For those who want to enter either their studio project, their biomimicry project or both in these competitions, the deadlines are as follows:
SSEF: May 2nd
ACSA: June 8th
Showing posts with label Dov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dov. Show all posts
Friday, April 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Progress Report P4B - 5
I know we've submitted this project and I present tomorrow but I jut wanted to post a short series of photos I took of the sectional model I produced for this part of the submission which shows some of the simple, yet flexible, reconfiguration options of the small performance area.
Image 1 - Performance area from within the facility. The glazed wall on the ground floor is the internal facade of the cafeteria and as can be seen in the model, the panels move to open the cafeteria to the courtyard in good weather. The hold in the model here represents the edge of the pool. The second floor glazing looks into the performance area and would make use of "smart glass" (glass that becomes opaque when an electric current is passed through it) in order to make it darker when necessary.
Image 2-5
These images show the interior of the performance space and if you pay attention to the seating podiums, you'll notice they sit on a rail and can be adjusted to accommodate a small variety of show types. of course, during nice weather periods, the glazing overlooking the courtyard with the pool could be opened and shows involving the pool might be exhibited or shows involving the large polycarbonate wall of the training center opposite the performance venue.
Image 1 - Performance area from within the facility. The glazed wall on the ground floor is the internal facade of the cafeteria and as can be seen in the model, the panels move to open the cafeteria to the courtyard in good weather. The hold in the model here represents the edge of the pool. The second floor glazing looks into the performance area and would make use of "smart glass" (glass that becomes opaque when an electric current is passed through it) in order to make it darker when necessary.
Image 2-5
These images show the interior of the performance space and if you pay attention to the seating podiums, you'll notice they sit on a rail and can be adjusted to accommodate a small variety of show types. of course, during nice weather periods, the glazing overlooking the courtyard with the pool could be opened and shows involving the pool might be exhibited or shows involving the large polycarbonate wall of the training center opposite the performance venue.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Progress Report P4B - 4
Trial of integration between the exterior facade and the complex.
Image 1 - Looking from the south, the exterior facade shields the complex from direct sunlight.
Image 2 - Looking from the north, the facade shrinks to let in maximal daylight. The loading dock can also be seen here, secreted and hidden from the complex by the only hard solid walls in the complex.
Image 3 - A look at the south facade form the interior revealing the translucency of the polycarbonate panels.
Image 1 - Looking from the south, the exterior facade shields the complex from direct sunlight.
Image 2 - Looking from the north, the facade shrinks to let in maximal daylight. The loading dock can also be seen here, secreted and hidden from the complex by the only hard solid walls in the complex.
Image 3 - A look at the south facade form the interior revealing the translucency of the polycarbonate panels.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Progress Report P4B - 3
Started looking into interiors. Unfortunately, lost a day and now have to focus on the model instead but hopefully will have enough time to go and revisit these as it is clearly evident they need work...
Image 1 - Ramp ascending along the south facade up to the "theater/small training space" in daytime. (Still no ceiling on this one so over exposed)
Image 2 - Interior of large training facility during the day. It should be evident that it gets sufficient daylight to light the interior.
Image 3 - Interior of large training facility at night. Lit from above.
Image 1 - Ramp ascending along the south facade up to the "theater/small training space" in daytime. (Still no ceiling on this one so over exposed)
Image 2 - Interior of large training facility during the day. It should be evident that it gets sufficient daylight to light the interior.
Image 3 - Interior of large training facility at night. Lit from above.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Progress Report P4B - 2
Finalized the steel structural system for the building. Very similar to the one seen in prgress with some minor adjustments for sizing and added floors as well as considerations for new potential live loads.
Image 1 - Steel based structural frame.
Image 1 - Steel based structural frame.
Context Site Plan
Monday, April 11, 2011
Progress Report P4B
The building is slowly taking form, almost as if it were being constructed... There is much yet to be done but a general idea of the overall form and program can be gotten from the images below, in particular, the sheer vastness of the training facility.
Also, using the model in progress to get a feel for what might be interesting places to take exterior rendering shots from. The interior is also being explored and I will post more on that later.
Image 1 - View from southeast
Image 2 - View from northwest
Image 3 - View from main entry stair up to entrance.
Image 4 - View from submerged cafeteria outdoor seating area, up to the curtain wall.
Also, using the model in progress to get a feel for what might be interesting places to take exterior rendering shots from. The interior is also being explored and I will post more on that later.
Image 1 - View from southeast
Image 2 - View from northwest
Image 3 - View from main entry stair up to entrance.
Image 4 - View from submerged cafeteria outdoor seating area, up to the curtain wall.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Thoughts on structure...
In the interim submission for this project I focused on the exterior envelope, that protective and aesthetic facade the mediates heats gain and daylight and serves as the monumental and iconic presentation of the building to the surrounding context. The building itself was left simply as massing at this stage (Image 1).
I also delved into the assembly of this exterior skeleton's structure, proposing that it be assembled of 2 layers of steel structure, a heavier but simpler sub-structure overlaid with a lightweight super-structure. This allows the exterior facade to be independent of the building, minimizing the need for intermediary structure and minimizing the transfer of heat directly through conduction (Image 2)
I am now delving into the lightweight steel structure that will comprise the frame of the facility buildings itself. Steel allows for the flexibility of design and large spans that accommodate the program. It requires relatively simple foundations (which minimizes impact on the ground and requires less digging in the caliche).
With companies such as Schuff Steel Company Southwest based in Las Vegas and the large amount of steel discarded form casino projects, it is highly feasible that local steel could be found and reused in the project, allowing for savings and even LEED points for local extraction and recycled content.
The framing system is based on 2 radial systems of columns with a maximal depth of 20m in the training facility and 8m-10m in the opposite structure. At their widest, bays are 8m wide (roughly 3m at the narrow end).
Given a desire for maximal space ceiling heights due both to program and daylight penetration, most of the facility is on the ground floor. There is only one section with a second story, 3m above grade.
Image 1 - Training Facility with attached classrooms and office. The training facility has maximal span and height. Cross-bracing is achieved via the curved round HSS that run horizontally and the large cross-bracing on the flat interior side. The classrooms and office space will have a curved wall that will shade itself. The frame will be clad in polycarbonate panels, 3m high and 1.5m wide.
Image 2 - Performance center/cafeteria/design studio and other program. Here the structure for the long ramp up to the second story can be seen as well as the OWSJ flooring system and roof frame. Most of the facade here will be undulating but the whole facade will be polycarbonate panels, as with the other side (some here will be completely opaque though rather then translucent).
Image 3 - Gives an impression of the complete building structural system. The pool, a concrete structure in the middle of the facility and a small basement level and depressed, retaining wall landscape treatment have been omitted as they are all bellow grade and consist of rammed earth and concrete mix.
Missing: I have not been able to find a precedent for the framing of the sloped roof on the building in Image 2 (the major facility). HSS are out of the question, even though the roof will not be supporting much live load. Wide flanges ("I"-beams) are an option but it seems to me that it would be too complex to assemble and weld them at an angle. Trusses seem the most viable but on an angle? I can't seem to find an example of how this might be accomplished effectively. Perhaps I need to reconsider the roof structure...
Ideas people..?
Image 1 - Building Massing and Exterior Envelope
Image 2 - Exterior Envelope Structure
Image 3 - Training Facility Structure
Image 4 - Performance/Cafeteria/Design Studio Structure
Image 5 - Complete Building Structure
I also delved into the assembly of this exterior skeleton's structure, proposing that it be assembled of 2 layers of steel structure, a heavier but simpler sub-structure overlaid with a lightweight super-structure. This allows the exterior facade to be independent of the building, minimizing the need for intermediary structure and minimizing the transfer of heat directly through conduction (Image 2)
I am now delving into the lightweight steel structure that will comprise the frame of the facility buildings itself. Steel allows for the flexibility of design and large spans that accommodate the program. It requires relatively simple foundations (which minimizes impact on the ground and requires less digging in the caliche).
With companies such as Schuff Steel Company Southwest based in Las Vegas and the large amount of steel discarded form casino projects, it is highly feasible that local steel could be found and reused in the project, allowing for savings and even LEED points for local extraction and recycled content.
The framing system is based on 2 radial systems of columns with a maximal depth of 20m in the training facility and 8m-10m in the opposite structure. At their widest, bays are 8m wide (roughly 3m at the narrow end).
Given a desire for maximal space ceiling heights due both to program and daylight penetration, most of the facility is on the ground floor. There is only one section with a second story, 3m above grade.
Image 1 - Training Facility with attached classrooms and office. The training facility has maximal span and height. Cross-bracing is achieved via the curved round HSS that run horizontally and the large cross-bracing on the flat interior side. The classrooms and office space will have a curved wall that will shade itself. The frame will be clad in polycarbonate panels, 3m high and 1.5m wide.
Image 2 - Performance center/cafeteria/design studio and other program. Here the structure for the long ramp up to the second story can be seen as well as the OWSJ flooring system and roof frame. Most of the facade here will be undulating but the whole facade will be polycarbonate panels, as with the other side (some here will be completely opaque though rather then translucent).
Image 3 - Gives an impression of the complete building structural system. The pool, a concrete structure in the middle of the facility and a small basement level and depressed, retaining wall landscape treatment have been omitted as they are all bellow grade and consist of rammed earth and concrete mix.
Missing: I have not been able to find a precedent for the framing of the sloped roof on the building in Image 2 (the major facility). HSS are out of the question, even though the roof will not be supporting much live load. Wide flanges ("I"-beams) are an option but it seems to me that it would be too complex to assemble and weld them at an angle. Trusses seem the most viable but on an angle? I can't seem to find an example of how this might be accomplished effectively. Perhaps I need to reconsider the roof structure...
Ideas people..?
Image 1 - Building Massing and Exterior Envelope
Image 2 - Exterior Envelope Structure
Image 3 - Training Facility Structure
Image 4 - Performance/Cafeteria/Design Studio Structure
Image 5 - Complete Building Structure
Friday, April 1, 2011
Project 4A - Interim - Design Development
Some images from the interim presentation. The main idea was to convey the essential concept of the exterior facade system and its direct relation to the interior facade system as well as the concept of the open court and oculus, emphasizing the importance of visibility and transparency between programmatic elements in the design.
The first two images are initial facade studies undertaken for purposes of designing the mock up model and for exploring the effects of exterior multi-hued panels on the interior of the facade.
The next series of images shows some massing explorations that led to the manipulation of the exterior facade in relation to the interior facade and building envelope to insure proper distribution of daylight and sunlight based on programmatic requirements and solar orientation of the building.
North - Maximize daylight.
East - This is the side most of the colored panels will be found on. Minimize morning glare, maximize translucency. The north side of this facade is where the cafeteria will be and is raised to allow for it to open up to the exterior.
South - Minimize direct sunlight, shade and raise facade to expose main entrance to the complex and allow southernly winds to sweep in and ventilate the interior.
The steel framing skeleton for the exterior facade system. I decided to separate it from the building in order to allow maximal flexibility to the interior structure which has yet to be fully developed and in order to isolate the heat gain of the steel on the exterior from the interior building envelopes.
Facade system assembly - This exploded axonometric shows the facade system assembly on the east facade from exterior to interior:
Multi-hued polycarbonate panels
Spider connection system
Light-weight steel web
Heavy-weight steel support system
Double pane windows with reflective frame to deflect light into the interior
Steel framed polycarbonate panel system interior facade
Light-weight concrete slabs (200mm)
Interior partition system (likely aluminum framing)
The building on site (pre-landscaping)
A render of the building on site (pre-addition of colored panels)
Finally, a glimpse into the next and final phase of the design development, a proposed building plan program layout. This is a work in progress.
The first two images are initial facade studies undertaken for purposes of designing the mock up model and for exploring the effects of exterior multi-hued panels on the interior of the facade.
The next series of images shows some massing explorations that led to the manipulation of the exterior facade in relation to the interior facade and building envelope to insure proper distribution of daylight and sunlight based on programmatic requirements and solar orientation of the building.
North - Maximize daylight.
East - This is the side most of the colored panels will be found on. Minimize morning glare, maximize translucency. The north side of this facade is where the cafeteria will be and is raised to allow for it to open up to the exterior.
South - Minimize direct sunlight, shade and raise facade to expose main entrance to the complex and allow southernly winds to sweep in and ventilate the interior.
The steel framing skeleton for the exterior facade system. I decided to separate it from the building in order to allow maximal flexibility to the interior structure which has yet to be fully developed and in order to isolate the heat gain of the steel on the exterior from the interior building envelopes.
Facade system assembly - This exploded axonometric shows the facade system assembly on the east facade from exterior to interior:
Multi-hued polycarbonate panels
Spider connection system
Light-weight steel web
Heavy-weight steel support system
Double pane windows with reflective frame to deflect light into the interior
Steel framed polycarbonate panel system interior facade
Light-weight concrete slabs (200mm)
Interior partition system (likely aluminum framing)
The building on site (pre-landscaping)
A render of the building on site (pre-addition of colored panels)
Finally, a glimpse into the next and final phase of the design development, a proposed building plan program layout. This is a work in progress.
Project 4A - Interim - Model
Some images of the mock up model built for the interim presentation in the process of building and of the final testing of the model for the desired effect, a transferring of defused multi-hued light into the interior through the translucent facade.
Model scale is 1:5.
Step 1 - Due to the double curve of the facade system, individual components had to be laser cut and carefully kept track of.
Step 1.1 - Smaller individual component (the spider connections) had to be assembled. Originally these were 3D printed but as those prints were flawed, I assembled these from the remains of the 3D print and quickly laser cut pieces.
Step 2 - The outer facade grid is assembled. Note the heat gun in the background. This was used for curving the plexi used for the interior facade mock up in a time consuming process (use a vacuum form in the future if you have one people).
Step 3 - The mock panels are attached to the grid via the connections.
Step 4 - Not really a step, its just the assembled model. Note the curved translucent 3 mm plexi behind the outer facade. This is the interior facade mock up.
Step 5 - Testing. In order to better replicate the comparative intensity of the sun and to highlight the desired effect, the model was laced in a dark room with a direct light shining on it. The effect can clearly be seen.
Step 5.1 - What it looks like from up close looking at one of the opening that will eventually be in the interior facade for natural ventilation.
Step 5.2 - Up close at the opening, looking out onto the exterior facade at dusk.
Model scale is 1:5.
Step 1 - Due to the double curve of the facade system, individual components had to be laser cut and carefully kept track of.
Step 1.1 - Smaller individual component (the spider connections) had to be assembled. Originally these were 3D printed but as those prints were flawed, I assembled these from the remains of the 3D print and quickly laser cut pieces.
Step 2 - The outer facade grid is assembled. Note the heat gun in the background. This was used for curving the plexi used for the interior facade mock up in a time consuming process (use a vacuum form in the future if you have one people).
Step 3 - The mock panels are attached to the grid via the connections.
Step 4 - Not really a step, its just the assembled model. Note the curved translucent 3 mm plexi behind the outer facade. This is the interior facade mock up.
Step 5 - Testing. In order to better replicate the comparative intensity of the sun and to highlight the desired effect, the model was laced in a dark room with a direct light shining on it. The effect can clearly be seen.
Step 5.1 - What it looks like from up close looking at one of the opening that will eventually be in the interior facade for natural ventilation.
Step 5.2 - Up close at the opening, looking out onto the exterior facade at dusk.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Not just subtlety...
Finally had a chance to go through some Vegas photos. Wanted to share small number of observations. The first has to do with the less subtle aspects of the framework necessary to support the spectacle of Vegas.
This is the Wynn. One of Vegas' newest hotels:
While taking a walk just "behind" the 'Strip', which is to say, one street over and parallel. I came across this (massive) building:
Upon closer examination, it bore this sign:
That's right, staff parking. This parking lot, big enough for a mall in Canada (its almost as deep as it is wide), is reserved for the staff of the Wynn. Not so subtle.
This window awning from the Paladio is a bit more subtle. A cursory examination of the design wouldn't fool you as to the materiality, its metal, not cloth (as the one it is an imitation of would most likely be). But it might fool you into thinking the awning can be folded down. It sure looks that way. Of course, they don't fold at all:
A word on spectacle, of which there is no lack in Vegas. This is a vertical wine cellar with an automated robot retrieval system. The restaurant is built around the cellar, giving a whole new meaning to a restaurant built "around wine":
Finally, for those who might not have had a chance to go off the strip, some Frank Gehry in Vegas. Yes, he might not have had anything to do with City Center but even he has a building here:
This is the Wynn. One of Vegas' newest hotels:
While taking a walk just "behind" the 'Strip', which is to say, one street over and parallel. I came across this (massive) building:
Upon closer examination, it bore this sign:
That's right, staff parking. This parking lot, big enough for a mall in Canada (its almost as deep as it is wide), is reserved for the staff of the Wynn. Not so subtle.
This window awning from the Paladio is a bit more subtle. A cursory examination of the design wouldn't fool you as to the materiality, its metal, not cloth (as the one it is an imitation of would most likely be). But it might fool you into thinking the awning can be folded down. It sure looks that way. Of course, they don't fold at all:
A word on spectacle, of which there is no lack in Vegas. This is a vertical wine cellar with an automated robot retrieval system. The restaurant is built around the cellar, giving a whole new meaning to a restaurant built "around wine":
Finally, for those who might not have had a chance to go off the strip, some Frank Gehry in Vegas. Yes, he might not have had anything to do with City Center but even he has a building here:
Monday, February 14, 2011
Post Progress Report from P1
In continuation to the last project (in an effort to prepare it for submission to the competition) I made the following rendering. I thought I'd post it here to give a better impression of the bridge's scale then that which was given at the presentations.
Comments for improvements welcome.
Comments for improvements welcome.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Case Studies
This is not the finished product but at least it should give anyone interested an idea of how I went about this part of the project and what natural and biomimetic processes I looked into.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bgq1xt
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bgq1xt
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)