Portfolio Design Project

DESIGN PROJECT PORTFOLIO Lara Ziegler

Universidad de Alicante 2018

I GROWING ARCHITECTURE tree house hotel

GROWING TREE

GROWING TREE

growing architecture

MODEL: MOVEMENT

growing architecture

fixation 1 25.02.18

fixation 1 11.03.18

fixation 1 25.03.18

fixation 2 25.02.18

fixation 2 11.03.18

fixation 2 25.03.18

fixation 3 25.02.18

fixation 3 11.03.18

fixation 3 25.03.18

result: There was a movement in all telescope-constructions according to the growing of the plant. The telescopes in the upper part changed more because the new leaves are growing faster.

PHOTOMONTAGE NESTS growing architecture

SKRIPT

growing architecture

programm: tree house hotel short time stay structure for relaxing in trees escape from hectic city life site: black forest tree surrounded by nature nature takes priority over building working with existing surrounding structure: flexible connections junctions + telescopes folding technique framework + membrane materials: elastic textile framework out of stainless steel (telescopes) concept of „growing“: work by itself structure grows according to its tree respect nature movement + flexiblility fit in unobtrusive junctions + telescopes (growing) elastic textile furniture (sitting, ...) influence: site & time (size, colours, sense, view, light changes)

FOLDING

growing architecture

FORM

growing architecture

GROWING ELEMENTS growing architecture

Adding to that folding technique also the single elements should change their size according to the growing.

COMBINATION: FOLDING + TELESCOPES growing architecture

main structure: folding single elements: telescopes

GROWING STRUCTURE growing architecture

flexible junctions telescopes elastic material

SECTION

growing architecture

The project is about a structure that changes its appearance according to its surrounding. Nature is never the same; it grows in different parts in different speeds and when I decided to build something there I had to keep that in mind and work with it.

So the idea was to create a tree house hotel in the Black Forest, where people can escape from their hectic city life and just spend some time in nature.

The structure for the different "hotel rooms", which appear as kind of nests in the trees, is flexible, so that nature can take priority over it. This shows respect for nature and makes every room unique.

The beginning point is a folded structure with flexible junctions and telescopes, wich are fixed in different parts of the tree. This framework will change over time so that the single folded elements will change their size. Because of that the covering material is an elastic textile that can grow by itself.

Nature and time will have an influence on the architecture.

Even furniture will be built by nature, so that the focus is on the folded growing structure, which doesn't need anything else.

II HYBRID library & concert hall

Lara Ziegler . Fiona Gire . Simona Piras

PHOTOMONTAGE

hybrid: library & concert hall

CONCEPT

hybrid: library & concert hall

The project of this groupwork is about the two functions of a library and a concert hall, which are combined as a hybrid. Designing this project the idea was to include the tree topics of our former projects: acoustics, flexibility and growing architecture.

We created our basement on a river area in Spain. The steps where people can sit and the books are stored follow the typography of the site. The light roof, which works with pneumatic, is semi-transparent and covers the upper part of the steps. Like that people and the books are protected in summer and in winter. Because of the semi-transparent material the natural light is filtered to make it more comfortable to read during the day. Because of its flexibility the roof can change its appearance according to the type of concert and the position of the stage, so that there will be always perfect acoustics.

During hot summer days when there‘s no water in the river people can use the whole area, sitting outside or protected and during the night there can be huge open air concerts.

When winter comes and there is more rain, there will be more and more water in the river. According to that the platform will change its position while floating on the water.

Like that the „building“ will change continously: there will be open, big spaces in summer and more cosy atmospheres in winter. In winter the room is closed by the water, which will also have an effect on the acoustics, which will be reflected. So we created a multi-funcional area inbetween nature, which has an influence on the building that reacts with its flexibility.

3 combined topics

hybrid: library & concert hall

ACOUSTICS ceiling reflection (changing roof) direct sound path sound reflection throught water (better than air: water is 10.000 times more compressible) sound diffusion throught moving door to outside

FLEXIBILITY adaptability floated platform depending on level of water & season rotative door (horizontal, vertical) pneumatic roof: according to water + wind open space - closed space

GROWING according to existing surrounding nature takes proirity over building work by itself (water) movement + flexibility influence: nature, site & time

SECTIONS

hybrid: library & concert hall

Summer

Summer

Winter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc8uxccZetw&t=7s In the video you can see the whole process between summer and winter with acoustics.

Winter

CHANGES DURING 1 YEAR

hybrid: library & concert hall

July - day

July - night

August - day

August - night

September - day

September - night

Oktober - day

Oktober - night

November - day

November - night

December - day

December - night

January - day

January - night

February - day

February - night

March - day

March - night

April - day

April - night

May - day

May - night

June - day

June - night

GROWING ARCHITECTURE

hybrid: library & concert hall

The building changes according to the existing surrounding, which is a river area, so like the tree house in the woods it changes its size according to nature. Because there is no water in the river during hot summerdays the building is open and the outside area can be used. When the water comes during winter the building changes, so nature takes proirity over the building. This process works by itself and because of the fexiblilty of the different elements there is always movement. Nature, the site itself and time have an infuence on this kind of „growing“. The size of the building changes and with that also the sense people have inside, their views, the sound and the light.