Digital Design_M1_Journal, semester1 2019

Digital Design - Module 01 Semester 1, 2019 I-Tan Chen

963301 Studio Tutor: Tony Yu, Studio 5

Week One

Reading: Zeara Polo, A. 2010. Between Ideas and Matters.

According to Zeara-Polo, the diagram does not play a representational role in the design process but provides an organisational and can have a performative quality depending on how it is deployed. Explain how Diagram is different from Signs and Symbols?

Compare to Signs and Symbols, Diagrams can illustrate the process of the design and essential information rather than a visual figure.

Diagrams can conceptualise what we intend to achieve in reality as well. Furthermore, we got a new method to organise our understanding. The most noticeable difference between Signs/ Symbols and Diagrams is the spatial correlation, which means that the relationship between form and content cannot be seen in neither Signs nor Symbols due to the abstract identifications of them.

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Week One

Precedent Analysis

Those photos indicate how those huts are arranged. Firstly, in terms of the plan, red dots are the support of the pavilion, and they are viewed as the threshold of the pavilion. Secondly, the elevation displays the catenary-shaped arches at multiple heights. Lastly, regarding the perspective, the surrounding walls define the space and provide a sense of privacy.

TOP PLAN ELEVATION PERSPECTIVE

Fig. above. MOS Architects. Afterparty at MoMA PS1, 2009. Pavilion, MoMA PS1, New York. Access June 28, 2018. https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/afterparty-at-moma-ps1_o.

Based on the images provided, the most important element for modelling is the structure. The structure can be viewed as a foundation of the design, which means how to build the chimneys is the core mission in the modelling process.

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Week Two

Reading: Hertzberger H. 2005. The in-between and The Habitable Space Between Things, from Lessons for Students in Architecture.

Herzberger discusses how design should not be extreme in its functionality. Use your precedent study to explain how the pavilion allows for an appropriation of use.

According to the design concept of MOS Pavilion ,2009, the linked huts provided users numerous paths to chose because of the core concept is “AFTERPARTY.� Firstly, people can adapt the pavilion as a small group or an individual. And walls as partitions on site provide a sense of privacy. Secondly, units of the pavilion were designed with the concept of huts with a chimney-shaped, which can create a microclimate and give people a comfortable place to stay.

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Week Two

Isometric

MoMA PS1 Pavilion by MOSArchitects, 2009.

According to the initial concept of the pavilion, the most essential part of the project must be a sense of flow inside the pavilion.

In the beginning, the most complicated but most important part of the model should be the structure linked by a series of catenary arches. The structure can be viewed as the foundation of the model, which means junctions between arches not just indicate the size and height of accessible openings but point out the spatial sequence of the pavilion.

In the progress of modelling, the height and density of huts provide different with a sense of public or privacy. Furthermore, the enclosed room with only one threshold for entry and exit emphasise how vertical elements could influence the atmosphere.

After modelling the pavilion, the core concept of the project is offering people in a small group or individually can feel free to find a space for chatting or just taking a break. As the core idea, the relationship between threshold and the circulation are closed. When people pass through the primary entrance like the gate of the MoMA Museum, they can easily find a way to access the pavilion without a specific route.

The last, the pavilion is an extraordanry case, which not just created a microclimate and built a pavilion accessing easily which displayed more humanity.

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ilion, Afterparty, 2009

Week Two Diagrams

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Structure

Degree of Temperture

High

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Voids & Solids

Low

Context

Density of Gathering

High

Private & Public

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High

Form

Circulation paths

Low

Primary Entrance Secondary Entrance

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Loose

Circulation 1:300

Thresholds (Permeability) 1:300

Circulation

Threshold

Using a sense of gradient to explain the density of users and the effect of temperature which caused by huts, Refer to the initial concept, the movement through the pavilion were influenced by the density and heights of chimneys.

Because of the shape of the site, the pavilion was surrounded by several walls. Furthermore, those walls filter the entrance of the pavilion and provide a sense of privacy. Secondly, the density of the structure can be view as the soft threshold thanks for the multi-size of openings and the arrangement of sitting elements.

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Appendix

Process Pavilion Modelling

1st step_ Trace and import the plan Researching any related information of the pavilion especially the construction drawings. Tracing the plan as the foundation of the modelling.

2nd step_ Modelling the wall and setting the structure Etruding the linked wall for the parvilion and starting seeting up the structure lines in catenery-shapes by drawing vertical line on the middle point of the link then use ”Curve” to set the openings.

3rd step_ Modelling the structure by commend” PIPE” Shaping the structure by commend” PIPE”with different radius for distinguish the primary structure andthe secondary structure.

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Appendix

Process Pavilion Modelling 4th step_ Modelling the surface of chimeys Using the commend “edgesrf” to build the fur, and “offsetsrf” to illustrate the thickness of the material.

5th_Setting siting elements Extruding boxes in specific size to model the sitting elements on site.

6th_ Extruding the rest surrounding walls Importing another plan with the rest of plan to extruding the walls surrounding tthe pavilion, which acts as partition inside and outside. The last step in Rhino was to change the background colour from grey to solid white to achieve the journal requirements.

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Appendix

Process Diagrams Proceeding

Organise the Diagram According to the content we have learned from the lectures and the feedback from the tutor, analysising the relationship between the threshold and circulation and revising the diagrams with the definitios of both.

Before conducting the diagrams, doing another research the concept of the pavilion to question myself � Is the diagram strong enough to explan the concept and the relationship between threshold and circulation in detail?�

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Appendix

Process Diagrams Proceeding

1st step_ Exporting nd adjusting lineworks Exporting lineworks from rhino to illustrator and adjusting line weight for each work to emphasise the key content of them.

2nd_Adding details to diadrams Using gradient effect in photoshop to illustrate the key point of each diagram.

3rd_ Organising the layout By organising the layout of diagrams, revising the content of each drawing as a double check.