Inspiration

The following video is of a Sims 3 house build which has inspired the below portion of my building through how the house related with the environment. I also liked his use of materials in the building and how the texture of the wall connects the outside with the indoors.

I wanted to explore the relationship between the environment and my building as we are free to create any type of setting that we prefer. I was hoping through the incorporation of the environment I could create a richer design that adds to the experience of the building.

SketchUp Model

This week I have undertaken the recommendation given by Matt to improve my second sketch up model. I have decided to use the following three textures to incorporate into my model.

Above: Molten

Ground: Fibrous  

 

 Below: Dense

 Overall

Above

For the building above I wanted to create a place where Stradivari could craft his instruments and also a room where he could test the instruments' acoustics. Hence I decided turn one of the circular rooms into a vault where he can also use to perform. 

Below

Using the feed back given, I decided to create Jiro Ono's studio to be carved underground. I wanted to incorporate the landscape into the construction of his building to create a balance between nature and man made. As a result, I created this growing oval shape underneath the surface of the ground which pops out from the cliff face and leads to a balcony.

Textures

The following textures are a representation of the features, properties and quality of materials described by the chosen 36 key words. We divided this into above, ground and below to provide the materials' with an environmental context.  

Above 

Ground

Below

3D Model with Stairs

Overall

This is the second section that has been turned into a three dimensional model. The following sectional sketch is based on the words rhythmic and balance.

 

This is the model I have made in SketchUp showing the two buildings together.  

Above

   

This is the stairs I have designed for the top floor. I wanted to continue with the notion of rhythm through the use of geometric patterns. Hence, I decided to use glass circle platforms hung by steel ropes to create a short flight of stairs. This should create a sense of weightlessness and freedom, like the sounds from Stradivari's  musical instruments.

 

Due to similar reasons, I have decided to make the studio from glass, white concrete and light oak. As a result, the studio should appear open and ethereal.

Below

These stairs are designed for the lower building, where I wanted to incorporate the layers of sedimentary rocks into the studio. So I have decided to carve the stairs out of the rocks instead to give a monolithic entrance and exit. This is further emphasized by the long tread and the tunnel formed out of glass and steel beams that appears to enclose the user in a long tunnel of stone. 

The materials I have chosen for this studio is glass, white concrete, steal and light oak. I also decided to incorporate the  sedimentary rock into the walls of the studio. By using these materials, I wanted to express not only the sense of balance found in the shape of the building, but the harmony found in the reuse of materials from the original site.

Section to 3D

I have chosen to use the following image to base my SketchUp model on.

This image is inspired from the words arch and meticulous to represent the works of Antonio Stradivari and Jiro Ono. I have decided to place Stradivari's studio above ground floor and Ono's below.

18 Sections

The following sketches are inspired from the chosen noun, verb and adjective for Antonio Stradivari and Jiro Ono.

Images are numbered from top half to bottom of page.

1. TOP - Melody Stradivari
   BOTTOM- Meticulous Ono 
2. TOP - Arch Stradivari
   BOTTOM- Cubism Ono 

1. TOP - Melody Stradivari
   BOTTOM- Cubism Ono 
2. TOP - Melody Stradivari
   BOTTOM- Balance Ono

1. TOP - Arch Stradivari
   BOTTOM- Balance Ono  
2. TOP - Arch Stradivari
   BOTTOM- Meticulous Ono  

1. TOP - Rhythmic Stradivari
   BOTTOM- Cubism Ono  
2. TOP - Rhythmic Stradivari
   BOTTOM- Balance Ono

1. TOP - Rhythmic Stradivari
   BOTTOM- Meticulous Ono  
2. TOP- Cubism Ono 
   BOTTOM- Melody Stradivari

1. TOP- Cubism Ono 
   BOTTOM- Arch Stradivari 
2. TOP- Cubism Ono 
   BOTTOM- Rhythmic Stradivari

1. TOP- Balance Ono 
   BOTTOM- Melody Stradivari 
2. TOP- Balance Ono 
   BOTTOM- Arch Stradivari

1. TOP- Balance Ono 
   BOTTOM- Rhythmic Stradivari  
2. TOP- Meticulous Ono 
   BOTTOM- Melody Stradivari

1. TOP- Meticulous Ono 
   BOTTOM- Arch Stradivari 
2. TOP- Meticulous Ono 
   BOTTOM- Rhythmic Stradivari

Three Words, Three Pictures

Shinya Kimura

 

 THE GOLDEN BUD VASE: Vines, Grow, Industrial

Antonio Stradivari

 

MESSIAH STRADIVARIUS: Melody, Arch, Rhythmic 

Jiro Ono

TAMAGOYAKI NIGIRI: Cubism, Balance, Meticulous

Preview of Myself in Three Images

Creative Work

The drawing above is my interpretive sketch of Étienne-Louis Boullée’s memorial for Newton, which I drew for last year’s Architectural History. The sketch exhibits Newton’s Monument in the reflection of the eye’s iris. This was done to highlight the monument’s spherical form and illustrate the building’s analogy with the human physique. Through this drawing I explored the effects of day and night on the dome and its ability to represent the sublime beauty of nature as captured in Boullée’s images.      

 

Great Piece of Architecture

The Sendai Mediatheque library, designed by Toyo Ito in 1995, uses the combination of ingenious engineering and aesthetics to create a great piece of architecture. The building’s transparency and ability to appear weightless is achieved through the utilization of thin concrete slabs supported by the seaweed like steel “pillars” which blends with the environment. I found this along with the changing height and lighting of the different floors to form a fluid space which is both aesthetically pleasing and stimulating. 

Original Photograph

The two photographs are long exposures of Sydney Harbour's view, capturing the skyline and architectural icons of Sydney in a soft pastel light that appears to dance on the rippled surface of the water. I wanted these photographs to exhibit the nature of light and its ability to transform buildings into a dream like landscape and inspire the viewer’s imagination.