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Ebb (and Ebb Flow) (and Flow) built projectbuilt withproject Neal Lucas with Neal Hitch, Lucas Martin Hitch, Francis Martin Hitch, Francis and Kristina Hitch, and Fisher Kristina | i/thee Fisher | i/thee
Gymnasium Gymnasium I I built projectbuilt withproject John May withand John Zeina MayKoreitem and Zeina |Koreitem Millions |Architecture Millions Architecture
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Varinda Varinda Suphantharida Suphantharida graduated graduated with first with class firsthonours class honours from Faculty from Faculty of Architecture of Architecture (INDA)(INDA) Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn University University Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
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Professional Content
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Central Hill
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Built Project
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Ebb (and Flow)
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Gymnasium I
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Self-sustainable Retail-led Mixed-use Design @ Archtect Kidd co. ltd.
collaborative with Neal Hitch, Martin Hitch, and Kristina Fisher | i/thee
collaborative with John May and Zeina Koreitem | Millions Architecture
China Town Effect
collaborative with Sabrina Morreale and Lorenzo Perri | Lemonot
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Treescape
collaborative with Will Hulbert | SquareSpace
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Selected Acedemic Content
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Hyper Symbiotic
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The Second Life
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Contemporary Sustainable Residential Design
Sustainable Co-Living Residential Design
Devolution to Evolution
Sustainable Alternative Residential Design
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FRD Prme
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Contemporary Industrial Design
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2021-2120
Hedonistic Sustainability Design
2018 - 2021
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Material Experiment
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Resin Casting
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Foam CNC 1:2 Scale
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Year 1 Semester 1 Project 3
Year 2 Semester 1 Project 1
Hemp Concrete
Year 3 Semester 1 Summer
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BioDegradable Plastic
Year 3 Semester 2 DEX
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Central Hills 2021
A massive, over 35 acres, retail-led mixed-use project under the concept of “Center of life”, the most loved place where aspiration of culture, green, sustainability, and urbaniation collapse.
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Masterplan
All things beginned with water and environment
Because our goal is to create sustainable ways to archieve green retail platform, we are proposing the design of masterplan to be a self-contained and self-sustaining eco system. We are inspired by watershed management practices that aim to care for natural resources in a large surface area in a way that supports human needs for water, energy and amenities. Water, energy and amenities. roads and discharges of excess water, we propose to develop contours, landforms and topography to collect, redirect and re-use the resources.
development for Nakhon Pathom that can benefit the local community and urban environment
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The main feature of the masterplan is the ‘CENTRAL WATERWAY’. The waterway runs through the entire site and serves the purpose to collect rain and surface water. Along the way, for irrigation.
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In built-up parts of the site, grey water from buildings can also be
In other parts of the property, the land is slightly sloped and elevated, in order to direct water and run off to the Central Waterway.
Typical property development has added value to the site and consumed public resources, but have not considered outputs and negative consequences. Run-off and waste-water are expelled from the site into the surroundings, overburdening the urban infrastructure and increasing urban
BUILDING DESIGN: Architecture of all buildings to be shaped by the Central Ecosystem and Central Waterway.
ROAD / HARDSCAPE:
Hard surfaces will assist the landscape to channel water to the appropriate collection, without expelling water out of the site.
LANDSCAPE:
Landscape is not merely decorative: our landscape design will be meaningful and contribute to prevent run off, erosion and enhance sustainable design goals
WATER COLLECTION:
Excess water is collected and filtered. Water is utilized and developed as a feature at every part of the site
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Gently slope some areas to create slope for soil and surface water run off
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Central Pattana, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Scale 1:1 31,426 sq.m. technique : Renders Material : Brick, Concrete, Glass, Gupsum, and Greens , Participation @varindaa @LukeYeung @KorsSanaha
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THE RETAIL SPACE.
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Su permarket
GROUND FLOOR AREA : Retail area - Supermarket - Retail shop - Open plan - Anchor - Take home Parking (G & GA)
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Som-O Living Space Open Plan Area Scale 1:1 3,515 sq.m. technique : Material : , Description
Renders Brick, Concrete, Glass, Gupsum, and Greens
At the living room, you will experience the space that go beyond traditional shopping space. You will taste, feel, and learn about Nakhon Pathom. This same place will also act as a space that allow Nakhon Pathom people to show and share their pride and joy.
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The contour of the building design are not only oriented for natural airflow and ventilation, the balconies are also faced the landmark of Nakhon Pathom, Phra Pat 17
thom Chedi. In the evening time, the outdoor balconies and circulation space of the retail provide viewpoints towards the Phra Pathom Chedi and the community. 18
Water Collecting Roof Sustainable and Green Architecture Scale 1:1 31,426 sq.m. Technique : Sustainable Material : Building, Water, Re-Use, and Landscape Description Water collecting roof of the retail building directs the excess water from one floor to another while benefitting the greenery and ladscape. The feature demonstrates Central’s commitment to creatibng a balance and harmony between building and environment.
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Central Hills
Central Pattana, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Scale 1:1 35 acres technique : Material :
Renders Brick, Concrete, Glass, and Greens
Participation @varindaa @LukeYeung @KorsSanaha
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Ebb (and Flow) i/thee
A nebulous mountain floating in the desert—a kaleidoscopic mirage aiming not just to blur the line between art, nature, and knowledge, but to remove the line completely. The structure consists of a series of tiered platforms that flow around the site separated by a series of syncopated wooden supports. The simplicity of the concept lends itself to a surprisingly complex, yet immediately accessible, design. A beautiful symbiosis of architecture, nature, and people. The result is an extremely light, permeable structure, a spacious composition that lets the surrounding environment fill in the gaps. .
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Ebb (and Flow): refers to a formal literalism: the structure literally flows around the desert. However, it also refers to a mindset: the conscious movement and engagement with the world around us.
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Palm Spring Dessert, Los Angeles, California, USA Scale 1:1 15 m. * 10m. * 5 m. technique : Material :
Hand Saw on Curves Plywood and Pedestal
Participation @varindaa (me) @neallucashitch @martinfrancish @kfish24 @natchaluck @annlangenskiold @tkiewkarnkha
Gymnasium 1 MILLIØNS Architecture
Hemp-crete, a carbon negative building material that approximates many of the thermal properties of traditional concrete construction without the heavy environmental impacts. Gymnasium 1 is an open experiment in the use of hempcrete for an outdoor communal bathing facility. The team designed and built a permanent monolithic deck, with a pool for hot and cold bathing, sited at the top of the hill in Morongo Valley, with a view towards Mt. San Jacinto State Park. Tiles of varying thickness (ranging from 6” to 3”) respond to the intensity of the desert climate, producing a variable thermal surface throughout the day and night.
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Gymnasium I: Testing the thermal properties of hemp-crete around a pool in the high desert.
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Palm Spring Dessert, Los Angeles, California, USA Scale 1:1 10 m. * 10m. * 3 m. technique : Material :
Cast Hemp Mixed Concrete
Participation @varindaa (me) @10000_years @aqzuck @tkiewkarnkha @ariasiewli @pimmypt @kixraa @heyyn @aria.griffin @s.rae.lloyd @yueyan_li @hyojinkwon Construction Consultance @kafru
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China Town Effect Lemonot
In a time where the continual reproduction of Chinese culture represents a technique for conservation and preservation; Chinatowns are constantly reconstructed, growing into a reminiscence of home for almost eveyone of us. The place could be immediately identified within the repetition of Chinatownized stereotypes both in rituals that in ornaments. A contemporary living - an urban ethnic enclave; Chinatown becomes a symbolic agglomeration of the Chinese culture. The neighbourhood: from an immigrant community to an enormous economic marketplace. The past and presenr of Chinese culture are inseparably woven together.
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China Town Effect ATT 19, Bangkok, Thailand Scale 1:1 7 m. * 4 m. * 4 m. technique : Material :
CNC, Weld, Fabric Print, and Hand Sew Foam, Aluminium, and Fabric
Participation @varindaa @sabrinaMorreale @lorenzoPerri @tkiewkarnkha @pimmypt @lalidd @kspngkao @karn_kayu @sasipat @santila @bondsolo @madermeen @atomwr @sirapat @armk @sasipa @choomcherd @thatsama @pann.serm @preeyanuch @sutinee
Treescape
Phra Khanong District Reconnecting back to nature by bring back the belonging sense of the tree to the community. Both physically and mentally senses off see, smell, touch, hear, and taste are projected to communicate and raise awareness about the tree preservation. The tree is not just a background or a supporting structure but rather a part of all these functions, forms, and activities, the design will be evolving around and in consideration to the tree. We use the color scheme that extracted from the shophouses around to stimulate the sense of familiarness for the locals.
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Treescape : Bangkok’s grand trees are an essential part of the urban landscape. They provide shelter and shade; they act as gathering points for food sellers and tuk tuk drivers; they give the streets their distinctive character; they absorb airborne pollutants, and they sequester carbon. Trees provide habitats for birds, squirrels, and insects, and they have bridged human generations, embedding experiences and rooting communities. ‘Treescape’ embraces our inescapable connection with Bangkok’s trees through the construction of an elevated structure that brings together the local community in Phra Khanong.
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Phra Khanong, Bangkok, Thailand Scale 1:1 5.8 m. * 7 m. * 6 m. technique : Cast, Weld, Weave, and Knit Material : Concrete, Metal, Bamboo, Rope, and Tension Cable Participation @varindaa @willhulbert @thomaslozada @tkiewkarnkha @waris @koonanan @lalipat @chanakarn @karnchaporn @paweenda @pannsermchaiwong @rachaporn @phapot @phurichya @napas @suchat @thanakorn @adulteerakit @natnicha
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Hyper Symbiotic Year2 Sem1
Design of a Micro-Universe that exaggerate horizontality between human and pig, importance of seeing invisible visible, symbiotic relationship, and sustainability inside the house, no waste.
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The Second Life Year3 Sem2
Natural disasters are unpreventable hence uncontrolable, but the flexible natural based design can allow human to cohabitate with nature as well as gives the glimpse of reliving the slums lifestyle that they miss. scan for more!
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Performative Device Installation Assembli installing processes, how the device integrate into the site
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Atmospheric Drawings The device installation on site: Aranya Housing
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Technical Drawings Reassemble using 100% biodegradable structure: bamboo and ropes
Devolution to Evolution Year3 Sem2
The entire project aims to become a bank for the entire Rayong fabric, but this time - a natural bank - that allows and equilibrates the industrialized part and nature.
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Lumination relating to the program and the routine of the habitators
LIGHT INTERACRTIVE DEVICE The device can be divided into 3 different parts: First the top part, An optical telescope is a telescope that gathers and focuses light, mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified image for direct view, or to make a photograph, or to collect data through electronic image sensors. Second part is a refracting telescope is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image. The refracting telescope design was originally used in spy glasses and astronomical telescopes but is also used for long focus camera lenses. Although large refracting telescopes were very popular in the second half of the 19th century, for most research purposes the refracting telescope has been superseded by the reflecting telescope which allows larger apertures. A refractor's magnification is calculated by dividing the focal length of the objective lens by that of the eyepiece. Last, the third part is the light collector device. This collectoing device is using anidolic optical components to light rooms. Light redirected by these systems does not converge to a focal point. Anidolic lighting uses non-imaging mirrors, lenses, and light guides to capture exterior sunlight and direct it deeply into rooms, while also scattering rays to avoid glare. The human eye's response to light is non-linear, so a more even distribution of the same amount of light makes a room appear brighter.
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Hydration relating to the program and the routine of the habitators
TECHNICAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE Effective utility management practices are the foundation for building and sustaining the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of the drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems that make up the water sector. Management practices must address all aspects of a system’s operations and maintenance. Moving Toward Sustainability: Sustainable and Effective Practices for Creating Your Own Water Utility Roadmap was developed to assist utility leaders in implementing proven and effective practices over time to improve their operations and move toward sustainability, at a pace consistent with their needs and the needs of their communities. These case for examples inform utilities about how their peer water service providers have integrated this infratructure into their day-to-day operations and future planning initiatives.
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Another design decision for humans is wind and humidity controllers. Since rubber plants itselves and humans both release humidity naturally from their body, the environment inside the rubber plantation will turn a bit too humid for humans to inhabit comfortably.
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Another design decision for humans is wind and humidity controllers. Since rubber plants itselves and humans both release humidity naturally from their body, the environment inside the rubber plantation will turn a bit too humid for humans to inhabit comfortably.
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Another design decision for humans is wind and humidity controllers. Since rubber plants itselves and humans both release humidity naturally from their body, the environment inside the rubber plantation will turn a bit too humid for humans to inhabit comfortably. This device allows humans to access and control nature within their boundary of habitational space. The wind ventilators diagram shows the device covered radius and direction of aeration. It’s function is reducing the humidity in the habitational space and vertically releasing all the humidity back to the upper air to raise the moisture in the surrounding environment. The increasing rate of humidity will allow the surrounding areas and over Rayong fabric to gain more water availability in ground and nature which leads to multiplication of new reforestation in abandoned spaces. As shown in the diagram below (last frame of GIF) the evolution-devolution slowly overturns the entire network of rubber plantations to revive new values for land, human and economy for Rayong
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Modular minimum inventory/maximum diversity building strategy. Minimum inventory of component types. Maximum alternative combination for efficient diverse structure form.
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CONTINUITY OF MODULAR SYSTEM
The Curved Space Diamond Structure was designed by Peter Pearce, a systems-minded architect/engineer who ran with the idea of building a world full of nature-inspired kit-of-parts-based architecture. The Curved Space Diamond Structures, based on a diamond molecule, turned up at smarter playgrounds and museums in the 1980s, including the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. But today the most prominent installation remaining has to be the Hakone Open Air Museum in Japan, where a big-ass Diamond Structure is known as the “Soap Bubble Castle.” This design has a specific name it is called “Curved Space Diamond Structure” and it is a patented modular building system representative of a diamond crystal enlarged 8 billion times. These playground climbing sculptures were installed in dozens of parks and playgrounds in California, and also throughout the U.S. and Japan in the mid 1970s and early 1980s. Initially installed as playground climbing sculptures, they have also been exhibited as architectural design pieces, referred to as “usable artworks”, and sold as art at auction.
The MUSCLE programmable building is a pressurized soft volume wrapped in a mesh of tensile muscles, which change length, height and width by varying the pressure pumped into the muscle. Visitors of the Architectures on Standard exhibition play a collective game to explore he different states of the MUSCLE. The public interacts with the MUSCLE by entering the inter-activated sensorial space surrounding the prototype. This invisible component of the installation is implemented as a sensor field created by a collection of sensors. The sensors create a set of distinct shapes in space that can be monitored and can yield information to the building body. The body senses the activities of the people and interacts with the layers in a multimodal way. The outcome of this interaction however is unpredictable, since the MUSCLE is programmed to have a will of its own. It is pro-active rather then responsive and obedient. The players experience this parametric game of architecture as a form of serious fun. The design is the formula, the playing of the game means setting the parameters. For the behavioural system this means that the produced sensorial data is analyzed in real-time and acts as the parameters for pre-programmed algorithms and user-driven interferences in the defined scripts.
In addition to playground installations, sine the transparent polycarbonate plastic, having a lifespan of at least 20 years. The material used in their construction is tough enough to use as bulletproofing and the joining systems can withstand tensile loads of up to 1000 psi. In 1975, a Curved Space structure was constructed in Aspen Colorado, at the “Aspen Design Conference. Because of an overwhelming number of requests from the community, it was left standing until the end of summer, long after the conference was over. Three “Curved Space Labyrinths” installed, helped to teach children about the geometry of crystal structures. It is frequently referred to as “The Soap Bubble Castle”. Marking the 40th anniversary of the museum, there has been an extensive remodel and the Curved Space playground exhibit has been replaced with a new and updated version. Since 1978, the sounds of happy children have always been heard coming from the exhibit at this museum. Originally installed at a playground in the suburbs of Chicago, one of Pearce’s sculptures was available for purchase at the Wright Auction House, which specializes in modern and contemporary art, and according to Art & Antiques Magazine “The structure has subtle richness”.
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Working with bubbles has prompted me to wander into various scientific realms such as surface physics, cellular biology, topology, and architecture. Bubbles and soap films are also aesthetically appealing, and the children and I have discovered bubbles to be ideal for making sculptures. Materializing the mathematical is, advertently or inadvertently, a fundamental procedure in the production of architecture. On the advertent side of things, deployed for the communication of theoretical and abstract solutions within the discipline of mathematics.
FINDING POSSIBILITIES*
The connection line can be rotated, mirrored, or move under the condition of one, 1:3. One main molecule connect with the rest three. I can finalized th epossibilities into 4 nase on the molucule brach that attatching to the ground, 1, 2, 3, and 4
The relative weak intermolecular binding solid forms of the noble gases and crystals of numerous organic compounds. The forms are identifiable by their geometrical shape.
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Understanding the structure by catagorized each element of the structure using colors to refer as X, Y, and Z. This also allow me to see the different posibility of re assemple and explore the next process
A group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. In this case, I started with simple packed molecule: extracting only one part from the overall modular system to demonstrate.
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The based on the microscopic arrangement of atoms inside it, called the crystal structure. A crystal is a solid where the atoms form a periodic arrangement.
FINDING CONTINUITY
General surfaces that may self-intersect or do not have constraints. For a given constraint there may also exist several minimal surfaces with different area
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Ordered structures occur from the intrinsic nature of the constituent particles to form symmetric patterns that repeat along the principal directions of three-dimensional space in matter.
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IDENTIFYING MODULE
Forming a soap film, which is a minimal surface whose boundary is the wire frame. These surfaces originally arose as surfaces and will be minimized total surface area subject to some constraint.
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Gathering data fron a single atom, assembling into a molecule system, The molecule system are composed with dense compound of atoms layering on top on each other and packed together. The first extraction started with separating the crystal structure from the general pattern. Subdividing the pattern into one, and find the connection between each atom. Simplification the structure by using a badic geometry, cube. the lines of the geomery help me see the simple connection between each.
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I experimeny by surrounded the singular model in all faces creating a dice. This complete connection with the middle module will will allow us to see the potential of the actual syste in smaller scale.
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I connect the points by using the molecule to guid creating diamond lattice, and create a panel connecting lines into one piece panel.
SUBDIVIDING PANEL
The single panel that I created is later on relaxed and divided into pieces.
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SYMPLIFYING SURFACE
This is the ideal geometric shape for enclosing space, requiring the minimum surface area and tension to enclose a given volume.
SEPARATING
The small pieces are subdivided by , first, divided the overall panel into six four angles rectangle, and located the polygon in the middle.
DIAMOND STRUCTURE
Adding a second layer into the molecule system that consisted 15 atoms, in total. This layer adds 12 more atoms into the system, 24 in total.
The single surface is formed by connecting the using the molecule to guid creating diamond lattice, and create a panel connecting lines into one piece panel.
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Adding a second layer into the molecule system that consisted 9 atoms, in total. This layer adds 6 more atoms into the system, 15 in total.
finds soap-film models useful in determining such things as the minimal surface area and the stresses that will occur in his structures. Bubbles, then, provide a model for many natural and human-made phenomena in which structure follows "minimal principles. <<
BODY CENTERED CUBIC
Centralized the cube with one atom, and located the rest seven more of the atoms in each edges of the cube. This create a molecule system consisted of total 9 atoms.
EXPLORING FLEXIBILITY
The based on the microscopic arrangement of atoms inside it, called the crystal structure. A crystal is a solid where the atoms form a periodic arrangement.
The unit cell completely reflects the symmetry and structure of the entire crystal, which is built up by repetitive translation of the unit cell along its principal axes.
MOLECULE CUBIC
Identifying the lattice structure from a symple cube, using the edges as the marks for located the first later od the structure foundation.
Architects have also capitalized on bubbles as what Pearce calls "an elegant demonstration of minimal principles." (Bees, nature's superb architects, demonstrate minimal principles at work: the configuration of a honeycomb contains the greatest amount of honey with the least amount of beeswax and requires the least energy to construct.)
IDENTIFYING 4 PANEL
There are 4 different panels that could be identified according to Pearce’s text. The different in panels’ forms are using for creating different dimention and direction of the overall project.
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Model
Minimal Surface Exploring on the structure frame Technique : Weaving Material : Acrylic, Bolts, and Thread
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2021 - 2120 year4 sem2
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concept of those who read the past, live in the present, and travel the future. Design of hedonistic sustainable city gives people an alternatives to lessen the seriousness and to allow people to put the pleasure into living a greener life.
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Section Drawings
Construct drawing: construction details and demensions The further thoughts that I realized after digging into the green and sustainable lifestyle, it is not needed to sacrifice your comfort to allow sustainability to occur, and here is when architectural elements and design comes in. It is not about giving up your comfortable lifestyle, it is about providing better alternatives. In Bangkok, we have this pure space called “Bang KraChao”, as known as the lungs of Bangkok. It is an artificial island formed by a bend in rivers which is isolated from the mainland and covered with rich greens and that is what makes the site become a perfect location for the emergence of a new hedonistic sustainable architecture. The definition of hedonistic, hedonistic is engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent for example, clubbing, concert, and festival, however this can also applied to the well being of the human as well, which will be illustrated in the program of the architecture. While the definition of sustainability in this project will be shown through the organic forms and the material decision. The forms are generated by defining some scripting for the evolution of the surrounding environment, to understand the ecological system of the land then further develop an unpredictable geometry based on that data.
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Itteration Drawings
Technical drawing: construction techniques and facade dimension The construction techniques are referenced from toyo ito’s Taichang metropolitan Opera house. Using the FerroCement technique to construct the curve skin. This logistic part of the project is used not only for biological experimental but also a head quarter that take care of the balance and well being of entire ecosystem of the site The skin of the building is soft and squishy biodegradable materials casted on reinforced mesh, and sprinkles with seeds on top. The seed can be activated by high levels of humidity in the air or rain water. The growth and density of sprouted seeds interacted with the deficit of radiation from the sun . turning the generic logistic building into an interactive monster, making visible sustainable energy at the same time revealing the nature based activation point. The growing greens will further form the sun shading facades based on the duration and density of the sunlight that touched each skin area. When it is fully grown or heavy enough the greens on the skin will torn down to the floor, giving the new life to the surrounded land, and will allow the new skin to be formed
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3D Animation
The Soap Bubble Castle Scale 1:20 Exploring on the structure frame Technique : 3D Print Material : PLA
THE PROJECT’S CONCEPT A story about those who read the past, live in the present, and travel to the future. It started from the book 1984, which was written in 1948. It portrays one of the possibilities of how London could be in the next 40 years by merging the ongoing situation with the author’s personal experiences. And that became the basis of my project. To view urban evolution as a backdrop and portray the next 100years evolution in Bangkok from 2021-2120. Then I selected the scenario around 2086 (sustainability era) -2095 (hedonism era) to be developed further. When we are talking about going green! People aren’t normally convinced because in order to achieve that we have to alter some of our preferable lifestyles. And the level of sacrifice makes it essentially undesirable. And that’s when the idea of hedonism comes in, to lessen the seriousness and put pleasure into living a greener lifestyle. In this project I emphasise the idea of hedonism in the program while sustainability can be found in the forms of the architecture. The unpredictable organic forms were generated by scripting the surrounding environment, and understanding the ecological system of the land.
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Resin Casting Investigating the rule based systems through modularity and aggregation. Modular units and aggregations or systems exist everywhere in the world around us, both in nature and the built environment. The challenge for this project is to create multi-system that focusing on the aggregation or assembly of the singular unit.
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1:2 Foam CNC This is the cross section model that show one part of the house consists of roof, column, floor pattern, and small pool within 1:2 scale. The installation allows the audients to have real-time experience and interaction with pig and human: as well as interactive cycle and system inside the house.
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HempCrete Casting Biocomposite material which is used as a material for construction and insulation. Hempcrete is easier to work with than traditional lime mixes and acts as an insulator and moisture regulator. The result is a lightweight insulating material ideal for most climates as it combines insulation and thermal mass.
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Biodegradable Plastic We are questioning the necessity of mass production in an ecologically balanced environment. We want to lay the foundations for a new design ethos: Ecological Responsibility/ Responsibility to mediate and negotiate a fruitful inter-species’ relationship/ Responsibility of fostering happiness/Responsibility of promoting creativity as a way to create innovative solutions to the problems we humans create.
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