EXP 2

Theory

Words: Organic,  Interact,  movement

Statement: "To Create Organic architecture that interacts with its environment and creates a space for movement and flow from one place to another in a systematic way."

Becomes an organic system

I created the architecture to mimic the paths taken by people walking around the area below the bridge position. Thus it becomes organic in the way it creates a system of movements of the organic beings who use this space.

Reference:

"Epiphyte Travelling Pavilion - A Fusion of Organic Architecture with Futuristic Bearing." Instablogs (Shimla),  2011.

Axonometrics and perspectives

18 One-Point Perspectives

Two-Point Perspectives

GIF 

Moving Elements

Moving Part 1

This roof moves to control the amount of light that comes into the common area and studio from above.

Moving Part 2 

These blinds move to stop the overhead light from coming in when the sun is high up but still allows light at other times of the day when they are open. 

Architecture

Peer Marking:

Planning/ Explanation

Rooms and sizes

Room              | No. | Square meters each

Studio             | 3     | 50
Computer lab  | 2     | 50
Offices            | 6     | 6m
Meeting room | 1     | 25
Toilets             | 2     | 15
Common area | 1     |30
Reasearch       |        |
arear                | 1     |30

Justification of the rooms I included/ didn't include:

I have split the group of 100 people into 3 years, each with around 34 students each. I presume that each year will split the students into 2 groups at least. That means that the studios and common rooms accommodate approximately 17 students each.

There are 2 different computer labs, one is for classes and the other is an all-time access for each student to use as they please since computers are becoming more relied upon.

There is no lecture theatre because with increasing technology usage and development, lectures have less and less attendance and students would watch a lecture from the comfort of their own home anyways.

There is no need for a library as my bridge will lead right from the square house to the law library where it can also include architectural resources.

Similarly, there are no workshops as the square house includes them.

Bubble Diagram

S- Studio

CL- Computer Lab

T- Toilets

SM - Staff meeting room

O- Office

R- Research

CA- Common Area

Shaded region- path

Explanatory Sketches

Plan of University space where I placed my Bridge

Plan of University

 < This plan depicts in red the path that people who use this space take. By mapping their movements I was able to create a Bridge that follows these paths. This forms a connection between my Bridge and the organic beings that use the space, thus creating an organic architecture. The paths of people are still evident in the architecture and become the connections between rooms and areas.

Sketch of Roundhouse 

Sketch of Roundhouse and Square house

Sketch of Square house

Plan Section

Blue = Bridge

Textures

36 textures

1: Linear                         4: Flow

2: Rotational           5: Transform

3: Scalar                        6: Sweep

1                    2                3

4              5                 6

Texture in model

I applied this texture to all the stairs in the Bridge.

I applied this texture to the floor of the Office space path

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I applied this texture to the floor of the main path through the Bridge.

Lumion Rendering:

Staff Offices

Staff Offices

Path of the Bridge in front of Roundhouse

Common Area - Outside View

Common Area - Inside view

Research Area and stairs down that lead to the Law Library

Bridge Connection - Office Area to Square House

Bridge Connection - working spaces to Square House

Layout

Top View

Level 2 Plan

Level 1 plan

Cross from week 1 in SketchUp

Hero and Detail Shots:

Hero Shot:
I chose this shot to be my hero shot because it captures both the path of the Bridge and the rooms that come off it. It displays the paths translucency, a property that I chose to assign to it so that the movement of organic beings through this space can still be tracked and emphasised as an important element to the Bridge.

Detail Shot:
This shot is an eye-level perspective of the path of Bridge. It displays the movement that is integral to the architecture and how these spaces are purposed. It also illustrates how being inside the Bridge doesn't disconnect people from the outside space and how the architecture tries to weave its way around the existing environment (buildings and trees).

Animation:

Link to Lumion Environment

https://www.dropbox.com/s/04ta5nvhk9g78ww/Lumion.EXP2.objects.good.ls8s?dl=0