Kai xu 692035 by KAI XU

STUDIO AIR 2017, SEMESTER 1, Josha, Julian STUDENT NAME : KAI XU

Table of Contents Introduction A1. Design Futuring Case study 1: Dome Over Manhattan Case study 2: Super studio A2. Design Computation A3. Composition/Generation A4. Conclusion A5. Learning Outcome A6. Appendix

Introduction

Kai_Xu_692035 This is Kai Xu. This is my last year in architecture of The Univeristy of Melbourne. I come from China Jiang Su Privance. I have been living in Melbourne for 6 years. I did my high school in kew and had a great time during that period. i have been studying architecture for enjoyed it because it brought much life especially in the way of critical undertake this course, i had a lot of studios in commicating with others on

two years and i challenge to my thinking process. funs in previous creative projects.

This is my last year of my Architecture course, and i am interested in using grasshopper to generate nice and beatiful Algorisms. Hopefully i can get a good outcome from grasshopper. Yeah! i will enjoy it! Nice to meet all my classmates and my tutors Joshua and Julian! Best wishes to all Kai Xu

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“As change has to be by design rather than chance, design has to be in the front-line of transformative action” ---Fry Tony

`FRY, TONY (2008). DESIGN FUTURING: SUSTAINABILITY, ETHICS AND NEW PRACTICE (OXFORD: BERG), PP. 1–16

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A1. Design Futuring

ry tony illustrates in his article about how bad the design indurstry has become by following the unlimited wants and needs for our human beings. Development of technology and improvements in peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imagination about the future is challenging the world about what we should achieve in the future in order to create a better environments. However, this is not the case , design as a front -line in transformation that pointed out by Fry didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t follow the nature of the practices in the history, it follows peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s selfish and their desire. Therefore , Design somehow is losing its nature.

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WEEK 1 PRECEDENT PROJECT DOME OVER MANHATTAN

FIG.1: (FULLER, R. BUCKMINSTER, DOME OVER MANHATTN, WITH SHOJI SADAO, 1960)

JEN, CALSON, THE 1960 PLAN TO PUT A DOME OVER MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, 2012 <HTTP://GOTHAMIST. COM/2012/03/08/THE_1960_PLAN_TO_PUT_A_DOME_OVER_MI.PHP> [ACCESSED 3ND MARCH]

he Dome Over Manhattan is a typical future design. It was designed to create an enclosed area with glass on the top. This new design brings techmology of workflow in a particular engineering system. There are voices from different pespectives to argue that whether it is a revolutionary or a radical thinking, And this has been put under question mark for such a long time Throughtout the development of techology and improvements on different new materials. More and more incrediable ideas has been created by people. First, it is a creative design that no one has put down like this, and the energy flow inner the systm save much energies as it said by Fuller. Second, use of glass to isloate the part would also create barriers between outside and inside, and how long it will last, how well it will perform could become challenges to both architecture and engineering industries.

The design wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t built to real, i think it is beause it is not suitable for the reality of the city of Manhattan. Although it looks great as a design, but it may not be important to build as the technology has not reached the level of creating such a hugh dome over a city and it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get approveed by the local community due to the isolation. The reason that it is continuely being appreciated i think is because of the alertness that the design has brought. Although it was creative, it is not suit for the nature environment of Manhattan. The design wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t built to real due to its radical reason which limited it under the stage of design, . .

WEEK 1 PRECEDENT PROJECT SUPER STUDIO

FIG.1: (FULLER, R. BUCKMINSTER, DOME OVER MANHATTN, WITH SHOJI SADAO, 1960)

FOSCO, LUCCARELLI, SUPERSTUDIO, ITALIAN RADICAL ARCHITECTS, 2011 <HTTP://SOCKS-STUDIO.COM/2011/03/02/ SUPERSTUDIO-ITALIAN-RADICAL-ARCHITECTS/> [ACCESSED 3ND MARCH]

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From my point of view, it is lucky that their design didn’t build to real, otherwise it will be hard for me to think what will that be in the future .

In the actual of architecture, Super studio didn’t build out a building in reality, and their design style is more likely to be a “anti-architecture” style.it is very unique and unbelievable.

Their designs should remind us future is built for everyone exsited in this world, it has be reality and moral. Especially for us who is learning architecture should think carefully about our designs to eliminate radical thinking.

uper studio introduced the idea of “architecture of the monument”. The ideas it brought out has challenged the history of the design, and create a extremely new way of thinking and designing.

In this image we can see that they have a lot of ideas about what their architecture will be like with the combination of their desire and nighemare about their attitude towards life. They ever thought obout the waorld without buildings.

However, the siprit of creativeness that they have has been taken by many architects, creative should be encouraged for us to develop a better and afvanced world in the right direction.

By looking at the super studio, it is like the original idea of internet which connect everywhere in the world and connect everyone in the world. I recognized this might be the spirite of the firm that they think radically and looks like nothing has been related the reality of nature environment.

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“Parametric design as a facility for the control of topological relationships enables the creation and modulation o f the differentiation o f the elements of a design” --- Oxman, Rivka and Robert Oxman

OXMAN, RIVKA AND ROBERT OXMAN, EDS (2014). THEORIES OF THE DIGITAL IN ARCHITECTURE (LONDON; NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE), PP. 1–10

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A2. Design Computation

arametric design has become a siginificant tool in designing . The tool that architecture use will afffect the way and outcome of their designs. After the invention of computers, computer has played an important role in our life so as in architecture. Espeally in 21 century, many computer softwares has been development to help architects for designing. As what has said by Bradly in his lecture that change a single element in the process of parametric design will has different and amazing achitectural outcome where human beings may not has the ability to do so. In the reading , many architects like Oxman, Rivka and Rober Oxman illustrates their understanding and their benefits get from parametric designs. Therefore, Parametric design is affecting us and helping us to create a better design for our fuure.

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WEEK 2 PRECEDENT PROJECT PAVILLON DE RECHERCHE ICD/ITKE 14-15

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AVILLON DE RECHERCHE ICD/ITKE 1415 is a typical Parametric design which generated by using compter programes. The diagram on the bottom discribes how the proces of changing elements ro create differnt outcomes in order to achieve a better design. How does Computing affect the design process?

For example, The Pavillion Recherche ICD/ITKE 14-15, it is very obvious from the bottom diagramme to illustrate how it has be created by computer. From line to surface to line. The outcome is very creative. Futhermore, this structure is impossible to manmade the architeecture, so it must be produce by compter programes as well.

In conclude, we can tell that comptation In the history of design, where there is no contributes much afforts in both compters at all, what do acchitects use, they designing and construction industry. might use stones, ground, pencils, papers to draw out their thoughts about the design objects. Nowadays, like what we have learned in grasshopper that change an element or a definition will immediately update a new design in the screen. Even we could create hundreds new ideas by just clicking through the definitions. Therefore, architects could take computer as a helpful tool to generate their ideas without think too much will the mad. it is like this precident, using computers to create the design. What are the ongoing or incoming changes with design and construction industry? Parametric deisgn or computational design will be capable to not only create interesting and incidiable designs, but also could help contruction industry by simply putting those codes into the system to produce new and different types of geometries in real products.

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WEEK 2 PRECEDENT PROJECT CARBON-FIBRE PAVILION

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How does computation impact on the range of conceivable and achievable geometries, What does computation contribute to evidence- and performanceoriented designing?

or example, in carbon-fibre pavilion. Computation provides detailed darwing from different view of the object. By changing the codes in the computer, the program could automaticlly switch to the image of the creation. However, if we still use mannuel methods, it will be hard to draw out the onjects from different views.

What unique opportunities and innovations does computation present and how do these concepts relate to preceding architectural theory?

nique opportunities and innovations that computatioon present in concepts include the following:

1. Generate new and different ideas 2. Provide different approaches 4. Preview of the whole architecture 5. Less human inputs, more computer calculations.

AMY, FREARSON, UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART UNVEILS CARBON-FIBRE PAVILION BASED ON BEETLE SHELLS, 2014 <HTTPS://WWW.DEZEEN.COM/2014/06/26/ICD-ITKE-PAVILIONBEETLE-SHELLS-UNIVERSITY-OF-STUTTGART/> [ACCESSED 10TH MARCH]

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“The structure of architectural firms is changing in response to the work of computational designers” --- Peters, Brady

PETERS, BRADY. (2013) ‘COMPUTATION WORKS: THE BUILDING OF ALGORITHMIC THOUGHT’, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, 83, 2, PP. 08-15

A3. Composition/Generation

lgotithmic sketches is influencing architecture . As computation began to be adopt by firms and architects, peole started to understand what has developed beyond it. Computation has been broadly used in architecture practices. Take an example of Beijing International Airport, it used computation to generate to amazing algorism to support the design process. Computation is becoming a foundamental tool in 21 century’s design industry. It represents techology, revolutionary of architecture. Peters also highlighted that “In this way, computation makes possible not only the simulation and communication of the constructional aspects of a building, but also the experience and the creation of meaning”.

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WEEK 3 PRECEDENT PROJECT AUDEMARS PIGUETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MUSEUM EXTENSION IN SWITZERLAND

AMY, FREARSON, BJARKE INGELS UNVEILS SPIRALLING MUSEUM FOR SWISS WATCHMAKER, 2014<HTTPS://WWW.DEZEEN.COM/2014/06/13/ BIG-BJARKE-INGELS-MUSEUM-SWISS-WATCHMAKER-AUDEMARS-PIGUET/> [ACCESSED 16TH MARCH]

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rchitectural literiture represents architectural space in modern literature. It combines literature of histoy culture and technology with architectures. Foe example, in the precedent project Audemars Piguetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum in Switzland. The literature of the project is telling us about a museum in very cold weather. In order to coprate with the local environment, they used concrete to build up the surface and glasses to fill the surroundings. However, we can tell that they designed this by cutting the surface and lifting up them into different levels for the lights. The process of this is clearly a use of computation. None of the peoject is coming from a single sketch, here is where generation comes in and play. The generation may include differnt tools, the gerantion of materials, the generation of techologies and the generation of environments. The corporation of literature and architure createed this beauty surface.

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WEEK 3 PRECEDENT PROJECT BEIJING OLYMPIC STADIUM

LIBERTECT, ALGORITHMIC BOOGIE – BEIJING OLYMPIC STADIUM CASE STUDY – GSAPP ADR I ’13, 2014 <HTTPS://LIBERTECTURE.WORDPRESS. COM/2014/01/28/ALGORITHMIC-BOOGIE-BEIJING-OLYMPIC-STADIUM-CASE-STUDY-GSAPP-ADR-I-13/> [ACCESSED 16TH MARCH]

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n Beijing Olympic Stadium designing process, they used a lot in computation to generate their ideas in different stages or different components. we can see that the top left norner could be seen as the most bottom level of the stages. then they built up the staduim till the boottom tight corner which is illustrated clearly. In summary of compostion and generation, it has simply the projects into different component so that both designers and construction team has the ability to reach the production . It is amazing that techonology has been developed so quick, and computation has brought us a more easier way of producing architeceture.

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A4. Conclusion

y intended design approach is using computation to design. Computation has played an important role in my life, and myself relies a lot in computer programs. By reading and learning for the last three weeks, I had more understanding on future designing, design computation and Composition. First, in future designing session, the examples of super studio and dome over Manhattan demonstrate the idea of future design in the 20th century where technology is not advanced, people struggle about what to design under the choice of revolutionary and radical thinking. I think this is what has led to the critical thinking process in current century to reduce radical designs. Second, in design computation session, two pavilions give us a sense of the benefits and drawbacks of using computer techniques to design. Benefits include easier process in design generations and produce better products where human being could not reach to.

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Third, in design compostion/Generation Process, i understand that computation could lead us to see different stages or different components of a project without actullly go on to the site. It not only helps architects to design projects, but also helps construction team to produce the projects.It has become a foundamental skill in a architectural firms. Therefore, i personlly think that it is necessary for us to learn these computation and explore our skills to order to achieve a better career and help to develop and design a good environment for people to live in.

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A5. Leaning Outcome In the first three weeks leaning process, we have gone through the theoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of the history and importance of computation. Although as an international student, it is a bit hard for us to learn about literation and even sometime i do confused about the vocabulary. But i like the way how computation has changed me in my architecture learning processes. We al so learned how to use grasshopper to generate interesting algorisms. And i have produced a few algorism by simply add definitions into the programe. I enjoyed the process of using roberts to photograph my light drawing outcomes , i find it is quite impressive for me that the technology could be able to help us a lot in our future career. And i am looking forward to produce nice projects in the rest of the semester

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A6. Appendix - Algorithmic

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