Journal of Deisgn Studio Air

ABPL30048

Studio 10Yao Han,531914

2013 Semester one

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Previous experiment with digital deisign ------------------- 4

Architecture as discourse ------------------- 6

Comnputational architecutr ------------------- 10

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Previous Experience with Digital Design

I took four studio subject and three of fi nal projects is represented with digital technology. Rhino is the fi rst digital software that I know for the model making that is introduced in the virtual environment.

In the virtual environment, we used surface paneling tool to deisgn the lamp for bodys. And in my fi rst trial with digital modeling, it is mainly forcus on the surface creation rath-er than architectural desin. It is sure that digital design with architecture is more complicated than digital art.

In the second year of architec-tural studio, we made real design of archictectural building. But teh second year’s project were con-ducted by the other digital making software, 3Ds max. With 3Ds, I mainly experienced my design with rec-tileanear shape which is less interest-ing compare to project with rhino. So in this case I have less opportuni-ties playing around with different complex geometry.

And now moving on to the Grass-hopper and Rhino....

‘Reading betweent the lines’ is a project done by Gijs Van Vaerenbergh on Sep-tember 24th, 2011. The project is cost-ing 30 tons of steel and 2000 columns to build up a transparent church structure on top of fundament of armed con-crete.

According to the reading of ‘Archi-tecture and Visual Culture’ by Richard Wiliam this project would be describled as piece of art work rather than the ar-chitecture which is situated in the pub-lic space, constructed in the form of church and does not contain any well-defi ned function. The ‘church’ lead us to a visual experience of what a transpar-ent building would look like.

Architecture as Discourse

The other favourite one of mine is the Denmark Pavilion designed by BIG with ARUP and 2+1 for 2010 Shanghai Expo. Basically, the ideas of this project was having a big loop for bicycle riding and a big pool with fresh water from Copen-hagen’s harbor. It presents a suit-able living environment of city like Copenhagen to the world.

The whole forms of Denmark Pa-vilion is simple but meaningful that passing the message of green energy movement. The big loop allows people get close the to experience of riding without taking too much space and this sort of space arrangement both provid-ing aesthetic vision and functional convenience.

ComputationalArchitecture

We have already acknowledge and experience that digital tech-nology provide great improve-ment in the area of design pro-viding another perspective view towards the world of nature.

The famous precedence for BLOB architecture design, Mon-treal Biosphere, that created by visionary architect Richard Buck-minster Fuller in 1990s, this structure can never be archieved without the involvement of computation-al technologies. By creating this dome, it provides new thinking of art design and philosophy, how people surrounded by universe. And I believe digital technology is help with the structural and geo-metric design of the dome. With natural load sharing ability of per-fect sphere and rigidity of triangu-lar structure.

Of course that, a great digital design has to encounter with the issue on frabrication and con-struction as only now digital pro-gram is a analytical tool on the problems. Zaha Hadid offi ce has great ability of expressing the idea of of fl uidity, velocity and lightness. But in terms of con-struction, every large structure has to be teared down into small piece and every large surface has to be consisted of small pan-els. Therefore, digitial technology show its expertise on ccalcula-tions which enable modern ar-chitect such as Zaha Hadid to start an inovation on digital fabri-

cation and 3D printing. This proposal for a museum and cultural centre is creating a future architectural lan-guage that meets new technologies in order to articulate complexities and forwards the ongoing innova-tion,