Architectural Professional Studies

This report is supposed to show how the project would be undertaken from conception through to completition on site. Its become quite heavily weighted toweards site and construction issues rather than the architect's role but I think its all relevant.

Aps Repot Draft

City and Landscape Report

Haven't posted for a while because I've been trying to put together the City and Landscape and Architectural Professional studies parts of my report so I can have a clear run-in tothe deadline focusing on Design and Detail. One and a half weeks to go until the final deadline... its going to be very busy!

Cls Report Draft

Cross Crit

Here are some pages I have put together for the cross crit in the morning, I'm not very happy with the page layouts but will reformat everything once the crit is over with.

Cross Crit Pages

Steel Connections

To support the cantilevered pods the steel beams which lie parallel to the cantilever will need to be connected to the columns of the structure with moment connections, this will allow the force to be transferred back through the structure and the beams will effectively act as one solid beam tied back into the building. To allow for ease of disassembly they will be bolted moment connections.

Design Realisation - Plans and Section

Plans and Section

After exploring the design in 3D I have started working in 2D plan and section forms to rationalise and work out the structure and detailing of the building. The plans don't show up very well on the scribd website so if you want to see more detail in the drawings please download the pdf file and view it with a pdf reader.

3D Video Mapping Projection

I saw a video like this from an event in sydney a while back. Have started to think about doing something along these lines with my elevation. Maybe using projectors activated by pressure pads in the street at key locations.

NuFormer, 3D video mapping projection - Live performance in Zierikzee, the Netherlands - 2009 from NuFormer on Vimeo.

There's some pretty cool stuff on here http://videomapping.tumblr.com/

Ground Floor

The ground floor is intended to be an extension of the high street. The facade extends into the pavement area and parts of the facade retract into the building. This is intended to break down the barrier that exists with the new buildings that are being constructed on the high street that have such solid divides between their interior and the external high street. The ground floor will also be an unheated space, as will all the circulation within the building, open externally, but protected from rain. This will reduce the energy load on the building - making it easier to power it by human movement.