arch 101 final learning portfolio
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my portofolia for my arch 101 finalTRANSCRIPT
Final Learning Por-olio
Nick Wilson
Inspira5on
• To me, inspira5on in the Architectural context is something that at first completely overwhelms me and almost makes want to walk away, but at the same 5me makes me want to con5nue with the study of Architecture.
Inspira5on • To me Japanese Architecture both
tradi5onal and modern fits into this crea5ve cogni5ve dissonance that I call inspira5on. The perfect balance of simplicity and complexity in Japanese architecture frustrates me as it leads me to ques5on whether or not I can create something as beau5ful as the Golden Temple or the Water Temple but Tadao Ando. But, in the end I s5ll try to see if I can create something with only a frac5on of the beauty in those works.
Inspira5on
The Golden Temple The Water Temple
Final Itera5ons
Itera5ons 1-‐2
Itera5on 1 • Right off the bat I ran into the
same set of problems that have pledged my previous itera5ons in the first half of the semester. Symmetry, and to top it off I ran into a new problem of not being site specific. Although this was built around the planter boxes in the courtyard, the tectonic language of the piece would not be comprised if it was moved from the courtyard to the soccer field. While in the case of some of Zaha Hadid’s installment that went from city to city, proved to be an interes5ng concept, but in this case is not what I nor the rest of the class is looking for.
Itera5on 2
• I am proud to say with this itera5on I was finally able to break away from symmetry from my designs, and I’m even more proud that I was able to con5nue with avoiding symmetry in the rest of my itera5ons from this point.
Itera5on 2
• I wanted to create something that was both mysterious and threatening. To me mystery and danger complement each other very well. The hallow opening in the center draws your eye to the piece, yet at the same 5me the pointed angular elements pushes you away from it. Therefore crea5ng this push pull tension.
Itera5ons 3 and 4
Itera5on 3 • With this one I was able to get
something that was more site responsive. At the same 5me I went with an old theme I was working with in the first half of the semester the filter. I started looking at the wall of the courtyard first as a barrier between the built and natural environment. Then with this itera5on if it where built, would turn respond to the wall not as a barrier between the built and natural environment but rather as a filter between the two therefore blurring the line between organic and manmade and morphing the wall into something that’s neither organic or manmade.
Itera5on 4 • Con5nuing with the them of
blurring the line between organic and manmade, this itera5on con5nues with the idea of the wall morphing into something that’s neither organic or manmade. Unlike the previous itera5on which had the language of this sprawling monstrous blob, this one is more restrained in the sense that that It hugs to the the wall and the language is more on the ver5cal side of things.
Itera5ons 5 and 6
Itera5on 5
• With this one, I wanted to add some space that could be inhabited, adding different angles to be experienced. I decided to scale back a bit on the pointed angular elements, overall I feel this one to be just a tad bit boring, and to me it doesn’t seem to morph with the wall very well.
Itera5on 6
• Of all my sketchup based itera5ons, I personally find this one to be the most interes5ng. This one contains a sea5ng sec5on along with a li[le space behind the sea5ng for the user to inhabit. The protruded elements are balanced with empty space on the wall crea5ng the feel of a weather cliff.
The Real Final
Design Inten5ons
• The final design for the actual installment turned very differently then my original itera5ons. This was mainly due to this being a group effort, and in order for us to succeed with project a consensus was needed. There were three points that we based this new design on.
Design Inten5ons
• Site responsive: the piece must respond to the site.
• The importance of a consistent language
• Simplicity
Simplicity
• The use of 2x4’s was our main material used. As an economical choice it was no brainer, being students with a budget and all. And also because one could get some interes5ng results with the material.
Site Responsive
• The site itself carries the harsh angular brutalism of Batmale Hall, yet at the same 5me the courtyard can contradict the harsh brutalism. I came to this conclusion when I was out there on a par5cularly nice day and found the site to be quite soothing. I wanted to include this contradic5on in the design.
The Frames
• The angular frames act as an extension of the mullions. The angles act reflect the harsh brutal nature of Batmale. The openings with in the frames help to create the pathway for the user to enter through.
Site Responsive
The stands The turnbuckles
The Turnbuckles
• The turnbuckle was the mechanism used to secure the frames into their places. This works well from the pragma5c perspec5ve as it holds the frames in place very well. Yet, it also works with the overall language. Using tension to hold the frames in place compliments the brutalism nature of the site and from a metaphorical stand point reflects the tension we as students were feeling.
The Stands
• The stands came about ini5ally as a pragma5c solu5on of increasing the height of the frames, as to allow the the turnbuckles to give enough tensions to secure the frames. We were able to integrate the stands into the language buy using them as steps. This would make the user step over the frame rather than on it, much like in many Asian Temples.
The Grids
Grid A Grid B
Grid A
• The Grids are used as primarily as means of bringing the three frames together in the language. Being orientated between the first and second frame which run parallel to each other, the gird has a symmetrical element to it. This sec5ons represents the calm aspect of the courtyard.
Grid B
• Being between the the second and third frame, with the third from being at an angle from the second, leaves for the grid to cover a bigger space. We increased the ver5cal elements within the grid and made its orienta5on more warped. This is to give the impression that the grid is warping from the tension of the building.