates an immediate juxtaposition of enclosed and open space, alternating as you travel further into the gallery, allowing a view of outside the bridge in a different way to the rest of the glass body. It has the added effect of creating linear shadows that move across the room, transforming it as the day passes. The display walls, which are textured to draw focus, are curved to enhance the fluidity of how one is led to move through the space.
The robust yet fluid design of the library building works to create a sturdy but almost completely open and sunlit space, the skylight and two glass panelled walls looking out to the garden and main bridge. Materiality distinguishes each spaces function, however nothing else majorly defines the separation between them; the library is an open balcony that looks out to the study/meeting area, encouraging connections and communication, with the computer labs directly below. This also facilitates easier and more flexible movement from one space to the next.
OTHER RENDERS
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OTHER ASSESSABLE OUTPUTS
2 Moving Elements (10%)
MOVING ELEMENT 1 - Outdoor Lecture Theatre Dome
Below: moving element 1 animation (Sketchup)
MOVING ELEMENT 2 - Structure on NIDA Walkway
Leading to the engineering labs, the spiral structure encasing the path is thick and sturdy; reliable and even acting as a shelter. In contrast, curling around the walkway to NIDA is a more whimsical and light decoration, reflecting the free and artistic nature of the building it connects to.
In taking advantage of the differences in academic disciplines, the NIDA spiral is mechanised to spin around the path, creating an almost optical illusion when viewed from front perspective. The action propels pedestrian movement forward in a perpetually rotating motion; thus, the decorative statement creates a meaningful connection between the viewer and both the spaces connected by the bridge.
Below: moving element 2 animation (Sketchup)
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| 'CLOSED' POSITION |
The dome above the roundhouse serves multiple purposes to students and staff, foremost as a recreational area when the structure is collapsed and not in use, while still providing shade and shelter to the garden's open top. The round steps recall a recognisable lecture room environment..
As the inner wall slides out, the space is transformed to become more enclosed, acting as a large outdoor lecture theatre. The fluid transition between interior and exterior area is thus highlighted, the movement reflected in the contour lines that run across the wooden shell, echoing the main walkway's design. This draws further connection between the lecture theatre and the rest of the bridge, cementing it as both an indoor and outdoor space simultaneously.
The flexibility of the dome's size also facilitates more pedestrian movement at times, depending on the position of the sliding wall. Even while the dome is in use, the outermost path is accessible, allowing movement from the library building to the main bridge.
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| 'STABLE' POSITION |
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| ROTATIONAL DIRECTION |
In taking advantage of the differences in academic disciplines, the NIDA spiral is mechanised to spin around the path, creating an almost optical illusion when viewed from front perspective. The action propels pedestrian movement forward in a perpetually rotating motion; thus, the decorative statement creates a meaningful connection between the viewer and both the spaces connected by the bridge.
Below: moving element 2 animation (Sketchup)
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36 Custom Textures (10%)
TEXTURES USED IN MODEL
With a major focus on fluidity and flexibility of architectural form, most of the materials I applied to my model came from the 'fluid' board; one from 'rotational' to signify the motion of my two moving elements. These were mostly applied to accent walls to compliment the wooden/glass aesthetic, and transitional spaces such as stairs and walkways.
These materials were also chosen due to the way they visually emulated textures found in nature such as geological forms, aged tree lines and rippled water.
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3 Sketch Perspectives
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2 Animated Drawings (25%) |
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| 2 POINT PERSPECTIVE |
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LINK TO LUMION ENVIRONMENT:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_TXt0QgF4ga8POY4ezvekoTjyGR29K2P/view?usp=sharing
LINK TO SKETCHUP MODEL:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ImEp8WPX1__bZYMH5Yv6nx4R9uVEPow/view?usp=sharing
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Applied Textures: https://marinatsangarch1101.blogspot.com/2020/04/week-03-independent-study-exp2.html
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PEER REVIEWSCompleted by Ellen Ogoy
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