Monday, December 22, 2008

Suzhou/Shanghai 08- Chinese Gardens

After a long day of photographing,
the chinese foot = whole body massage.


Tourists pretending to be tribal


$5 bunny hats- the best way
to cheer a friend up!



Santas little helpers at the top of
Shanghai's Financial Centre



Meeting the locals- so cute!




Sitting on an ancient rock island!





A chinese lady?





Amongst the bamboo





Photographing everything which could
potentially make an interesting collage.




Group 1 infront of the rock maze
(my favourite garden of them all)










Saturday, September 27, 2008

Assignment 3 Submission

Model



View of roof
Views from the oval (front)

View from the back
Level 1 Interior

First building
Ground- cafe which opens up to landscape
Walls cut into for building one and two
Bridge connection buildings two and three

Ground floor plan
Gym floor plan

Relation of grandstand and first building- three facades are closed with front facade opened with a terrace

Drawings


Level 1 Plan
Ground Level Plan
Lower Ground plan
(Gym)
Front Elevation
Side Elevation of 2nd building out to playground

Section looking to the oval Section through 2nd building out to playground






Thursday, September 25, 2008

Progression of assignment 3

Fundamental Ideas
My design has changed quite a lot since the last submission. Having come to a conclusion that a round structure was going to be too difficult with the pre-existing rectangular grandstand, i chose to break the curve up into three linear buildings. These buildings all direct up to a thin but tall central viewing tower (a monumental piece for the design- which is not in these drawings as i am still deciding how to go about the tower).
I have kept the undeground gymnasium the same- so that this structure also uses its linear line to form the curve. However i have decided to bring this building up a bit above ground- so that it becomes part of the space. It will be built of sandstone, so that it mimics the earthy sandstone underground- like that of the beachy rocks.
My other buildings will be built partially of sandstone and also of concrete.
I have built my three buildings so that they project out to the view (narrower at the back, wider at the front). Seperating these buildings i felt allowed me to integrate the landscape into the design.
I have cut into the buildings at the back, and on some of the sides to include greenery into these sections.
I also decided to have no cantilever on the roof at the back and on some of the sides, so that the water would run off this roof and down the concrete walls to the vegetation below. In time this would create an effect of earthy dirt and moss on the walls- just like Herzog and de Meuron's Ricola Factory and Storage Building.
Front Elevation Sketch
Building 1 Elevation Sketches
Building 2 Elevation Sketches
Building 3 Elevation Sketches

Back view


Ground Floor

Underground Gymnasium
and associated facilities


Lower Ground Plan
Ground Plan

Level 1 Plan


Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Assignment 2 Submission

Lower ground plan
Ground plan


Level 1 plan

Level 2 Plan


Short section through building

Long section through building
Detail Section- through a wall edge of the tower


Assignment 1 Submission

Reciprocity
Infrastructure

Insertion

Threshold

Materiality