Week 8 designs ideas and Concept

While doing some research into Biomimicry I come across the idea of

• Radical increases in resource inefficiency
• Closing loops
• solar economy

which i have found very important creating in many ways a self surfiest building detached from the constraints or normal building while incorporating the same elements. (very close to my concept in portraying element in a deconstructed way)
Also the idea of Restorative designs which is a very interesting aspect I was to look into further in too regards, The river and the hill vegitation,

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/kate_orff_oysters_as_architecture.html

ill expand on theses element later on but are two aspect i would like to include in my design as a long term design aspect to regenerate and rejuvenate the site to a healthy fresh ecosystem within the heart of the city which can function with my recreational area.


Concept:





Design ideas and aspects that allow the programs to function:

week 7 tut.

development on concept:

From my folie the concept was the "deconstruction of the natural and urban environment" although at the time I thought I understood the site after more research in to the site I have found this topic way too board to achieve any real influence on my design in its current state. So after talking with Yvonne, the topic was then brought up about instead of looking at it in the liners approach what about with the idea of Morphogenesis.

From this idea of Morphogenesis with the idea of self assembly, and form this then i looked at the individual aspects and how they function together to create the urban and natural environment

then in the next step by isolating these aspects it then allows me to reconstruct the environment in a deconstructed was the allows the building to function yet highlights the individual element by putting them in a different arrangement then what people are us to, (in some ways a abstract reconstruction).


Idea for programs:


after the initial research into the site and finding what the site need i have found with the surrounding urban and natural environment that the program i have chosen is a commercial/ mall/ retail,
but then after thinking for a while I come across the idea of cross Programming with the building having more than one function.

then I looked at and educator (in respect to the building showing and teaching people how to use, incorporate and how Biomimicry function in a real life circumstance in respect to the environment of Brisbane with the site constraints.

Then of course there was commercial (retail) the reason i have chosen this is because not only does it activate the site but it also works on the premise that most if not everyone has been to a mall and seen how it function, now they can compare this to how Biomimicry has been introduce (used) to create the same space yet with all its benefits. Also commercial does also poses a challenge and the environment is ever changing whit people and the retailer within the shop

Then the other program that i come across that the site would benefited from would be recreational and with all these people an activity to do to reflex and interact with the wider community of the site.



inspiration for programs:





How would nature cater for the programs;



INspirational biomimicry aspects:

structure and catering for people seating, getting more from less material.

































tropical climate of brisbane and with the programs i whish to incorporate have to consider ways of making the space comfortable?

















This i just found really interesting in the idea of no HEAT BEAT OR TREAT to create glass that is in many ways unbreakable.

Building for inspiration, building program, ideas for Biomimicry elements

Building for inspiration, Building program, Ideas for Biomimicry elements Problems

Flooding

1. hidden


2. unsafe

how could/ way of solving it in nature

1. maybe mangroves? structure as a base to support the rest of the building could become a park under and if it floods it wont damage the building, idea of more material with less?

Week 6 tut

Imperative implication and investigation:

After the tut we were asked to through our site analysis and researching determine what the site needs. In doing this we asked our self,

what are the problems with the site, what does the site need, constraints on the site, opportunities, how would nature solve these issues, uniqueness of the site what to use and what not to, what could work in the site.

Problems=
• Deserted
• floods
• hidden
• access
• hill blocks a fair amount of the sun
• located away for the CBD (further that walking distance)

What does the site need?
• Something to attract people to utilise the site.
• better lighting,
• safety, (would occur with element list above)

Constraints on the site and design
• heritage listed building and bridge
• access (pedestrian and vehicle)
• buildable site 1000m2
• floor area ration = 0.5- 1.0, (500m2 min - 1000m2 max)
• follow concept of the folie

Opportunities
• natural topography
• vegetation
• rivers,
• bridge
• relatively flat surface free of pretty much all obstructions
• within walking distance for close shop,
• Landscape, (different layers= made, built and manipulated.)
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What could work in the site:
• Commercial= bring activity to the site, shopping program?
• recreational = more people to the site, could make it exclusive or open to

everyone, green wall (cliff different experience of a green space than what pervaded anywhere else in Brisbane)
• educator to the general public
• Opportunity for cross programming (more than one function out of the design) I'm thinking commercial with educational/ educator
Biomimicry Ideas that interest me so far:

After just doing some initial research I found two elements that looked really interesting
the idea of
• Biomimicry cool Alternative; Eastgate center in Zimbabwe= mimics the termite nest and how it regulates it heat, Be very useful in the Brisbane climate.
• How nature reactions to environmental factory, (gravity) idea of making structure more efficient with less materials,


After watching some of ..................... videos as an introduction into the concept of Biomimicry the concepts that were first interest me were the basis of what Biomimicry looks at
• How does life make things, without heat, beat and treat
• how does life make the most out of things by adding information to matter
• how does life make things 'disappear' into systems

this then looked into the Biomimicry aspects and the initial ideas that have stood out for me are:
• Solar transformation
• shapes clean without detergent
• quenching thirst ( separation technologies)
• strengthen with minimal material, (minimal material by adding design
• multiple function into on material,
• listen in noisy environments,
• provide ecosystems serves cities (become a whole environment)

Inspiration:





How to analysis designs.

Week 6 lec

Dynamic Architecture (Florian Heise) Provided an interesting way of using technology in the development of designs with a combination of programs to achieve a completely reasonable and workable design, like any design process it requires a lot of trial and error to achieve the final outcome. Interesting to hear about how unique outcomes are becoming rarer as you learn the program and understand how thing work, it reduces the different outcome that are produced.

Week 5 tut, home tasks

This week was the first week for our theme groups. The theme group that I have chosen was Biomimicry, (sustainable architecture inspired by nature).

BIOMIMICRY The reason why I have chosen this theme was because firstly I have a strong interest in the idea of sustainable architecture not just with green ideas and aspects added to a building but actually creating a building that works and is sustainable itself in all aspects, secondly with both fields incorporated, Biology and architecture although they are both extensive will be changeling yet I Feel there is a great possibility to achieve sustainable architecture through nature which really interests me.

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This week we explained our folie design and had 5 words to explain our concept, my inital explination was

"deconstruction of the urbane/ natural environment" (i know there 6)

so from this it was then suggested to look closer into the site analysis and diagraming to understand, show and explain my idea.

Initally i looked at the wider context to the site to understand the site relationship with its surrounding.

Then i Looked at the relationship around the site, looking at how the urban environment around the site is utilized, looking at residential, Commercial and public areas.

This then was focused more specifically into the uses of the building directly around the site identifying possible users and interaction with the site.

This diagram was to represent the urban environment surrounding the site (Howard smith wharves). From this analysis it allowed to gain an understanding of what element and immediate surrounding the site, and how the site is already used in its previous function and what may be required to improve the function and appeal, to draw people to utilizing the space.

During my research I come across culturally important/ heritage listed elements within the urban landscape that in many way have a large impact on how users and visitors interact with the site and how the places are portrayed.

The diagram below shows the green zones (haven't put the one on the cliffs in), and public spaces around the site while it also shows individual protected trees around the immediate area. Think diagram could have more information in it looks very plain and unfinished.

Within the site the two major dominating influences that the site is known for is the story bridge and the wharves, provide a good question how would you advertise this new site, maybe use the existing elements that people know for association to the site but how would u break it away from this at the same time so it becomes know for itself without being referred to as a secondary element.

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Environmental analysis,

From the Urban analysis I then looked at the environment and how the city is transformed around this natural topography. This Diagram also helps show how and where other location are on the same level , this gives opportunity to look at the uses of these spaces on different level and see if there similar or different.

topography lines at every 5 meter

More detailed view of the sites surrounding topography putting the context of the site in proportion with how the context actually looks.

Diagram of the built, manipulated areas over the natural topography to give the building relevance to how they would interact and the site would be viewed/ seen.

The other diagram i havent got to yet is a site section breaking down the site into built, manipulated and natural element, to find how the site may have changed and in what way, this diagram could also show connections to how and why I interacte with the site the way i do.

Week 5 lec

DESIGN DECISIONS SUPPORT; FORM ANALOGUE TO SOCIAL INTERACTIVITY. From the video shown it allowed me to see another way of designing inspired from model building (on somewhat of a large scale) yet it is completely applicable in many instances where materials and type of structure have been chosen (compression design). This week I found interesting the digital reconstruction and design development that was performed to achieve the finished product and how the communication between the different field of knowledge is vitally important to complete and reduce the build time.