WEEK 6: PRECEDENT STUDY

BRIEF OUTLINE FOR PROJECT 1:

Basing on the building, Giant Interactive Group Cooperate Headquarters from Morphosis, For project 1 and 2 I focused on the concepts of movement, integrating with the environment, interlacing and grid structure. By unpacking these different ideas in my second project for BuildAr, I was able to express these ideas in a more comprehensive and technical way in the animation.

(Giant Interative Group Cooperate Headquarters- Morphosis) 

(A render from Project 2) 

Some comments that my tutor, Matt Day made about my 3d model was that it reminded him of some sci-fi, alien like structure (eg, transformers), so for the project 3 I would like to keep these type of features and ideas for the building I will be designing.

2X PRECEDENT STUDIES AS A PAIR

MORPHOSIS
So I did some research in the break and I stumbled across Morphosis's other project called Hypo Alpe- Adria Centre located in Austria (1996-2001).

Integrating:
Although the structure is located in an area where it is surrounded by large carparks, residential suburbs, dislocated buildings and commercial developments, Hypo Alpe-Adria Centre subtly blends in with the sky with its grey-ish and blue colour design.

(Sci-fi, alien like features, similar to my model)

(sense of movment- the direction and light used)

interlacing/ grid like structure

Reference for text and image:

http://morphopedia.com/projects/hypo-alpe-adria-center/gallery/images/1/


BIG
 (Hua: Hurlien Beach Resort)
After discussing with Matt, I've decided to use BIG's Hua: Hurlien Beach Resort as my second choice of architect and architecture.
The Hau: Hurlien Beach Resort is a work in progress class beach resort by BIG in Hurlien, Taiwan. The site is located near the coast and the intersection of two river deltas.

Although it is still a work in progress architecture, I can already see similar links and concepts with my project 1. Similarities such as:

• The use of uneven- triangular and jagged shapes 
• integration with its environment
• grid like structure for the windows 
• sense of movement through the wave- like structure

A concept video from BIG on Hurlien Beach Resort:

Reference for texts and images
 http://big.dk/#projects

3) DESIGN PROPOSAL 

• bridge between two mountains

The world’s highest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel suspension bridge was opened to traffic in March. Aizhai Bridge in Hunan province is 336 m (1,102 ft.) high and has a 1,176 m (3,858 ft.) span. It connects two traffic tunnels in the mountains, cutting the time needed to traverse the canyon beyond it from 30 minutes to 1.

http://izismile.com/2012/04/04/china_builds_the_record_breaking_bridge_between_two_5_pics.html

• The model becomes a city on its own- Apartments above the floor level, between two mountains, above a river/ ocean etc? (think about weather conditions, global warming- earthquakes, flooding)
• Apartments and commercial developments/ bridge underneath the apartments 

4) DESCRIPTION ON ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION