Unfinished Draft

Textures, Plans and Sections

Textures
The 36 textures (37 with an extra physics texture) are based on movement, the key words being scalar translation, linear, rotational, physics, exploration and direction/orientation.

 Exploration

Linear

Direction/Orientation

Physics

Rotational

Scalar Translation



















Plans and Sections
The following plans and sections are those for first draft of the bridge scheme.

Draft of Bridge

The Mashup

Increasing the amount of green areas in cities is essential to break the heaviness of concrete in urban centers. A place where its inhabitants will create strong symbiotic relationship between themselves and nature. The structure is a raised park for pedestrians and cyclists. Explore forms and patterns, especially the colors, shapes, and compositions found in biological, botanical, and geological structures. The relationship between the individual elements of structures and the larger forms of which they are a part.The project was carried out to ensure comfort, functionality, safety and mobility for the residents.The park is quite inviting for people to sit on the benches, relax, enjoy the scenery, plants and flowers scattered around the bridge.  Surrounded by artificial forest, and houses a pedestrian square and aquatic glade inside. А fixed central circular light well provides sufficient, natural light and ventilation to the deepest levels. During the night, LED illumination will be used to reduce the consumption of electricity.

Lopes, Lara. "Paleisbrug Is A Dutch Bridge That Doubles As A Raised Park", Interesting Engineering (June 1 2016). http://interestingengineering.com/paleisbrug-is-a-dutch-bridge-that-doubles-as-a-raised-park/ (Accessed 16 May 2016)
Interesting Engineering. "New “Green” Building Design from Taiwan", Interesting Engineering (May 5 2013).  http://interestingengineering.com/new-green-building-design-from-taiwan/ (Accessed 16 May 2016)
English, Trevor. "Artist Designs Precisely Cut Wooden Coral Reefs", Interesting Engineering (May 5 2016). http://interestingengineering.com/artist-designs-precisely-cut-wooden-coral-reefs/ (Accessed 16 May 2016).

ARCH1101 2016 EXP2 - Sean MacDonald

The Stop
Two Concepts
The concepts are influenced by two architects and are used to address the theme of technology. Peter Eisenman created 'Order and Disorder' through making and breaking grids creating a connection with orientation and disorientation. Aldo Van Eyck created 'Opposition of Heavy and Light' by making heavy objects such as concrete beams appear to float with holes in the beam for light to seep through and hidden connections.

Technology throughout history has been the cause of order and disorder through the advantages and disadvantages that technological breakthroughs have caused, such as the increased productivity and progress of society during the Industrial Revolution versus the decreased in life quality of the working classes and the increased destruction of the environment.

Technology and science have improved to make what was impossible possible throughout history with milestones and abilities unthinkable for many people centuries or even generations before they happened, such as the moon landing or having immediate verbal conversations with people all over the planet.

Axonometrics  

Custom Textures

 

Textures I used

Image Captures and Architecture

 “Why still speak of the real and the virtual, the material and immaterial? Here these categories are not in opposition, or in some metaphysical disagreement, but more in an electroliquid aggregation, enforcing each other, as in a two part adhesive.”

Lars Spuybroek, [1998] Motor Geometry, Architectural Design, Vol 68 No 5/6, p5

The opposition of heavy and light is created with the large roof that is only supported by one column giving and holes that allow light to come through and make the object seem lighter and levitating.

The circulation in entering and leaving the light-rail station forces the commuter to change orientation in all directions through using the staircases, travelling east to reach west and north to reach south.

The order and disorder coexist as the grid for the walkway is shifted horizontally and vertically but come together to serve the same purpose and work with circulation. 

Sketchup Model and Lumion Document

Lumion Document: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1gj399w7bs4zi6j/ARCH1101%202016%20EXP-2%20Sean%20MacDonald.ls6?dl=0

Original spaces on Anzac Parade