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KAREN DIONISIO-SEE 613168ARCHITECTURE STUDIO AIR SEMESTER 1 2015

“To design an installation/ pavilion to run adjacent to the energy station using biomimetic algorithmic approaches in contrast to the linear truss geometry of the transmission

lines and station plant equipment”

SITE BOUNDARYLOCATION OF THEPAVILION

RESIDENTIAL AREASMERRI CREEK

INDUSTRIAL AREA

POSITIVES

NEGATIVES

Near Merri CreekNear cycling pathSurrounded by natureNext to several reserves and parksNear residences, schools and clubsOpen to and used by many residents, students, cyclists and animals.

Brunswick Terminal Station

AFFECTING



SITE ANALYSIS

CERES COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT CENTER

TO MAIN ROAD

TO MERRI CREEKTO CERES

CERES COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT CENTER

MERRI CREEK

MAIN ROADS/ ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION

BRUNSWICK TERMINAL STATION

MERRI CREEK

RESIDENTIAL AREAS

SITE BOUNDARYLOCATION OF THEPAVILION

RESIDENTIALAREASMERRI CREEK

INDUSTRIAL AREA

CIRCULATION AROUND THE PAVILION

RELATIONSHIP TO THE SITE

FIBONACCI SEQUENCE OPENINGS IN PAVILION PLAY OF LIGHT



NORTH ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION

DESIGN DEVELOPMENTCREATE SPIRAL/

FIBONACCI PATTERNPROJECT PATTERN TO

THE FINAL FORMCREATE OPENINGS ON

THE PAVILIONPRODUCE WEDGES FOR CONNECTION DETAILS

GRAPH MAPPER KANGAROO SCALE INTERSECTION

SET BEZIER CURVE IN A CIRCULAR

PLANE

CREATE THE CURVES TO BE

FOLLOWED

TURN POLYLINES OF PATTERN INTO

MESH

SET PARAMETERS FOR FORM FINDING

ALGORITHMS IN KANGAROO

TURN PATTERN INTO AN ELASTIC

WEB WITH SPRINGFROMLINE

INFLATE PATTERN AND INCREASE VOLUME WITH

PRESSURE

SET x,y,z AXES TO LIFT PATTERN WITH

UNARYFORCE

FIX INFLATED PATTERN TO THE INITIAL CURVES

MADE

DIVIDE CURVES INTO

31 POINTS

SELECT POINTS IN A

true false true PATTERN

CREATE VORONOI

PLANES WITHIN POINTS

EXTRACT CURVES FROM THE GEOMETRY

FIND CENTROID OF CURVES AND DIVIDE

INTO TRIANGLE SURFACES

FIND AREA CENTROID OF EACH

TRIANGLE AND SCALE

ACCORDINGLY

EXTRUDE CURVES ACCORDINGLY IN

THE NEGATIVE Z-AXIS

JOIN SURFACES AND SELECT

INTERSECTING CURVES

FINDPERPENDICULAR

PLANE OF THE CURVES

CREATECIRCULAR

CURVES ON EACH PLANE

SOLVE THEINTERSECTION OF JOINED SURFACES

AND CIRCULAR CURVES

SPLIT THE SURFACES INTO

TWO PARTS

DESIGN ITERATIONS/ DEVELOPMENT

PRECEDENT - ICD/ITKE PAVILION 2011

DESIGN PROCESS

PATTERN CURVES KANGAROO

SCALING EXTRUDE WEDGES



FABRICATION

1

1

2

3

10

7

4

2

3

4

55

6

6

7

88

99

10

PLANAR JOINTS5-WEDGES ON EACH

INTERSECTION

PLANAR JOINTS2-WEDGES ON EACH

INTERSECTION

CLIP JOINTS1 ON EACH

INTERSECTION

MORE EFFICIENTLESS TIME NEEDEDLESS MATERIAL USED

UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO FABRICATE THE FINAL MODEL (1:20)• DETAILS ARE TOO SMALL• WEDGES NEED TO BE LARGER

NEEDS MORE JOINTSLACKS RIGIDITYTIME CONSUMING

VERY RIGIDTIME CONSUMING

WEDGES

TEMPLATE FOR LASER CUTTING

LASER CUT REMOVE COMPONENTS

FOLD ETCHED LINES AND GLUE WEDGES ON THEM



WEST ELEVATION EAST ELEVATION

DETAILS

SECTION

COMPONENTS

DETAIL OF WEDGE

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