Zahraa Kachwalla ARCH1101: March 2020

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Weeks 5 - Positioning the Bridge

I chose to connect areas of UNSW that would have some relation to the Squarehouse or are visited relatively frequently. As a result my bridge has been positioned to connect the Squarehouse, Blockhouse, Tyree Energy Technologies Building and the Hilmer Building. I thought this would provide useful connections for students who visit the Squarehouse, connecting study areas with labs and workshops.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Week 5 Submission

In order to make the building more interesting, the design was changed, particularly in relation to the top studio. However, as a result of this the structure became very twisted with no stable floor, so floors on different levels were added to maximise the utilisation of the space (as was done on the bottom studio). Each floor can have a different function, the highest two could possible be used as workspace areas for the creation of jewelry, one of the lower ones as an area with seating, the other an entry way and the final middle area a space for brainstorming of ideas. The top studio was intended to be for Mountain and Moon, and the bottom for Trent Janson. Since Trent Janson is a designer, the space was left mainly open so as to allow for flexibility of use of the space. The stairs leading to the bottom studio are intended to create a sense of separation from the public gallery above.

3 Perspectives

Material Selection

In keeping with the location, the materials selected are all mainly earthly colours. Also in keeping with this concept, stone and wood were respectively selected for the exterior and floor of this building. Glass is used throughout to create the illusion of floating. To create an open atmosphere, a lot of light colours were selected as well. The extra windows and skylights were to ensure that light reached as much of the studios and gallery area as possible.

Selection from own sketches:

- Ethereal was used for the top studio to highlight the middle floor.

- Rigid was chosen for the gallery to allow the edges surrounding the gallery to blend more into nature due to its resemblance to stone.

- Efficient was chosen for the bottom studio to highlight the wall separating the stairs, and the division of spaces.

The clients work was placed on what can be used as information tables for visitors to the gallery.

Mountain and Moon

Trent Janson

Youtube Video

This is simulating the effects of walking through a turning object (like the new shape of studio 1).

Start 0:26
End 0:36

Monday, March 9, 2020

Material Sections

Brainstorming for Descriptors (Super Materials)

Bioinspired Plastics	Thermoelectric materials Heat Scavengers	Cheap Solar Cells	Aerogels: Superlight and Strong	Meta materials: light manipulators	Stanene
self-love	efficient	aerosol	ghostly	engineered	powerful
fluids	metallic	cheaper	ethereal	redirect	topological
epoxy	sustainable	coating	brittle	multiple	thin
Reactivity	rigid	effective	light	influential	experimental
restoration	conductive	renewable	flexible	manipulative	Accessible
Polymer	natural	promising	transparent	designed	insulator

Images of Material Swatches

Selected Swatches

Top Floor - Ghostly

Middle Floor - Rigid

Bottom Floor - Accessible

Chosen Images of Clients Work

Mountain and Moon - Top floor studio

Trent Janson - Underground floor studio

Images of Model

Mountain and Moon Studio - image of clients work added

Mountain and Moon Studio

Mountain and Moon Studio Wall - ghostly material swatch added

Gallery Floor - rigid material swatch added

Trent Janson's Studio - image of client's work added

Trent Janson's Studio

Trent Janson's Studio wall - accessible material swatch added

Monday, March 2, 2020

Other Stair Designs

Mountain and Moon stairs

Trent Janson stairs

The section for these designs

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Stair Submission

Through this set of stairs I have tried to communicate Trent Janson's interest in shapes and how they interact, particularly in relation to modelling. Also, the arc structure is in keeping with the initial design of the building itself which is based off of arc shapes and cylinders.

The other set of stairs designed for this building

3D Model Progress (Week 1)

This is the section the following sketch up model was based on, however the gallery section and upper studio were altered during the building of the model. The words were repetitive (for the top) and smooth (for the bottom).

The materials selected include glass, as a result of the very large windows. This will allow light into the studio and gallery spaces. Also, metal silver was selected for the outside surfaces.