36 Textures - Light to Dark

Black Box lecture - "Shadow as a threshold"

Image sourced from Lecture 7 - the Black Box, slide 20

Shadow can be manipulated as a threshold - as an entry point, a pathway that leads to new spaces and a way to discover the obscure. In my own design, the effects of shadow act as a very significant component, in terms of Jacques-Yves Cousteau's laboratory, the shadow casts by the solid, highlights the paths in contrast to areas of light, those paths are directional that leads to discovery of the unknown. This is relevant to Yves Cousteau's idea which through exploration - underwater, many unknown facts and phenomenon can be discovered. Shadow as a threshold also has similarities to the design for Keith Campbell's laboratory. The ramp leads to the building is supported by a series of columns which form a rhythmatic lighting effect. Since the building has a range of openings, the shadow helps highlighting a series of identical spaces which gives the building a sense of repetitiveness.

ElectroLiquid Aggregation+Developed design

ElectroLiquid Aggregation:

"Without the weight of gravity, men has only to sink beneath the water and he is free. In the world we live in, this identical phenomenon can be applied to everyone."


Developed model images

Parallel Projections － Interconnection

Conceptual parallel projections for clients' meeting space

Experiment 2 - Initial design

Lab for Jacques-Yves Cousteau:
Inspired by "From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction — up, down, sideways — by merely flipping his hand. Under water, man becomes an archangel."





Lab for Keith Campbell:
Inspired by "Asexual reproduction or production of something that is identical"

Experiment 2 - 18 Axonometrics

Experiment 2 - Quotations from 3 clients

Task: Find a quote describing an idea from each of the clients

1. Alfred Nobel:

"One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge."

Reference: Levinovitz W A & Ringertz N, The Nobel Prize: The First 100 Years, 2001



2. Jacques-Yves Cousteau

"From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction — up, down, sideways — by merely flipping his hand. Under water, man becomes an archangel."

Reference: Longgood W.F, The darkening land, Simon and Schuster, 1972, Original from the University of California, Digitized 23 Oct 2008



3. Keith Campbell

"The definition of cloning is asexual reproduction or production of something that is identical"

Reference: http://www.ivfpodcasts.com/IVF_Podcasts/Podcasts.php?Cloning-12

Experiment 1 - Final Submission 02/04/09

Developed Model images - Final


Exterior view showing the above ground studio
(Shifting) and the gallery space

The gallery space becomes the focal/
connecting point between the two studios


Underground studio (Embracing)


Design Concept

Above ground studio - "Shifting"
Client: Rosalie Gascoigne

The starting point for the upper level studio is linked with the idea of shifting. I managed to design a studio space that allows the client or the visitors to journey or transfer from one place to another, to enjoy the process of changing position, direction and form. I decided to emphasize on the experience of journey that I lift the studio up in the air. The set of stairs connect the studio and gallery space were designed with the purpose of shifting thus thin Steel platform and cables were applied in order to make the journey "shifting" and "swinging".
Furthermore, the studio was designed to incorporate daylighting and natural ventilation to all spaces.


Underground studio - "Embracing"
Client: Fiona Hall

Underground studio was aimed to pursue the idea of embracing, both in the physical form and experience. I managed to design a studio space with a sense of enclosure as an expression of affection, a studio provides a calm and inspiring place to work. The underground studio was designed with angled and sharp edge ceiling that almost reach the ground. Structurally, the ceiling was held by several stainless steel columns, those columns withstand the high pressures, at the same time it gives an impression that the ceiling was about to collapse. The staircase link the underground studio to the gallery space was similar to the idea of "tunnel", that provides a sense of closeness.


Developed Stairs - Final

Original Section Sketch: shifting stairs held by cables

Steel stairs cut by section

View from studio down to the gallery entry


Original Section Sketch: Embracing stairs
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Embracing stair cut by section

Staircase leads to underground studio


3 Animations - Experiment One: DATUM


Animation 1: In animation 1, the animated section cuts through the entire project showing the construction of both staircases and how the buildings integrated within the landscape.




Animation 2: Animation 2 shows the design concept for the above ground studio - "Shifting". The staircase was held up by a number of cables, as you walk up to the studio, the stairs start swinging and moving along thus gives the feeling of "shifting".




Animation 3: This short video demonstrates the basic structure and a range of interior elements of the underground studio (Embracing) when cut by the animated section.



Sections:

Original Section Sketch: Shifting & Embracing


Final Model: Section A


Final Model: Section B


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