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Contents

Part A A.0 Introducation

A.1 Design Futuring

A.2 Design Computation

A.3 Composition & Generation

A.4 Conclusion

A.5 Learning outcome

IntroducationA.0

My name is Jintao Huo, this is

my third year first semester. My

major is architecture and I am

a internation student. I choose

architecture as my major is because

I love those amazing buildings and

I know those buildings are came

from architects. My father is a civil

engineering, so even I am studying

architecture but I hope I can be a

civil engineering in the futhure.

A.1Design Futuring

The technologies we own are developed during human history, that leads different kinds of building appear. New technology brings a huge innovation normally. As a environment student I did a lot of subjects about sustainability in my first year, so i think the most important innovation will come in the furture is the innovation about sustainability. So sustainability of design is the most imporatant part of “design futruing”. Like Tony Fry said “ as change has to be by design rather than chance, degisn has to be the fornt-line of transformative action.”1 The good news is basic on the technologies invented by human like digital computation design and sustainable metrials, our buildings are actually more sustainable than before, but how to make it more sustainable is a important task.

The second imporant thing that I want to say is tradition of building, we can not creat new if we just follow the traditional style, so the rethinking of trandition is necessary. Like Vidler Anthony says “ Any serious “rethinking” of architecture at the start of this century cannot be undertaken without upsetting the structure and emphases of traditional typologies, and of tranditional modes of envisaging the architecure subjects.”2

BanQ Restaurant

BanQ Restaurant

The BanQ Restaurant is designed by Office dA, this is a very beautiful and amazing

design. The most important part of this building is the ceilling. The ceilling is made by

wood and shaped as curves, the wood brings the users into the forest

that the building creates, that could be seen as a link to sustainability, The

curves also provide a feeling of ocean, they are more like the wave. The

users could experience two different environments by changing the light

inside. By using sunlight lighting, the users feel like stay in selva, it brings

hot and zeal, by using blue lighting, people fall into water, they will feel cool

and calm. This design is one way of my understanding of future design.

CCTV Headquarters

CCTV Headquarters is one of the famous building

in Beijing, it is designed by OMA and famous

architect Rem Koolhaas. This building is the most

future building for me before I come Australia, it

has a impossible shape but fits all needs inside

and outside. It does not use common building

materials, because they will not be able to

suppot this structure. So as I said, the discover

of new materials has huge influence on design

development. This buildings also has very strong

visual impact, that is also a important thing for

future design from my understanding. This building

is sustable, too. Big proportion of materials it

uses are recycle materials, it also miximums

the nature lights but at same time manages the

energy that nature light brings in. This buildings

upsets the tranditional buildings totally and many

people can not accept it, Chinese people call

this building “big undershorts. That is normal

for those future design, people especially old

people can not accept this new kind of building,

so I think how to let people accept is another

imporant question for future desginer to consider.

CCTV Headquarters

A.2 Design Computation

Design computation defines as “ it is a the art and science of getting computers to propose design solutions, it is creative coding, argumenting the creative process with computational techniques to identify, abstract, and resolve complex design scenarios.”3 From my understanding, design computation could be described as creating fake things in the computer, like Lawson Bryan says” CAD might conspire against creative thought... by encouraging “fake” creativty.”4 These fake models on computer is really good for designer, they give apportunities to designer which allow them to create whatever they want and show them their creation as a model, that will highly develop designers’ ability to design those amazing and futuring buildings. Design computation also brings a good method which allows designer change or correct their design much easiler, like if you make a mistake at somepoint at start, they don’t need to restart, all they need to do is correct the point and computer will do all another corrections consequencely for you. Design computation is a thing which makes the design more easy and accurate, so I think it is not just a tool, it is main part of design and will be more important in the future.

Design Computation

Soumaya Museum

Soumaya Museum

Soumaya Museum is designed by Fernando Romero, it locates at Mexico City.

As we see, this building has amazing looking and locates at a non-flat landscape.

It has beautiful and irregular curves for its body. Whole buildings is designed

by CAD and other tools to assist. The force transfer very well through this

building and the uneven landscape also shapes it looking. I could say without

computer processes imiitate whole building before hand, this building will be

much more hard to build. That is what design computation brings to us.

Another interest point of this building is the materials used. The facade of building

covers by metal, this kind of metal could shine under sunlight and become gold

colour, it turns to silver when no sunlight shine on it. This creates a predictable looking

of the building, for example, I want to let this building in gold to light people beside

in dusk to help them have more light, I could miximum the surface area to west, I

believe the designer of this building should do many times on computer and finally

choose this shape. That could be seen as another benefit of design computation.

By the way, this kind of building build more in many place around

world, I guess it is because the development of design computation

and it spread apply and explore in whole world’s architecture.

Guangzhou Opera house

Guangzhou Opera house is good example of

design computation. Whole building has a very

irregular shape, it makes this building look like an

aircraft. I think more complex shape the building

has, the more diffcult that for designer to design,

the designer should consider how force transfer

and where to put structure elements, so without

computer it is really hard to achieve. it is sure that

the shape is only one important thing for building,

for this building, the inside of the house is amazing,

too. As picture shows, the layout in the house is

good, many different circulations inside the house

and interact each other, so I think the compter

could also help on the arraangement of house.

Guangzhou Opera house

A.3 Composition & Generation

“Computation is redefining the practice of architecture”5 from

Brady Peter tells us about how big influence that computation

brings to the architectural form. We are experiencing a shift

from composite form to generational form, we all know that

composition is simple and not that good to be a integrated role,

people make mistakes when they follow this rule, but when

computer programs are being perfected, the tranditional composite

form shift to a better and logical form named generation.

It is true to say that generation plays huge role in architectural

design process, it makes the design process more logical and

creative. It also increases the speed of design and brings better

quality of design. But some shortcomings need to consider as

well, I think if generation works too well people probably have no

ardour to consider a better form, they will keep follow generation

when they are doing their design process. Furthermore, as the

techonology is developing with very fast speed, generational

form may not suitable for future technology, so I think be critical

always good for us to improve, if everyone follows a form you must

follow it, too, but remeber to catch every chance to improve it.

Composition & Generation

BurjAl-Arab Hotel

BurjAl-Arab Hotel

BurjAl-Arab is one of the most famous hotel

in the world, it is designed by Tom Wright

and finished at 1999. This building could

be seen as the early building follow the

generational form. It locates at the artificial

island and uses a bridge connecting to main

land. It shows how well a inconceivable

buildings can be build prefectly through a

good design process. It also show all people

in the world, the computer programs have

no limite on design, people can’t design

a building like this before is not because

we are not smart enough but we have no

suitable tools to assist our inspiration.

One picture shows this buildings on

computer software, it gives the desginer

a very clear view of how this building

will like if we build it. That is like make a

“real” one in your computer, that could

be said as a amazing design method

comparing the old ones before.

BurjAl-Arab

National Stadium

NNational stadium

National stadium is one of my favourite building. The idea of

this building comes from bird nest, the reason for that is maybe

because Beijing wants everyone comes at 2008 Olypiad feeling

welcome. This is one main concept of this building. Anyway,

it is no way for us to design a building like this by just copying

bird nest, it has very complex structure and special ways of

load trasfering. Anyway, the building is absolutely make in

computer at first, by correct thousands times and finally find the

best way to build it. It is actually follow the generational form as

describled before.So I think the design for this building is concept

- shape - structure - final. All these things could be done on

computer. That is how we use computation on building design.

A.4 Conclusion

Through the discussions and examples, as a conclusion, I

think computation is a very important thing that we need to

remember. During last 20 years, it becomes more and more

important for design and will be more important in the future.

It is not just a tool or assistance of design, it is the thing that

we need to use it to design. So it is important to learn how to

use those softwares and moreover learn the design process.

Those are alll basic requirements for future architect like us.

A.5Learning outcomes

I already have a very clear view of how important I will learn from this subject, the ability of using software decide how good your design will be. Last year, I do my design normally by using hand drawing and easy software like sketchup. But right now I think if I can use CAD and rhino to do my design ,it will be much more better. Anyway, it is good to know what is this subject about and how important it is.

Reference

1 Fry, T. (2009). ‘Design futuring’ . Oxford: Berg, P.6

2 Vidler, Anthony (2000). ‘Review of Rethinking Architecture and The Anaesthetics of Architecture by Neal Leach’, Harvard Design Magazine, 11, pp. 1-4, p. 3

3 Peters Brady (2013) ‘ Computation Works: The buildings of Algorithmic Tought’, Architecture Design, pp 8-15

4 Lawson, Bryan (1999). ‘’Fake’ and ‘Real’ Creativity using Computer Aided Design: Some Lessons from Herman Hertzberger’, in Proceedings of the 3rd Conferenceon Creativity & Cognition, ed. by Ernest Edmonds and Linda Candy(New York: ACM Press), pp. 174-179

5 Kolarevic, Branko. (2003) ‘Architecture in the digital age: Design and Manufacuring’, New York, Spon press, pp. 1-62