Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Assignment 2 Proposal
Ivan Hruszecky - 3335498
Modeling proposal –
Corner of Castlereagh Street and King Street
This site created by the junction of Pitt Street Mall, Sydney Tower, Castlereagh Street and King Street will compliment my studies of the Diagrid. Sydney Tower has a distinct image of a ‘golden crown’ that sits on a large column supported by an intrinsic lattice of cables (Figure 1). These iconic elements would be complimented greatly by the similar style of the diagrid. The buildings close by the tower could have the same theme of support that the Sydney Tower possesses, thus creating uniformity as well as a visual harmony.
The site is a hub for many high label brands and attracts many visitors from its pitt street mall pedestrian walkway. Interesting bold diagrid arrangements work around the pedestrian area.
Diagrid Experimentation
After researching some tutorials I created this preliminary diagrid algorithm. It divides the curves and connects each divisional end point to the other curves next proceeding point. Using item lists and series nodes I was able to produce the cross references that make the wireframe of a diagrid. The 3D form was created by applying an extrusion node along the lines z axis.
I would want to achieve some sort of tiered level, created by stacking diagrids that offset inwards for each level above. The Swiss Re is a great inspiration, and I would like to be bold and all the while represent something new within the diagrid form.
The successive tiers could be soild and without windows. The offices or residentials are separated from the open ground floor. This floor area would provide more space for pedestrians to circulate and provide natural illumination and air flow for sustainability and efficiency.
Glass paneling between the diargrid’s support columns will be filling the gaps throughout the lower tiers.
Image 5
Image References
Image 1 – Google Maps – Photograph by Steffen H - http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&tab=wl – Retrieved 11 – 05 – 2011
Image 2 – Grasshopper 3D Screenshot
Image 3 - Grasshopper 3D Diagrid Script Screenshot
Image 4 – Rhino Render of tiered diagrids
Image 5 – Wikipedia – Photograph by Adrian Pingstone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagrid - Retrieved 11 - 05 - 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Lively Adaption
Sydney, East Circular Quay competition. Peter Rice, Ove Arup & Partners, 1992.
The design adapts without disrupting the Sydney Opera House as it wedges back. Resembling an Ocean Liner.
The proposal was more a series of vertical elements with individually expressed components linked together to form the whole.
Reference
Light-tech: towards a light architecture. Richard Horden. Boston, Berlin. 1995
Monday, April 4, 2011
Inflatable Objects
Jean-Paul Jungmann - Experimental pneumatic house, project 1967A highly iterated pneumatic house designed by Jean-Paul Jungmann. His Pneumatic House project suggests all-pneumatic furniture, floors, walls and is interesting because of the obsessivness of its sophistication.
A. Stinco - Travelling hall - 1967Travelling hall stems from the idea of a circus. The project uses inflatable structures, balloons and tents, to create a temporary 'downtown' habitat.
Reference
Experimental Architecture. Peter Cook, Studio Vista Ltd, London. 1970
Reference
Experimental Architecture. Peter Cook, Studio Vista Ltd, London. 1970
Fama Restaurant
"The dining room is designed as an abstraction of an urban courtyard containing sculptural forms that mimic those of the surrounding urban enviroment. The result is an expressionistic installation meant to be both challanging and playful"
Fama Restaurant - Santa Monica, California 1989
Reference
Experimental Architecture in Los Angeles. Aaron Betskym, Leon Whiteson and John Chase. Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. USA, 1991
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