Studio 8 - Project 3_4

This week was spent on layout and photoshop drawings and renderings. 

Brief of Design Studio,

Howard Smith Wharves was one of the central features in Brisbane. However after Storey Bridge was constructed it was no longer used and became lifeless. It is hard to find the visitors rather than people who use the site as a path to get place to another. 

the site is located in the centre of number of districts. project 2 was about designing 'learning space' and our understanding of 'learning' was the idea of interaction and communication, people learn from each other. We took the advantage of the location and created a gathering space for our generation in digital era and also it is a place where interaction will occur. 

The diagram explains how people find something in common with each other during conversation.

Then I took this idea of overlapping conversation bubbles and interpreted into a postcard (picture below).

Exhibition is such a large space it can be used as public space at all time when it is not in use. 

Also open glass ventilation windows on a conservatory roof to allow natural ventilation.

Studio 7 - Project 3_3

This was the test model however, the thickness of the material was too thin and weak in order to build. 

Each studio spaces are designed differently; some students like open space while they are working and people like to have their own spaces. 

Some rendering to show how the building sits on the site. 

Studio 6 - Project 3_2

Edited some spaces and did more renderings. 

Studio 5 - Project 3_1

I've started to model the design using revit and built up the interior spaces.

Those images are renderings I did.

This space is lounge where interaction will occur and also it acts as a resting area. It is the space between two sphere when they are overlapping each other. It provides different feelings to larger spaces in building such as quiet, cozy and some how heroic space where every part of the building can be seen from this space. 

This is exhibition space; the ramp acts as the pathway to upper floor and also as exhibition space. 

This three spheres are where office, toilet and foyer are going to be and lounge in between the spheres. 

I need to do some improved interior spaces such as using spaces widely or perhaps placing furniture. 

Studio 4 - Finalising Design

Concept/Theme of my design is 'communication and sympathy'. The design was inspired by the diagram of people talking and their conversation bubbles overlap each other creating common thoughts/interests. Then this diagram was further developed into postcard which has overlapping circles with colour transparency. Two different colours (thoughts) are merged together and create new colours (learning). Also, the 2D diagrams (thoughts) become 3D model (action). 

2D (thoughts) became 3D (action) = ‘learning’

Carlo Ratti water pavilion senses the movement of people and stops watering when people try to enter the space. Combining that idea with the idea of colour transparency from the postcard, so the colours of the buildings will change as people walk pass the building through the pathway.

These are mass modelling and renders in sketchup. 

Studio 3 - Conceptual Plan

The place where the extension of design school is finalised. The hatched circle between the heritage buildings are the place. The reason is that the space under the bridge was too dark whereas design studios are needed to be bright enough for drafting. 

Started planning on conceptual plan. 

The circle spaces (thoughts) are overlapping and created common spaces (sympathy). 2D circles (thoughts) have transformed into sphere (3D/action) (in other words, thoughts became action). Pathways going through the spaces and under the spaces (circulation spaces). 

The spaces are divided into two parts; private (right) and public (left) and also it is constructed in four levels (left to right - lower to higher). Public space includes foyer, reception, toilet and office whereas private space is basically design studios and toilets. Exhibition space is neutral space where both visitors and students can access. The blue line indicates pathway for visitors which goes under and between the buildings whereas the red line, pathway for students, goes through the spaces. So even the pathways are used in private and public purposes. The spaces between the circles are either 'garden' and connecting spaces. 

This is the ideal relaxation space in bottom level of exhibition. 

The picture above shows 3D section of exhibition space. The spiral steel represents 4m wide spiral floor going bottom to top of exhibition space. As it was explained in previous picture, the centre of the exhibition space would be empty and have relaxation space in bottom (like doughnut shape).

Good exemple is The Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright (picture below).

This is the ideal space for 'garden' between the circles. It is more like relaxation space than actual garden. 

Tried to create the building with sketchup. 

Example of how the design school would construct (where two circles are intersect).

Exemplar of materiality. 

Studio 2 - Spatial Diagram and Mass

Those two circles are the proposed site. The site between the two heritage buildings has nice enclosed/protective feeling. However, it might create 'too enclosed' feeling caused by the cliff, the bridge and the bridge column and heritage buildings. It also might be disturbing to capture the views. 

The other proposed site is very open which allows visitors to enjoy scenery. Also, the area allows larger space than any other space in the site which helps to liberate from the feeling of enclosure. 

I've started with some spatial diagrams which are most likely focused on the view and privacy. 

Spatial Diagram 1

Spatial Diagram 1

I had two ideas on extension of design school. They are both based on the idea of how people learn from talking to each other and the idea was expressed with venn diagram, explaining the common thoughts people have. So the main ideas that the design should focus on are generative design, transparency (movement) and 'communication and sympathy' (this would be the 'theme' of the design). 

Idea 1. 

 This idea is another expression of venn diagram. Each box is represented as human thought. When the thoughts are come together (crossing each other), it will create a solid feature (architecture). 

I've tried to model it up in Sketchup.

Idea 2. 

This design was inspired by the idea of how people start communicate with handshake; people introduce themselves to each other with handshake. It is sign of 'get to know each other'.  

So I've thought of simple version of handshake.

For the design space for the students will be designed like the diagram above.