Model (paint version in progress)
Friday, June 24, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Descriptions and progress
Inspired by the idea of Futurist and Vorticism movement, this structure will be at the heart of Circular
Quay. Construct with steel structure and concrete base.
The concept of this structure is to express dynamism, speed, bold and high-tech.Combining each of the vertex gives a bold shape and randomize it makes it dynamic and repeating the randomization of this shape produces an abstract futuristic wave like movement. And using steel as the armor of the structure to give a high technology look. Vorticism is more like an art movement that branched out from Futurism and Cubism. They have the same characteristic except Vorticism captures movement in an image like I am trying to capture
movement in architecture.
The chosen site is near to sea so to compliment the choosen area i developed my structure based on wave movement and to support my vorticism concept as well. I used steel as the structure material because it is the ideal material for futuristic and high-tech concept. Since my structure is huge and bulky, glass is fragile and is impossible to build it with brick also. The rendered images above are done in V-Ray 3DS Max. And the site
image is taken from Google Maps. Below are the iterations done in Rhino software with Grasshopper plugin. The first image is one of the section of the structure and as I develop the model, I randomize the model using Delaunay triangulation algorithms and stretch it to size to fit the site. The iteration images are the process on how i develop the finishing model and by experimenting with my idea, theme and concept.
This is the images I work on Sketchup and rendered with V-Ray Sketchup. Besides experimenting with the
shapes and my ideas, I also did a few experiment on different software. The first picture is rendered in translucent glass and the second image onward is with plastic like material. I tried changing the size and edges to make it more stable and jet-like.
This piece of structure is able to withstand wind and heat as the air is able to travel around. Its a standalone and unique structure. And the open structure allows more natural lighting. Modern architecture is all around us
today. Take a walk through any populated area and you are bound to find elements in the surrounding buildings that can be considered Modern. Modern architecture, like many of the architectural movements before it, leans heavily on the latest building techniques and materials to achieve its goals. To me, futuristic or modern architecture is something we vision in mind and make it into reality and ignore past styles and attempt to create something entirely new.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Laser Cutting and Material selection
It was pretty tough trying to separate the pieces and number it one by one, there's like hundreds of it. But it will harder when i want to glue it all together. And i wanted it to look like metal surface so i decided to pick cardboard because its cheaper and i can just spray it silver when i have done sticking it all together. As for now i am still waiting in queue for the laser cutting.
Proposal and site analysis
I noticed a nice land at Rozelle Bay that will make a good place for my structure.
It is near the bay and if we look ahead its the Anzac Bridge. Opposite the land is the Sydney Boathouse.
It has a nice surrounding by nature and beautiful view of the bay and the bridge during the day or night.
My structure is influenced by futurism and vorticism movement. And is functioning as an exhibition centre.
http://www.rozellebay.com.au/location.html from this link you can see there is an empty land opposite the boathouse.
UPDATES :
I made my decision to stick with my initial site the toaster.
It is near the bay and if we look ahead its the Anzac Bridge. Opposite the land is the Sydney Boathouse.
It has a nice surrounding by nature and beautiful view of the bay and the bridge during the day or night.
My structure is influenced by futurism and vorticism movement. And is functioning as an exhibition centre.
http://www.rozellebay.com.au/location.html from this link you can see there is an empty land opposite the boathouse.
UPDATES :
I made my decision to stick with my initial site the toaster.
More inspiring pictures
Jaime Gili's artwork futurism + vorticism
The Vorticism group began with the Rebel Art Centre which Wyndham Lewis and others established after disagreeing withOmega Workshops founder Roger Fry, and has roots in the Bloomsbury Group, Cubism, and Futurism. Lewis himself saw Vorticism as an independent alternative to Cubism, Futurism and Expressionism.
Though the style grew out of Cubism, it is more closely related to Futurism in its embrace of dynamism, the machine age and all things modern (cf. Cubo-Futurism). However, Vorticism diverged from Futurism in the way it tried to capture movement in an image. In a Vorticist painting modern life is shown as an array of bold lines and harsh colours drawing the viewer's eye into the centre of the canvas.
