[EXP3] Final Fly-through of the Bridge

[EXP3] Links to my final sketchup model and Lumion environment

Link to Sketchup model (includes the bridge, two moving elements and the folly):
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=ubf455470-e80e-4893-a2ff-74de82744a58

Link to Lumion environment:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B209QLgC3lUCeHdkaUhSUlFXMlk&usp=sharing

[EXP3] Interior of Final Bridge In Lumion Environment

General staff's office

Lecture theatre with poor attendance

Open air space connecting the library and student's meeting room

Library

Academic staff's meeting room

Computer lab

Elevator lobby

[EXP3] Moving Elements + Architectural Folly

Moving element one: The elevator moves vertically between the ground and the elevator lobby of the bridge. The elevator is designed white to imitate the egg of the "living dragon", which makes the elevator a part of the living architecture.

Moving element two: The flying platform works as a shuttle bus to transfer people from the folly to the elevator of the bridge.

[EXP3] Final Bridge In Lumion Environment

The bridge and the folly

The bridge looks like a living dragon spanning its wings over the two mountains, which echoes my architectural theory of 'living architecture to cope with unforgiving natural environment.'

Top view of the environment

Side view of the bridge

Here is an illusion that the "living dragon" is lifting its head and is ready to fly

Showing the interior of the bridge from outside

[EXP3] Final Bridge Sketchup Model: Space Analysis

Space Analysis 01

Space Analysis 02

Space Analysis 03

[EXP3] Week 5 Peer Reviews

[EXP3] 36 Custom Textures

[EXP3] Draft of the Bridge

Sketchup model

In Lumion

Inspired by Zaha Hadid's Riverside Museum 

[EXP3] Inspired Landscape and Draft Lumion Environments

Inspired Landscape

Yosemite National Park

Draft Lumion Environments

First Attempt

Second Attempt (chosen as final landscape)

Third Attempt

[EXP3] Two Point Perspectives

[EXP3] Article Mashup

The goal of architecture is to create structures to house humans and their activities. Some spots are such beautiful potential locations for a home, yet repeated natural disasters make them inhospitable. In an age when we're faced with repeated flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes, to design for instability is a really powerful thing. Logically, "living architecture" has to have a theoretical basis that begins with a series of surrealist fantasies that often take their cues from natural shapes like shells. Living buildings could "absorb pollutants and carbon dioxide, and even offer better protection against natural disasters. A living city could stop nature’s cycle of destruction with a dramatic change in the way our houses look. To make good buildings, we need a worldview, a healthy worldview enables us to confer survival strategies and some form of adaptation to our buildings.

References:

http://www.archdaily.com/429404/unified-architectural-theory-chapter-1/ (accessed June 2, 2014)
http://weburbanist.com/2014/03/19/surrealist-disaster-proof-structures-for-dangerous-locations/ (accessed June 2, 2014)

http://www.dezeen.com/2014/05/25/movie-rachel-armstrong-living-architecture-project-persephone/ (accessed June 2, 2014)

[EXP3] One Point Perspectives

[EXP2 FINAL] Recall of architectural concepts + short description

Recall:

2 Architectural concepts + description:

Lebbeus Woods - Disregarding ground plane, defying gravity: 

- Lebbeus Woods is famous for his surrealist and experimental approach towards architectural design. Most of his designs are unrealistic, yet giving us a sense of possible reality. Therefore, I try to design an unrealistic monument for Woods. For this monument, the concept of gravity is rejected, which aims to give viewers a sense of surrealism.

SANAA - Fluidity of space, circulation:

- SANAA's architectural designs are more about aestheticism, simplicity and unclear space. Therefore, for the SANAA's monument, i try to present a sense of aestheticism through the curvilinear shape of the monument. Also, the ring of this monument is connecting the Woods monument without any physical contact. This design approach to give a sense of unclear space between the monuments to the viewers.

Combined new Architectural concept: 

Fluidity of form and space through the rejection of gravity

5 Image captures of Lumion environment and links

The Images:

The Landscape

Stairs connecting the transparent corridor of the monument

The two monuments are connected to each other, but not touching each other.  From this angle, a sense of space can be perceived inside the half-floating ring of the SANAA monument, which depicts the concept of flexibility of space through defying gravity.

Here is an illusion that the two monuments are touching each other. In fact, they are connected without any physical contact.  This design is to emphasize the fluidity of form, as the illusion blurs the true form of the monuments, causing the monuments to look like a single structure. (Same texture is used for both monuments on this side to enhance the illusion)

The rejection of gravity is manifested through the hanging part of the Lebbeus Woods monument. The differently-sized ponds echo the half-hanging ring of the SANAA monument, depicting the fluidity of space.

Link to my Lumion folder:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B209QLgC3lUCS0l4RW9jdktYZU0&usp=sharing

Final sketchup model of the monuments:

Link:
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=u2b63aacf-562f-4f82-b307-ba2af9f459bc   

36 Custom Textures (exp2)

These are my 36 custom textures from light to dark:

3 chosen textures:

       Light                       Medium                      Dark      

Applying to the monument:

18 Axonometric Sketches + electroliquid aggregation

Electroliquid Aggregation:

SANAA - Fluidity of space

Lebbeus Woods - Defying gravity

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                                             =

Electroliquid Aggregation - Fluidity of form and space through the rejection of gravity

Lumion Integration:

 View 1

View 2

3 parallel projections of combined axonometrics:

 defying gravity + fluidity of space

 deconstructivism + simplicity

pure geometric form + buildings that rotate

 Lumion Integration of axonometrics:

6 Axonometrics:

 Lebbeus Woods: disregards ground plane, defying gravity

 SANAA: fluidity of space, circulation

 Lebbeus Woods: deconstructivism

 SANAA: pure geometric form

 Lebbeus Woods: buildings that rotate

SANAA: simplicity/minimalistic