I have placed my central tower in between the most centralised area located in the greenery space outside the gym to create the most accessibility from Anzac Parade and the surrounding buildings. This was also chose as there is large space to situate a sized garden space. This tower will bridge across Roundhouse, gym and Squarehouse.
Cross 1: Placed within the lawn of the aquatic centre, ease access to gym, roundhouse and squarehouse.
Cross 2: Different design of Cross 1 in same area + multiple stories
Cross 3: Cross placed in between roundhouse and squarehouse. I feel this is a bit tight in space.
This architectural feature reflects the slick and contemporary features mirroring the neo-futuristic style. It further adds form and expressiveness to the building to create a highly aesthetic sense emphasized through the non-linear form. The integration between the building and landscape allows to seamlessly compliment each other to add more meaning. The materials of glass is highly use to create a powerful aesthetic sense. The use of white, marble and glass material allows to not overpower each other in a sense.
DAY RENDERS
Outdoor view from above
Outdoor view from above on the opposite side
Above Mountain & Moon studio area
Above Mountain & Moon studio area
Spiral staircase in the common area leading to Mountain & Moon studio
Bottom level with Khyzyl Saleem's studio consisting many different car options
Perspective from car ramp
Stairs connecting the bottom floors
Stairs connecting from common area to underground studio
As posted before on my other blog post, these were my initial designs for my Sketchup Model and I felt it was really under developed, hence why I redid my design.
NEW SKETCHUP MODEL PROCESS
To begin with my new model, I started modelling the roof. I started with different contours using the arc tool to create different levels of the curve, taken inspiration from Zaha Hadid. And then created another curvy physical structure to slightly integrated with the whole roof.
I then gave the structures some thickness and implemented my spiral staircase. This is meant to connect the shared studio space on the ground floor connecting to the jewelry workshop on the top floor.
And then continued with the underground space. I wanted the underground space to be directly underneath the ground floor so there is increased accessibility and ease for transporting cars.
Ramp is added to bottom floor. Main theme is this architecture is the use of glass. The roaring sun can blast through the studio to create natural lighting from the side and top.
My secondary stairs are implemented in. This correlates with the idea of 'roaring' theme. This is symbolised through the staggering effect of the hand rails reflecting the different amplitudes of sounds with 'roaring'.
My third design of the stair is located on the lowest floor of the underground section. This is the theme for 'slithering'. The slithering effect is created in the curvy steel supports from the ceiling to the edge of the stairs, giving a non-linear area. This overall adds meaning to my overall design as most of my architectural structures are created with curves.
My floor consists of the jewelry workshop. The name of the workshop is the 'Mountain and the Moon' and is metaphorically symbolised through the contours of the roof representing a mountain, and the moon is replicated by the table counter inside the workshop. Furthermore, I wanted the diamond glass design to similarly represent a sense of luxury within the studio. I have just implemented my texture on the floor so it does not take away from the flow of architectural features.
I have also added my second texture on the ground on the pillars. This follows the same reason as above as I wanted to be a little subtle with the textures, hence placed on the four pillars.
My last texture, I added on the underground section for the cars. This gives off a sense of tiling within the car workshop. The texture also gives a sense of a 3D feel where the gradient goes from light to dark.
I have decided to redesign my entire model as my tutor and I thought my old model was too restricted as the the flow of designed did not follow through. I then remodeled my new design on Sketchup with some new inspiration from the architect, Zaha Hadid. I looked through her architectural buildings such as the Heydar Aliyev Center and Beijing's International Airport. A major is the influence of architectural Deconstructivism, where it gives the style of things being fragmented in construction of buildings. It constitutes the essence of continuity, harmony and symmetry. Furthermore, I have also been influenced through the style of Neo-futursim, where the idealistic concept of redesigning buildings through the rethink of aesthetics and functionality. Below is an example of this.
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
Week 4 Progression Photos + Texture
A shot of the overall design of my model.
This is shot is a picture of the upper level which sits my Audrey Allen and Ashton Cameron's jewelry studio combined with my woven texture of the floor. I am still thinking whether it fits within the architectural space.
Here in the shot is the floor sitting on the ground. This space shares the studio of Audrey Allen and Ashton Cameron and Khyzyl Saleem. I have applied the oscillation texture onto the pillars of the floor as I did not want to over-apply the texture in the design. I wanted to be a little subtle on the texture but I still want to apply it somewhere else on the ground floor.
