Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Presentaion Board Layout
I was a little disappointed that an A1 poster had to be created as well as the final presentation. This is simply due to the process involved in getting the poster printed in time for an 8am presentation. Obviously no stores that offer such a service are open before 8am therefore it had to be printed the afternoon before which put an shortened time limit on a lot of the porject work. What seems especially unfair is that students presenting in the afternoon timeslot would have been able to print their poster immediately before their presenation therefore students in the morning session had 12 hours less time to complete this task. Obviously a lot can be achieved in 12 hours.
Personally, I wasn't particulary happy with the overall poster layout created simply because I hadn't completed all of the drawings that i wanted to before I needed to get it printed. Despite this, I believe that my final poster conveys my design and concept effectively and clearly shows my progression from the folie to the building which was the ultimate aim of this unit. Shown below is my presentation board.
I have created a new nickname for my building - KINETIC INTERPLAY - to hint at the movement created within the building and the interaction allowed between movement routes within the building.
Personally, I wasn't particulary happy with the overall poster layout created simply because I hadn't completed all of the drawings that i wanted to before I needed to get it printed. Despite this, I believe that my final poster conveys my design and concept effectively and clearly shows my progression from the folie to the building which was the ultimate aim of this unit. Shown below is my presentation board.
I have created a new nickname for my building - KINETIC INTERPLAY - to hint at the movement created within the building and the interaction allowed between movement routes within the building.
Additional Biomimicry Exemplar
The section created in project 2 as shown below was the main inspiration for the choice of an additional biomimicry exemplar.
The northern facade of the building is towards the right of the section above. As you can see it is cut into the cliff face. Therefore it is not available for the penetration of natural sunlight. As buildind usually rely on this northern aspect, it was obvious that something had to be done to ensure adequate levels of natural light could enter the building to increase its sustainability. Therefore more research was conducted in regards to how sunlight can inform the capture of sunlight in difficult circumstances. My research led me to the window plant (fenestria Aurantica) as shown below.
This plant has a limited syrface area available for sunlight penetration due to it occuring predominately below the ground to maintain a cool temperature. Only the tips of the plants appear out of the soil. These tips are transparent which wllow sunlight to enter the long hollow tubular leaves of the plants. Along these tubes are a series of oxalic acid crystals along which the sunlight is filtered until it is focused onto the chlorophyll where photosynthesis occurs. This concept has been applied to my building through a series of rooftop capsules which contain a series of timber batons arranged in a cirulcar fashion. On the inside of these batons are reflective mirror surfaces which reflect the sunlight until it hits the photovoltaic cells at the bottom of the structure. The capsules are indented into the green roof as shown below to allow site users to drop below the roof surface and achieve views into the sports facilities and museum spaces depending upon where the capsule is located. This concept will not only provide much of the natural lighting and energy required for lighting within the building but will provide much of the interaction desired between the green roofs and the internal spaces. These spaces are also clearly shown in the final section which also clearly shows the relationship between the roof, capsule and internal spaces.
The northern facade of the building is towards the right of the section above. As you can see it is cut into the cliff face. Therefore it is not available for the penetration of natural sunlight. As buildind usually rely on this northern aspect, it was obvious that something had to be done to ensure adequate levels of natural light could enter the building to increase its sustainability. Therefore more research was conducted in regards to how sunlight can inform the capture of sunlight in difficult circumstances. My research led me to the window plant (fenestria Aurantica) as shown below.
This plant has a limited syrface area available for sunlight penetration due to it occuring predominately below the ground to maintain a cool temperature. Only the tips of the plants appear out of the soil. These tips are transparent which wllow sunlight to enter the long hollow tubular leaves of the plants. Along these tubes are a series of oxalic acid crystals along which the sunlight is filtered until it is focused onto the chlorophyll where photosynthesis occurs. This concept has been applied to my building through a series of rooftop capsules which contain a series of timber batons arranged in a cirulcar fashion. On the inside of these batons are reflective mirror surfaces which reflect the sunlight until it hits the photovoltaic cells at the bottom of the structure. The capsules are indented into the green roof as shown below to allow site users to drop below the roof surface and achieve views into the sports facilities and museum spaces depending upon where the capsule is located. This concept will not only provide much of the natural lighting and energy required for lighting within the building but will provide much of the interaction desired between the green roofs and the internal spaces. These spaces are also clearly shown in the final section which also clearly shows the relationship between the roof, capsule and internal spaces.
Sustainable Facade System
A sustainable facade system, designed by architects Decker & Yeadon, is proposed within certain areas of my building to help regulate internal heat. The system, known as a Homeostatic facade, consists of a mess os silvery squiggles which to continue my human b0dy methaphor, look a lot like pulsating muscle layers or veins. The shape creates open and close in response to heat, effectively regulating temperature inside the building. This was deemed as crucial within by building due to the heat control needed for sports facilities. The most sustainable aspect of this facade system is that no computer control is required with the material itself achiecing the result through its properties. Other benefits include the relevance to my biomimicry exemplar with it appearing as a pulsating muscle layer. It also results in forever changing facade when viewed from the city, therefore strnegthening the movement and identity of the building.
The two images below show this facade treatment.
The image below shows where the facade is applied in the ground floor.
The image below shows the facades application on level 2.
The image bleow shows the resulting placement of the facades on the Sourthern elevation. The location of the facade was chosen for a numebr of reasons. Firstly, the Northern elevation of the building is against the cliff. The western elevation is predominately terraced down to the ground via the green roofs. Therefore the Southern and Eastern facade is the only elevation available for the application of this system. As the Northern side is not available, the only elevation available for sunlight penetration is the Eastern side, therefore the homeostatic facade was applied on the Southern Elevation which will still be effective due to it relying on heat rather than sunlight for it too function.
The two images below show this facade treatment.
The image below shows where the facade is applied in the ground floor.
The image below shows the facades application on level 2.
The image bleow shows the resulting placement of the facades on the Sourthern elevation. The location of the facade was chosen for a numebr of reasons. Firstly, the Northern elevation of the building is against the cliff. The western elevation is predominately terraced down to the ground via the green roofs. Therefore the Southern and Eastern facade is the only elevation available for the application of this system. As the Northern side is not available, the only elevation available for sunlight penetration is the Eastern side, therefore the homeostatic facade was applied on the Southern Elevation which will still be effective due to it relying on heat rather than sunlight for it too function.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Final Drawings
The following images are the final images created for the presentation. Annotations were attached during the presentation.
SITE PLAN
Scale originally 1:100
SECTION A-A
Scale originally 1:200
South Elevation:
SITE PLAN
Scale originally 1:100
SECTION A-AScale originally 1:200
South Elevation:
Scale Originally 1:200
Final Floor Plans
These images are the final floor plans of my proposal for the rejuvenation of Howard Smmith Wharves. Annotations for these images were added in the final power presentation.
BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
Scale originally 1:200
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Scale originally 1:200
LEVEL 2 FLOOR PLAN
LEVEL 4 FLOOR PLAN
BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
Scale originally 1:200
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Scale originally 1:200
LEVEL 2 FLOOR PLANScale originally 1:200
LEVEL 3 FLOOR PLAN
Scale originally 1:200
LEVEL 4 FLOOR PLAN
Scale originally 1:200
LEVEL 5 FLOOR PLAN
LEVEL 5 FLOOR PLAN
Scale originally 1:200
LEVEL 6 FLOOR PLAN
LEVEL 6 FLOOR PLAN
Scale originally 1:200
Monday, June 13, 2011
Elevation Development
The image above shows the preliminary southern elevation created in Revit with another intermediate stage shown below before the final drawing was created.
The image shown below is the preliminary West elevation as created in Revit.
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