EXP2: Electroliquid Aggregation

"The ultimate theory remains passive when over-whelmed with grief. If human life were long enough, his elasticity of mind would be left to be discovered, solved by recovering previous generations."

Key:

Charles Darwin

Stephen Hawking

The Black Box Connection

The Black Box - Erika Kruger, Slide 10/11

Erika Kruger’s complex piece of work is able to be related my own through the notion of form as we pay particular attention to the section “1. Analogy of the Cave”. History has presented the notion of form to be a sense continually defined through the notion that it reveals architectures beauty through not the shapes which make up a structure but rather the space it defines around itself. Kruger’s exploration of the cave reveals the way in which within a cave our experience is defined by the form of space and material which surrounds us and not the air in between, enhanced through the notion we see not the caves shadows but only our own. This notion directly relates to our formations of rectangular prisms as we are defining architectural form through not the interior of the shapes but rather the space around the prisms.

EXP 2: Quotes

Stephen Hawking

"If human life were longer enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered".

Source: Best Quotes Poems. "Stephen Hawking-English Cosmologist and Physicist. http://www.best-quotes-poems.com/Stephen-Hawking.html (accessed: 17/04/2010).


Charles Darwin

"...he who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind"

Source: Darwin, Charles. The Expression of the Emotion In Man and Animals. United Kingdom: John Murray, 1872.


Nicole Kuepper

"What started off as a brainstorming session has resulted in the iJET cell concept that uses low-cost and low-temperature processes, such as ink-jet printing and pizza ovens, to manufacture solar cells"

Source: Smith, Deborah. "Thinking Outside the Square finds Light in Oven." The Sydney Morning Herald, August 20, 2008.

Final Sketch Up Model Link

The link below is my final 3d Sketch-Up model:

http://drop.io/g6xbqoy#

Three Animation Video's

Animation One: Overall Design and Stair One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flJGDbblT2k

This video represents the overall design of the project as well as the first ramp stair from the gallery to the upper studio.

Animation Two: Stair Two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC6LEw-5pxk

This animation is of the stair below the gallery as well as the surrounding space.

Animation Three: Stair One and Two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMXanQJpvi4

This video is of the two stairs separate to the final model which allows the responder to gain a further insight into the stairs as they are able to be viewed overall.

Google Sketch-Up Model Images

Draft Model One: Complex/Simplistic

The design above displays an underground studio representing "simplistic" while the above ground and upper level studio represents "Complex". Large glass windows either side of the structure allow natural lighting to penetrate the complex shape.

Draft Model Two: Simplistic/Stature

The design above presents a studio below the ground which represents "stature". Through the large height and shape of the room the eye is directed to the upper "V" shape and stair. The above ground structure use straight lines to create a simplistic gallery and studio above.

Final Model: Overall Exterior

The image above presents the overall design of this project fitted into a hill side. It represents simplistic design above and a design of stature below. The interior may seem complex, however the angled walls throughout the centre are in fact mirrors, reflecting the view from the human perspective through the stairs access. This creates the illusion of a continuous gallery from either end with nothing appearing in between.

Final Model: Interior One

This image above represents the corridor to either end of the gallery with the complex glass exterior wall.

Final Model: Interior Two

The image above presents on of the galleries at either end of the design. The glass wall and corridor is seen as well as the interior angular structure which is responsible for appearing invisible to the eye of the viewer. The upper studio is also visible situated above the angular walls.

Final Model: Stair-Gallery to Upper Studio

The image above presents the first stair design. It is a single ramp which appears smooth until someone steps on a tread, which results in this folding flat to support the person as a handrail is raised from the side of the ramp via a pulley system mechanism for each individual tread.

Final Model: Stair-Gallery to Studio Below

This image presents a stair which is a square shape, made of individual rectangular prisms supported from the roof with flat turning areas at the corners.