The Mash Up -
Multi-functionality
"Form follows function" had become modernity's ambitious manifesto and detrimental straigtjacket, as it liberated architecture from the decorative, but condemned it to utilitarian rigor and restrained purpose.
But could a building be a about a completely different quality? Could it be about a system that is more collaboration, rather than isolation?
If form follows fiction, we could think of architecture and buildings as a space of stories of the people that work in these buildings. And we could start to imagine the experiences our buildings create.
Architecture works on the principle of a pendulum. On the one side is innovation, and architects are constantly pushing for new technologies.
This is the thing about postmodernism and symbols. They're easy; they're cheap, because instead of making places, we're making memories of places.
And it means that buildings will twist to the whims of nature instead of the other way around. It means that no building is too small for innovation.
Because architecture is not about math and is not about zoning, it's about those visceral, emotional connections that we feel to the places we occupy.
Our buildings are real; they're an explicit engagement in physical reality and conceptual possibility.
we could think of architecture as complex systems of relationships, both in a programmatic and functional way and in an experiential and emotive or social way.
And it's not any single system that makes the work. It's the relationship, it's the dynamics between the systems, which have the power to transform and invent and produce an architecture that would otherwise not exist.
We're producing spaces that accommodate human activity. And what I'm interested in is not the styling of that, but the relationship of that as it enhances that activity.
References:
https://www.ted.com/talks/thom_mayne_on_architecture_as_connection/transcript?language=en
https://www.ted.com/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you/transcript?language=en
https://www.ted.com/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story/transcript?language=en
The 18 Sketch Perspectives
36 Custom Textures
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| Network, Dynamics. Evolution |
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Rotational, Linear, Scalar TranslationTextures Used in the model: |
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| Scalar Translation - Used as a synthetic seat cover |
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| Scalar Translation - Used for rendering the 'window shade' |
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| Linear - Used as a tile |
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Rotational - Used as a tile for a footpath 
  SketchUp Model & Moving Elements The SketchUp model uploaded here is missing the doors and furnitures due to the file being too large for 3D warehouse. Dropbox Link to Lumion File: https://www.dropbox.com/s/078z63nz4psecuq/Final%20Lumion%20Environment%201.ls6?dl=0 Real time images of developed Lumion environment |
"...and it means that no building is too small for innovation" As the lecture theatres have one wall made of pure glass, the moving element serves as a 'window shade' as much as for decorative purposes. It travels between the two lecture theatres. The second moving element is a patio that doubles as a elevator travelling from the ground floor to the building, When not in use it is securely hidden out of sight.
Additional Images:
Workshops
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| The roof is elevated and has a glass opening to allow light and air into the room minimising electricity usage |
Library
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| The library is two floors, one floor is entirely made of glass allowing sunlight in order to minimise electricity useage. |
Meeting Room for staff
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| The meeting room is cantilevered and comes with a great view of the Anzac Parade. |
Research Space for Academic Staff
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| This is the entrance to the Research Lab, the computer labs. the studio spaces and the workshops. The stairs are designed for seating. The dynamic behind this circulation is to increase interaction between the users of the building. |
Computer Labs
Gallery
Meeting Room/Space for students
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| The meeting spaces consist of three floors and are more than just an average meeting room, although that is also provided. |
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| 'The buildings will twist to the whims of nature', the rooftop garden is a show of integration between building and nature. |
Studio Spaces
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| The studio spaces are open to light and air and comes with a great view to enhance student's learning experiences. |
Offices for Academic and General Staff
Lecture Theatres
Entrance and Reception
View from different angles
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| View from Anzac Parade |
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| View from the Tyree |
Circulation Video
Draft Lumion Environments and Moving Elements
Draft1 - Massing Elements
Draft 2
