Portfolio Final Tony Luo 762695

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Name: Tony LuoStudent Number: 762695Subject: ENVS10004 Designing EnvironmentsAssignment: Portfolio Semester 1, 2016

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Site – Climate (Temperature Shadow)9am

9am

11am

11am

1pm

1pm

3pm

3pm

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-Process illustrating the changes in temperature

and shadow at the Site in Concrete Lawn on a

Monday

Spatial Composition

-As the forms become smaller and digresses upwards it gets harder for entry

Used this pattern to create a framework. Explored the forms spatially,

where as the scale of the symbols reduce, there is less room and

‘window’, that creates a trap and tightening effect.

Model to inflict a collapsing effect, where spatially the frames are fragile.

3

Landforming

Applied techniques of subtraction and extrusion to explore landform spatially,

where a surface underground attempts to explore the idea of privacy. This section

Attempts to show that whilst privacy can be gained, it can also be communal, where

Others standing from the top can see what is below.

Curves below surface below are overlapping to show that whilst there is individual

Space, it is shared.

Details from the plan explore slopes and sudden edges to provide room for activities

And give room to privacy, that acts as a barrier and ‘fence’. Long lines exist to show

That more secured privacy can be gained, but must walk longer and try harder to

Destination, ground.

4

Assemblage - Grafting

5

Focused on three materials/forms;

‘flows’, ‘threads’ and ‘triangular’ shapes

That share different characteristics in shape and form but

can create a ‘third space’ when combined or mended together.

The end result is a structure that can self-sustain itself and where

Its combination can complement one another, hence

Demonstrating grafting.

In this context, by threading it helps to connect triangular shapes

Together to form a triangular prism, The flows thus provide a

Passage and pathway for people to travel and go from one

Triangular shape to another realistically, and acts as a linkage.

As illustrated in the plan, the fusion of the three elements creates

A third dimensional area, acting like a web, can it can create opportunities

For activities and functions such as a chance to stand, climb and crawl.

Spatial Temporal Narrative - Debating

We are descending down. We are ready to land.

Faces of fear can be found. We see them stand. Ready to attack.

We are close to this red planet. We see familiar faces, who seem to have adapted to new

places.

We are landing on this manmade walkway.

The red figures come charging at us halfway.

Hydraulic bombs and laser beams.

Giant collisions and flashy screams.

Their anger resembles the thunders raging.

But our desperation shadows it with our enormous spaceships.

‘We have no room here – go back to Earth’ – they yell.

We cry, “Earth no longer exists”.

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This narrative explores the concept of ‘ownership’, ‘invasion’ and ‘desperation’, where it describes a story of Earth people once setting a Mars colony, and after

Processes of climate change and man-made activities leading to the destruction of liveability in planet Earth, Earth people are forced to settle in Mars, where they feel there is a right

For them to take the land, but Mars colony people feel threatened and there are intellectual disagreements, thus exploring the idea of ‘debating’.

Superimposition Collage - Debating

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Applied the technique of finding a certain shape from superimposition,

In this context, circles, and attempting to create comets to reshape its pre-existing use/function.

Inspired by the surrounding flows, or noodle-like movements as fire or the tail of a comet, with all other

Elements/ shapes / forms to be blue to illustrate Earth/water.

Experience Collage - Metal

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Inspired by the form of

Cans, and the opening of cans

To create a space to explore

3 dimensionally.

Applied technique of finding

Household items relating to ‘metal’;

i.e. fork, ladders and chains to

Complete the collage.

Applied shadows and reflection to

Explore metal’s characteristic

Of being reflective.

Photoshopped barb wire to show

Brittleness and also a seismic

Movement to explore metal

Being magnetic.

100 word narrative

It’s grey and independent day.

They’re coming. After us. After me.

We have no choice but flee. We run. I run.

It feels so dangerous, so brittle.

The structures are so big, I feel so little.

The sound of walking echoes like walking on a tin.

Shivering our skin.

The smell of rust, like a burning crust.

I can see a glimpse of myself from the reflection of

the steel.

But what I see clearly are the flashes coming at us

down the hill.

Will I survive? Or will I die?

May the steel be in my favour.

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This narrative, accompanied for the Experience collage,

attempts to further explore and add ambience

And explore elements such as scent, reflection,

Sound, atmosphere and texture with the material of steel.

The story discusses about one figure running away from

Invasion, and the figure’s personal encounter when

fleeing away.

Attempted to explore spatially through storytelling where

The figure running uphill (that takes more effort and

Friction and gravity) preventing fast fleeing

To explore desperation and suffering.

FINAL PROJECT

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Full Plan

Applied this particular orientation situated at Concrete Lawn to show invasion

Originating from the East, where the sun usually is, to block sunlight access to MSD

Building, where the primary occupants (students) are.

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Sections of final project attempt to illustrate the idea of

‘pain and suffering’ that add emotionally to the idea of debating,

By exploring the characteristics of metal.

In here, reflections can be seen from the prism structures on the left

To depict metal’s characteristic of being reflective, and also to depict ‘ownership’

And superiority and over-taking through light.

The shape of cans is applied to this final project, where openings of cans

Provide the opportunity to explore spatially. Cans in the section are sloped dramatically,

Where running figures (people fleeing away) will be hard to leave safely without

Injuries or any self-harm. Different scales and sizes of the can are applied to explore

Difficulty of one in trying to escape, where openings become smaller and smaller when

Trying to reach for safe land, inspired from games where each round becomes harder.

Explored landform to add on the idea of pain and suffering, where the land is sloped

Dramatically to explore spatially difficulty for one to run upwards compared to down-hill,

Which takes up more time and energy.

The final project tries to explore debating as ‘a despairing and no win’ situation.

12

Model inspired by 9/11 memorial in New York

City, The United States of America. where

spatially a visitor of the memorial standing by

the side cannot see an end/ground level of the

hole of the waterfall, which has been translated

to the final project (model) of one standing on

the side (such as the figure on the model

standing by the side) cannot see ground or any

surface level, to add on the idea of suffering and

desperation, where it adds to the idea of ‘never-

ending’ when trying to escape.

Thus, desperation and pain through infinity is

explored through the concept of ‘infinity’.