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AI 113 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN PRINCIPLES ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO LAI XIN QI 1002058162

CONTENTS Project 01: Analysing Design Project 2A: Point & Line Project 2B: Plane & Volume Project 3A: Form & Organisation Project 3B: Ordering Principle Project 3C: Qualities of Space & Circulation

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Christian de Portzamparc ARCHITECT

Born in 5th of May 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco French architect Urbanist - specialist in city planning

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Architect's other's project

CITÉ DE LA MUSIQUE(THE CITY OF MUSIC), PARIS (1984-1995)

CIDADE DAS ARTES (CITY OF ARTS), RIO DE JANEIRO (2003-2013)

PARIS LA DÉFENSE ARENA, NANTERRE (2013-2017)

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Location of The Philharmonie Luxembourg • Located in the European district in the Luxembourg City quarter of Kirchberg • Built on the Avenue Kennedy, the main road of the district

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Ideas Behind The Project To mark the entrance into the world of music through a natural filter

To encourage visitors to forget their surrounding

To plant a ring of tree which would be necessary to cross in order to enter the complex devoted music

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Issue Tackled For The Project

Not enough room to plant trees

High cost metal

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Material Used For The Project Concrete

Black granite

White steel 6

What I Found Interesting About The Project

Shape of the building

The Grand Auditorium

Salle de Musique

Christian de Portzamparc 7

What do I understand about architecture?

• To create an environment where people can enjoy to the fullest • Architecture plays an important role in our society • Architecture is everywhere

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Point & Line The idea behind this abstract drawing is based on the architect's idea on the building using point and line. The two thick curve represent the shape of the building. The circles are to represent the 823 facades of the building and also to support the idea of planting a ring of tree. The colored circle represents the auditorium to mark the entrance into the world of music. The wavy lines in the circle showed that the music is spreading to every corner of the form so that the visitors can forget about their surrounding.

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BASE PLANE

Base plane is used to define a simple field of space. It also articulates a functional zone within a one - room living environment.

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DEPRESSED BASE PLANE

The increase in depth of the depressed field weaken the visual and define a distinct volume. Increase above the eye level, the depressed space become a separate and distinct room.

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ELEVATED BASE PLANE

Elevated base plane is artificially constructed to deliberately raise a building above the surrounding context or enhance its image in the landscape.

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OVERHEAD PLANE

A series of facades elements are used to support the overhead plane and these aid in visually establishing the limits of a defined space. A narrow skylight is designed to let the sun in on the rifts and on the foyer. It underlines the very pure design of the whole of the roofing and shows refusal of symmetry of the project

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VERTICAL LINEAR ELEMENT Vertical linear element such as facades can mark the center of an urban space.

A repetitive series of facades elements along its perimeter would further strengthen the definition of voume.

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FOUR PLANES : CLOSURE A closure defines a significant space of a building which is the grand auditorium. In order to achieve the finest acoustics, the concept of shoebox is used.

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FORM & FORMAL COLLISION OF GEOMETRY It has a shaped of three circles combining together and also a square in the middle.

Two forms, circle and square are collided and form an irregular shape, square in a circle.

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Dimensional Transformation

LOBBY

AUDITORIUM

The circle and the square are elongated in length to form an oval and rectangle

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SUBTRACTIVE TRANSFORMATION

Part of the volume of the circle is removed to form an irregular shape

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FACE TO FACE CONTACT Music Hall Chamber

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SPACE WITHIN A SPACE

LOBBY

AUDITORIUM

To separate two different world A place for the visitor to enjoy the music It is the main idea of the project A place for the visitor to enter the world of music

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RADIAL ORGANIZATION

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AUDITORIUM

To give an internal and external communication for the visitors To attract attention from the public To mark an entrance into the world of music 21

UNIQUE SHAPE

STRATEGIC LOCATION

EXCEPTIONAL SIZE

HIERARCHY

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REPETITION Act as a vertical support for roof To allow light, view and people to enter

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Ordering Principles The abstract drawing is based on the ordering principles. The two thick curves is to represent the unique shape of the building from the statement of a house photographer, Alfonso Salgueiro Lora, he said that the buildings resembles a whale opening its mouth and the columns. The multiple circles in the two curves represent the 823 facades which also act as a vertical support for the building. These circles are also to support the architect's idea on the building which is to plant a ring of tree which is neccesary to cross in order to enter the world of music.

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OPENINGS BETWEEN PLANES

OPENINGS IN SPACE

Weakens the vertical boundaries of a space Offers more expansive views Permit a greater amount of daylight to penetrate

OPENINGS WITHIN PLANES Located at the ceiling plane Create a degree of visual tension Appear brighter

OPENINGS AT CORNER Brighten a dark corner Larger opening weakens the definition of corner To capture desirable view

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VIEW

Facade - Allow some view to enter

Corner window allow a sepecific view to be seen

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LIGHT

Light from the facade

Light from skylight

Light form the corner 27

FRONTAL APPROACH A frontal approach leads directly to the entrance of the building

RECCESSED ENTRANCE Provides shelter and receives a portion of exterior space into the realm of the building To receive those entering a building

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CONFIGURATION OF PATH LINEAR PATH

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OUT One entrance and the path is encircling around the auditorium One branch to lead to the music chamber hall and is the only entrance and the only exit 29

PATH - SPACE RELATIONSHIP TERMINATE IN A SPACE Location of a space established a path This path - space relationship is used to approach and enter functionally or symbolically important access

Entrance to the auditorium

Entrance to the music hall chamber 30

FORM OF CIRCULATION SPACE STAIRWAYS Wide and shallow steps allow invitation The path of the stair can rise between walls through a narrow shaft of space to offer access to a private space

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