studio air

Design Journal

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO AIR

MONIQUE PATSALIS 537801

A designer that explores the complexity across architectural disciplines and is potential to discover humanness, body, psyche and spirit is Gregory Burgess. He believes architecture is a creative science or math-ematical art that can be looked at from an environmental and healing perspective. His approach is rather unique as he lays out spaces by pre modern cosmic geometries from the Christian Buddhist and indigenous thought system which is evident in the Uluru cultural Centre. Burgess also has been the forefront of the community architecture, a practice of involving local communities as he lets new possibilities for a social life and social identity. He is an architect that puts himself INTO the site and draws/ designs for the community that defines the place they are in and the materialization. Although his target of cultural difference with surveillance and border control is not new, he considers the surveillance and border control of the first people in Australia. the imposition of another layer of new technology imported in the mindset of the the-matic universe and of modernism progress and land ownership is short cultural colonialism. He tries to put the past into the present with his designs with an autopoiesis way of communication which can be seen as Architecture’s Place within Society.

Quote: “Architecture that can bring the senses to life or awaken our senses,

awaken our souls, if you like, is very important.”

Architect: Greg Burgess Project: Uluru Aboriginal Cul-

tural CentreLocation: Uluru-Kata Tjuta

National Park, Northern Territory

Uluru Aboriginal Cultural Centre is one of his organic works using natural forms and materials, as well as natural light. His work of the Centre is not a slick and predictable design, but a building of rough edges, bumps and distor-tions and natural forms..

||Week 1: Architecture as a Discourse ||

Why is it good? There is a set route through the centre to provide a variety of experiences. By entering through the Tjukurpa Tunnel visitors learn about the traditional and ancient culture of the area. Joint manage-ment and othertopics of interest within the national park are presented in the Nintiringkupai Room (information desk). The aspirations of Anangu are presented in owned and operated businesses including Maruku Arts, Anangu Tours, Walkatjara Art and Ininti Cafe and Souvenirs.Beneficial in understanding the Werribee design brief because of its method of design and its way of approach towards the brief they had to follow is rather similar. Understanding the challenges of designing something cultural in Australia were identified and explored with those with knowledge and under-standing of the culture itself and its limits to what can be conveyed throughout the design and what they wanted to achieve. Gregory Burjess understood that the plan recommended that a cultural centre be established for the following purposes: presentation of interpretive material relating to traditional culture, traditional song and dance display and sale of contemporary Aboriginal art and crafts display of historical contactt and park history, and the conduct of other appropriate Anangu controlled cultural and commercial activities.

Approach to Design..fines the meaning of aboriginal architecture within the building with his design process being a goal he wanted to achieve. His approach to the design to the design is that he wanted indigenous people to be allowed to define who they are as a collective identity and how they wish to be portrayed through architecture and the environmental statements to the wider society and the outside the world. It was Gregory’s role as an architect to take these repre-sentations of identity to be express in its architectural form. He wanted this project to be of regional significance and national significance. The use of symbols are used to communicate to some level across groups. This monumental building was completely out of context with a vernacular matrix, so they provided historical and cultural context as an integral part of the whole while not distracting from the statement of the design brief.

This building was known to be one of the best architectural practise to date because of its indigenous practise in arch design in project control. it represented the indigenous stakeholders. It is a place that gives experience and an emo-tional response to indigenous people and non-indigenous people in a respectful and spiritual way in terms of the place and design itself. with its maximum natural lighting and simulated natural environments

EOI: with observing the language of architecture and its disciplines, i believe that the autopoieses is a strong component when design-ing. Incorporating the landscape with the structure itself is what makes a building more meaningful and easier to communicate with its surroundings and the viewer. Researching the history of a par-ticular area, understanding the culture and making a design in which one can experience and learn something from is a design that can be treasured and loved by those who experience the structure it-self. With local materials used and with respecting the aboriginal c

A project previously done in Deakin university based on negativity and movement. At first i got an image of a wom-an moving and bending down, however if you take sequen-

cial snap shots of her, and overlap each image, it would create layers of different shapes. Then we got a large piece

of limestone and were given tools such as scrtew driver, drills, etc in oerder to create the same shape of the image in two separate squares of limestone. The main challenge was not breaking the limestone and going as close to the edge

as possible. If we did not go as close to the edge as possible, our shape would not fit. Furthermorem the main concept was understanding form and space on a specific material.

||Week 1: Architecture as a Discourse ||

EOI: with observing the language of architecture and its disciplines, i believe that the autopoieses is a strong component when designing. Incorporating the landscape with the structure itself is what makes a building more meaningful and easier to communicate with its surroundings and the viewer. Research-ing the history of a particular area, understanding the culture and making a design in which one can ex-perience and learn something from is a design that can be treasured and loved by those who experience the structure itself. With local materials used and with respecting the aboriginal cultures shows how great the architect went through a lot of depth and struggle to get this building right. I believe that this is a great example when designing for the weribee council because understanding what you are designing, who you are designing for, and how it is made and why, plays a dramatic role to the positive outcome of the design itself in the future.

A design focusing on culture and historic backrounds..With comparing the methods other architects have used in order to design, one of my hand drawn first year designs are similar in a way that I have made my design shelter as part of the landscape itself as well as try and convey a meaning with the design, into the history of the loca-tion. With a chosen place of ‘Petra tou Romiou’ which is Aphrodite’s rock, the birth place of a goddess in Cyprus, i wanted to try and excavate the rock itself and build inside it. The floor plan was inspired by a shell in which the goddess came out of as part of the Greek mythology in his-toric times I wanted to design something that has meaning. Additionally one of the requirements of the projects was to understand the weather of the area itself, the amount of rainfall, friendly materials, and to make it environmentally friendly with no electricity whatsoever. I used a green roof, drainage system, and also solar windows.

Frank Lloyd right is an organic architect who uses free special flow as a method of planning. The way he composites a building such as the pin wheel plan is a great example of how he designs as an architect. The Centre as the main “family” space, and everything else that is less important away from the centre, shows how he has meaning for every decision he makes. The rotation and movement with the way one navigates around the house with overlapping systems of geometry, makes one constantly move around the home. Each aspect of the house has a special meaning; his works act as a cell, so that all elements come together as a liv-ing organism. Like Gregory burgess, some of his inspiration is from a culture, a culture that is used in some of his works, for example the Japanese Imperial Hotel, Meiji Mura, near Nagoya. As you can see he’s a very horizontal designer and like burgess, he makes the landscape match with his building, he understands the surroundings and works well with it. Additionally, sometimes Frank Lloyd right uses materials from his surroundings in order to design such as stone and concrete which is also similar to Gregory. When observing and experiencing his domestic and institutional buildings, they are com-pletely different. The institutional buildings are completely decentralized when comparing it to his pin wheel plan of a house; however he still makes it exciting for one to visit his works with a rather free navigation when wondering around. Furthermore Frank Lloyd right likes to use light as an important cultural tool in which I believe can connect with spirituality in a sense. He loves to make the interior of a structure to have a “wow factor” with the use of rich textures and other materials, making it com-pletely different to the geometrical and plain outside. An architect such as Frank Lloyd Right, who seems to be a completely different architect compared to Gregory Burgess, still has some sort of similar architectural influences when it comes to designing in a way that they are both a way that they are both organic! They both have a spiritual religious cultural connection with the surroundings as well as their designs. Their work looks like it’s part of the landscape itself and matches with its surroundings in which I am truly inspired of.

||Week 2: Computational Design ||

Computational design is known to be the disci-pline of applying computational approaches to design problems, whether related to presentation, analysis or aesthetic expressions.^1 as we develop in tech-nology, the relationship between computers and ar-chitects has intensified dramatically. The use of programming in modern day has changed the way in

which we design things such as structures and even products for the marketing industry. It helps one try and make imagination into reality. However,

with computational design, come limits to what can be done simply programmes such as AutoCad, Archi-

Cad, Rhino, Grasshopper and other programmes. It is easier to make accurate designs however it is limit-ed in a sense that a programme can only do so much, which then makes our whole goal on the design ap-

Computation programmes such as rhino can be beneficial in parametric designs in terms of monitoring the whole process solution to managing our whole outlook on the project in a different way. It can be known that Understanding pro-gramming and it is useful in handling information beyond our perceptual capabilities

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A unique innovation.... Ezio Blasetti is a registered architect that holds a masters of science in advanced archi-tectural design. He recently presented at( image on the left instructed by Ezio Blasetti on-optiman Structural Optimization (noS0) ) and experimenting with It as a discourse. Using limits in order to move forward may be a RMIT University with a number of other architects demonstrating some projects from computational design. The exploration of computation within highly speculative approaches to architectural craft that creates consistency and precision within formal explorations. There is a conscious redefining of material constrains through pattern and code, which incubates a search for progressive manufacturing method.

||Week 3: scripting/Programming cultures||

Scripting is part of a culture and can be seen as offering a different view and approach to creativity for architects. it opens a lot of doors for architects as it can be known as tool to achieve a designers best creativity level as it makes one think outside of the box. According to what culture is followed, I t can creates a new opportunity for new scales and the taking up of new space.

Scripting as a Culture.. Scripting can be divided into three different cultures:1- Repetitive things2- Problem solving3- Exploration

Although scripting can be a way forward to design, the repetitive designs

that can be used over and over again can be taken from anyone, which is the down sideThe understanding of maths gives a computational designer with conceptual and philosophic edge and better creative assistance a symbolic language to form abstractions of spatial and numerical rela-tions in geometry. In other words, experimenting with scripting can extend design experimentation and may even be the key to lower production costs and a more sophisticated innovation to design.

" the designer who wants to be completely in control of the results must be in control of the process"

A great example of scripting and the use of mathematical equations to produce pointclouds, curves and surfaces. A basic construction of NURBS that explain parameters on curves and surfaces. We'll be using a series of scripting concepts from "introduction to scripting. as well as multiple rhino methods which was explained by enzio blasetti himself. The example below is

The procedure behind this work involves writing an algorithm that allows point agents to interact with a mesh surface. A mesh is then created as a response to the dimensions

and the temporal conditions of the site, The Bartlett's own Wates House. Particular agents are then selected fromthe mesh object, and then the script is engaged, allowing the agents and their pathways to become self-referential. The agents have an assigned attraction to the mesh object but they also have a flocking behavior of between them-selves. Amongst themselves, they align, cohere and separate. Finally, the agents have a

radious of their own, which effects all of these parameters independently. “

‘Culture: Ezio uses both the first scripting culture number 2, the sense of being uncertain in order to move onto culture number 3 of exploration.

This building may also be considered a performance based design because the skin of a building responds to the weather conditions as well as programmatic distribution in a building tailor-ing panels is generated using multi agent system which develops non linear patterns. The visual effect shows rapid phase changes in the pattern. The aperture are nested in the panel that allows different scales of openings to occur simultaneously on the facade in order to create mixed pat-terns responsive to different shading conditions. Apertures can be larger in areas where shad-ing is needed relative to the analysis of the sun exposure or wind impact for cooling chimney effects.

EOI…Extremely interesting to work with such ideas, a design that works with the weather condi-tions along the weribee high-way would be eye-catching and also can be made in a green way. Just the idea

Reference List.

http://www.biothing.org/?attachment_id=344

http://www.biothing.org/?cat=13

http://www.biothing.org/?cat=20

Great example and understanding of scripting and the mathematics used within it.

http://code.algorithmicdesign.net/Parametrization-Equations

||Week 4 : Grasshopper||kALAYS READINGS:Matrix:experimenting with diferent imputs and outputs, resulted ina number of outcomes in order to searchy for sdifferent design pos-sibilities to further our development for the project. Usijng difer-ent forms of exploring with grasshopper, will be able to gain some ideas for parametric designs, Additionally some of the images produced did turn out broken. i personally liked this and the way they turned out. It shows that even if there is a problem, it can still turn out rather interesting. with reference to Paul Rudolph, ’All problems can never be solved’ This shows that, if one cant fix the problem, why not work with it?

Breadth First:with reference to breadth first ( kalay 2006) exploration is used in order to figure out solutions before reaching a conclusion. when using a certain pattern, it can look completely different to what it is places on such as a curves, surfaces, planes, so it shows a manipulation to a number of parameteres.

Depth first: exploring relationships with freatures such as rotatoi, and playing around with attractor points, a great affect can be made.

EOI: In regards to the gateway oproject, depending on the search method, more solutions can be extinguished with computational design.

Week 5 – EOI: Research Project: CUT: Develop

Airspace TokyoTokyo, Japan; Faulders Studio:The facade of the building compliments the area of the building with its natural colored exterior and artificial in-terior for the building. additionally, the rigin aluminium panels, mostly used as sound insulation because of the loud freeways outside, are needed for the building. also the series of geometric patterns overlaid as voids on both layers of the exterior acts as a visually dynamic threshold between private and public. this building acts to bufffer the inhabitants from the street begin a unifying enclosure

Andre De Gouveia Residence. A unique glided aluminium facade made with panels that are mechanically stamped with two different sized o slotted perforations. The Portuguese paving pattern as well as baroque inspired pattern shows a sense of rich material. The screens made of aluminium on the exterior fold as a way of allowing light enter the building. Additionally these patterns also make a rather detailed shadow when one enters

Carabanchel social housing.Madrid, Spain: Foreigh Office Ar-chitects.Understanding on how to work well with space, this social housing was designed in order to function well on an elon-gated space. Also with the considerations of the scale of this project, customisation of bamboo louvers that are folded frames provide shelter from the east west sun. This repetitive unit material can allow one to open and close the windows that change the exterior of the design. This then achieves the desires of the people who are living inside as opposed to

Restaurant Aoba-tei(aip).Sendai, Japan: Hitoshi abe + atelier hitoshi abe:the concept of soft boundary surfaces as used to devel-op this project. The surface takes the dorm of organic membrane that responds to the pressure of adjacent spaces which constitutes as an continuous interior wrapper. This is a cred steel armature to unite both levels. The material of the steel surface is used to make a

Reverse Engineering:

The reverse engineering case study is impor-tant because it makes understanding the whole

process and its importance towards digital space. With the absence of physics in the real world it may be hard to show how a design

will be able to perform structurally. Materi-

als such as CNC milling as well as 3D print-ing are tools that must be employed in order

to laser cut for fabrication with particular

designed surfaces. Understanding digital fabrication has al-lowed architects and designers to explore a

more complex geometry,. However the process

of fabrication itself allows us to rethink

the whole entire design process from the be-

ginning. The flattening of a 3D object that

is virtual is needed in order for us to be

able to make a certain design in reality in

terms of the consideration of scale and ref-

erence to sites,.

Reverse engineering:Input- Surface

Associative Technique- Image Sampler

Output- Rotate Plane

Gantenbein Vineyard Facade.Flasch, Switzerland: Gramazio & Kohler in cooperation with Bearth & deplazez.A facade designed in order to for fermentation to take place to process grapes as well as a wine storage cellar and a roof terrace for wine tast-ing and receptions. This was done by masonry infill between the con-crete skeleton in order to have temperature as well as sunlight to filer the fermentation room. Additionally, the bricks that were laid with an offset that allows indirect sunlight to come through the masonry wall, had polycarbonate panels in order for wind and rain to not come in the interior spaces. As the bricks reflect sunlight differently and gives shade to each piece of brick giving it a rather unique and animated af-fect, from a distance, a pixelated look may be given. Also, if one was to move around the building, the perception of the structure changes to a representation and a pure material sensation which is rather fasci-nating. The layershave been created with 2 layrs of image samplers in grasshopper, one of grapes and the other of bricks. This is evident in the photos on the right, mergiing both images creates the end result of the buidilgin itself.

McCormick Tribune Campus Center:

A major design challenge was the noise of the public transit tracks passing over the lot. so the challenge was to find a solu-tion to this which was done by enclosing a 530-foot (160 m) section of the tracks in a stainless steel tube passing over the building. The tube’s support structure is completely independent of the building’s, to minimize vibration passing between them.

Week 5 – EOI: Research Project: CUT.Develope

Spanish pavilion expo 2005Aichi Japan Foreign Office Architects. a traditional inspired building from the Islamic culture gives an expression of a rich era. The spatial organisation and structural elements of the arches vaults show a connection to history. The fabrication is organised into a panel of six units dused together through the geometries within the pane. Each hexagonal tile is tinted with one of six colours to signify the countries culture. Furthermore the differentiated surfaces of repetition show a rather artistic and colour feel for the viewer. I liked how the building stuck to tradition and was able to merge history, culture, colours, shape and make it into a more modern abstract feel within the site which i believe will help with the EOI design in terms of understanding how to bring many ideas into one.

Jogn Lewis department store Leicester united kingdom: Foreign office archi-tects.A cultural and historical reference made from double glazed facade to make a net like curtain to provide private to the interior while also providing natural light entering as well as the view of the city from the inside the store. Each layer made with a vintage textile pattern on a four panelled facade to make a textile like expression to the enve-lope of the building. The interior of the building made with a ceramic frit pattern that is mirrored with the exterior gives a perception that changes according to the move-ment of the sun. A performance based design that increases visual complexity shows a rather simple shape however looks rather detail from a distance. The image sampler in grasshopper can be used in with two surfaces can be moved with an attractor in order to change way of each shape moves.

DIOR GINZA:Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan: Office of Kumiko Inui.The designed facade was inspired from the pattern of the "lady Dior" signature handbag. The image 2.3 illustrates the concept and the effects of the facade of the Store twith he idea of creating virtual images by overlaying several screens at a certain distance in between them. in terms of tyhe building itself, The programme was developed as a double layer skin made of two separate aluminium surfaces. The design matches the loud bold feel of its surround-ings and the design of the facade shows a ghost like volume made from luminous effects of its greatly detailed surfaces. At night, the perforations are illuminated and the building appears as an apparition at night in terms of comparing it to the stark contracts in daylight.

<< The image on the left shows the concept of panametric design of the facade of Dior Ginza. (http://ppd-spr2010.tum-blr.com/post/420593033/deceiving-apertures)

The reverse engineering for the ned khan buil-diing was made with:

Similar Effects that were interestng:

Input-surface gridsAssociativeTechnique- Image samplerOuput- 3d Rotation

Reference: http://www.yellowgoat.com.au/E971::177655:Oops

Wall treatment This structure also reminds me of a wall treatment made up of pieces of mirror, each 80x80mm or larger, each fixed at a different angle to its neigh-bour creating random reflectivity that gives a rather intresting effect to the wall when one moves along the room. This may be rather interesting for our approach in the design because the cars that will be passing by will find this rather fascinating.

Fish Ball Another design that reminded me of the extrerior of the build-ing was this sea inspired shandeleer. i liked this because the designer thought of the materials he was using before designing the shandeleer and understood the affects that light can make on certain materials. Inspired by a fish ball underwater and the intermittent silver flashes that occur when some fish turn side on to reflect sunlight, the performance of the fish ball light is rather interesting as iteplicates this effect using mirror polished alu-minium fish in amongst the clear acrylic. Overall, understanding how certain materialscan act in different ways is rather inspiring and will help with thedesign for the weribee council.

Children’s museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-vania Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Santa Monica, California Perkins Eastman, Pittsburgh:One of many of NedKahns work are based on different affects using weather or light as a tool to make movement or reflect such as the seismic sea,or the microturbines,are great examples of us-ing natural resources to hellp a structure perform on its own. One of the buildings however has been the three story steel and glass building designed as a digitized cloud or an articulated cloud that reflects the sky and changes according strength of the wind during the time of day.This design particular caught my eye because of the fact that the designer used the weather as a tool in order to animate his facade. Designed by a kinetic screen of many white acrylic panels that flutter with the wind, giving it an effect of rippling clouds moving across the sky. With considerations of heat and materials and accuracy, the result is rather remarkable when viewing it in action. Further-more, when trying to do this in grasshopper, it is the understanding of the reverse engineer pan-els of Ned khans design of the cloud in order to create these performance based effects

Precedents

This unusual unique design of stairs is designed by Heatherwick studio. This staircase is a perfect exam-ple of what we wish to achieve. Something different, sometrhing that people will remember and find un-usual and interesting to the eye, yet exciting and fun.

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*LONGCHAMP STAIRS.*ORL CLINIC. *AQUA TOWER*

With parametric modelling, rapid prototyping can be done, which allows

us to achieve and optimised form. Understanding teh discourse between trial and error will form a number of selections of to explore and experiment with for the gateway project.

LONGCHAMP STAIRS

“AQUA TOWER was shaped nu an organic design. The inspirationm of the building was its natural cli-

mate. . Although it may look to be formally expressivem the imaginationplays a huge role into how one would interpret

the structure.

The ORL Clinic is design by the Mal-Vi Archi-tects and it is situated in Greece. It is a bulging shape which is derived from the form of an acoustic wave.

ORL CLINICMAL-VI ARCHITECTS

Parametric modelling allows us to do rapid prototyping, optimised form can be achieved. Trial and error can be done to find out the selection/rejec-tion of parametric modelling—matrix, what forms can be created, what worked and what didn’t. This can be a form of discourse I.e. looks interesting, however however this is too distoryed and not the aim. Scripting cultures: why is it relevant and how we can use it. Scripting cultures allows us to do more rapid prototyping. –scripting cultures in a sense is the same as parametric mod-elling.]

Case study focus: Banq restaurant: Reference: http://weburbanist.com/2011/07/18/move-over-sistine-15-stunning-modern-ceiling-designs/.

Case study focused: (http://issuu.com/00000dong/docs/air_journal_wk5) The contour inspired interior of the restaurant may be designed in order to create a form of land-scape within the structure itself. The design can also be considered as a wave like ceiling of layered wood that flow around the restaurant. The interesting part of the project is the fact that the archi-tect managed to overlap any structural problems and create a fancy restaurant out from an aban-doned place. Evident in the photos below, you can see that he made the coloumns that hold the roof up a method of decoration. The fact that he didnt like the look of coloumrns, he was able to get a problem, and make good use out of it. This idea within itself shows that the Architect can overcome issues if one thinks outside the box. Everything is there for a reason in order for the structure to be held up correctly, and you can do whatever you like to the structure in order to make it as unique as possible.

BATHROOM:The bathrooms of the restaurant is designed around the fixtures and their equipment such as the toilets, sinks, toilet paper, among other features are all ovals. . Also, e spaces are covered by monumental oval shells, lit from behind, and are further embellishes with other oval features, bringing thematic closure to the space. Oval mirrors, reflect the spaces with ocular precision, while to occuli connect the men's and women's bathroom. These occuli frame the view of op-posing domes, but reveal nothing of each others interiors beyond; instead, the occuli function as auricular links between the two spaces. Furthermore, the architect has made a rather differ-ent approach to his bathroom designs, creating a more fun experience to those who view it, as opposed to a normal boring one.

Forming contours on a surface.input: surface grids->brep planes-> bounding box-> ex-plode-> list item= prep frames. Brep Frames-> brep plane = contour lines.

Additionally, with pointsOn, we were able to extrude to different directions until we were able to mirror the BanQ restaurant. moreover, while experimenting with the sur-face, using the same method that was used at the begin-ning, the brep and plane section was extruded multiple times in order to achieve thickness and depth giving it a more thicker look.

GRASSHOPPER DEFINITION:

NESTING:

Week 6 – EOI: Research Project: CUT: Develop

Experiment one: The use of contours as topography that is inspired by the banq restaurant acts differently when viewed from a certain perspec-tive. the " swaying and undulating"are seen with the video we made as a group showing a the undulating affect of the conorurs. seeing the structural parts from different angles made the de-sign look completely different. As a group, we wanted to em-brace it and so we wanted to conttinue further exploring this perspective with movement method.

Inspired by the interior of the Banq restaurant, we decided to make a small ver-

sion of the contour/wind nspired roof.The reason why we decided to do so, is because

it simply conveys movement and perception towards a simbple structure. when one moves

around the ban restaurant, it gives a rather animated feel of the desig as it changes be-

cause of the inproportional sizes of the con-tour lines. The image onm the left shoes the different shading of the model to emphasize the different sizes and heights of the design.

Experiment 2: with inspiration from the ned khan building, we wanted to add a sense of movement to our con-tour design. Creating dynamic contours that moved with wind was a great idea, however we did not have success because of the materials that were chosen.

The image below and on the right illustrates the shadows that are are made when light reflects through only some of the spaces. According to where the sun hits, will change where the shad-ows are placed and perceived according to the angle of where one is standing.

Experiment 3.Expirmenting w ith light and shadows that entered our contour model had a rather im-pressive outcome because according to where the light would enter, it would create a num-ber of different shapes. This would be intrest-ing experimenting with the movement of the sun throughout the day on the site.

P H Y S I C A L M O D E L

With experimentation, we came across the affect of an optical il-lusion. Ann affect that is so interesting when relating it to movement and the changes that occur. An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is generally defines as visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. Due to the arrangement of images, effect of colours, impact of light source or other variable, a wide range of misleading visual effects can be seen.

“Things are not what they seem;nor are they otherwise”

- Lankavatara Sutra

Optical Iluusions & Moire effect

All of the images that are below are the same pic-ture, however all i did was rotate it. The difference shapes made are just by rotation and movement. This is particularly interesting if we were ti be able to put this affect behind the countour lines which will be visible while driving.

This idea is a unique and as well as fun which is why we believe that the Selection Panel will appreciate this idea. We aim to incorporate an image in the illusion that will repre-sent the growing population and city of weribee. An iconic installation that will capture the eyes of those on the high-way and look forward to seeiing it as they go by. An eye catching piece of art that will stay in the minds of people is what our goal aims to be. Our aim is to design something that is not only a piece of art, but something that is not only a 'image' but an 'animation'.

Our main plan is to achieve different views from each site. whn passing sites 1 and 3 there will be a change in perception, however only the layers will be visible on road 2. This is a design that will create a unique piece of art that will incorporate an illusion as well as a design that will define the future for weribee that people will appreciate,

We originally liked the look of contours and the effect it made.. How-ever, we not want to use contours because we want something more in-teresting and more related to the meaning of discourse. Throughout the course i believe that my interpretationm of discourse has changed. Beginning from a more traditionaly design ethic with relation to histo-ry and local materials, i believe that yes history is important, how-ever that may be boring. With udnerstanding discourse as a whole i have began to like elemnts that are pure , compromising rather than clean, distorted rather than plain and straightforward, interesting and con-ventional rather than designed, something with a twist that is not ex-pected. With understanding this, as a group we will look towards more than just contour lines. with reference to the interior of the banq restaurant and the contours, when u look through the gaps that makes u see the structural part of the building.. We liked the lines are made and that are only viwed when one is directly under. The contours is not just a pretty design, but it is what is behind it that we find more inter-esting, and so.. We developed the idea of double layering.. Lines in front, lines that remind of us of an opical illusion. This idea has now developed a twist and something special behind it is the optical illu-sion in which we want to put in our design! A design that can only work with movement. Movement of the cars. I believe that the project for weribee will capture peoples eyes and will find this idea interesting. An animation that is only seen when driving.