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IN PLACEGabriela Mill

s0930282ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN YEAR 2

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BODY SURVEYWeek 1

Gr oup Gabriela Mill / Paula Madden / David McEwenPlotting The Body

By marking the position of the pivotal points of the human body we traced the line of the skeleton between these spots. We then indexed various gestures of the figure on the chair using multi-frame photography and video footage, simultaneously recording the front and side elevation of the body.

By combining the frames of specific movements we understand the movement of the body in relation to time, with each image representing 2 seconds of motion.

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BODY SURVEYWeek 1

Plotting The Body

From the information gathered in thebody survey, we selected a number of frames which covered one fluent movement. This movement ranged between standing,

Group Gabriela Mill / Paula Madden / David McEwen

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SEATWeek 2

16 Second Seat

From the information gathered in the body survey, we selected a number of frames which covered one fluent movement. This movement ranged between standing and various positions of sitting, and eventually returning to the standing position. The profile of each frame was created by tracing the points plotted from side elevations in the body survey.

32 frames were selected to create the seat, each frame representing 0.5 seconds.

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Gr oup Gabriela Mill / Paula Madden / David McEwen

Converting points to lines

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SITE SURVEYWeek 4-6

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canongate

1. textured brick wall

2. view towards cartlon hill

3. space beneath raised residence

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Old Tolbooth Wynd / Canongate / Edinburgh

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Group: Studio

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SITE SURVEYWeek 4 - 6

Shadow Mapping Gr oup Gabriela Mill / Paula Madden / David McEwen

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South section A-A / shadow study - readings taken at 06:00 12:00 18:00 / 1:200

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Shadow plan / readings taken at 2 hour intervals / 06:00 to 14:00 / june 21

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North section B B /shadow study - readings taken at 06:00 12:00 18:00 / 1:200

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SITE SURVEYWeek 4-6

South section A-A / shadow study - readings taken at 06:00 12:00 18:00 / 1:200

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East section A-A / shadow study - readings taken at 06:00 12:00 18:00 / scale 1:200A

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Shadow plan / readings taken at 2 hour intervals / 16:00 to 22:00 / june 21West section B-B / shadow study - readings taken at 06:00 12:00 18:00 / 1:200

Group: Studio

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60 seconds / 12 hours

The positioning of the seat on the site was first considered, with the room design reponding to the positioning of the seat.The orientation of the chair changes hourly to respond to the direction of sunlight and the shadows cast by site.

Each hour long segment of chair which faces towards the sun represents 10 frames of body profiles, each frame spaced by 1 second.

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ROOMWeek 8-11

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IndividualThe Gallery - Altering the base

Diagrams exploring different responses to sunlight, through altering the height of the base blocks

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Solstice / 21st of June17:00 16:00 15:00 14:00

Heights of blocks are altered so that a consistant rise of step can be acheived, resulting is some blocks being partially covered by shadows.

Heights of blocks are altered so that each block is completely lit by the sun, resulting in an unequal rise and fall of each step.

Solstice / 21st of June

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Conceptual diagram illustrating each roof segment responding to the angle of the sun

CHAIR MUSEUMWeek 8-11

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IndividualThe Service Area

1. Cafe / Bar2. Storge

3. WC4. Reception / Office

5. Shop

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Section B - B / 1:100

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CHAIR MUSEUMIndividualThe Gallery - Lifting the roof

Diagram illustrating the use of the flat roof to shade seating area. The area of roof directly above the chair is towards angle of the sun, which causes the chair beneath it to be illuminated at a particular hour of the day.

Models exploring

Models exploring different methods of shading

Models exploring different methods of shading

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IndividualThe Gallery

Inner timber lining within the concrete shell comprises of multiple frames, each frame acting as roof, chair and shading. glazing

timber lining

reinforced concrete roof and base

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CHAIR MUSEUMWeek 8-11

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1. Gerrit Reitveld, Berlin Chair, 1923

2. Mies van der Rohe, MR Chair, 1926

3. Vladimir Tatlin, Tatlin Chair, 1927

4. Alvar Aalto, Arm-chair 406, 1933

5. Gerrit Reitveld, Zig-zag Chair, 1934

6. Verner Panton, Panton Stacking Chair, 1960

7. Gerrit Reitveld, Steltman, 1964

8. Poul Kjaerholm, Chair 20, 1968

9. Giam Carlo Piretti, Plia, 1969

10. Claudio Salocchi, Appoggio, 1971

11. Cafe / Bar12. Gallery Shop13. Toilets14. Office / Reception15. Storage

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Section A - A / 1:50Plan / 1:100

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Week 8 - 11

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Perspective view from below cantilevered gallery space.

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