[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