Select one (1) personal and two (2) state of the art projects and explain how they are (could be) advancing architectural discourse. Integrate into the Expression of Interest proposal.

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"Architecture is as much a philosophical, social or professional realm as it is a material one, and it is through the consideration of architecture as discourse that one can engage with it as visual culture." (Williams 2005 p.103)

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In 2011 second semester, Design Studio Water was taken as one of my major subject in my bachelor studies. Boat House design was the main project of this course. The design was following Alvaro Siza rules and imply into the design. Site journey, material and form, lighting and site topography was taken into a consideration aim in this project.

The design transimt the message of architecture as life journey, experiencing and living space contribution. Architecture is an experiencing of life with the unique orientation of space. Design merges with the surrounding environment to increase the awareness of surrounding environment from visitors. With the help of computational technique, design present in a realistic way. Computation technique assist designer to choose appropriate material, style and characteristics. The discourse raise by Boat House project encourage people to think and related with the experience of architecture and revival from the masters. Successful theory / formula imitate from masters enable designers to think in different view and create diversity of architecture style.

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ADS:Water - Boat House ProjectPui Tak ChanMelbourne3rd September, 2011

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Transformation of King’s Cross station by John McAslan and Partners (JMP) represents a compelling piece of place-making for London. The show-piece is clearly the Western Concourse – Europe’s largest single span station structure and the heart of the development, but the overall project is far more complex: an extraordinary, collaborative effort that has delivered an internationally significant transport interchange, fit for the 21st century and beyond. With the renewal of King’s Cross station, preparation for the capitals celebration of the London Olympic later this year can be noticed.

With this multi-phased development now complete, the significance of the King’s Cross Station redevelopment is finally revealed. The transformation of King’s Cross Station for Network Rail involves three very different styles of architecture: re-use, restoration and new build. The train shed and range buildings have been adapted and re-used, the station’s previously obscured Grade I listed façade is being precisely restored, and a new, highly expressive Western Concourse has been designed as a centerpiece and the ‘beating heart’ of the project. When the station opens to the public on 19 March 2012, King’s Cross will become a new, iconic architectural gateway to the city, ready for the 2012 London Olympics. The iconic structure will rise up the awareness of Olympic game in this later year. The renewal reflects on both cultural development and refreshment of London. The refreshment include cultural, economical, architectural, social and environmental. These bring positive effects and changes to the city.

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King's Cross StationJohn McAslan and Partners (JMP) England, London2012

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iGuzzini does not belong to the ground on which it sits. Like a balloon, Leonidov’s aerostat, it will attempt to escape from this world, seeking a new sky. It will describe the conditions of the light, natural and artificial, in its interior, it will refer to its origins, recognizing a geometric order, but above all it transfer aspirations to people.Moored to the ground, it belongs to this place, and to all other places. In reality, there are forms that can only be drawn once, buildings that can only be built once and the second time being a replica. Because this form, imperfect, slightly deformed, belongs to the world of iGuzzini. Though it is easy to identify, not everyone can appropriate this profile or this geometry.

The discourse of iGuzzini does not seek to boast of explicit technological innovation, but it does seek to be an example of current development towards well understood sustainability in both technological and energy terms.

The proposal seeks to exemplify, in architecture, the conditions closest to humankind including: collectivity, ambition, and excellence. iGuzzini is located by one of the roadway hubs of Barcelona, in a fragile condition of stability on the site where it sits. Without modifying the topography, a large underground space is previously delimited, providing storage, parking, a showroom, an auditorium, and an area for technical services. Its roof is proposed as an exterior technical floor such that it works like an outdoor showroom.

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iGuzzini Illuminazione Spain HeadquarterMiAS ArchitectsSpain, Barcelona 2011

Using suggested readings and independent research presen t the un ique innova t ions presen ted by contemporary computational design techniques. Integrate into the Expression of Interest proposal.

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"By opening embracong non-linearity, indeterminacy and emergence the new digital design techniques challenge conventions such as stable design conceptualization." - (KOLAVERIC 2003. p.27)

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Centre Pompidou Metz

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The form of the Centre Pompidou Metz is inspired by natural and organic forms. Natural organic form was developed into a convincing and seductive geometry that generate a giant, beautiful with free form volumes underneath. Free forms volumes abstract from computational design reprise in various element of design. The innovation of ‘Landscape is flowing’ express by the computation representation in 3D model and presentations. The simplicity and lightness of the idea succeed in digitalize execution. This supported by a lattice of laminated and curved timber members which express the concept for an enveloping, undulating roof. With the variation of material, the architecture increases its complexity in interior spaces. With the assist of contemporary computation technique, designers express the roof in an interest way. Contributions of space orientation generate high relation in both building appearance and interior usage.

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Centre Pompidou MetzShigeru Ban & Jean de Gastines France, MetzMay 12, 2010

Select one project that express contemporary scripting/programming cultures and defend/critique the authors design philosophy. Integrate into the Expression of Interest proposal.

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Milstein Hall AtCornell University

Milstein Hall, the new 25,000 sqf flexible studio space at Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) in upstate New York, was opened last month for students. The first new building in over 100 years for the AAP, the design by OMA was led by partners Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with associate Ziad Shehab. “Not only is this going to be our new home, but everyone has a new attitude,” AAP student Ben Waters told the Cornell Sun. “Everyone has this new-found sense of pride for the program.” The excitement from students and the AAP surrounding the new hall comes with no surprise considering the danger that the program faced in early 2009 – threatening both their accreditation and the hopes of a new OMA designed building eliminated from the campus.Featuring a unique hybrid truss system of 1,200 tons of steel to support two dramatic cantilevers Milstein Hall provides a must needed connection between the existing Sibley and Rand Hall. Professor Mark Cruvellier shared, “We have a couple of buildings here on campus that were always divided, and we’d always have to run back and forth in the middle of winter. Here, we have a building that not only connects Rand Hall and Sibley Hall together, but one that also embodies architecture and design ideas.”Enclosed by floor-to-ceiling glass and a green roof with 41 skylights, this “upper plate” cantilevers almost 50 feet over University Avenue to establish a relationship with the Foundry, a third existing AAP facility. The truss system allows for a wide-open upper plate that will house sixteen design studios.

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Project: Architect: Location: Year:

Milstein Hall at Cornell University Shohei Shigematsu & Rem KoolhaasNew York, United States2011

“The upper plate of the box was a direct response to the need for interaction that the art field entails, though we realize this cannot be perfectly achieved or designed by architecture,” Shigematsu commented. “Our ambition for the upper plate was for it to serve as a pedagogical platform for the architecture, art and planning departments – an open condition that could trigger interaction and discussion. I am sure the students and faculty will generate unexpected uses and conditions that go beyond what we have planned for it.”