Tuesday, 30 April 2013

EXP2 Week 2: Electroliquid Aggregration

For my ElectroLiquid aggregation I combined the two concepts "Voids and negative space articulate a sense of secrecy" and "Artificial cultivation of the environment through composition" to make


An amalgamation of voids and negative spaces that artificially cultivate the environment to create a sense of secrecy in the landscape.

Which is what my second axonometric (centre in above) is based upon. After drawing the axonometrics I created the second axonometric in sketchup and imported it into my CryEngine environment.



Monday, 29 April 2013

EXP2 Week 1: Axonometrics

Axonometric Drawings


Axonometric monument in CryEngine  3

I took the first monument, void and negative spaces and imported it into a level I created in CryEngine 3.



Sunday, 14 April 2013

EXPERIMENT 1 - DATUM (Antonio Stradivari, Shinya Kimura)




One final product.

Reflective

Alternating
The landscape.

Curved

Nearing the end of this experiment I began to think heavily about the location of these spaces, and considered what the would desire the most in a studio space. I came to the conclusion that privacy would be of utmost importance to these artists, so I decided on locating these studios on a dormant volcano in a mountain range. The mountainous terrain of the volcano itself makes it difficult for would be onlookers to reach, while also giving Stradivari gorgeous vistas to look upon as he constructs his violins. Kimura's studio in the heart of the volcano gives him ultimate privacy as well as an essentially infinite amount of storage for his motorcycles - when he wants more space he can simply carve out another room for himself.

Section Drawing


This is the original section which the final model stems from. It's based on the words sound and movement. For the above ground studio I drew inspiration from the superposition of sound waves and compression. The idea was to have Stradivari work in a studio which represented what his creations produce. The idea behind the below ground studio was to have these large, cavernous and ovoidal chambers which would be able to serve as velodromes for Shinya Kimura to test out his motorcycles.

Textures


Alternating is used in the timber stairs to Stradivari's studio, Reflective is in Stradivari's glass studio and the spiral staircase and curved is used for the hard rock walls of Kimura's studio in the heart of the volcano. Honeycomb is in the workshop space in Kimura's studio in one of the chambers as the floor.

Section Animations





Final Sketchup Model

Friday, 12 April 2013

Progress

My apologies as this post is a little overdue. Since my last update I have been looking into the location of the two spaces first and foremost: Where would these two artists, Stradivari and Kimura want to their studio to be? After much deliberation I came to the conclusion that these two would want their spaces to be located in a grand location which still managed to keep them secluded and hide their designs from prying eyes, so naturally I decided on situating the spaces both on and inside a volcano.

My terrain.

The volcanic terrain is rugged and mountainous, appearing to be inhospitable to onlookers, unaware of the green oasis lying in the crater of the volcano. The volcano has been dormant for quite some time, allowing for the construction of Stradivari's floating glass behemoth above and Kimura's series of underground chambers below.

Section cut showing the underground space of Shinya Kimura.

Inside the main chamber.
The main chamber of Kimura's studio serves as a place for Kimura to test out his newly created vehicles, as the large rounded chamber also doubles as a ovoidal velodrome. The space heavily emphasises movement while also giving Kimura privacy, given it's unique location in the heart of a volcano.

Stradivari's grandiose glass studio.
Stradivari's intricate glass studio is designed to be a spectacle when you are outside it, and very minimalist once you enter the building. The glass structure was inspired by sound waves and amplitude, and the superposition effect that occur when two or more sound waves find each other, visible from the side on view of the structure. The overlapping curved glass planes help to increase the level of privacy while also giving Stradivari views of the outdoors from all angles.
Side on view of the studio space.
The exhibition space.
The exhibition space in between is the grassy crater of the volcano. The floating stairs coming down from Stradivari's space give him an airy elegance or quality as he slowly descends down to the exhibition space. The stair's on Kimura's on the other hand give him a very different entrance, as the noise of his motorcycles echoes up the spiral staircase tunnel and disperses to all  present in the exhbition space.