Air Studio

N i k i S a e i dSemester 1 ,2015

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B.1. Research Field

I chose my f ield research in patterning as I bel ieved that everything fol low a rule and pattern. The pattern need to be recognised by users. Different people observe a design in different way, they may recognise different pattern depends on their experience and effects. Pattern is observable regulari ty in nature and manmade product. I t is sensible by different human sense. We can recognise pattern in our surrounding environment by tast ing such as we can real ize the pattern of sweetness or sourness in food, by l istening we can l isten to the music with certain pattern and rhythm such as Beethoven music, we can feel the pattern by touching an object, and the most visible and sensible pattern is visual pattern.The natural pattern are fol lowing symmetry and rotat ion. We can organise them based on mathematic basis. Human made objects are ref lect ion of natural pattern.Architecture is inspired by science and biology these which are make mathematical and biological patterns.Mathematics integrates into the design .such as Fibonacci, Voronoi diagram, golden rectangular,. To explore generative and new form in environment and to solve the problems in the real world as well .This diagram created by mathematicians. Architects fol low this diagram to create organic patterns in their design and divide space.

The Water Cube by Chris BosseThe design used the patterning f ield to create the structure by using the geometry and material i t forms bubbles which are symbolizing of the water from the nature in to the city structure. The Designer used Voronoi diagram to create the façade. The mathematics , art and molecular science are associated to create and atmosphere for view to experience the nature in to the closed space.

Al ibaba Headquarters I t is located in Hangzhou. This design is created by using Voronoi diagram to divide the skin of the bui lding in order to direct the l ight to play with shading system. It creates new form of design which gives new structure and atmosphere to surrounding environment and viewer.

B.2. Case Study 1.0

The purpose of this module is to learn the script ing form of grass-hopper in different category, i t shows how designers use grass-hopper and science of script ing for their design. In this module I created different patterns by dif-ferent geometry and create differ-ent forms by different methods. The pattern is created by differ-ent size and different direct ion of a certain geometry and implied them in 3d form by using differ-

ent surfaces in different axes. At f i rst I generated grid to make the whole skin and created patterns and form by applying different shapes with different sizes and density in the plane which are gave me different depth and skins.

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B.3. Case Study 2.0:

Reverse-engineer the project

‘The SOL Dome’

Design by design studio loop pH, is lighting pavilion in Michigan. The Vornoi structure is made by circles woven in different size and orientation .it is assembled in the site and is portable structure. The design technique is based on the molecular bonds between carbon atoms.it is energetic structural system and responding to the sur-rounding environment by producing energy by changing each cir-cular shape. Audience can understand the change in geometry by observing the light produced by using energy of this change. In this design I notice that how designer imply the overall pattern and ge-ometry in the each meshes in detail and by looking at the details and each element we can see the whole structure as well.as the Vo-ronoi pattern is repeated in to the each branch and by changing the Vornoi cell size it produce energy.

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tIn the reverse engineering part, we asked to make a script based on the project that are designed .This module is focused on how we can find the technique from other project to create the existing form and imply the technique in the new design. In this part I learnt interesting techniques and components such as kangaroo, weaver bird compo-nent and also Exoskeleton that thickens the mesh lines in different direction. It introduced me that how I can shorten my way to get the result by using new techniques. The challenging part for me was how to create the smaller frame in to the whole frame, how can I imply the pattern in each branches and each single meshes. For this part I learnt weaverbird and for thickening my mesh I used Exoskel-eton that manage knots sizes in my design. For creating the whole structure I realised that we use the sphere as a base with Voronoi Box and based on them we create the skin and main structure and at the end we destroy the based part which was sphere. I learn that I can use this technique in my design with different geometrical solid form to create the outer structure.

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B.5. Technique: Prototypes

The purpose of this module is to think about our design in term of materialisation and fabrication process. In this part I started thinking of my design in terms of model making process and how different parameters and elements are as-sembled together, what is the force between them and how it effects the whole form and surrounding environmentI starts with small geometry shape such as circle and poly-gon. My focus was how different elements interacts with each other and how the effects on each other. I tried differ-ent possibilities to attach different parts of model. Accord-ing to case Study 2 I learnt that we can design our structure by creating the basic form and based on it creates the main structure and the skin of the design and at the end hide the base element that we started with. This basic element can be different elements such as triangular shape, circular or rectangular shapes and it creates different patterns and ef-fects on the whole form and structure.

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MERRI CREEK «lovely stream of water»

B.6. Technique: Proposal

The Merri Creek flows from the Great Dividing Range and pass through Mel-bourne’s northern suburbs and intersect with the Yarra River. The intersection of Yarra River and Merri creek is my chosen site for my design. The reason that I chose this part was, when I was walking through the site I realised when I face to south direction my view is just nature, no existence

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of road and cars, no ma-chinery world, just flora and fauna. While when I turn back to the north the high-way was in front of me with lots of cars. The interest-ing point was I could hear the car noises after I faced to north but before that I couldn’t hear. I think it was because my visual sense interacted with my hearing sense and created the new natural atmosphere for me.

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In my Proposal design, the focus is on the contrast between south view and north view, and the re-lationship between 3point that I chose on the intersection of Yarra River and Merri Creek. The de-sign is proposed to create a form which interacts with water to cre-ate the pattern in to the water by changing the water flows and movement. The water pattern is created by these three points which are directing the water by the form and structure that they create. The design form respond to the site by interacting with the key elements of the site such as river. The form creates relation-ship between nature and urban form and involve viewer through their interaction that it is reflected by the design.

B.7. Learning Objectives and OutcomesIn part B I learnt the practical as-pect of scripting and how I can imply this knowledge to create new form and also how I can transfer a design into the scripting form. I learnt new design technique to create my basic form and develop it through the scripting process by different parameters through us-ing different components and tech-niques. In research field I realised that how architecture is interacted by mathematics and nature and how architects transfer science and mathematics in to the design to create a form which is more logi-cal to the human mind and more pleasant for visual aspects. In Case study 1.0 I explored dif-ferent technique to process the patterning style I tried to create pattern with different elements in different directions and controlling the density of pattern and form by changing the geometry orientation and sizes.

In Case Stusy2.0 I learnt that how I can transfer an existing design in to the scripting form which makes me to understand the whole structure and from better .It takes me through dif-ferent challenges that guide me to my proposal design within the cho-sen site. In model making process I felt the computation process in real world and explored that how materialisa-tion and fabrication process effect on the design form and also the sur-rounding environment. I realised that how different elements of the form interacted with each other and how they effect on each other in different ways. I imply the techniques that I learnt in to my design in order to responding to the site in more efficient way by involving elements of the site in to my design.

B.8. Appendix - Algorithmic Sketches

Through different tasks I learnt different techniques and different processes that I can reach a design and create a new form. It teaches me the details of design and how the idea and concept reflects from each single part of form. By grasshopper I controlled the shapes and sizes and different forms that I created .

References

http://dumolab.com/post/316193472/math-factor-the-quest-for-patterns-proportion

http://3.7designs.co/blog/2010/10/how-to-design-using-the-fibonacci-sequence/

http://www.igreenspot.com/fibonacci-inspired-british-national-wildflower-center-addition-by-ian-simpsons-architects/http://www.atpm.com/10.02/design.shtml

http://www.mcmc.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36:about-merri-creek&Itemid=188

https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/better-conditions/2708/

http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/parks-pools-sport/discover-our-creek-trails.

http://www.designboom.com/technology/loop-ph-sol-dome-respon-sive-solar-powered-lighting-pavilion-10-04-2013/