Gursagar : 2013

Saturday, 29 June 2013

Elevator

A variety of textures and colours are used in order to highlight the theory,

'if one ties conflicting parts together, something radically new is created.'

Final Model on Sketchup

Final Model. The checkered boxes serve as windows.

Lecture hall, Studio spaces, Meeting space for staff, Meeting space for students, Computer lab, Research space /workshop.

Lift provides access to the variety of rooms above.

Rooms above are extrude outside of the building as well. Only a basic outline of what the rooms would look like. Half are used as offices for both general and academic staff. Other half as dorm rooms for the students to live in.

Gallery space(down), Library(up). Can be accessed by main lift from above.

Smaller checkered boxes are the rooms extruding out.

Rough sketch

This is what I imagined my bridge would look like before I began constructing it on sketch-up.

At first I could not decide between these two plans. But eventually I saw more potential that could be explored, with the Riverside(top) plan as my section.

These three textures are the ones I used in my sketch up model:

36 Custom Textures

18 Sketch Perspectives

MASHUP

I wonder about architectural pieces that are related to contradictions and paradoxes. For example, my wheelchair is my fortress and the enemy. With that idea in mind, it becomes clear that if one ties conflicting parts together, something radically new is created.

The Architect and the Accessible City:

http://www.archdaily.com/364518/the-architect-and-the-accessible-city-the-prize-winning-essay/

Where are the Architect Heroes?:

http://www.archdaily.com/364874/where-are-the-architect-heroes/

Yes Is More: The BIG Philosophy-

http://www.archdaily.com/366660/yes-is-more-the-big-philosophy/

(Experiment 3 above)

Sunday, 5 May 2013

Experiment 2

The Two concepts

The two concepts that I based my final design on are; 1) "Grow right out of the soil wherever sand and gravel abound", Frank Lloyd Wright, and 2) A synthesis with nature, a respect for the landscape. Which I combined to make, 'A synthesis with nature and a respect for the landscape results in the building growing out of the ground". Some might argue that these two concepts are more closely related to Frank Lloyd Wright, I believe that these points also apply for Aires Mateus. In Aires Mateus' 'Vila Utopia', the building gives the observer the illusion of literally growing out of the ground. It is also displaying a clear respect for the landscape by molding itself to the setting, despite its completely alien look. Frank Lloyd wright takes a more camouflaged approach to designing his buildings. But in saying that, he allows his buildings to dominate the landscape and almost seem like assimilated outsiders. This is clearly seen in his famous building, Falling water. The materials used in Wrights buildings are immediately juxtaposed by the shape of his complex. Taking all of the above into account, I tried to design a building that not only grew out of the ground but was also alien enough to seem abnormal in its environment.