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JOURNAL: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO AIRUNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 2012

(391261) DAVID FITZWILLIAM

SOURCE: ALGORITHMIC.NET

EOI

ARCHITECTURAL

PERSONAL: DAVID FITZWILLIAM(BOATHOUSE)

STATE OF THE ART:TREE OF KNOWLEDGE (BARCALDINE QLD)

PARKITEERS MKII

EOI ARCHITECTURALDISCOURSE

PERSONAL (BOATHOUSE)

The style and ideals that encompass my contribution to architecture is the notion of blending. Understanding and acknowledging environment as a primary aspect to design, allows for architecture to express its sense of belonging and easiness to sit within its neighborhood.

STATE OF THE ART (TREE OF KNOWLEDGE)

This piece of architecture advances historical significance. The tree is marked as a starting point of a political movement (1891) and was used a meeting place of a labour rebellion. The structure that covers it expresses the growth that this place had envisioned (the labour party) and draws back each section of the structure to the tree beneath. It relates back the modern ideals and beliefs to a single point in history.

STATE OF THE ART (PARKITEERS MKII)

The architecture above advances in sustainability. The above image shows the winning design for new form of bicycle stor-age at Melbourne’s train stations. It excelled in sustainability by using construction that is prefabricated and off the shelf components. It communicates the sustainability of its users by displaying (on LED screens) the carbon savings that the cyclist makes to others that use the station. These measures are designed to encourage use by others and can easily be expanded.

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BOATHOUSE SOURCED FROM D. FITZWILLIAM

CARDBOARD COLUMNS

These columns which physical exist and prefabricated are the work of Michael Hansmeyer whom employed the use of com-puter aided design and a subdivision algorithm (involving geometry) that can produce between 8 and 16 million differing facets.

The columns are so incredibly detailed that they seeming appear to be a 3D computer model, however this is not the case. These columns use a fairly simplistic way on construction that does not include a 3D printer. A laser cutter and thousands on cross-sections, which are then stacked on top of one another, fabricate them.

His process is far quicker than a 3D printer and far cheaper, each column only costing about $1500. This form of design could be integrated into the design process for the gateway project by demonstrating that an incred-ible complex and interesting design could be produced and fabricated within the restrictive budget.

INNOVATION THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN

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IMAGES 1/2 SOURCED FROM: http://inhabitat.com/super-intricate-cardboard-columns-16-million-facets/michael-hansmeyer-cardboard- columns/?extend=1

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Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre

This building (Baku, Azerbaijan) has been designed (Zaha Hadid) with the use of a space frame to create one of the most complex single continuous spanning roofs in the world. It has no columns supporting the roof from within the internal volume of the building and twists in all 3 dimensions. It works by using a interlocking triangular lattice that spreads the load of the building through cylindrical beams running through the lattice structure. The lattice and thus the roof shape were designed using computational design techniques to produce a frame that would stand up without extra support. This building could assist with the gateway project by providing a model in which a structure could cover the vast distance over the freeway without the need to place columns that would destroy the function of the road by blocking it. The gateway site is also oddly shaped and this method of design could assist in producing a design that uses the site to its advantage. 2

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IMAGE 1 SOURCED FROM: http://urbanlabglobalcities.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/under-construction-heydar-aliyev.htmlIMAGES 2/3 SOURCED FROM: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=856424

CONTEMPORARY PROGRAMMING CULTURES

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ALGORITHMIC HOUSING (2007 HOUSING COMPETITION)MARCIN PILSNIAK

The aim of this project was to create a housing solution to the various problems that are generated by a rapidly changing city. This project took the focus of Shanghai and how housing can be produced for the population on the lower end of the socio-economic scale. The project used various algorithms to program the housing instead of directly designing from an idea. The program automatically generates self-organising urban structure that is driven by outside and surrounding influences. The remark-able part is that these variables can be changed in accordance to the urban environment to create new complex urban structure.

The images displayed show the different variables that were used (space, residential density and height, commercial activ-ity, transport/communication and boundaries). If any change occurs in these variable the structure generated will change to create the most efficient and communicate urban fabric with the new parameters.

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I find that this method of computational design is one of rational and clear thought as means to approaching design problems. It takes to heart the idea that architecture is more than the aesthetics appearance of a building or structure but that architecture is a notion of collaboration of design, human requirement/ experience and of urban context/ culture.

This process of designing is a means to cater for the individual site and take into account its various inputs to produce an urban form that for fills the needs and attributes of site and people.

In relation to the gateway project this form of design could assist in helping to form a structure that represents and caters the de-mographic of the Werribee area. It potentially generates a perfect representation of what the City of Werribee is and that shape could be produced for the gateway project. It is a clear aspect of the project brief that this structure true represent Werribee.

IMAGES 1/2/3/4 SOURCED FROM: http://www.evolo.us/architecture/algorithmic-housing/4

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