Tuesday 21 May 2013

Week 11 - EXP 3: THE BRIDGE. Plan

Plans and sections I used to develop my model:


Plan
Student
- Lecture Theatre x2 
- Studio Spaces x4
- Workshop x2
- Computer Labs x2
- Meeting Rooms for students x3

Staff
- Office for Academic Staff
- Office for General Staff
- Research Space for Academic Staff x2
- Meeting Room for staff x2

Library
Gallery
Cafe

First rough plan:
Final plan:



 2 images of my first draft of the bridge:

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Wednesday 15 May 2013

Week 10 - EXP 3: THE BRIDGE. The Elevators

Images from of my elevator from Cry ENGINE3:
First elevator:
Press "o" to go up and "p" to go down


Press "k" to go up and "l" to go down
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Tuesday 7 May 2013

Week 9 - EXP 3: THE BRIDGE. 18 Sketch perspectives

A series of 6 one point perspectives exploring the relationship between three "F-shaped" prisms in space:


Architectural theories:

An interesting short video showing a valley of my country of origin, Hong Kong.
"My intent with this project was to illustrate the grandeur of Hong Kong that most people would never get to see." - Javin Lau
Hong Kong is Home. from Javin Lau on Vimeo.

Some great photographs from his blog:
http://javinlau.tumblr.com/

Other blogs:
This is Hong Kong, Tsing Ma Bridge ( Explored Aug 3, 2011 )

  • "I don't think many people leave Hong kong to come visit Lamma Island, but it is a nice Jaunt. There is a nice hiking path around the island and it ends at this little harbor. There's lots of good and the reflections around sunset are a treat." - Trey Ratcliff
    http://www.stuckincustoms.com/category/travel/china/lamma-island/
Boats on Lamma IslandI don't think many people leave Hong Kong to come visit Lamma Island, but it is a nice jaunt. There is a nice hiking path around the island and it ends at this little harbor. There's lots of food and the reflections around sunset are a treat.- Trey RatcliffRead the entire entry here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
"Lan Kwai Fong is one of Hong Kong’s most popular nightlife hot spots and home to over 90 restaurants and bars. The atmosphere ranges from stylish wine pairings to raucous jelly shots and the food on offer is as diverse as the clientele."
Lan Kwai Fong




An image from CryENGINE3 inspired by a valley of my country of origin, Hong Kong:


MashUp:
As a city, Hong Kong doesn’t have it easy, impossibly dense and smothered by unsympathetic hilly terrain, hence it is aspire to raise international awareness of the importance of public space in cities. Today, Hong Kong is penetrated by a vast system of connected lobbies, walkways, and tunnels that rise and fall without any apparent relationship to ground level. To improve the quality of their public spaces as Hong Kong suffers from a lack of social space, we can apply the “Placemaking methodology” to advance the development of cities where people of all income groups, social classes and ages can live safely, happily and in economic security.
The most successful public spaces are “multi-use destinations” with many attractions and activities, for example, the internal and external courtyards create new public spaces of an intimate scale which complement the large open exhibition forums and outdoor recreational facilities to promote a diversity of civic spaces, where citizens can find common ground and where ethnicity and economic tensions can go unnoticed. Also, creating more pedestrian-friendly streets in general will provide spaces for interpersonal interaction and foster a sense of community that is impossible in a primarily vehicular road, and this can be achieved in Zaha Hadid’s new Innovation Tower where the route through the building becomes a clear upward cascade of showcases and events allowing the student or visitor to visually covet and engage work and exhibits throughout its circulation passage.

Sources:

  1. Rackard , Nicky. "Cities Without Ground: A Hong Kong Guidebook" 28 Mar 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed 23 Jun 2013. http://www.archdaily.com/352543
  2. Furuto , Alison. "Innovation Tower, Hong Kong Polytechnic University / Zaha Hadid Architects" 28 Oct 2012.ArchDaily. Accessed 24 Jun 2013. http://www.archdaily.com/279631
  3. Porada , Barbara. "Ten Ways to Transform Cities through Placemaking & Public Spaces" 21 Apr 2013.ArchDaily. Accessed 24 Jun 2013. http://www.archdaily.com/362988

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Sunday 5 May 2013

Week 8 - EXP 2: THE SPACE BETWEEN. 36 Custom textures

5 images from CryENGINE3:

The meeting space - the interconnection between the two monuments.

The artificial diagonal lines on both the inside and outside surfaces reflects the building as land art itself and evokes the electronic surfaces in a public realm encompassing the building.

Night view - The lighting with different colors projected on different sides of the building reinforces it's digitalised surface.


Electroliquid aggregation:
  • The public realm is a electronic surface enclosing the globe.
  • The building as land art itself.
" The global and urban realm reflects the digitalised surface, encompassing the globe, whereas the building accentuate itself as land art." 


36 custom textures that represent the entire range from dark to light:

Chosen textures:
Light, Medium, Dark
  

Link to SketchUp model:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=d052a66608bb99e8fdf8a147913f4e10

Link to CrtENGINE3 file:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6zv0sdmnxo9s77q/12X2-mYe3P



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