DESIGN PORTFOLIOChange of State

year: twoterm: oneRory Houlding

CONTENTS

FORMFINDING initial studies

3D modellingvideo precedentwax modelsmolecular fomation

SITE introhistoryanalysis

HOUSING PRECEDENT infothe schemeanalysis

SCHEMATIC PROPOSAL conceptual integrationconcept planmodular dwellingsdigital representationplans, sections, elevations

DIGITAL FABRICATIONfacadeprecedents

laser cutting

FormfindingAs a group we explored the potential forms to be created from water.

INITIAL IDEAS

The formation of stalagmites and sta-lactites.

Exploration into the fluidity and gas-eous relationship with water.

Snow flake, freezing of water to form factoral, rigid form.

Discovering the shapes formed due to the efficiency of a bubble in water.

3D MODELLING STUDIES

VIDEO PRECEDENT

The above snao shots were taken from a video [on youtube] of the re-versal of melting ice, manipulated to look as if it were growing. This gave us the original idea of ‘Change of State’.

WAX MODELS

MOLECULAR FORMATION

Below is a line drawing showing a section through a 3DS Max computer model. The diagram represents th e molecular change of state from water to ice.

SiteLocation - Cardiff, WalesArea - 7480m2

30m - Bus Station70m - Train Station100m - Millenium Stadium200m - Weekend Market 300m - St Mary’s Street

HISTORY1840

1860

Development begins on Tem-perance Town, a city suburb for the working class. Built on re-claimed land from the river and marshes.

1890

By 1890 wood street was filled with shops and housing was complete.

1930

As Cardiff’s coal exports de-clined between 1920 and 1930 Temperance Town became derelict. In 1930 Cardiff Cen-tral Station was built and the bus station soon followed. The old stadium was also built very close by and the project site is established.

2005

In 2005 the council planning offices that stood on the site were demolished to make way for a new high rise block of apartments.

2011

2011

In 2011 the site remains vacant with no sign of the proposed high rise block of apartments.

The site still hous-es the old water tower that used to collect and store the water that powered the steam trains. The tower now lies out of use.

Below - panoramic view of the siteAbove - north facing site section

1km - School Shops

SITE ANALYSIS

River taxi

Millenium stadium

Capacity - 72,500Usage - rugby, football, boxing, live music, 2012 olympics.

Central Station

2009/10 commuters - 10.73 million2005/06 commuters - 8.358 million

Cinema Bus station

34 stands

Parking

Bus station

34 stands

Arcades & Entertain-ment on St Marys Street

Cardiff Central Library

Cinema

Pollution sources mapping

Noise sources mapping

Housing PrecedentProject - Funabashi ApartmentsArchitect - Ryue Nishizawa

Location - Chiba, Tokyo, JapanBuilt Area - 243.04m2

Apartments - 16

Funabashi Apartments are located in Chiba, To-kyo. The building is located on a small urban site and has been built to the maximum size per-mitted. Contain- ing 16 apartments over three ␣oors and a built area of just 243.04m2 results in small studio size apartments. How- ever, in-stead of creating single room studios Nishizawa gave the apartments small, compartmentalized rooms so that the occupant can’t organize pos-sessions and not spend the entire time in the same space. Nishizawa aimed to diminish hier-archy amongst rooms so that each room could have uses beyond the usual interpretation. For example, he envisaged dwellers growing plants or lis- tening to music in the bathroom.

THE SCEHEME

2D %3D %open spacecirculation

commercialhousing

open spacebuilt space

ANALYSIS

Commercial Space Circulatory Space

Green & Open Space Living Space

Schematic ProposalThe following schematic proposal for the houses-capes project was based on the previous group work and formfinding tasks as well as the prec-edents studied and site analysis.

Derived from an amalgamation of the origial group concept work, predominantly the line drawing, and the site analysis, below are a se-ries of conceptual massing plans. The series of images shows the original integration of the concpet through to a stripped back, more prac-tical version.

CONCEPTUAL INTERGRATION

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The plan on the left is the resulting group con-cept massing plan positioned on top of the site. There are clear similarities and obvious inten-tions to bring follow through on the original formfinding task and the inspirtation taken from the modelling and change of state idea. The plan reflects the original ideas of change of state through a linear, structured massing met-aphorical for ice whilst the public spaces that in-clude access through to the millenium stadium and river from the train station, are symbolic of a liquid state. The large open space next to the river that grows into a mass of housing units echos that of ice growing out from the river Taff.

The plan at this stage was to introduce a pop up market, to integrate and connect with the mar-ket on the other side of the river, that could sell produce grown on allotments that are situated south of the housing.

As a group we also drew inspiration from the precedent study in the way that Ryue Nishizawa used courtyards to create a semi public space and introduced them into our scheme as a threshold between the public paths and private dwellings. The housing units also fit around the courtyards in a puzzle like manner, similar to that in the Funabashi apartments.

CONCEPT PLAN

MODULAR DWELLINGS

Below is a series of images displaying the pro-cess behind creating a singular module of three dwellings surrounding a coutyard that could be that could be arranged in a similar fashion to the irregular units in the conceptual plan.

To the left are two diagrams displaying how the modular sustems fits into and works as part of the schematic proposal, creating the large open public space for a maret in the west of the site whilst the housing area, elevated 4m above ground level, allows for a generous sized public green space in inside a series of units.

The above image was an early digital represena-tion of ideas for inclusion of green spaces on the roof where residents could have private alot-ments to grow vegetables and relax. It also dis-plays the three dimensional idea of the court-yards as well as the inclusion of a retail level, to mimic the arcades of cardiff, that results in the housing being up one level. The diamgram also shows clear public access through the centre of the sight towards the train station that is situ-ated just beyond the top left corner, south east of the site.

DIGITAL REPRESENTATION

PLANS, SECTIONS & ELEVATIONS

Dwelling unit plans, sections & elevations

2nd floor dwelling plan

Ground floor retail plan

Digital FabricationA rationalisation of the proposed facade for the modules, re-sulting in a last cut model.

PRECEDENTS

Heren Five Sean Godsell Steven Holl

I wanted the facade to respondand and give back to the city without bringing the gloomi-ness and noise into the dwellings. Creating a semi permeable, layered facade could do just this. Above are images from three precendent studies. Between them, the three represent the general ideas and techniques of my facade - a glowing night time shell that plays with the bal-ance between privacy for residents and trans-parency from the street. To the right and below right are views and elevations of the digital model that was used to create the laser cutable drawings.

The next three pages display the process through which the laser cut model was created. From separating the computer model and cre-ating three cuttable shapes that were cut out in varying quantites to the complete model and a series of photographs displaying the changing levels of permeability.

LASER CUTTING

FACADE

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