2nd year architectural design portfolio

Architectural Design 2

In Place/Any Place: CONSTRAINT 09/10

AD 2 09/10In Place/Any PlaceJing LIANGThe University of Edinburgh

AD 2 09/10 In Place/Any Place Jing LIANG The University of Edinburgh

2

Colle

ctor

’s H

ouse

Skill

Sem

inar

Read

ing

Sem

inar

Dan

ce C

entre

Le Cobusier, Le Modular, 1948

SEAT

ROOM

HOUSE

SURVEY

DANCE CENTRE

CONTENTS

3-4

5

6-7

7-9

9-14

14-19

19-25


3

Precedent Study

Eames House, a landmark of mid-20th centeury modern archi-tecture. The design of the house was proposed by Charles and Ray as Part of the case study house program. The idea of this was to hypothesize a modern household, elaborate its functional require-ments by using modern materials and construcion processes.

The house with 2.4m tall by 60m long, concrete retaining wall on the uphill side. A mezzanine level was added, making use of prefabricated spiral stair that was to have been the lower entrance. The upper level holds the bed-rooms and overlooks the double-height living room. A courtyard was also introduced, seperating the residence from the studio space.

The 5.1m tall facade is broken down into a rigidly geometric, almost Mondrianesque composi-tion of brightly colored panels between thin steel columns and braces, painted black.

9-14

19-25


4

visualization

Double height living space

Colored panels between thin steel colums and braces


5

Le Corbusier, Le Modular, 1948

The Modular, a harmonious measure to the human scale universally applicable to architec-ture and mechanics wrote by Le Corbusier in 1948.Le Corbusier developed the modular between 1943 and 1955 in an era, which was already displaying widespread fascination with mathematics as a potential source of universal

thought that industrial buildings and housing techniques led to crowding, dirtiness, and a lack of a moral landscape. So he began to take physical form, mainly as houses that he cre-

-tecture. For Le Corbusier, what industry needed was a system of proportional measurement, which would reconcile the needs of the human body with the beauty inherent in the Golden Section. If this system could be devised, which could simultaneously render the golden section proportional to the height of a human, and then this would form an ideal basis for universal standardisation. Using such a system, Le Corbusier proposed that architects, engi-

delightful. According to Le Corbusier, the initial inspiration for the Modular came from a vision of a hypothetical man inscribed with three overlapping but close squares. Le Corbusier advised his assistant to take this hypothetical man with arm upraised, 2.20m in height, put him inside two squares 1.10 by 1.10 meters each, superimposed on each other, put a third square

Corbusier proposed to reconcile human statue with mathematics. To further develop the Modular system, this time he started with the central square and then generated a golden section arc in one direction and another arc in the opposite direction, these arcs then gener-

angle passing through the common boundary between the two newly formed squares. The idea being that the resulting form can be used to create a series of golden section rectangles at multiple scales.

-ing for 1,600 inhabitants, comprising 26 communal services; his modular system was then put to a practical test. The building is 140 meters long, 24 meters wide and 56 meters high,

section, front elevation, the wall and the roof.Le Corbusier modular represents a curious turning point in architectural history. In one sense it represents attempt to provide a unifying rule for all architecture; in another it re-cords the failure and limits of such an approach. He notes that the modular has the capacity to produce designs that are displeasing; he also abandons the modular when it does not suit and persistently reminds people that since it is based on perception then its application must be limited by practical perception.


6

SEATBody TraceChoosing the gesture of reading, a body was traced in three differ-ent positions, indicating movement between them. The trace was done using strips of coloured paper re-

the body.

Line DrawingA line drawing was produced from a end elevation of the trace. First by hand and later in CAD.

ChairContinuing on from the body sur-vey, the line drawing of the middle position was used as a basis of a chair elevation. It was interpreted as showing both contraction and seat.


7

Model Making

Initial design

Final design


8

ROOM

RoomThe room design was to create a space for reading. This developed into staircase which acted as a library as well as producing a secluded reading space at its peak. As

basis of its plan. A rib construction evolved from the trace, which would be timber and set up in a circular plan. These ribs would support the steps of the staircase as well as a seat at the platform and shelves at the back side. In the inner side of the ribs would

space: naturally lit from the top, library space caters for visitors while the reading space is private, the difference between the multiple purpose of the stair and the single purpose of the reading space and the basic idea of lots of books making up the space but only one book taken to top of the stairs.


9


10

Collector’s House


11

Advocates close


12

Site Survey


13

CConception

Boundary of light and shadow

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Building form as intervention

1: Entrance&Reception2: Garden3: Gallery

5: Toilet6: Kitchen7: Living room8: Guest Bedroom9: Reading room10: Master bedroom11: Bathroom12: Balcony

2


15

Dance Centre


16

EL-Clot


17

Site Model


18


19

Location Plan


20

Original Plans


21

New Plans 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

910

1: Entrance Hall2: Cafe area

4:Changing room5:Storage6: Studio 17:Toilet8:Studio 2

10:Terrace


22

Section D


23

Section C


24

visualization


25

Principal Studio visualiza-tion

2nd year architectural design portfolio

Documents