Thomas Huang: May 2014

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Cross-Shaped Sketches Drafts 1+2 Point Perspectives

EXP3 - Mash Up

"Touch the Earth Lightly"
- Glenn Murcutt

One of inhabitant’s recurring themes is the virtue of a sustainable world. To satisfy society’s needs without diminishing the prospects of future generations”. When we think of greenhouse gas emissions, some of us might envision a tailpipe spewing exhaust but 40% of the carbon dioxide that contributes to climate change actually comes from buildings. One of the problems is that we’re using a lot of materials, gluing them all together. How the hell are we going to recycle these things?

Architects play a significant role in reconciling current and future human needs with a sustainable future. To do that you actually need to engage, in a lot of different areas; visioning, identifying and inventing the future of design and construction, from new processes of digital design to off-site construction methods through to novel fabrication tools and strategies. Their aims and objectives and their designs have always reflected changes in public opinion, taste, developments in technology together with the need to provide accommodation for a wide variety of occupants and functions in buildings. These days, some of the most elegant and innovative interiors emerge from a creative use of compact quarters.

One of the defining characteristics of sustainability was its attempt to simplify and separate systems, so you have a compact space. In shifting towards a more sustainable lifestyle, consolidating your space is a pretty easy way in achieving ‘satisfaction and aesthetic pleasure’. A smaller home takes less material to build, and requires fewer resources to maintain indoor comfort translates into a material pallet where you have a one-to-one relationship between the material. Modernism’s moralistic relationship to “honesty of materials” is a vestige of this, surviving as a kind of dogma.

SOURCES:

http://architectureau.com/articles/new-developments-in-architectural-materials-questioning-myth-making/

http://architectureau.com/articles/disability-care-and-sustainability/

http://inhabitat.com/green-building-101-materials-and-resources-part-1-sustainable-building-supplies/

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Initial Artisan Smoothed SketchUp Model for EXP2 + Lumion

EXP2 - SketchUp Drafts

EXP2 - Final Submission

Immediately upon scaling the mountain, a vectoring stair case welcomes the students into the monumental site.

This texture was intended to suggest a timber material which is ideal for the circulating bridges as they are not supported by any pillars thus must utilize light weight materials.

When stretched horizontally, this texture evokes a sense of elegance from its abstract form. I have implemented it primarily on the interior walls as to promote intimate observation from visitors.

The texture is composed of a series of alternating vertical and horizontal lines. Such a clean and simplistic pattern is ideal for floor tiles. This texture marks the monumental territory within the island by enforcing a clear distinction to its surroundings.