Chapel

These are research photos of the actual chapel designed by Peter Zumthor.
I've looked into details in regards to materials and the interior structure, hopefully i'll be able to incorporate some of these ideas into my design!

concept

This is a rough indication of my initial concept where I will designate five different entrances to the five members of the office and will somehow combine them (make them connect in the middle?)

SITE

Here is a preliminary idea as to where my office will be situated.
ON TOP OF A BUILDING- this will allow a view to the ocean for inspiration and a sense of elevation.

uh oh!

Due to the slow internet speed at home I wasn't able to log on at the same time as other colleges and hasn't been able to trade yet... hopefully I'll get a bit of time just before crit to do so.

Fingers Crossed !

Brief

This is the building which one of my colleges won  from lotto!! A CHAPEL!
The immediate concept I have right now is to make the an isolated building which is separated from distractions, but this will also mean that it will be disconnected from the society hence communication will be a problem....
Other ideas will be to research into the historical backgrounds in chapels and see how they developed, to use its fabric perhaps or adapt the particular shape somehow ....

Here I have explored the brief to a certain extent-I will come back to it as a reference to build on my ideas.
The five professions I have decided to work with are a graphic designer, a lawyer, a Multimedia wiz, a chef :D and finally myself an architect! 
The working spaces-office will be designed according to each individual needs of the professions as well as thinking about GATHERING, especially the Gathering of information and the transfer of information (I'm sure this is some how linked to why Judy wants us to constantly trade and share objects...)

Gathering

Gathering of information to start my project. These are inspirations which I've researched into trying to find the physicality of 'gathering': where different parts of the building are gathered together to form a cell-like organism. I've also looked into the bending and curving of structures to create the continuous surface. 

revisiting.

Upon thinking about concepts for my 2nd Life project, I decided to go back and review one of my earlier works this year which was closely linked to the mobius strip.

My office will be constructed in a mixed typology manner where the structure wraps around itself and seems continuous.

THE DOOR!

critting the TURNING door. :D

crit on wednesday ! WhAT?

sudden change of plans from Judy to crit our work on Wednesday.

ON 2nd LIFE.

door

redered door. with knob imported in from 3Ds Max as a sculpti !

WEiRd and WeirDER.

collection of people's intial works - many rotational objects, sophisticated shapes and peculiar forms...

what will come of these.......?

sculpti

experimenting with 3Ds Max and uploading door handle onto 2nd life.

matrix

Higher resolution

For a Higher resolution (480 and 720p) please go to the link provided

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkZr--KgP08

Stop Motion !

conceptual ideas

Here are the first 2 pages of a1 that I did when exploring my idea of memory and isotropic.
The process of rubbing/smudging is closely linked to the idea of how the brain records messages.
spiral forms linking to the idea of network is shown as the beginning of the basic plan view of my structure.
I intend to create a NETWORK of buildings which travel between the dots indicated on the site plan(drawn) creating a parasitic effect-similar to how the memories of the past never seems to die away but only drift apart (shown by the distance between each building)
I will be designing a museum/gallery of the past histories the site which will be displayed inside. It could also be used later for multifunctional purposes-hosting other works.

Isotropic vs Anisotropic

Isotropic
uniformity in all orientations
iso=equal
tropos=direction
Isotropic radiation has the same intensity regardless of the direction of measurement
An isotropic field exerts the same action regardless of how the test particle oriented
exhibiting properties (as velocity of light transmission) with the same values when measured along axes in all directions.
For many poly-crystalline materials the grain orientations are random before any working/deformation, therefore even if the individual grains are an anisotropic. the property differences tend to average out and, overall, the material is isotropic
When a material is formed, the grains are usually distorted and elongated in one or more directions which makes the material anisotropic.

Anisotropic - when the properties of a material vary with different crystallographic orientations.
Directionally dependent
A difference when measured along different axes, in a material's physical or mechanical properties (absorbance, refractive index, conductivity, tensile strength, etc.)

Example of anisotropy-light coming through a polarizer
example of anisotropy material-wood, easier to split along its grain than against it.

Matix

photos!

being lit up !
The final light will be partially submerged in the pond being anchored to the bottom with room for movement.
could be made out of lint or hard plastic to allow for this movement or alternatively, a metal frame could be used to hold the structure in place.

Site specifics

Putting the light back to the site, will combine all three solutions.

models

two different interpretations of the idea was made.

Mobius strips

Influenced final design.

3D Visualizing

Trying to realise my concept in 3D format digitally.
Here I have created patterns of cells wrapping around each other and emitting a light at the same time.
Created on Cinema 4D

Cinema 4D

Work in progress

Laser CUT

photos of the finished cuts! Time to wrap them!